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FIBA used to run a competition, the Intercontinental Cup, which ran from 1966 through 1982. South American champion Sirio de Sao Paulo, Brazil faced European Cup winner Bosna Sarajevo in the 1979 title game. Sirio won 100-96 in overtime at home in Sao Paulo, which led to a big on-court celebration, Brazilian style. Oscar Schmidt was 20 years old back then and finished the game with 42 points, which shocked head coach Bogdan Tanjevic of Bosna with his extraordinary talent. Recently, almost 33 years later, Tanjevic spoke about that game. "Never before or since in my entire life did I see a player who played a great game even though he couldn't stop... crying!" Tanjevic said. "Bosna, my team, led for almost 35 minutes and Oscar was crying for real because he thought that the World Championship title was slipping away from him in front of his fans. He forced overtime and single-handedly beat us in the extra period. That is when I decided that if I ever coached a team outside Yugoslavia, he would be one of my foreign players - Oscar Schmidt. His talent was beyond all doubt and those tears of his proved his winning mentality."
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