 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mutambo wechitatu weWorld Championship wakaitwa muna 1959muMoscow, Soviet Union. Nemhaka yemakakatanwa ezvematongerwo enyika, akakonzerwa neHondo Yemashoko, United States nevatsigiri vayo havana kutora chikamu mumutambo uyu, nokudaro nyika 8 chete dzeEastern Bloc dzakakwanisa kutamba mumakwikwi. Pasina chikwata cheU.S., chikwata cheSoviet chakahwina mukombe wavo wokutanga weNyika apo Bulgaria yakatora menduru dzesirivha uye Czechoslovakia yakapedza yechitatu. Asi paWorld Championship yakatevera, iyo yakaitwa muna 1964 muPeru, zvikwata zvose izvi zveEastern Europe zvakapindawowo pachikuva chose Soviet Union yakawana zita rayo rechipiri mumutsetse, Czechoslovakia yakawana menduru dzesirivha, Bulgaria yakatora menduru dzendarira nepo United States yakapedza iri panzvimbo yechina bedzi. Mutambo uyu wakaratidza kutanga kwenguva yokutonga kweSoviet Union mubasketball yevakadzi yenyika, iyo yakagara kwemakumi maviri emakore akatevera. Pasi pokutungamirira kwomurairidzi mukuru Lidiya Alekseyeva, chikwata cheSoviet chakakunda makwikwi matatu akatevera eWorld Championships akaitwa muna 1967 Czechoslovakia, 1971 Brazil uye 1975 Colombia. Mitauro mizhinjisa yemenduru mumakwikwi aya yakakundwa nezvikwata zveEastern Europe neEastern Asia nepo United States yakatadza kukwanisa kupinda mumutambo wokupedzisira. Kazhinji, kubva muna 1959 kusvika muna 1975 chikwata cheSoviet chakahwina mikombe mishanu yakatevedzana nekukunda mitambo yavo yose 40 nemusiyano wemapoinzi gumi kana kupfuura. Nokudaro, kwakanga kusingashamisi apo Soviet Union yakakunda mutambo wokutanga wevakadzi weOlympic wakaitwa muna 1976 muMontreal, Canada nokukunda mitambo yose mishanu. Pasinei nokurasikirwa neJapan neSoviet Union, United States yakakwanisa kupedza yechipiri ndokutora menduru dzesirivha apo Bulgaria yakatora menduru yebronze yeOlympic. 