1970 FIBA World Championship
Appearance
FIBA Светско првенство у кошарци 1970 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Yugoslavia |
Dates | 10–24 May |
Officially opened by | Josip Broz Tito |
Teams | 13 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | Soviet Union |
Fourth place | Italy |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 54 |
MVP | Sergei Belov |
Top scorer | Shin Dong-Pa (32.6 points per game) |
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970.[1] It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.
Competing nations
Group A | Group B | Group C |
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Yugoslavia – advanced automatically to the final round as host |
Venues
Group A[1] | Group B[1] | Group C[1] | Classification round[1] | Final round[1] |
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Sarajevo | Karlovac | Split | Skopje | Ljubljana |
Dvorana Skenderija | Sportska Dvorana Mladost | Mala dvorana Gripe | Sala Gradski Park | Hala Tivoli |
Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 7,000 |
Preliminary round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 201 | +71 | 6 | Final round |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 249 | +13 | 5 | |
3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 209 | −4 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 265 | −80 | 3 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 229 | +59 | 6 | Final round |
2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 229 | +25 | 5 | |
3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 247 | −7 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 293 | −77 | 3 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 161 | +141 | 6 | Final round |
2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 221 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 266 | −30 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | United Arab Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 318 | −112 | 3 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Classification round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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8 | Cuba | 5 | 5 | 0 | 455 | 337 | +118 | 10 |
9 | Panama | 5 | 3 | 2 | 425 | 408 | +17 | 8[a] |
10 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 409 | 412 | −3 | 8[a] |
11 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 397 | +31 | 8[a] |
12 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 433 | −39 | 6 |
13 | United Arab Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 367 | 491 | −124 | 5 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Yugoslavia (C, H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 445 | 397 | +48 | 11 |
2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 416 | 421 | −5 | 10[a] |
3 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 386 | +92 | 10[a] |
4 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 411 | 403 | +8 | 9[b] |
5 | United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 431 | 376 | +55 | 9[b] |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 440 | 509 | −69 | 8 |
7 | Uruguay | 6 | 0 | 6 | 342 | 471 | −129 | 6 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
Final rankings
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All-Tournament Team
- Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
- Sergei Belov - (MVP) (Soviet Union)
- Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union)
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil)
- Kenny Washington (U.S.)
Top scorers (ppg)
- Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
- Davis Peralta (Panama) 20
- Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
- Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5
- Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5
- Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 18
- Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
- Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
- Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
- Victor Hernandez (Uruguay) 16.5
References
External links
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