1970 FIBA World Championship

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 May 10 to 24, 1970.[1] It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.

1970 FIBA World Championship
Светско првенство у кошарци 1970
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
DatesMay 10–24
Teams13
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
MVP Sergei Belov
Top scorer Shin Dong-Pa
(32.6 points per game)

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C

 Australia
 Cuba
 Czechoslovakia
 United States

 Brazil
 Canada
 Italy
 South Korea

 Panama
 Soviet Union
 United Arab Republic
 Uruguay

 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]
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

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 272 201+71 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 262 249+13 5
 Cuba 3 1 2 205 2094 4
 Australia 3 0 3 185 26580 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 288 229+59 6
 Italy 3 2 1 254 229+25 5
 South Korea 3 1 2 240 2477 4
 Canada 3 0 3 216 29377 3
10 May
Brazil  8277  South Korea
11 May
Canada  8897  South Korea
11 May
Brazil  9493 (2OT)  Italy
12 May
Canada  6984  Italy
13 May
Brazil  11259  Canada
13 May
South Korea  6677  Italy

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 302 161+141 6
 Uruguay 3 2 1 222 221+1 5
 Panama 3 1 2 236 26630 4
 United Arab Republic 3 0 3 206 318112 3
10 May
Uruguay  9073  United Arab Republic
11 May
United Arab Republic  77107  Panama
12 May
Panama  52110  Soviet Union
13 May
Uruguay  7977  Panama
13 May
Soviet Union  12156  United Arab Republic

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Cuba 5 5 0 455 337+118 10
 Panama 5 3 2 425 408+17 8 1–1; 1.006
 Canada 5 3 2 409 4123 8 1–1; 1.000
 South Korea 5 3 2 428 397+31 8 1–1; 0.994
 Australia 5 1 4 394 43339 6
 United Arab Republic 5 0 5 367 491124 5
16 May
Canada  6598  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
Australia  9581  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
South Korea  8891 (OT)  Panama
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
Panama  9083  Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
United Arab Republic  64103  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
South Korea  7977  Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
United Arab Republic  7393  South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Australia  6190  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Panama  7981  Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Panama  9469  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Canada  8076  Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
South Korea  7677  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Australia  7992  South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Canada  10680  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Cuba  8771  Panama
Skopje Hall, Skopje

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Yugoslavia 6 5 1 445 397+48 11
 Brazil 6 4 2 416 4215 10 1–0
 Soviet Union 6 4 2 478 386+92 10 0–1
 Italy 6 3 3 411 403+8 9 1–0
 United States 6 3 3 431 376+55 9 0–1
 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 440 50969 8
 Uruguay 6 0 6 342 471129 6
16 May
Yugoslavia  6663  Italy
17 May
Brazil  6959  Italy
18 May
Brazil  5580  Yugoslavia
20 May
Italy  7665  Uruguay
21 May
Uruguay  4563  Yugoslavia
23 May
Uruguay  8186  Brazil
23 May
Italy  5862  Soviet Union

Final ranking

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
  2. Davis Peralta (Panama) 20
  3. Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
  4. Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5
  5. Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5
  6. Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 18
  7. Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
  8. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
  9. Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
  10. Victor Hernandez (Uruguay) 16.5

References

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