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1970 FIBA World Championship

1970 FIBA World Championship
Светско првенство у кошарци 1970
1970 FIBA World Championship stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg
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
MVPSoviet Union Sergei Belov
Top scorerSouth Korea 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 May 10 to 24, 1970.[1] It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.

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
Skenderija, Sarajevo.jpg HalaTivoli-Ljubljana.JPG

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 2 205 209 −4 4
Australia 3 0 3 185 265 −80 3
10 May
Australia 70–94 Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
10 May
United States 74–53 Cuba
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
12 May
Cuba 80–82 Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
12 May
United States 99–62 Australia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
13 May
Cuba 72–53 Australia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
13 May
United States 99–86 Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

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 2 240 247 −7 4
Canada 3 0 3 216 293 −77 3
10 May
Brazil 82–77 South Korea
11 May
Canada 88–97 South Korea
11 May
Brazil 94–93 (2OT) Italy
12 May
Canada 69–84 Italy
13 May
Brazil 112–59 Canada
13 May
South Korea 66–77 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 2 236 266 −30 4
United Arab Republic 3 0 3 206 318 −112 3
10 May
Uruguay 90–73 United Arab Republic
Mladost Hall, Karlovac
11 May
United Arab Republic 77–107 Panama
Mladost Hall, Karlovac
11 May
Soviet Union 71–53 Uruguay
Mladost Hall, Karlovac
12 May
Panama 52–110 Soviet Union
Mladost Hall, Karlovac
13 May
Uruguay 79–77 Panama
Mladost Hall, Karlovac
13 May
Soviet Union 121–56 United Arab Republic
Mladost Hall, Karlovac

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 2 409 412 −3 8 1–1; 1.000
South Korea 5 3 2 428 397 +31 8 1–1; 0.994
Australia 5 1 4 394 433 −39 6
United Arab Republic 5 0 5 367 491 −124 5
16 May
Canada 65–98 Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
Australia 95–81 United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
South Korea 88–91 (OT) Panama
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
Panama 90–83 Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
United Arab Republic 64–103 Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
South Korea 79–77 Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
United Arab Republic 73–93 South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Australia 61–90 Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Panama 79–81 Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Panama 94–69 United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Canada 80–76 Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
South Korea 76–77 Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Australia 79–92 South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Canada 106–80 United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Cuba 87–71 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 2 416 421 −5 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 4 440 509 −69 8
Uruguay 6 0 6 342 471 −129 6
16 May
United States 88–60 Czechoslovakia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
16 May
Yugoslavia 66–63 Italy
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
16 May
Soviet Union 64–66 Brazil
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
17 May
Soviet Union 98–72 Czechoslovakia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
17 May
Brazil 69–59 Italy
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
17 May
United States 76–39 Uruguay
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
18 May
Soviet Union 95–43 Uruguay
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
18 May
Czechoslovakia 77–89 Italy
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
18 May
Brazil 55–80 Yugoslavia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
20 May
Italy 76–65 Uruguay
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
20 May
Soviet Union 72–75 United States
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
20 May
Czechoslovakia 84–94 Yugoslavia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
21 May
Czechoslovakia 72–71 Brazil
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
21 May
Italy 66–64 United States
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
21 May
Uruguay 45–63 Yugoslavia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
23 May
Uruguay 81–86 Brazil
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
23 May
Italy 58–62 Soviet Union
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
23 May
Yugoslavia 70–63 United States
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
24 May
Uruguay 69–75 Czechoslovakia
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
24 May
United States 65–69 Brazil
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
24 May
Yugoslavia 72–87 Soviet Union
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Final ranking

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup 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)

  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

  1. ^ a b c d e f VI World Cup (Ljubljana 1970)

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