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1967 FIBA World Championship

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The 1967 FIBA World Championship was the 5th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from 27 May to 11 June 1967.

1967 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates27 May – 11 June
Officially opened byÓscar Diego Gestido
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played54
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu
Top scorerPoland Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)
← 1963
1970 →

Venues edit

Group City Arena Capacity
Group A Mercedes[1] Gimnasio de Praga[2]  –
Group B Montevideo[1] Peñarol Palace 10,000
Group C Salto[1] Gimnasio de Salto[2]  –
Classification round Córdoba[1] Córdoba Sport Club[2]  –
Final round Montevideo[1] Cilindro Municipal[2] 18,000

Competing nations edit

Group A Group B Group C

  Italy
  Mexico
  Yugoslavia
  United States

  Argentina
  Japan
  Peru
  Soviet Union

  Brazil
  Paraguay
  Poland
  Puerto Rico

  Uruguay – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format edit

  • Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
  • Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
  • Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1964 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 218 192 +26 6 Final round
2   Yugoslavia 3 2 1 228 211 +17 5
3   Mexico 3 1 2 216 221 −5 4 Classification round
4   Italy 3 0 3 178 216 −38 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.
27 May
Mexico   73–86   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-43, 39-43
27 May
United States   67–56   Italy
Scoring by half: 28-30, 39-26
28 May
United States   75–65   Mexico
Scoring by half: 42-34, 33-31
28 May
Italy   62–71   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30-31, 32-40
29 May
Italy   60–78   Mexico
Scoring by half: 27-33, 33-45
30 May
United States   76–71   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-38, 42-33

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 284 168 +116 6 Final round
2   Argentina 3 2 1 208 233 −25 5
3   Peru 3 1 2 192 215 −23 4 Classification round
4   Japan 3 0 3 177 245 −68 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.
27 May
Argentina   69–63   Japan
Scoring by half: 34-34, 35-29
27 May
Soviet Union   84–46   Peru
Scoring by half: 46-17, 38-29
28 May
Peru   65–73   Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-40, 25-33
28 May
Soviet Union   95–56   Japan
Scoring by half: 49-26, 46-30
30 May
Peru   81–58   Japan
Scoring by half: 37-18, 44-40
30 May
Soviet Union   105–66   Argentina
Scoring by half: 53-37, 52-29

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 260 164 +96 6 Final round
2   Poland 3 2 1 244 207 +37 5
3   Puerto Rico 3 1 2 206 220 −14 4 Classification round
4   Paraguay 3 0 3 153 272 −119 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.
27 May
Brazil   85–41   Paraguay
Scoring by half: 45-17, 40-24
28 May
Poland   76–64   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-29, 41-35
28 May
Paraguay   52–86   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 23-37, 29-49
29 May
Brazil   83–67   Poland
Scoring by half: 48-37, 35-30
30 May
Paraguay   60–101   Poland
Scoring by half: 26-57, 34-44
30 May
Brazil   92–56   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48-18, 44-38

Classification round edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
8   Mexico 5 5 0 318 265 +53 10
9   Italy 5 4 1 373 298 +75 9
10   Peru 5 3 2 279 281 −2 8
11   Japan 5 2 3 327 344 −17 7
12   Puerto Rico 5 1 4 342 355 −13 6
13   Paraguay 5 0 5 283 379 −96 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.
3 June
Paraguay   46–65   Mexico
Scoring by half: 26-30, 20-35
3 June
Puerto Rico   52–57   Peru
Scoring by half: 36-19, 16-38
4 June
Paraguay   58–91   Italy
Scoring by half: 22-32, 36-59
4 June
Mexico   56–44   Peru
Scoring by half: 30-17, 26-27
4 June
Puerto Rico   79–86 (2OT)   Japan
Scoring by half: 29-24, 32-37 Overtime: 9-9; 9-16
5 June
Puerto Rico   59–65   Mexico
Scoring by half: 32-30, 27-35
5 June
Italy   74–57   Japan
Scoring by half: 41-32, 33-25
6 June
Paraguay   55–80   Japan
Scoring by half: 26-40, 29-40
6 June
Italy   68–46   Peru
Scoring by half: 36-25, 32-21
7 June
Japan   54–69   Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-37, 20-32
7 June
Puerto Rico   78–69   Paraguay
Scoring by half: 37-34, 41-35
8 June
Paraguay   55–65   Peru
Scoring by half: 24-26, 31-39
8 June
Puerto Rico   74–78   Italy
Scoring by half: 41-39, 33-39
9 June
Japan   50–67   Peru
Scoring by half: 18-31, 32-36
9 June
Italy   62–63   Mexico
Scoring by half: 28-30, 34-33

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Soviet Union (C) 6 5 1 449 368 +81 11
2   Yugoslavia 6 4 2 451 432 +19 10[a]
3   Brazil 6 4 2 465 432 +33 10[a]
4   United States 6 4 2 457 391 +66 10[a]
5   Poland 6 2 4 422 469 −47 8
6   Argentina 6 1 5 399 479 −80 7[b]
7   Uruguay (H) 6 1 5 347 419 −72 7[b]
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:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 2–0, Brazil 1–1, United States 0–2
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–0 Uruguay
1 June
Brazil   63–45   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 23-14, 40-31
2 June
United States   76–66   Argentina
Scoring by half: 32-30, 44-36
2 June
Poland   61–86   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 29-41, 32-45
3 June
Brazil   74–78   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 42-42, 32-36
3 June
Uruguay   75–79   Argentina
Scoring by half: 29-35, 46-44
4 June
Poland   78–82   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42-40, 36-42
4 June
Uruguay   53–88   United States
Scoring by half: 26-36, 27-52
5 June
Soviet Union   96–61   Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-39, 45-22
5 June
Brazil   84–87   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 47-41, 37-46
6 June
Brazil   90–85   Poland
Scoring by half: 47-35, 43-50
6 June
Soviet Union   58–59   United States
Scoring by half: 23-29, 35-30
7 June
Yugoslavia   93–69   Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-38, 53-31
7 June
Uruguay   54–60   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26-27, 28-33
8 June
Yugoslavia   73–72   United States
Scoring by half: 33-39, 40-33
8 June
Argentina   58–65   Poland
Scoring by half: 33-27, 25-38
9 June
United States   91–61   Poland
Scoring by half: 41-39, 50-22
9 June
Yugoslavia   57–58   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 29-28, 28-30
10 June
Argentina   66–74   Brazil
Scoring by half: 30-39, 36-35
10 June
Uruguay   62–72   Poland
Scoring by half: 31-26, 31-46
11 June
Yugoslavia   59–71   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26-33, 33-38
11 June
United States   71–80   Brazil
Scoring by half: 29-40, 42-40

Awards edit

 1967 World Championship winner 
 
Soviet Union
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Ivo Daneu

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
1   Soviet Union 8–1
2   Yugoslavia 6–3
3   Brazil 7–2
4   United States 7–2
5   Poland 4–5
6   Argentina 3–6
7   Uruguay 1–5
8   Mexico 6–2
9   Italy 4–4
10   Peru 4–4
11   Japan 2–6
12   Puerto Rico 2–6
13   Paraguay 0–8

All-Tournament Team edit

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg) edit

  1. Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19.7
  2. Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 19.3
  3. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.3
  5. Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.5
  6. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 15.9
  7. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 15.6
  8. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  9. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 14.4
  10. Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14.0

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e V World Cup (Montevideo 1967)
  2. ^ a b c d GAME DETAILS

External links edit

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