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.
FIBA Светско првенство у кошарци 1970 | |
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![]() Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Yugoslavia |
Dates | May 10–24 |
Officially opened by | Josip Broz Tito |
Teams | 13 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 54 |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (32.6 points per game) |
Competing nationsEdit
Group A | Group B | Group C |
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Yugoslavia – advanced automatically to the final round as host |
VenuesEdit
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 roundEdit
Group AEdit
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 BEdit
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 CEdit
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 roundEdit
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 roundEdit
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) Champion; (H) Host
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) Champion; (H) Host
Notes:
Final rankingEdit
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All-Tournament TeamEdit
- Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
- Sergei Belov - (MVP) (Soviet Union)
- Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union)
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil)
- Kenny Washington (U.S.)
Top scorers (ppg)Edit
- 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