1970 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Светско првенство у кошарци 1970
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
Dates10–24 May
Officially opened byJosip Broz Tito
Teams13 (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 played54
MVPSoviet Union Sergei Belov
Top scorerSouth Korea Shin Dong-Pa
(32.6 points per game)
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The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970.[1] It was the first FIBA World Championship hosted outside of 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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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.
10 May
Australia  70–94  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 37-50, 33-44
10 May
United States  74–53  Cuba
Scoring by half: 40-27, 34-26
12 May
Cuba  80–82  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 39-35, 41-47
12 May
United States  99–62  Australia
Scoring by half: 44-30, 55-32
13 May
Cuba  72–53  Australia
Scoring by half: 34-24, 38-29
13 May
United States  99–86  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 50-35, 49-51

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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.
10 May
Brazil  82–77  South Korea
Scoring by half: 44-39, 38-38
11 May
Canada  88–97  South Korea
Scoring by half: 50-49, 38-48
11 May
Brazil  94–93 (2OT)  Italy
Scoring by half: 34-44, 42-32 Overtime: 10-10; 8-7
12 May
Canada  69–84  Italy
Scoring by half: 35-45, 34-39
13 May
Brazil  112–59  Canada
Scoring by half: 58-28, 54-31
13 May
South Korea  66–77  Italy
Scoring by half: 31-36, 35-41

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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.
10 May
Uruguay  90–73  United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 40-41, 50-32
11 May
United Arab Republic  77–107  Panama
Scoring by half: 31-43, 46-64
11 May
Soviet Union  71–53  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32-30, 39-23
12 May
Panama  52–110  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 23-42, 29-68
13 May
Uruguay  79–77  Panama
Scoring by half: 44-35, 35-42
13 May
Soviet Union  121–56  United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 56-19, 65-37

Classification round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
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:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Panama 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), South Korea 1–1 (0.99 GAvg)
16 May
Canada  65–98  Cuba
Scoring by half: 22-49, 43-49
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
Australia  95–81  United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 53-30, 42-51
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
South Korea  88–91 (OT)  Panama
Scoring by half: 34-39, 50-45 Overtime: 4-7
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
Panama  90–83  Australia
Scoring by half: 38-39, 52-44
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
United Arab Republic  64–103  Cuba
Scoring by half: 35-47, 29-56
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
South Korea  79–77  Canada
Scoring by half: 45-45, 34-32
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
United Arab Republic  73–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 36-47, 37-46
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Australia  61–90  Cuba
Scoring by half: 32-43, 29-47
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Panama  79–81  Canada
Scoring by half: 37-37, 42-44
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Panama  94–69  United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 50-33, 44-36
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Canada  80–76  Australia
Scoring by half: 38-42, 42-34
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
South Korea  76–77  Cuba
Scoring by half: 40-39, 36-38
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Australia  79–92  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41-49, 38-43
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Canada  106–80  United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 54-45, 52-35
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Cuba  87–71  Panama
Scoring by half: 42-35, 45-36
Skopje Hall, Skopje

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 United States
16 May
United States  88–60  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 39-24, 49-36
16 May
Yugoslavia  66–63  Italy
Scoring by half: 28-24, 38-39
16 May
Soviet Union  64–66  Brazil
Scoring by half: 38-27, 26-39
17 May
Soviet Union  98–72  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 51-34, 47-38
17 May
Brazil  69–59  Italy
Scoring by half: 29-29, 40-30
17 May
United States  76–39  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 33-17, 43-22
18 May
Soviet Union  95–43  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 50-32, 45-11
18 May
Czechoslovakia  77–89  Italy
Scoring by half: 41-43, 36-46
18 May
Brazil  55–80  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 26-40, 29-40
20 May
Italy  76–65  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 48-27, 28-38
20 May
Soviet Union  72–75  United States
Scoring by half: 44-44, 28-31
20 May
Czechoslovakia  84–94  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40-42, 44-52
21 May
Czechoslovakia  72–71  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34-40, 38-31
21 May
Italy  66–64  United States
Scoring by half: 32-33, 34-31
21 May
Uruguay  45–63  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 26-37, 19-26
23 May
Uruguay  81–86  Brazil
Scoring by half: 35-43, 46-43
23 May
Italy  58–62  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 22-28, 36-34
23 May
Yugoslavia  70–63  United States
Scoring by half: 35-32, 35-31
24 May
Uruguay  69–75  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36-35, 33-40
24 May
United States  65–69  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34-35, 31-34
24 May
Yugoslavia  72–87  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38-49, 34-38

Final standings

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
  2. Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 19.7
  3. Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.8
  4. Davis Peralta (Panama) 18.8
  5. Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 18.6
  6. Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 17.9
  7. Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 17.8
  8. Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia) 17.3
  9. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 16.9
  10. Bob Molinski (Canada) 16.8

[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "World Championship 1970". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "The Best of 1970 World Cup: Yugoslavia claim first title as Europe's first host; Brazil second, Soviets third; super scorer Shin Dong-pa". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

External links

FIBA Basketball World Cup
Yugoslavia squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
Brazil squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal
Soviet Union squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal
International men's basketball
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