1970 FIBA World Championship

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.

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)
1967
1974

Competing nations

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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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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
17 May
Australia   95–81   United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 53-30, 42-51
17 May
South Korea   88–91 (OT)   Panama
Scoring by half: 34-39, 50-45 Overtime: 4-7
19 May
Panama   90–83   Australia
Scoring by half: 38-39, 52-44
19 May
United Arab Republic   64–103   Cuba
Scoring by half: 35-47, 29-56
19 May
South Korea   79–77   Canada
Scoring by half: 45-45, 34-32
20 May
United Arab Republic   73–93   South Korea
Scoring by half: 36-47, 37-46
20 May
Australia   61–90   Cuba
Scoring by half: 32-43, 29-47
20 May
Panama   79–81   Canada
Scoring by half: 37-37, 42-44
22 May
Panama   94–69   United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 50-33, 44-36
22 May
Canada   80–76   Australia
Scoring by half: 38-42, 42-34
22 May
South Korea   76–77   Cuba
Scoring by half: 40-39, 36-38
23 May
Australia   79–92   South Korea
Scoring by half: 41-49, 38-43
23 May
Canada   106–80   United Arab Republic
Scoring by half: 54-45, 52-35
23 May
Cuba   87–71   Panama
Scoring by half: 42-35, 45-36

Final round

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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

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All-Tournament Team

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Top scorers (ppg)

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  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

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References

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  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.
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