1970 FIBA World Championship
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| FIBA Basketball World Cup 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6th FIBA Basketball World Cup | ||
| Tournament details | ||
| Host nation |  Yugoslavia |
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| Dates | May 10-24 | |
| Teams | 13 (from federations) | |
| Venues | 4 (in 4 host cities) | |
| Champions | Yugoslavia (1st title) |
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| MVP |  Sergei Belov |
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| Tournament statistics | ||
| Players | Teams | |
| PPG |  Shin Dong-pa (32.6) |
Soviet Union (87.1) |
| Rebounds | ||
| Assists | ||
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Yugoslavia at 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.
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[edit] Competing nations
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia - advanced automatically to the final round as host |
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[edit] Venues
| Group | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A[1] | Sarajevo | Dvorana Skenderija[2] | 8,000 |
| Group B[1] | Split | - | - |
| Group C[1] | Karlovac | - | - |
| Classification Round[1] | Skopje | - | - |
| Final round[1] | Ljubljana | Hala Tivoli[1] | 14,000 |
[edit] Preliminary round
| Qualified for the final round | |
| Qualified for the classification round |
[edit] Group A
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
6 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 201 | +71 |
 Czechoslovakia |
5 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 249 | +13 |
 Cuba |
4 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 209 | -4 |
 Australia |
3 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 265 | -80 |
[edit] Group B
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
6 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 229 | +59 |
 Italy |
5 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 229 | +25 |
| Korea |
4 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 247 | -7 |
 Canada |
3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 293 | -77 |
[edit] Group C
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union |
6 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 161 | +141 |
 Uruguay |
5 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 221 | +1 |
 Panama |
4 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 266 | -30 |
 United Arab Rep. |
3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 318 | -112 |
[edit] Classification round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba |
10 | 5 | 0 | 455 | 336 | +119 | ||
| Panama |
8 | 3 | 2 | 425 | 408 | +17 | 1W-1L | 1.006 |
| Canada |
8 | 3 | 2 | 409 | 412 | -3 | 1W-1L | 1.000 |
| Korea |
8 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 397 | +30 | 1W-1L | 0.994 |
| Australia |
6 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 433 | -39 | ||
| United Arab Rep. |
5 | 0 | 5 | 367 | 491 | -124 |
[edit] Final round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia |
11 | 5 | 1 | 445 | 397 | +48 | |
| Brazil |
10 | 4 | 2 | 416 | 421 | -5 | 66-64 |
| Soviet Union |
10 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 386 | +92 | 64-66 |
| Italy |
9 | 3 | 3 | 411 | 403 | +8 | 66-64 |
| United States |
9 | 3 | 3 | 431 | 376 | +55 | 64-66 |
| Czechoslovakia |
8 | 2 | 4 | 440 | 509 | -69 | |
| Uruguay |
6 | 0 | 6 | 342 | 471 | -129 |
[edit] Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Brazil |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Uruguay |
| 8 | Cuba |
| 9 | Panama |
| 10 | Canada |
| 11 | Korea |
| 12 | Australia |
| 13 | United Arab Republic |
[edit] All-Tournament Team
- Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
- Sergei Belov (USSR)
- Modestas Paulauskas (USSR)
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil)
- Kenny Washington (USA)
[edit] Top scorers (ppg)
- Shin Dong-pa (S.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 (S.Korea) 18
- Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
- Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
- Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
- Victor Hernandez (Uruguay) 16.5
[edit] References
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