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.
From 1950 to 1974, the championship was decided in a round-robin medal round. Since 1978, the medal round has been conducted in a knockout format.
The 1962 championship was cancelled.