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1970 FIBA World Championship
6th FIBA World Championship
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
DatesMay 10–24
Teams13
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Sergei Belov
Top scorerSouth Korea Shin Dong-Pa (32.6)
PPG (Team) Soviet Union (87.1)
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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.

A Serbian sports drama We Will Be the World Champions based on the Championship was released in 2015.

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 Dvorana na Gripama Sala Gradski Park Hala Tivoli
Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 272 201 +71 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 262 249 +13 5
 Cuba 3 1 2 205 209 −4 4
 Australia 3 0 3 185 265 −80 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 288 229 +59 6
 Italy 3 2 1 254 229 +25 5
 South Korea 3 1 2 240 247 −7 4
 Canada 3 0 3 216 293 −77 3
10 May
Brazil  82–77  South Korea
11 May
Canada  88–97  South Korea
11 May
Brazil  94–93 (2OT)  Italy
12 May
Canada  69–84  Italy
13 May
Brazil  112–59  Canada
10 May
South Korea  66–77  Italy

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 302 161 +141 6
 Uruguay 3 2 1 222 221 +1 5
 Panama 3 1 2 236 266 −30 4
 United Arab Republic 3 0 3 206 318 −112 3
12 May
Panama  52–110  Soviet Union
13 May
Uruguay  79–77  Panama

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Cuba 5 5 0 455 337 +118 10
 Panama 5 3 2 425 408 +17 8 1–1; 1.006
 Canada 5 3 2 409 412 −3 8 1–1; 1.000
 South Korea 5 3 2 428 397 +31 8 1–1; 0.994
 Australia 5 1 4 394 433 −39 6
 United Arab Republic 5 0 5 367 491 −124 5
16 May
Canada  65–98  Cuba
17 May
South Korea  88–91 (OT)  Panama
19 May
Panama  90–83  Australia
19 May
South Korea  79–77  Canada
20 May
Australia  61–90  Cuba
20 May
Panama  79–81  Canada
22 May
Canada  80–76  Australia
22 May
South Korea  76–77  Cuba
23 May
Australia  79–92  South Korea
23 May
Cuba  87–71  Panama

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Yugoslavia 6 5 1 445 397 +48 11
 Brazil 6 4 2 416 421 −5 10 1–0
 Soviet Union 6 4 2 478 386 +92 10 0–1
 Italy 6 3 3 411 403 +8 9 1–0
 United States 6 3 3 431 376 +55 9 0–1
 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 440 509 −69 8
 Uruguay 6 0 6 342 471 −129 6
16 May
Yugoslavia  66–63  Italy
17 May
Brazil  69–59  Italy
18 May
Brazil  55–80  Yugoslavia
20 May
Italy  76–65  Uruguay
21 May
Uruguay  45–63  Yugoslavia
23 May
Uruguay  81–86  Brazil
23 May
Italy  58–62  Soviet Union

Awards

 1970 World Championship Winner 

Yugoslavia
First title

Final ranking

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Shin Dong-Pa (Korea) 32.6
  2. Davis Peralta (Panama) 20
  3. Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
  4. Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5
  5. Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5
  6. Lee In-Pyo (Korea) 18
  7. Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
  8. Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
  9. Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
  10. Victor Hernandez (Uruguay) 16.5

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f VI World Cup (Ljubljana 1970)

External links

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