1967 FIBA World Championship

1967 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates27 May – 11 June
Officially opened byÓscar Diego Gestido
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venues5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played54
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu
Top scorerPoland Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)
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1970 →

The 1967 FIBA World Championship was the 5th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from 27 May to 11 June 1967.

Venues

GroupCityArenaCapacity
Group AMercedes[1]Gimnasio de Praga[2] –
Group BMontevideo[1]Peñarol Palace10,000
Group CSalto[1]Gimnasio de Salto[2] –
Classification roundCórdoba[1]Córdoba Sport Club[2] –
Final roundMontevideo[1]Cilindro Municipal[2]18,000

Competing nations

Group AGroup BGroup C

 Italy
 Mexico
 Yugoslavia
 United States

 Argentina
 Japan
 Peru
 Soviet Union

 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Poland
 Puerto Rico

 Uruguay – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

  • Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
  • Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
  • Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1964 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 United States330218192+266Final round
2 Yugoslavia321228211+175
3 Mexico312216221−54Classification round
4 Italy303178216−383
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.
27 May
Mexico 73–86 Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-43, 39-43
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
27 May
United States 67–56 Italy
Scoring by half: 28-30, 39-26
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
28 May
United States 75–65 Mexico
Scoring by half: 42-34, 33-31
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
28 May
Italy 62–71 Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30-31, 32-40
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
29 May
Italy 60–78 Mexico
Scoring by half: 27-33, 33-45
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
30 May
United States 76–71 Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-38, 42-33
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Soviet Union330284168+1166Final round
2 Argentina321208233−255
3 Peru312192215−234Classification round
4 Japan303177245−683
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.
27 May
Argentina 69–63 Japan
Scoring by half: 34-34, 35-29
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
27 May
Soviet Union 84–46 Peru
Scoring by half: 46-17, 38-29
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
28 May
Peru 65–73 Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-40, 25-33
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
28 May
Soviet Union 95–56 Japan
Scoring by half: 49-26, 46-30
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
30 May
Peru 81–58 Japan
Scoring by half: 37-18, 44-40
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
30 May
Soviet Union 105–66 Argentina
Scoring by half: 53-37, 52-29
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Brazil330260164+966Final round
2 Poland321244207+375
3 Puerto Rico312206220−144Classification round
4 Paraguay303153272−1193
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.
27 May
Brazil 85–41 Paraguay
Scoring by half: 45-17, 40-24
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
28 May
Poland 76–64 Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-29, 41-35
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
28 May
Paraguay 52–86 Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 23-37, 29-49
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
29 May
Brazil 83–67 Poland
Scoring by half: 48-37, 35-30
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
30 May
Paraguay 60–101 Poland
Scoring by half: 26-57, 34-44
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
30 May
Brazil 92–56 Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48-18, 44-38
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

Classification round

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
8 Mexico550318265+5310
9 Italy541373298+759
10 Peru532279281−28
11 Japan523327344−177
12 Puerto Rico514342355−136
13 Paraguay505283379−965
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.
3 June
Paraguay 46–65 Mexico
Scoring by half: 26-30, 20-35
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
3 June
Puerto Rico 52–57 Peru
Scoring by half: 36-19, 16-38
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Paraguay 58–91 Italy
Scoring by half: 22-32, 36-59
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Mexico 56–44 Peru
Scoring by half: 30-17, 26-27
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Puerto Rico 79–86 (2OT) Japan
Scoring by half: 29-24, 32-37 Overtime: 9-9; 9-16
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
5 June
Puerto Rico 59–65 Mexico
Scoring by half: 32-30, 27-35
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
5 June
Italy 74–57 Japan
Scoring by half: 41-32, 33-25
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
6 June
Paraguay 55–80 Japan
Scoring by half: 26-40, 29-40
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
6 June
Italy 68–46 Peru
Scoring by half: 36-25, 32-21
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
7 June
Japan 54–69 Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-37, 20-32
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
7 June
Puerto Rico 78–69 Paraguay
Scoring by half: 37-34, 41-35
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
8 June
Paraguay 55–65 Peru
Scoring by half: 24-26, 31-39
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
8 June
Puerto Rico 74–78 Italy
Scoring by half: 41-39, 33-39
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
9 June
Japan 50–67 Peru
Scoring by half: 18-31, 32-36
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
9 June
Italy 62–63 Mexico
Scoring by half: 28-30, 34-33
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

Final round

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1 Soviet Union (C)651449368+8111
2 Yugoslavia642451432+1910[a]
3 Brazil642465432+3310[a]
4 United States642457391+6610[a]
5 Poland624422469−478
6 Argentina615399479−807[b]
7 Uruguay (H)615347419−727[b]
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 c Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 2–0, Brazil 1–1, United States 0–2
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–0 Uruguay
1 June
Brazil 63–45 Uruguay
Scoring by half: 23-14, 40-31
2 June
United States 76–66 Argentina
Scoring by half: 32-30, 44-36
2 June
Poland 61–86 Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 29-41, 32-45
3 June
Brazil 74–78 Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 42-42, 32-36
3 June
Uruguay 75–79 Argentina
Scoring by half: 29-35, 46-44
4 June
Poland 78–82 Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42-40, 36-42
4 June
Uruguay 53–88 United States
Scoring by half: 26-36, 27-52
5 June
Soviet Union 96–61 Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-39, 45-22
5 June
Brazil 84–87 Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 47-41, 37-46
6 June
Brazil 90–85 Poland
Scoring by half: 47-35, 43-50
6 June
Soviet Union 58–59 United States
Scoring by half: 23-29, 35-30
7 June
Yugoslavia 93–69 Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-38, 53-31
7 June
Uruguay 54–60 Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26-27, 28-33
8 June
Yugoslavia 73–72 United States
Scoring by half: 33-39, 40-33
8 June
Argentina 58–65 Poland
Scoring by half: 33-27, 25-38
9 June
United States 91–61 Poland
Scoring by half: 41-39, 50-22
9 June
Yugoslavia 57–58 Uruguay
Scoring by half: 29-28, 28-30
10 June
Argentina 66–74 Brazil
Scoring by half: 30-39, 36-35
10 June
Uruguay 62–72 Poland
Scoring by half: 31-26, 31-46
11 June
Yugoslavia 59–71 Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26-33, 33-38
11 June
United States 71–80 Brazil
Scoring by half: 29-40, 42-40

Awards

 1967 World Championship winner 

Soviet Union
First title
Most Valuable Player
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1 Soviet Union8–1
2 Yugoslavia6–3
3 Brazil7–2
4 United States7–2
5 Poland4–5
6 Argentina3–6
7 Uruguay1–5
8 Mexico6–2
9 Italy4–4
10 Peru4–4
11 Japan2–6
12 Puerto Rico2–6
13 Paraguay0–8

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19.7
  2. Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 19.3
  3. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.3
  5. Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.5
  6. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 15.9
  7. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 15.6
  8. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  9. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 14.4
  10. Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14.0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e V World Cup (Montevideo 1967)
  2. ^ a b c d GAME DETAILS
  • FIBA official website
  • 1967 World Cup
  • EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page
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