1978 FIBA World Championship
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The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978. Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila was the venue for the event.
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[edit] Competing nations
Group A | Group B | Group C | Semifinal round |
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Philippines - host |
[edit] Preliminary round
Qualified for the semifinal round | |
Qualified for the classification round |
[edit] Group A
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 325 | 244 | +81 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 260 | 216 | +44 |
Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 310 | -70 |
Senegal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 245 | -55 |
[edit] Group B
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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Brazil | 6 | 3 | 0 | 342 | 269 | +73 |
Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 302 | 263 | +39 |
Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 275 | 297 | -22 |
China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 296 | 386 | -90 |
[edit] Group C
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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USA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 277 | 219 | +58 |
Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 217 | +3 |
Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 229 | 248 | -19 |
Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 260 | -42 |
[edit] Classification round
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
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Czechoslovakia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 523 | 444 | +79 | |
Puerto Rico | 9 | 4 | 1 | 546 | 481 | +65 | |
China | 7 | 2 | 3 | 495 | 516 | -21 | 115-112 |
Dominican Republic | 7 | 2 | 3 | 475 | 485 | -10 | 112-115 |
Korea | 6 | 1 | 4 | 438 | 521 | -83 | 86-84 |
Senegal | 6 | 1 | 4 | 414 | 444 | -30 | 84-86 |
[edit] Semifinal round
Qualified for the gold medal game | |
Qualified for the bronze medal game |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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Yugoslavia | 14 | 7 | 0 | 731 | 645 | +86 |
Soviet Union | 13 | 6 | 1 | 691 | 550 | +141 |
Brazil | 12 | 5 | 2 | 648 | 571 | +77 |
Italy | 11 | 4 | 3 | 609 | 582 | +27 |
USA | 10 | 3 | 4 | 612 | 605 | +7 |
Canada | 9 | 2 | 5 | 605 | 644 | -39 |
Australia | 8 | 1 | 6 | 566 | 632 | -66 |
Philippines | 7 | 0 | 7 | 521 | 754 | -233 |
[edit] Final round
7th place | Philippines | 74 – 92 | Australia | Manila |
5th place | Canada | 94 – 96 | USA | Manila |
3rd place | Brazil | 86 – 85 | Italy | Manila |
Final | Yugoslavia | 82 – 81 (OT) | Soviet Union | Manila |
[edit] Final ranking
Rank | Team |
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1 | Yugoslavia |
2 | USSR |
3 | Brazil |
4 | Italy |
5 | United States (Athletes in Action)[1] |
6 | Canada |
7 | Australia |
8 | Philippines |
9 | Czechoslovakia |
10 | Puerto Rico |
11 | People's Republic of China |
12 | Dominican Republic |
13 | South Korea |
14 | Senegal |
[edit] All-Tournament Team
- Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
- Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia)
- Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia)
- Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
- Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR)
[edit] Top scorers (ppg)
- Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia) 26.8
- Zhang Weiping (People's Republic of China) 25.1
- Choi B.Y. (S.Korea) 21.1
- Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia) 20
- Leo Rautins (Canada) 17.9
- Marcel de Souza (Brazil) 17.7
- Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 17.3
- Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 16.5
- Renzo Bariviera (Italy) 16.2
- Marcos Antonio Leite "Marquinhos" (Brazil) 14.7
[edit] References
International basketball
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