1967 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship 1967
5th FIBA World Basketball Championship
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1967 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Uruguay
Dates May 27-June 11
Teams 12 (from ? federations)
Venues (in 4 host cities)
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
MVP Ivo Daneu
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Bohdan Likszo (20)  Soviet Union (81.4)
Rebounds
Assists

The 1967 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from May 27 to June 11, 1967.

Contents

Venues

Group City Arena Capacity
Group A Mercedes[1] Gimnasio de Praga[2] -
Group B Montevideo[1] Peñarol Palace 10,000
Group C Salto[1] Gimnasio de Salto[2] -
Classification round Córdoba[1] Córdoba Sport Club[2] -
Final round Montevideo[1] Cilindro Municipal[2] 18,000

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group 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

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 United States 6 3 0 218 192 +26
 Yugoslavia 5 2 1 228 221 +7
 Mexico 4 1 2 216 221 -5
 Italy 3 0 3 178 216 -38

Group B

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Soviet Union 6 3 0 262 208 +54
 Argentina 5 2 1 234 212 +22
 Peru 4 1 2 198 231 -33
 Japan 3 0 3 181 224 -43

Group C

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Brazil 6 3 0 256 202 +54
 Poland 5 2 1 258 242 +16
 Puerto Rico 4 1 2 240 260 -20
 Paraguay 3 0 3 206 256 -50

Classification round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Mexico 10 5 0 318 265 +53
 Italy 9 4 1 373 288 +85
 Peru 8 3 2 279 281 -2
 Japan 7 2 3 317 344 -27
 Puerto Rico 6 1 4 342 355 -13
 Paraguay 5 0 5 283 379 -96

Final round

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
 Soviet Union 11 5 1 449 368 +81
 Yugoslavia 10 4 2 451 432 +19 2W-0L
 Brazil 10 4 2 465 432 +33 1W-1L
 United States 10 4 2 457 391 +66 0W-2L
 Poland 8 2 4 422 469 -47
 Argentina 7 1 5 399 479 -80
 Uruguay 7 1 5 347 419 -72

Final ranking

Rank Team
1 USSR
2 Yugoslavia
3 Brazil
4 United States
5  Poland
6  Argentina
7  Uruguay
8  Mexico
9  Italy
10  Peru
11  Japan
12  Puerto Rico
13  Paraguay

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 20
  2. Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19
  3. Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 19
  4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.2
  5. Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.3
  6. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 16.5
  7. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 16.1
  8. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.8
  9. Modestas Paulauskas (USSR) 14
  10. Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14

References