1967 FIBA World Championship
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The 1967 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball
competition hosted by Montevideo
, Uruguay
from May 27 to June 11, 1967.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
competition hosted by Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
from May 27 to June 11, 1967.
Venues
| Group | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Mercedes Mercedes, Uruguay Mercedes is the capital and largest city of the department of Soriano in Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 2 with Route 14, and is situated on the south bank of the Río Negro. Also Route 21 from Colonia del Sacramento of Colonia Department terminates in this city.Mercedes is an... |
Gimnasio de Praga | - |
| Group B | Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... |
Peñarol Palace | 10,000 |
| Group C | Salto Salto, Uruguay Salto is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay and the second largest city of the country. It is located on Route 3, about northwest of Montevideo, and on the east bank of Río Uruguay, across the city Concordia of Argentina... |
Gimnasio de Salto | - |
| Classification round | Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
Córdoba Sport Club | - |
| Final round | Montevideo | Cilindro Municipal Cilindro Municipal Cilindro Municipal was an Indoor arena in Montevideo, Uruguay.It was opened in 1956 for Industrial Exhibition of the Production of international character.... |
18,000 |
Competing nations
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|
| - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 192 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 221 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 221 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 216 | ||
Group B
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 208 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 212 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 231 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 224 | ||
Group C
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 202 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 242 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 260 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 256 | ||
Classification round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 318 | 265 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 373 | 288 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 279 | 281 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 317 | 344 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 342 | 355 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 283 | 379 | ||
Final round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 449 | 368 | +81 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 432 | +19 | 2W-0L | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 465 | 432 | +33 | 1W-1L | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 457 | 391 | +66 | 0W-2L | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 422 | 469 | -47 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 399 | 479 | -80 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 347 | 419 | -72 |
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 |  USSRSoviet Union national basketball team The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams... |
| 2 |  YugoslaviaYugoslavia national basketball team The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade.... |
| 3 |  BrazilBrazil national basketball team The Brazilian National Basketball Team represents Brazil in FIBA's basketball competitions.-Men's team:First drafted in 1922, the men's team has won two World Championships , three bronze Olympic medals , four Americas Championships and five Pan American Games .-Olympic Games:-FIBA... |
| 4 |  United StatesUnited States national basketball team The United States men's national basketball team represents the United States of America in international men's basketball. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all sixteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with thirteen golds... |
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All-Tournament Team
- Radivoj KoraćRadivoj KoracRadivoj Korać , sometimes also Radivoje, was a successful Serbian basketball player from Yugoslavia....
(Yugoslavia) - Ivo DaneuIvo DaneuIvo Daneu is a retired Slovenian basketball player and coach.He played for Branik Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana , won Yugoslav league in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966 and 1970)....
(Yugoslavia) - Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland)
- Modestas PaulauskasModestas PaulauskasModestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...
(USSR) - Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil)
Top scorers (ppg)
- Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 20
- Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19
- Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 19
- Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.2
- Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.3
- Ubiratan Pereira MacielUbiratan Pereira MacielUbiratan Pereira Maciel was a basketball player from Brazil...
(Brazil) 16.5 - Manuel RagaManuel RagaManuel Raga Navarro is a retired Mexican basketball player.-Career:Nicknamed the "Flying Mexican", Raga played professionally for Pallacanestro Varese in Italy from 1968 to 1973 and won 3 Euroleague championships.In 1970, he became the first player from an international league to be selected in...
(Mexico) 16.1 - Radivoj KoraćRadivoj KoracRadivoj Korać , sometimes also Radivoje, was a successful Serbian basketball player from Yugoslavia....
(Yugoslavia) 14.8 - Modestas PaulauskasModestas PaulauskasModestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...
(USSR) 14 - Ivo DaneuIvo DaneuIvo Daneu is a retired Slovenian basketball player and coach.He played for Branik Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana , won Yugoslav league in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966 and 1970)....
(Yugoslavia) 14