1967 FIBA World Championship

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1967 FIBA World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
DatesMay 27 – June 11
Teams13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu
Top scorerPoland Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)
← 1963
1970 →

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

Venues[]

Group City Arena Capacity
Group A Mercedes[1] [2]  –
Group B Montevideo[1] Peñarol Palace 10,000
Group C Salto[1] [2]  –
Classification round Córdoba[1] [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

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[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 218 192 +26 6 Final round
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 228 211 +17 5
3  Mexico 3 1 2 216 221 −5 4 Classification round
4  Italy 3 0 3 178 216 −38 3
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
27 May
United States  67–56  Italy
28 May
United States  75–65  Mexico
28 May
Italy  62–71  Yugoslavia
29 May
Italy  60–78  Mexico
30 May
United States  76–71  Yugoslavia

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 284 168 +116 6 Final round
2  Argentina 3 2 1 208 233 −25 5
3  Peru 3 1 2 192 215 −23 4 Classification round
4  Japan 3 0 3 177 245 −68 3
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
27 May
Soviet Union  84–46  Peru
28 May
Peru  65–73  Argentina
28 May
Soviet Union  95–56  Japan
30 May
Peru  81–58  Japan
30 May
Soviet Union  105–66  Argentina

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 260 164 +96 6 Final round
2  Poland 3 2 1 244 207 +37 5
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 206 220 −14 4 Classification round
4  Paraguay 3 0 3 153 272 −119 3
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
28 May
Poland  76–64  Puerto Rico
28 May
Paraguay  52–86  Puerto Rico
29 May
Brazil  83–67  Poland
30 May
Paraguay  60–101  Poland
30 May
Brazil  92–56  Puerto Rico

Classification round[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
8  Mexico 5 5 0 318 265 +53 10
9  Italy 5 4 1 373 298 +75 9
10  Peru 5 3 2 279 281 −2 8
11  Japan 5 2 3 327 344 −17 7
12  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 342 355 −13 6
13  Paraguay 5 0 5 283 379 −96 5
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
3 June
Puerto Rico  52–57  Peru
4 June
Paraguay  58–91  Italy
4 June
Mexico  56–44  Peru
4 June
Puerto Rico  79–86 (2OT)  Japan
5 June
Puerto Rico  59–65  Mexico
5 June
Italy  74–57  Japan
6 June
Paraguay  55–80  Japan
6 June
Italy  68–46  Peru
7 June
Japan  54–69  Mexico
7 June
Puerto Rico  78–69  Paraguay
8 June
Paraguay  55–65  Peru
8 June
Puerto Rico  74–78  Italy
9 June
Japan  50–67  Peru
9 June
Italy  62–63  Mexico

Final round[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Soviet Union (C) 6 5 1 449 368 +81 11
2  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 451 432 +19 10[a]
3  Brazil 6 4 2 465 432 +33 10[a]
4  United States 6 4 2 457 391 +66 10[a]
5  Poland 6 2 4 422 469 −47 8
6  Argentina 6 1 5 399 479 −80 7[b]
7  Uruguay (H) 6 1 5 347 419 −72 7[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) Champion; (H) Host
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

Awards[]

 1967 World Championship Winner 

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

Final ranking[]

Rank Team Record
1  Soviet Union 8–1
2  Yugoslavia 6–3
3  Brazil 7–2
4  United States 7–2
5  Poland 4–5
6  Argentina 3–6
7  Uruguay 1–5
8  Mexico 6–2
9  Italy 4–4
10  Peru 4–4
11  Japan 2–6
12  Puerto Rico 2–6
13  Paraguay 0–8

All-Tournament Team[]

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup 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. (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

External links[]

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