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)
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
Games played54
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu
Top scorerPoland Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)
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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

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

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
Scoring by half: 34-43, 39-43
27 May
United States  67–56  Italy
Scoring by half: 28-30, 39-26
28 May
United States  75–65  Mexico
Scoring by half: 42-34, 33-31
28 May
Italy  62–71  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30-31, 32-40
29 May
Italy  60–78  Mexico
Scoring by half: 27-33, 33-45
30 May
United States  76–71  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-38, 42-33

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
Scoring by half: 34-34, 35-29
27 May
Soviet Union  84–46  Peru
Scoring by half: 46-17, 38-29
28 May
Peru  65–73  Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-40, 25-33
28 May
Soviet Union  95–56  Japan
Scoring by half: 49-26, 46-30
30 May
Peru  81–58  Japan
Scoring by half: 37-18, 44-40
30 May
Soviet Union  105–66  Argentina
Scoring by half: 53-37, 52-29

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
Scoring by half: 45-17, 40-24
28 May
Poland  76–64  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-29, 41-35
28 May
Paraguay  52–86  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 23-37, 29-49
29 May
Brazil  83–67  Poland
Scoring by half: 48-37, 35-30
30 May
Paraguay  60–101  Poland
Scoring by half: 26-57, 34-44
30 May
Brazil  92–56  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48-18, 44-38

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
Scoring by half: 26-30, 20-35
3 June
Puerto Rico  52–57  Peru
Scoring by half: 36-19, 16-38
4 June
Paraguay  58–91  Italy
Scoring by half: 22-32, 36-59
4 June
Mexico  56–44  Peru
Scoring by half: 30-17, 26-27
4 June
Puerto Rico  79–86 (2OT)  Japan
Scoring by half: 29-24, 32-37 Overtime: 9-9; 9-16
5 June
Puerto Rico  59–65  Mexico
Scoring by half: 32-30, 27-35
5 June
Italy  74–57  Japan
Scoring by half: 41-32, 33-25
6 June
Paraguay  55–80  Japan
Scoring by half: 26-40, 29-40
6 June
Italy  68–46  Peru
Scoring by half: 36-25, 32-21
7 June
Japan  54–69  Mexico
Scoring by half: 34-37, 20-32
7 June
Puerto Rico  78–69  Paraguay
Scoring by half: 37-34, 41-35
8 June
Paraguay  55–65  Peru
Scoring by half: 24-26, 31-39
8 June
Puerto Rico  74–78  Italy
Scoring by half: 41-39, 33-39
9 June
Japan  50–67  Peru
Scoring by half: 18-31, 32-36
9 June
Italy  62–63  Mexico
Scoring by half: 28-30, 34-33

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) 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

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. 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

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