1970 FIBA World Championship

1970 edition of the FIBA World Championship

International basketball competition

1970 FIBA World ChampionshipFIBA Svjetsko prvenstvo u košarci 1970.
FIBA Свјетско првенство у кошарци 1970

Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship

Tournament details
Host country| Yugoslavia
Dates| 10–24 May
Officially opened by| Josip Broz Tito
Teams| 13 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)| 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up|  Brazil
Third place|  Soviet Union
Fourth place|  Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played| 54
MVP|  Sergei Belov
Top scorer|  Shin Dong-Pa
(32.6 points per game)

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The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970.[1] It was the first FIBA World Championship hosted outside of South America.

## Competing nations

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Group A  | Group B  | Group C

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Australia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
United States

Brazil
Canada
Italy
South Korea

Panama
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Uruguay

Yugoslavia – advanced automatically to the final round as host

## Venues

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Group A[1] | Group B[1] | Group C[1] | Classification round[1] | Final round[1]

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Sarajevo | Karlovac | Split | Skopje | Ljubljana
Dvorana Skenderija | Sportska Dvorana Mladost | Mala dvorana Gripe  | Sala Gradski Park | Hala Tivoli
Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 1,400 | Capacity: 7,000
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## Preliminary round

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 272  | 201  | +71  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Czechoslovakia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 262  | 249  | +13  | 5
3  |  Cuba | 3  | 1  | 2  | 205  | 209  | −4  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 185  | 265  | −80  | 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.

10 May

Australia  | 70–94 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 37-50, 33-44

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

10 May

United States  | 74–53 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 40-27, 34-26

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

12 May

Cuba  | 80–82 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 39-35, 41-47

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

12 May

United States  | 99–62 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 44-30, 55-32

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

13 May

Cuba  | 72–53 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 34-24, 38-29

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

13 May

United States  | 99–86 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 50-35, 49-51

Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 288  | 229  | +59  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Italy | 3  | 2  | 1  | 254  | 229  | +25  | 5
3  |  South Korea | 3  | 1  | 2  | 240  | 247  | −7  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 3  | 216  | 293  | −77  | 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.

10 May

Brazil  | 82–77 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 44-39, 38-38

Arena Gripe, Split

11 May

Canada  | 88–97 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 50-49, 38-48

Arena Gripe, Split

11 May

Brazil  | 94–93 (2OT) |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 34-44, 42-32 Overtime: 10-10; 8-7

Arena Gripe, Split

12 May

Canada  | 69–84 |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 35-45, 34-39

Arena Gripe, Split

13 May

Brazil  | 112–59 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 58-28, 54-31

Arena Gripe, Split

13 May

South Korea  | 66–77 |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 31-36, 35-41

Arena Gripe, Split

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Soviet Union | 3  | 3  | 0  | 302  | 161  | +141  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Uruguay | 3  | 2  | 1  | 222  | 221  | +1  | 5
3  |  Panama | 3  | 1  | 2  | 236  | 266  | −30  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  United Arab Republic | 3  | 0  | 3  | 206  | 318  | −112  | 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.

10 May

Uruguay  | 90–73 |  United Arab Republic

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Scoring by half: 40-41, 50-32

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

11 May

United Arab Republic  | 77–107 |  Panama

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Scoring by half: 31-43, 46-64

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

11 May

Soviet Union  | 71–53 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 32-30, 39-23

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

12 May

Panama  | 52–110 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 23-42, 29-68

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

13 May

Uruguay  | 79–77 |  Panama

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Scoring by half: 44-35, 35-42

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

13 May

Soviet Union  | 121–56 |  United Arab Republic

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Scoring by half: 56-19, 65-37

Mladost Hall, Karlovac

## Classification round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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8  |  Cuba | 5  | 5  | 0  | 455  | 337  | +118  | 10
9  |  Panama | 5  | 3  | 2  | 425  | 408  | +17  | 8[a]
10  |  Canada | 5  | 3  | 2  | 409  | 412  | −3  | 8[a]
11  |  South Korea | 5  | 3  | 2  | 428  | 397  | +31  | 8[a]
12  |  Australia | 5  | 1  | 4  | 394  | 433  | −39  | 6
13  |  United Arab Republic | 5  | 0  | 5  | 367  | 491  | −124  | 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.
Notes:

1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Panama 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), South Korea 1–1 (0.99 GAvg)

16 May

Canada  | 65–98 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 22-49, 43-49

Skopje Hall, Skopje

17 May

Australia  | 95–81 |  United Arab Republic

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Scoring by half: 53-30, 42-51

Skopje Hall, Skopje

17 May

South Korea  | 88–91 (OT) |  Panama

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Scoring by half: 34-39, 50-45 Overtime: 4-7

Skopje Hall, Skopje

19 May

Panama  | 90–83 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 38-39, 52-44

Skopje Hall, Skopje

19 May

United Arab Republic  | 64–103 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 35-47, 29-56

Skopje Hall, Skopje

19 May

South Korea  | 79–77 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 45-45, 34-32

Skopje Hall, Skopje

20 May

United Arab Republic  | 73–93 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 36-47, 37-46

Skopje Hall, Skopje

20 May

Australia  | 61–90 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 32-43, 29-47

Skopje Hall, Skopje

20 May

Panama  | 79–81 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 37-37, 42-44

Skopje Hall, Skopje

22 May

Panama  | 94–69 |  United Arab Republic

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Scoring by half: 50-33, 44-36

Skopje Hall, Skopje

22 May

Canada  | 80–76 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 38-42, 42-34

Skopje Hall, Skopje

22 May

South Korea  | 76–77 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 40-39, 36-38

Skopje Hall, Skopje

23 May

Australia  | 79–92 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 41-49, 38-43

Skopje Hall, Skopje

23 May

Canada  | 106–80 |  United Arab Republic

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Scoring by half: 54-45, 52-35

Skopje Hall, Skopje

23 May

Cuba  | 87–71 |  Panama

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Scoring by half: 42-35, 45-36

Skopje Hall, Skopje

## Final round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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1  |  Yugoslavia (C, H) | 6  | 5  | 1  | 445  | 397  | +48  | 11
2  |  Brazil | 6  | 4  | 2  | 416  | 421  | −5  | 10[a]
3  |  Soviet Union | 6  | 4  | 2  | 478  | 386  | +92  | 10[a]
4  |  Italy | 6  | 3  | 3  | 411  | 403  | +8  | 9[b]
5  |  United States | 6  | 3  | 3  | 431  | 376  | +55  | 9[b]
6  |  Czechoslovakia | 6  | 2  | 4  | 440  | 509  | −69  | 8
7  |  Uruguay | 6  | 0  | 6  | 342  | 471  | −129  | 6

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 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Soviet Union
2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 United States

16 May

United States  | 88–60 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 39-24, 49-36

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

16 May

Yugoslavia  | 66–63 |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 28-24, 38-39

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

16 May

Soviet Union  | 64–66 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 38-27, 26-39

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

17 May

Soviet Union  | 98–72 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 51-34, 47-38

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

17 May

Brazil  | 69–59 |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 29-29, 40-30

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

17 May

United States  | 76–39 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 33-17, 43-22

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

18 May

Soviet Union  | 95–43 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 50-32, 45-11

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

18 May

Czechoslovakia  | 77–89 |  Italy

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Scoring by half: 41-43, 36-46

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

18 May

Brazil  | 55–80 |  Yugoslavia

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Scoring by half: 26-40, 29-40

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

20 May

Italy  | 76–65 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 48-27, 28-38

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

20 May

Soviet Union  | 72–75 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 44-44, 28-31

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

20 May

Czechoslovakia  | 84–94 |  Yugoslavia

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Scoring by half: 40-42, 44-52

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

21 May

Czechoslovakia  | 72–71 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 34-40, 38-31

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

21 May

Italy  | 66–64 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 32-33, 34-31

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

21 May

Uruguay  | 45–63 |  Yugoslavia

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Scoring by half: 26-37, 19-26

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

23 May

Uruguay  | 81–86 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 35-43, 46-43

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

23 May

Italy  | 58–62 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 22-28, 36-34

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

23 May

Yugoslavia  | 70–63 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 35-32, 35-31

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

24 May

Uruguay  | 69–75 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 36-35, 33-40

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

24 May

United States  | 65–69 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 34-35, 31-34

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

24 May

Yugoslavia  | 72–87 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 38-49, 34-38

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

## Final standings

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| Rank | Team | Record

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|  Yugoslavia | 5–1
|  Brazil | 7–2
|  Soviet Union | 7–2
4  |  Italy | 5–4
5  |  United States | 6–3
6  |  Czechoslovakia | 4–5
7  |  Uruguay | 2–7
8  |  Cuba | 6–2
9  |  Panama | 4–4
10  |  Canada | 3–5
11  |  South Korea | 4–4
12  |  Australia | 1–7
13  |  United Arab Republic | 0-8
|  1970 World Championship winner

Yugoslavia
First title
Most Valuable Player

Sergei Belov

Team Roster

Ratomir Tvrdić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Vinko Jelovac, Trajko Rajković, Aljoša Žorga, Dragan Kapičić, Ivo Daneu, Krešimir Ćosić, Damir Šolman, Nikola Plećaš, Dragutin Čermak, and Petar Skansi. Head coach: Ranko Žeravica.

### All-Tournament Team

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Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

* Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
* Sergei Belov \- (MVP) (Soviet Union)
* Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union)
* Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil)
* Kenny Washington (U.S.)

### Top scorers (ppg)

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1. Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
2. Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 19.7
3. Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.8
4. Davis Peralta (Panama) 18.8
5. Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 18.6
6. Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 17.9
7. Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 17.8
8. Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia) 17.3
9. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 16.9
10. Bob Molinski (Canada) 16.8

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "World Championship 1970". www.linguasport.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
2. ^ "The Best of 1970 World Cup: Yugoslavia claim first title as Europe's first host; Brazil second, Soviets third; super scorer Shin Dong-pa". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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