1967 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 27 May – 11 June |
Officially opened by | Óscar Diego Gestido |
Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 54 |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (19.7 points per game) |
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
[edit]Group | City | Arena | Capacity |
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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
[edit]Group A | Group B | Group C |
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Competition format
[edit]- 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
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 192 | +26 | 6 | Final round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 211 | +17 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 221 | −5 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | ![]() | 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 168 | +116 | 6 | Final round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 233 | −25 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 215 | −23 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | ![]() | 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 164 | +96 | 6 | Final round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 207 | +37 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 220 | −14 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | ![]() | 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Classification round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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8 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 318 | 265 | +53 | 10 |
9 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 373 | 298 | +75 | 9 |
10 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 279 | 281 | −2 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 327 | 344 | −17 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 342 | 355 | −13 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Final round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 449 | 368 | +81 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 432 | +19 | 10[a] |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 465 | 432 | +33 | 10[a] |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 457 | 391 | +66 | 10[a] |
5 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 422 | 469 | −47 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 399 | 479 | −80 | 7[b] |
7 | ![]() | 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:
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:
Awards
[edit]1967 World Championship winner |
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![]() Soviet Union First title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team | Record |
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1 | ![]() | 8–1 |
2 | ![]() | 6–3 |
3 | ![]() | 7–2 |
4 | ![]() | 7–2 |
5 | ![]() | 4–5 |
6 | ![]() | 3–6 |
7 | ![]() | 1–5 |
8 | ![]() | 6–2 |
9 | ![]() | 4–4 |
10 | ![]() | 4–4 |
11 | ![]() | 2–6 |
12 | ![]() | 2–6 |
13 | ![]() | 0–8 |
All-Tournament Team
[edit]- Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia)
- Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia)
- Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland)
- Modestas Paulauskas (USSR)
- Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil)
Top scorers (ppg)
[edit]- Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19.7
- Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 19.3
- Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 18.6
- Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.3
- Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.5
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 15.9
- Manuel Raga (Mexico) 15.6
- Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.6
- Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 14.4
- Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14.0