1970 FIBA World Championship
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The 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball
competition hosted by Yugoslavia at Sarajevo
, Split
, Karlovac
, Skopje
and Ljubljana
, from May 10 to 24 , 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.
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 Yugoslavia at Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Karlovac
Karlovac
Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County...
, Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
and Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, from May 10 to 24 , 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.
Competing nations
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|
| - advanced automatically to the final round as host | ||
Venues
| Group | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Sarajevo Sarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... |
Dvorana Skenderija Dvorana Mirza Delibašic Mirza Delibašić Hall, commonly known as Skenderija, is an indoor sporting arena located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The seating capacity of the arena is for 7,000 people and it was opened on 23 November 1969... |
8,000 |
| Group B | Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
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| Group C | Karlovac Karlovac Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County... |
- | - |
| Classification Round | Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... |
- | - |
| Final round | Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants... |
Hala Tivoli Hala Tivoli The Tivoli Hall is a complex of two multi-purpose indoor sport arenas in the Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The complex was opened in 1965. The larger, ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 7,000 people. When configured to host basketball games, the capacity is adjusted to... |
14,000 |
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the final round | |
| Qualified for the classification round |
Group A
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 201 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 249 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 209 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 265 | ||
Group B
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 229 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 229 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 247 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 293 | ||
Group C
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 161 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 221 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 266 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 318 | ||
Classification round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams | |Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 455 | 336 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 425 | 408 | 1W-1L | 1.006 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 409 | 412 | ||||
| 1W-1L | 1.000 | |||||||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 397 | 1W-1L | 0.994 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 433 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 367 | 491 | ||||
Final round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 445 | 397 | +48 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 416 | 421 | -5 | 66-64 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 386 | +92 | 64-66 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 411 | 403 | +8 | 66-64 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 431 | 376 | +55 | 64-66 | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 440 | 509 | -69 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 342 | 471 | -129 |
Final ranking
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All-Tournament Team
- Krešimir ĆosićKrešimir CosicKrešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame...
(Yugoslavia) - Sergei BelovSergei BelovSergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...
(USSR) - 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) - Ubiratan Pereira MacielUbiratan Pereira MacielUbiratan Pereira Maciel was a basketball player from Brazil...
(Brazil) - Kenny WashingtonKenny Washington (basketball)Kenneth Washington is a retired American basketball player and coach. As a player, he was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA and represented the United States in the 1970 FIBA World Championship. He was also the first head coach in UCLA women's basketball history.Washington, a 6'3 guard out of...
(USA)
Top scorers (ppg)
- Shin Dong-pa (S.Korea) 32.6
- Davis Peralta (Panama) 20
- Jiri Zidek Sr.Jiří Zídek Sr.Jiří Zídek Sr. is a retired Czech basketball player. A talented center, he helped USK Slavia Prague make it all the way to the Euroleague final in 1966. He scored 22 points in the final to lead all scorers, but Simmenthal Milano stood in his way for the Euroleague crown, winning the game 77-72...
(Czechoslovakia) 19.3 - Pedro Chappe GarciaPedro Chappe GarciaPedro Chappé García is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....
(Cuba) 18.5 - Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5
- Lee In-pyo (S.Korea) 18
- Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
- Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
- Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
- Victor HernandezVictor HernandezVictgor Hernandez can refer to* Victor Hernández Cruz, New York poet* Víctor Hugo Hernández, Mexican football player...
(Uruguay) 16.5