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1970 FIBA World Championship

1970 edition of the FIBA World Championship

1970 edition of the FIBA World Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIBA World Championship
year1970
other_titlesFIBA Svjetsko prvenstvo u košarci 1970.
FIBA Свјетско првенство у кошарци 1970
image1970 FIBA World Championship stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg
captionYugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship
countryYugoslavia
dates10–24 May
openedJosip Broz Tito
num_teams13
confederations5
venues5
cities5
championYugoslavia
count1
secondBrazil
thirdSoviet Union
third-flagvar1955
fourthItaly
fourth-flagvar1946
games54
mvpURS Sergei Belov
top_scorerKOR Shin Dong-Pa
(32.6 points per game)
prevseason[1967](1967-fiba-world-championship)
nextseason[1974](1974-fiba-world-championship)

FIBA Свјетско првенство у кошарци 1970 | third-flagvar = 1955 | fourth-flagvar = 1946 (32.6 points per game) 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. It was the first FIBA World Championship hosted outside of South America.

Competing nations

Group AGroup BGroup C
– advanced automatically to the final round as host

Venues

Group AGroup BGroup CClassification roundFinal roundSarajevoKarlovacSplitSkopjeLjubljana
Dvorana SkenderijaSportska Dvorana MladostMala dvorana GripeSala Gradski ParkHala Tivoli
Capacity: **5,500**Capacity: **4,000**Capacity: **3,500**Capacity: **1,400**Capacity: **7,000**
[[File:Skenderija Sports Arena.png150px]][[File:Спортска сала Градски Парк 03.jpg150px]][[File:HalaTivoli-Ljubljana.JPG150px]]

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Final standings

RankTeamRecord45678910111213
5–1
7–2
7–2
5–4
6–3
4–5
2–7
6–2
4–4
3–5
4–4
1–7
0-8
Most Valuable Player
Soviet Union Sergei Belov

All-Tournament Team

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)

  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

References

References

  1. "World Championship 1970".
  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".
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