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1974 FIBA World Championship

1974 edition of the FIBA World Championship

1974 edition of the FIBA World Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIBA World Championship
year1974
other_titles*FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1974*
countryPuerto Rico
datesJuly 3–14
openedRafael Hernández Colón
num_teams14
confederations5
venues3
cities3
championSoviet Union
champion-flagvar1955
count2
secondYugoslavia
thirdUnited States
fourthCuba
games55
mvpYUG Dragan Kićanović
top_scorerMEX Arturo Guerrero
(27.0 points per game)
prevseason[1970](1970-fiba-world-championship)
nextseason[1978](1978-fiba-world-championship)

| champion-flagvar = 1955 (27.0 points per game) The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union.

Venues

PonceCaguasSan Juan
Auditorio Pachín VicénsColiseo Héctor Solá BezaresRoberto Clemente Coliseum
Capacity: **8,000**Capacity: **10,000**Capacity: **12,000**
[[File:Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al oeste.jpg150px]][[File:Roberto Clemente Coliseum.JPG150px]]

Competing nations

Group AGroup BGroup CFinal round

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Each team played the other seven once. Since the Soviets, the Americans and the Yugoslavian team each finished with records of 6-1, the medals were "decided on the goal average in the three games among each other." In those three games (Yugoslavia 82, U.S.S.R. 79; U.S. 91, Yugoslavia 88; and USSR 105, U.S. 94), the USSR had outscored its opponents 184 to 176, Yugoslavia was even at 170 for and 170 against, and the U.S. had been outscored 185 to 193.

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Yugoslavia Dragan Kićanović

Final standings

RankTeamRecord1234567891011121314
8–1
6–1
8–1
5–4
4–5
4–5
2–5
3–6
5–2
4–3
2–5
2–5
2–5
0–7

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

  • URS Alexander Belov
  • Yugoslavia Vinko Jelovac
  • Spain Wayne Brabender
  • Cuba Alejandro Urgelles
  • URS Alexander Salnikov

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0
  2. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1
  3. Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8
  4. Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0
  5. Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3
  6. Luther Burden (United States) 20.2
  7. John Lucas (United States) 20.2
  8. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8
  9. Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3
  10. William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0

References

References

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  3. (July 15, 1974). "Russians Defeat U.S. in World Basketball". Los Angeles Times.
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