1967 FIBA World Championship

1967 FIBA World Championship
5th FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Uruguay
Dates May 27 – June 11
Teams 12 (from ? federations)
Venues 5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
MVP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivo Daneu
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Poland Bohdan Likszo (20)  Soviet Union (81.4)
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The 1967 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from May 27 to June 11, 1967.

Venues

Group City Arena Capacity
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

Group A Group B Group C

 Italy
 Mexico
 Yugoslavia
 United States

 Argentina
 Japan
 Peru
 Soviet Union

 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Poland
 Puerto Rico

 Uruguay – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 218 192+26 6
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 228 211+17 5
 Mexico 3 1 2 216 2215 4
 Italy 3 0 3 178 21638 3
27 May
Mexico  7386  Yugoslavia
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
27 May
United States  6756  Italy
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
28 May
United States  7565  Mexico
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
28 May
Italy  6271  Yugoslavia
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
29 May
Italy  6078  Mexico
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes
30 May
United States  7671  Yugoslavia
Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 284 168+116 6
 Argentina 3 2 1 208 23325 5
 Peru 3 1 2 192 21523 4
 Japan 3 0 3 177 24568 3
27 May
Argentina  6963  Japan
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
27 May
Soviet Union  8446  Peru
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
28 May
Peru  6573  Argentina
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
28 May
Soviet Union  9556  Japan
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
30 May
Peru  8158  Japan
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo
30 May
Soviet Union  10566  Argentina
Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 260 164+96 6
 Poland 3 2 1 244 207+37 5
 Puerto Rico 3 1 2 206 22014 4
 Paraguay 3 0 3 153 272119 3
27 May
Brazil  8541  Paraguay
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
28 May
Poland  7664  Puerto Rico
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
28 May
Paraguay  5286  Puerto Rico
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
29 May
Brazil  8367  Poland
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
30 May
Paraguay  60101  Poland
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto
30 May
Brazil  9256  Puerto Rico
Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mexico 5 5 0 318 265+53 10
 Italy 5 4 1 373 298+75 9
 Peru 5 3 2 279 2812 8
 Japan 5 2 3 327 34417 7
 Puerto Rico 5 1 4 342 35513 6
 Paraguay 5 0 5 283 37996 5
3 June
Paraguay  4663  Mexico
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
3 June
Puerto Rico  5257  Peru
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Paraguay  5891  Italy
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Mexico  5644  Peru
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
4 June
Puerto Rico  7986  Japan
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
5 June
Puerto Rico  5965  Mexico
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
6 June
Paraguay  5580  Japan
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
6 June
Italy  6846  Peru
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
7 June
Japan  5469  Mexico
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
7 June
Puerto Rico  7869  Paraguay
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
8 June
Paraguay  5565  Peru
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
8 June
Puerto Rico  7478  Italy
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
9 June
Japan  5067  Peru
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba
9 June
Italy  6263  Mexico
Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Soviet Union 6 5 1 449 368+81 11
 Yugoslavia 6 4 2 451 432+19 10 2–0
 Brazil 6 4 2 465 432+33 10 1–1
 United States 6 4 2 457 391+66 10 0–2
 Poland 6 2 4 422 46947 8
 Argentina 6 1 5 399 47980 7 1–0
 Uruguay 6 1 5 347 41972 7 0–1

Awards

 1967 World Championship Winner 

Soviet Union
First title

Final ranking

Rank Team Record
1  Soviet Union 8–1
2  Yugoslavia 6–3
3  Brazil 7–2
4  United States 7–2
5  Poland 4–5
6  Argentina 3–6
7  Uruguay 1–5
8  Mexico 6–2
9  Italy 4–4
10  Peru 4–4
11  Japan 2–6
12  Puerto Rico 2–6
13  Paraguay 0–8

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 20
  2. Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19
  3. Luis Claudio Menon (Brazil) 19
  4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.2
  5. Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.3
  6. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 16.5
  7. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 16.1
  8. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.8
  9. Modestas Paulauskas (USSR) 14
  10. Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14

References

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