1967 FIBA World Championship explained

Tourney Name:FIBA World Championship
Year:1967
Other Titles:FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967
Country:Uruguay
Dates:27 May – 11 June
Opened:Óscar Diego Gestido
Num Teams:13
Confederations:3
Venues:5
Cities:4
Champion:Soviet Union
Champion-Flagvar:1955
Count:1
Second:Yugoslavia
Third:Brazil
Third-Flagvar:1960
Fourth:United States
Fourth-Flagvar:1960
Games:54
Mvp: Ivo Daneu
Top Scorer: Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)
Prevseason:1963
Nextseason:1970

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

GroupCityArenaCapacity
Group AMercedes[1] Gimnasio de Praga[2]  –
Group BMontevideoPeñarol Palace10,000
Group CSaltoGimnasio de Salto –
Classification roundCórdobaCórdoba Sport Club –
Final roundMontevideoCilindro Municipal18,000

Competing nations

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align=center colspan=3 – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format

Preliminary round

Group C

Final standings

Rank width=200pxTeam !Record
18–1
26–3
37–2
47–2
54–5
63–6
71–5
86–2
94–4
104–4
112–6
122–6
130–8

All-Tournament Team

See main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland) 19.7
  2. Bohdan Likszo (Poland) 19.3
  3. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 18.6
  4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 18.3
  5. Gianfranco Lombardi (Italy) 17.5
  6. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) 15.9
  7. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 15.6
  8. Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 14.6
  9. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 14.4
  10. Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) 14.0

Notes and References

  1. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1967_MONTEVIDEO.htm V World Cup (Montevideo 1967)
  2. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1967_MONTEVIDEO_gd.htm GAME DETAILS