1974 FIBA World Championship

1974 edition of the FIBA World Championship FIBA World Championship 1974 FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1974 Puerto Rico July 3–14 Rafael Hernández Colón 14 5 3 3 Soviet Union 1955 2 Yugoslavia United States Cuba 55 YUG Dragan Kićanović MEX Arturo Guerrero (27.0 points per game) 1970 1978 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 PonceVII World Cup (San Juan 1974) Caguas San Juan Auditorio Pachín VicénsGAME DETAILS Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares Roberto Clemente Coliseum Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 12,000 150px 150px Competing nations Group AGroup BGroup CFinal roundBRA 1968 CAF MEX URS 1955ARG PHI 1936 ESP 1945 USAAUS CAN CUB TCHPUR 1952 – host YUG – defending champion Preliminary round Group A main WL complete FIBA Archive points A, B, C, D URS 1955 3 0 314 188 BRA 1968 2 1 254 211 MEX 1 2 264 277 CAF 0 3 184 340 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round#eee July 3 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce URS 1955 140 CAF 48 72-23 68-25 #eee July 3 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce MEX 78 BRA 1968 100 27-46 51-54 July 4 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan MEX 106 CAF 82 61-40 45-42 July 4 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan BRA 1968 60 URS 1955 79 25-39 35-40 #eee July 5 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas BRA 1968 94 CAF 54 47-32 47-22 #eee July 5 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas URS 1955 95 MEX 80 46-41 49-39 Group B main WL complete FIBA Archive points A, B, C, D USA 3 0 358 242 ESP 1945 2 1 284 288 ARG 1 2 286 295 PHI 1936 0 3 260 363 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round #eee July 3 19:30 PHI 1936 85 USA 135 38−57 47−78 Jaworski 21 Lucas 30 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan 5,000 Manny Reynoso (MEX), Obrad Belošević (YUG) #eee July 3 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan ESP 1945 96 ARG 89 44-47 52-42 July 4 19:30 PHI 1936 90 ARG 111 48−59 42−52 Adornado 23 Ghermann 27 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas Hugh Richardson (THA), Henri M'Bahia (CAF) July 4 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas USA 114 ESP 1945 71 54-35 60-36 #eee July 5 19:30 ESP 1945 117 PHI 1936 85 59−41 58−44 Brabender 37 Jaworski 23 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Isaac Grinman (BRA) #eee July 5 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce ARG 86 USA 109 43-56 43-53 Group C main WL complete FIBA Archive points A, B, C, D CUB 3 0 233 218 CAN 2 1 242 224 TCH 1 2 224 228 AUS 0 3 232 261 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round #eee July 3 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas AUS 69 CAN 80 36-40 33-40 #eee July 3 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas CUB 61 TCH 60 26-30 35-30 July 4 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce CUB 92 AUS 79 48-44 44-35 July 4 Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce TCH 75 CAN 83 42-40 33-43 #eee July 5 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan TCH 89 AUS 84 46-38 43-46 #eee July 5 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 80 CAN 79 42-46 38-33 Classification round main WL complete FIBA Archive points A, B, C, D, E, F MEX 9 5 0 482 428 TCH 10 4 1 518 451 ARG 11 2 3 517 471 Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Philippines 1–1 (0.91 GAvg) AUS 12 2 3 466 442 C PHI 1936 13 2 3 474 517 C CAF 14 0 5 375 523 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.#eee July 7 14:00 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas TCH 84 MEX 94 44-49 40-45 #eee July 8 21:30 PHI 1936 101 AUS 100 50−50 51−50 Adornado 20 Palubinskas 39 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas Mario Quintero (CUB), Carlos Bagué (ESP) July 8 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas CAF 70 ARG 121 42-59 28-62 #eee July 9 21:30 MEX 101 PHI 1936 84 44−42 57−42 Raga 38 Adornado 17 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas David Davidian (USSR), José Baldrich (PUR) #eee July 9 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas AUS 102 ARG 100 53-48 49-52 #eee July 9 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas CAF 70 TCH 113 32-65 38-48 July 11 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas AUS 96 CAF 67 45-21 51-46 July 11 11:30 PHI 1936 112 TCH 119 46−59 66−60 Arnaiz 25 Brabenec 29 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas Isaac Grinman (BRA), Obrad Belošević (YUG) July 11 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas ARG 94 MEX 96 46-56 48-40 #eee July 12 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas MEX 85 AUS 84 45-48 40-36 #eee July 12 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas ARG 91 TCH 113 46-65 45-48 #eee July 12 21:30 PHI 1936 87 CAF 86 41−49 46−37 Adornado 22 Gambor 24 Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas Ron Foxcroft (CAN), Manny Reynoso (MEX) Final round main WL complete FIBA Archive points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H URS 1955 6 1 625 509 Head-to-head record: Soviet Union 1–1 (1.05 GAvg), Yugoslavia 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), United States 1–1 (0.96 GAvg) C YUG 6 1 629 568 A USA 6 1 694 587 A CUB 3 4 565 599 ESP 1945 2 5 556 640 Head-to-head record: Spain 2–0, Brazil 1–1, Puerto Rico 0–2 BRA 1968 2 5 522 586 E PUR 1952 2 5 568 620 E H CAN 1 6 566 616 gold silver bronze 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. gold silver #cc9966 #eee July 7 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan ESP 1945 71 URS 1955 100 37-45 34-55 #eee July 7 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan BRA 1968 60 YUG 84 31-35 29-49 #eee July 7 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan PUR 1952 76 USA 94 22-52 54-42 July 8 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 83 YUG 101 44-54 39-47 July 8 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CAN 94 USA 115 37-55 57-60 July 8 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan PUR 1952 86 ESP 1945 102 43-50 43-52 #eee July 9 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CAN 86 ESP 1945 73 52-41 34-32 #eee July 9 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan YUG 82 URS 1955 79 45-46 37-33 #eee July 9 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 70 USA 83 41-47 29-36 #eee July 9 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan BRA 1968 73 PUR 1952 68 34-33 39-35 July 11 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CAN 74 BRA 1968 75 28-32 46-43 July 11 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 66 URS 1955 83 36-41 30-42 July 11 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan YUG 93 PUR 1952 85 52-54 41-31 #eee July 12 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan OT YUG 102 CAN 99 53-39 37-51 12-9 #eee July 12 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 84 ESP 1945 75 45-37 39-38 #eee July 12 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan USA 103 BRA 1968 83 45-32 58-51 #eee July 12 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan URS 1955 87 PUR 1952 76 43-37 44-39 July 13 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan OT ESP 1945 93 BRA 1968 91 44-37 37-44 12-10 July 13 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan USA 91 YUG 88 41-50 50-38 July 13 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan URS 1955 92 CAN 60 47-29 45-31 July 13 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 97 PUR 1952 98 43-34 54-64 #eee July 14 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan ESP 1945 71 YUG 79 35-37 36-42 #eee July 14 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan URS 1955 105 USA 94 55-55 50-39 #eee July 14 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan CUB 85 BRA 1968 80 33-54 52-26 #eee July 14 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan PUR 1952 79 CAN 74 37-29 42-45 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."Russians Defeat U.S. in World Basketball Los Angeles Times July 15, 1974 III-2 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 bk 1974 World Championship winner Soviet Union Second 1955 Most Valuable PlayerYugoslavia Dragan Kićanović Final standings Rank Team Record 1 Soviet Union 1955 8–1 2 Yugoslavia 6–1 3 United States 8–1 4 Cuba 5–4 5 Spain 1945 4–5 6 Brazil 1968 4–5 7 Puerto Rico 1952 2–5 8 Canada 3–6 9 Mexico 5–2 10 Czechoslovakia 4–3 11 Argentina 2–5 12 Australia 2–5 13 Philippines 1936 2–5 14 Central African Republic 0–7 All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team URS 1955 Alexander Belov Yugoslavia Vinko Jelovac Spain 1945 Wayne Brabender Cuba Alejandro Urgelles URS 1955 Alexander Salnikov Top scorers (ppg) Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0 Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1 Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8 Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0 Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3 Luther Burden (United States) 20.2 John Lucas (United States) 20.2 Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8 Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3 William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0 References External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page 1974 World Championship Category:1974 in Puerto Rican sports Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Puerto Rico