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1974 FIBA World Championship

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.

1974 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1974
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
DatesJuly 3–14
Officially opened byRafael Hernández Colón
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place United States
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Games played55
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Kićanović
Top scorerMexico Arturo Guerrero
(27.0 points per game)
← 1970
1978 →

Venues

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Ponce[1] Caguas[1] San Juan[1]
Auditorio Pachín Vicéns[2] Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares[2] Roberto Clemente Coliseum[2]
Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 12,000
   

Competing nations

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Group A Group B Group C Final round

  Brazil
  Central African Republic
  Mexico
  Soviet Union

  Argentina
  Philippines
  Spain
  United States

  Australia
  Canada
  Cuba
  Czechoslovakia

  Puerto Rico – host
  Yugoslavia – defending champion

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 314 188 +126 6 Final round
2   Brazil 3 2 1 254 211 +43 5
3   Mexico 3 1 2 264 277 −13 4 Classification round
4   Central African Republic 3 0 3 184 340 −156 3
Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
Soviet Union   140–48   Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 72-23, 68-25
July 3
Mexico   78–100   Brazil
Scoring by half: 27-46, 51-54
July 4
Mexico   106–82   Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 61-40, 45-42
July 4
Brazil   60–79   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 25-39, 35-40
July 5
Brazil   94–54   Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 47-32, 47-22
July 5
Soviet Union   95–80   Mexico
Scoring by half: 46-41, 49-39

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 358 242 +116 6 Final round
2   Spain 3 2 1 284 288 −4 5
3   Argentina 3 1 2 286 295 −9 4 Classification round
4   Philippines 3 0 3 260 363 −103 3
Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
19:30
Philippines   85–135   United States
Scoring by half: 38−57, 47−78
Pts: Jaworski 21 Pts: Lucas 30
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Manny Reynoso (MEX), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
July 3
Spain   96–89   Argentina
Scoring by half: 44-47, 52-42
July 4
19:30
Philippines   90–111   Argentina
Scoring by half: 48−59, 42−52
Pts: Adornado 23 Pts: Ghermann 27
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Hugh Richardson (THA), Henri M'Bahia (CAF)
July 4
United States   114–71   Spain
Scoring by half: 54-35, 60-36
July 5
19:30
Spain   117–85   Philippines
Scoring by half: 59−41, 58−44
Pts: Brabender 37 Pts: Jaworski 23
Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce
Referees: Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Isaac Grinman (BRA)
July 5
Argentina   86–109   United States
Scoring by half: 43-56, 43-53

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba 3 3 0 233 218 +15 6 Final round
2   Canada 3 2 1 242 224 +18 5
3   Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 224 228 −4 4 Classification round
4   Australia 3 0 3 232 261 −29 3
Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
Australia   69–80   Canada
Scoring by half: 36-40, 33-40
July 3
Cuba   61–60   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 26-30, 35-30
July 4
Cuba   92–79   Australia
Scoring by half: 48-44, 44-35
July 4
Czechoslovakia   75–83   Canada
Scoring by half: 42-40, 33-43
July 5
Czechoslovakia   89–84   Australia
Scoring by half: 46-38, 43-46
July 5
Cuba   80–79   Canada
Scoring by half: 42-46, 38-33

Classification round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9   Mexico 5 5 0 482 428 +54 10
10   Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 518 451 +67 9
11   Argentina 5 2 3 517 471 +46 7[a]
12   Australia 5 2 3 466 442 +24 7[a]
13   Philippines 5 2 3 474 517 −43 7[a]
14   Central African Republic 5 0 5 375 523 −148 5
Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Philippines 1–1 (0.91 GAvg)
July 7
14:00
Czechoslovakia   84–94   Mexico
Scoring by half: 44-49, 40-45
July 8
21:30
Philippines   101–100   Australia
Scoring by half: 50−50, 51−50
Pts: Adornado 20 Pts: Palubinskas 39
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Mario Quintero (CUB), Carlos Bagué (ESP)
July 8
Central African Republic   70–121   Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-59, 28-62
July 9
21:30
Mexico   101–84   Philippines
Scoring by half: 44−42, 57−42
Pts: Raga 38 Pts: Adornado 17
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: David Davidian (USSR), José Baldrich (PUR)
July 9
Australia   102–100   Argentina
Scoring by half: 53-48, 49-52
July 9
Central African Republic   70–113   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 32-65, 38-48
July 11
Australia   96–67   Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 45-21, 51-46
July 11
11:30
Philippines   112–119   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46−59, 66−60
Pts: Arnaiz 25 Pts: Brabenec 29
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Isaac Grinman (BRA), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
July 11
Argentina   94–96   Mexico
Scoring by half: 46-56, 48-40
July 12
Mexico   85–84   Australia
Scoring by half: 45-48, 40-36
July 12
Argentina   91–113   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46-65, 45-48
July 12
21:30
Philippines   87–86   Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 41−49, 46−37
Pts: Adornado 22 Pts: Gambor 24
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Ron Foxcroft (CAN), Manny Reynoso (MEX)

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Soviet Union (C) 7 6 1 625 509 +116 13[a]
2   Yugoslavia 7 6 1 629 568 +61 13[a]
3   United States 7 6 1 694 587 +107 13[a]
4   Cuba 7 3 4 565 599 −34 10
5   Spain 7 2 5 556 640 −84 9[b]
6   Brazil 7 2 5 522 586 −64 9[b]
7   Puerto Rico (H) 7 2 5 568 620 −52 9[b]
8   Canada 7 1 6 566 616 −50 8
Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Soviet Union 1–1 (1.05 GAvg), Yugoslavia 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), United States 1–1 (0.96 GAvg)
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Spain 2–0, Brazil 1–1, Puerto Rico 0–2
July 7
Spain   71–100   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37-45, 34-55
July 7
Brazil   60–84   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31-35, 29-49
July 7
Puerto Rico   76–94   United States
Scoring by half: 22-52, 54-42
July 8
Cuba   83–101   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 44-54, 39-47
July 8
Canada   94–115   United States
Scoring by half: 37-55, 57-60
July 8
Puerto Rico   86–102   Spain
Scoring by half: 43-50, 43-52
July 9
Canada   86–73   Spain
Scoring by half: 52-41, 34-32
July 9
Yugoslavia   82–79   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45-46, 37-33
July 9
Cuba   70–83   United States
Scoring by half: 41-47, 29-36
July 9
Brazil   73–68   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-33, 39-35
July 11
Canada   74–75   Brazil
Scoring by half: 28-32, 46-43
July 11
Cuba   66–83   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36-41, 30-42
July 11
Yugoslavia   93–85   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 41-31, 52-54
July 12
Yugoslavia   102–99 (OT)   Canada
Scoring by half: 53-39, 37-51 Overtime: 12-9
July 12
Cuba   84–75   Spain
Scoring by half: 39-38, 45-37
July 12
United States   103–83   Brazil
Scoring by half: 45-32, 58-51
July 12
Soviet Union   87–76   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 44-39, 43-37
July 13
Spain   93–91 (OT)   Brazil
Scoring by half: 44-37, 37-44 Overtime: 12-10
July 13
United States   91–88   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 41-50, 50-38
July 13
Soviet Union   92–60   Canada
Scoring by half: 47-29, 45-31
July 13
Cuba   97–98   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43-34, 54-64
July 14
Spain   71–79   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-37, 36-42
July 14
Soviet Union   105–94   United States
Scoring by half: 55-55, 50-39
July 14
Cuba   85–80   Brazil
Scoring by half: 33-54, 52-26
July 14
Puerto Rico   79–74   Canada
Scoring by half: 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."[3] 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

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 1974 World Championship winner 
 
Soviet Union
Second title
Most Valuable Player
  Dragan Kićanović

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1   Soviet Union 8–1
2   Yugoslavia 6–1
3   United States 8–1
4   Cuba 5–4
5   Spain 4–5
6   Brazil 4–5
7   Puerto Rico 2–5
8   Canada 3–6
9   Mexico 5–2
10   Czechoslovakia 4–3
11   Argentina 2–5
12   Australia 2–5
13   Philippines 2–5
14   Central African Republic 0–7

All-Tournament Team

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Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

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  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

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  1. ^ a b c VII World Cup (San Juan 1974)
  2. ^ a b c GAME DETAILS
  3. ^ "Russians Defeat U.S. in World Basketball". Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1974. p. III-2.
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