1974 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1974
Tournament details
Host country Puerto Rico
Dates July 3–14
Teams 14 (from 5 confederations)
Venues 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)Tournament statistics
Games played 55
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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 Competing nations Preliminary round Group A 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
Mexico 78–100 Brazil Scoring by half: 27-46, 51-54
Mexico 106 –82Central African Republic Scoring by half: 61-40, 45-42
Brazil 60–79 Soviet Union Scoring by half: 25-39, 35-40
Brazil 94 –54Central African Republic Scoring by half: 47-32, 47-22
Soviet Union 95 –80Mexico Scoring by half: 46-41, 49-39
Group B 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
Philippines 85–135 United States Scoring by half: 38−57, 47−78Pts :Jaworski 21Pts: Lucas 30
Roberto Clemente Coliseum , San Juan Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Manny Reynoso (MEX), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
Spain 96 –89Argentina Scoring by half: 44-47, 52-42
Philippines 90–111 Argentina Scoring by half: 48−59, 42−52Pts :Adornado 23Pts: Ghermann 27
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares , Caguas Referees: Hugh Richardson (THA), Henri M'Bahia (CAF)
United States 114 –71Spain Scoring by half: 54-35, 60-36
Spain 117 –85Philippines Scoring by half: 59−41, 58−44Pts :Brabender 37Pts: Jaworski 23
Auditorio Pachín Vicéns , Ponce Referees: Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Isaac Grinman (BRA)
Argentina 86–109 United States Scoring by half: 43-56, 43-53
Group C 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
Australia 69–80 Canada Scoring by half: 36-40, 33-40
Cuba 61 –60Czechoslovakia Scoring by half: 26-30, 35-30
Cuba 92 –79Australia Scoring by half: 48-44, 44-35
Czechoslovakia 75–83 Canada Scoring by half: 42-40, 33-43
Czechoslovakia 89 –84Australia Scoring by half: 46-38, 43-46
Cuba 80 –79Canada Scoring by half: 42-46, 38-33
Classification round 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 12 Australia 5 2 3 466 442 +24 7 13 Philippines 5 2 3 474 517 −43 7 14 Central African Republic 5 0 5 375 523 −148 5
Czechoslovakia 84–94 Mexico Scoring by half: 44-49, 40-45
Philippines 101 –100Australia Scoring by half: 50−50, 51−50Pts :Adornado 20Pts: Palubinskas 39
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares , Caguas Referees: Mario Quintero (CUB), Carlos Bagué (ESP)
Central African Republic 70–121 Argentina Scoring by half: 42-59, 28-62
Mexico 101 –84Philippines Scoring by half: 44−42, 57−42Pts :Raga 38Pts: Adornado 17
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares , Caguas Referees: David Davidian (USSR), José Baldrich (PUR)
Australia 102 –100Argentina Scoring by half: 53-48, 49-52
Australia 96 –67Central African Republic Scoring by half: 45-21, 51-46
Philippines 112–119 Czechoslovakia Scoring by half: 46−59, 66−60Pts :Arnaiz 25Pts: Brabenec 29
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares , Caguas Referees: Isaac Grinman (BRA), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
Argentina 94–96 Mexico Scoring by half: 46-56, 48-40
Mexico 85 –84Australia Scoring by half: 45-48, 40-36
Argentina 91–113 Czechoslovakia Scoring by half: 46-65, 45-48
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares , Caguas Referees: Ron Foxcroft (CAN), Manny Reynoso (MEX)
Final round Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts 1 Soviet Union (C)7 6 1 625 509 +116 13 2 Yugoslavia 7 6 1 629 568 +61 13 3 United States 7 6 1 694 587 +107 13 4 Cuba 7 3 4 565 599 −34 10 5 Spain 7 2 5 556 640 −84 9 6 Brazil 7 2 5 522 586 −64 9 7 Puerto Rico (H)7 2 5 568 620 −52 9 8 Canada 7 1 6 566 616 −50 8
Spain 71–100 Soviet Union Scoring by half: 37-45, 34-55
Brazil 60–84 Yugoslavia Scoring by half: 31-35, 29-49
Puerto Rico 76–94 United States Scoring by half: 22-52, 54-42
Cuba 83–101 Yugoslavia Scoring by half: 44-54, 39-47
Canada 94–115 United States Scoring by half: 37-55, 57-60
Puerto Rico 86–102 Spain Scoring by half: 43-50, 43-52
Canada 86–73 Spain Scoring by half: 52-41, 34-32
Yugoslavia 82–79 Soviet Union Scoring by half: 45-46, 37-33
Cuba 70–83 United States Scoring by half: 41-47, 29-36
Brazil 73–68 Puerto Rico Scoring by half: 34-33, 39-35
Canada 74–75 Brazil Scoring by half: 28-32, 46-43
Cuba 66–83 Soviet Union Scoring by half: 36-41, 30-42
Yugoslavia 93–85 Puerto Rico Scoring by half: 41-31, 52-54
Yugoslavia 102–99 (OT) Canada Scoring by half: 53-39, 37-51 Overtime: 12-9
Cuba 84–75 Spain Scoring by half: 39-38, 45-37
United States 103–83 Brazil Scoring by half: 45-32, 58-51
Soviet Union 87–76 Puerto Rico Scoring by half: 44-39, 43-37
Spain 93–91 (OT) Brazil Scoring by half: 44-37, 37-44 Overtime: 12-10
United States 91–88 Yugoslavia Scoring by half: 41-50, 50-38
Soviet Union 92–60 Canada Scoring by half: 47-29, 45-31
Cuba 97–98 Puerto Rico Scoring by half: 43-34, 54-64
Spain 71–79 Yugoslavia Scoring by half: 35-37, 36-42
Soviet Union 105–94 United States Scoring by half: 55-55, 50-39
Cuba 85–80 Brazil Scoring by half: 33-54, 52-26
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." 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 1974 World Championship winner Soviet Union Second title
Final standings All-Tournament Team Top scorers (ppg) Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3 Luther Burden (United States) 20.2John Lucas (United States) 20.2Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0External links