1967 FIBA World Championship

1967 edition of the FIBA World Championship

International basketball competition

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

Competing nations

Competition format

• Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.
• Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.
• Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1964 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

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.

Group B

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.

Group C

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.

Classification round

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.

Final round

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. Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 2–0, Brazil 1–1, United States 0–2
2. Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–0 Uruguay

Awards

Final standings

All-Tournament Team

• Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia)
• Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia)
• Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland)
• Modestas Paulauskas (USSR)
• Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil)

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

References

1. V World Cup (Montevideo 1967)
2. GAME DETAILS

External links

• FIBA official website
• EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page