1967 FIBA World Championship

{{Short description|1967 edition of the FIBA World Championship}}

{{Infobox international basketball competition

| tourney_name = FIBA World Championship

| year = 1967

| other_titles = FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967

| image =

| size =

| alt =

| caption =

| city =

| 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

| attendance =

| mvp = {{flagicon|YUG}} Ivo Daneu

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|POL|1928}} Mieczysław Łopatka
(19.7 points per game)

| prevseason = 1963

| nextseason = 1970

| updated =

}}

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

class="wikitable"

! Group

! City

! Arena

! align="right" | Capacity

Group A

| Mercedes{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015013955/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1967_MONTEVIDEO.htm V World Cup (Montevideo 1967)]}}

| Gimnasio de Praga{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015175812/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/mundial/1967_MONTEVIDEO_gd.htm GAME DETAILS]}}

| align="right" | –

Group B

| Montevideo

| Peñarol Palace

| align="right" | 10,000

Group C

| Salto

| Gimnasio de Salto

| align="right" | –

Classification round

| Córdoba

| Córdoba Sport Club

| align="right" | –

Final round

| Montevideo

| Cilindro Municipal

| align="right" | 18,000

Competing nations

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!width=33%|Group A

!width=33%|Group B

!width=33%|Group C

{{Bk|ITA|1946}}

{{Bk|MEX|1934}}

{{Bk|YUG}}

{{Bk|USA|1960}}

|

{{Bk|ARG}}

{{Bk|JPN|1870}}

{{Bk|PER}}

{{Bk|URS|1955}}

|

{{Bk|BRA|1960}}

{{Bk|PAR|1954}}

{{Bk|POL|1928}}

{{Bk|PUR|1952}}

align=center colspan=3|{{Bk|URU}} – advanced automatically to the final round as host

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=

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=Group B=

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=Group C=

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Classification round

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Final round

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|name_B={{bk|YUG}} |win_B=4 |loss_B=2 |gf_B=451 |ga_B=432 |hth_B=Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 2–0, Brazil 1–1, United States 0–2

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|result1=gold |result2=silver |result3=bronze

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Awards

{{winners|bk|1967 World Championship winner|Soviet Union|First|1955}}

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Most Valuable Player
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Ivo Daneu

Final standings

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Rankwidth=200px| TeamRecord
bgcolor=gold

! 1

| {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}}

8–1
bgcolor=silver

! 2

| {{bk|Yugoslavia}}

6–3
bgcolor=cc9966

! 3

| {{bk|BRA|1960}}

7–2
4

| {{bk|USA|1960}} || 7–2

5

| {{Bk|Poland|1928}} || 4–5

6

| {{Bk|ARG}} || 3–6

7

| {{Bk|Uruguay}} || 1–5

8

| {{Bk|Mexico|1934}} || 6–2

9

| {{Bk|Italy|1946}} || 4–4

10

| {{Bk|Peru}} || 4–4

11

| {{Bk|Japan|1870}} || 2–6

12

| {{Bk|Puerto Rico|1952}} || 2–6

13

| {{Bk|Paraguay|1954}} || 0–8

All-Tournament Team

{{main|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

References

{{Reflist}}