VI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (LJUBLJANA 1970)

(From 10-05-1970 to 24-05-1970)

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PARTICIPANTS (13)

· Host nation: Yugoslavia.

· Olympic Tournament winner: USA.

· Top 2 qualified teams in the European Championship: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia (ranked 3rd in Eurobasket 1969, which took the place of runner-up Yugoslavia, qualified as tournament host).

· Top 2 qualified teams in the South American Championship: Uruguay, Brazil.

· Top 2 qualified teams in the Centrobasket: Panama, Cuba.

· Asian Championship winner: South Korea.

· African Championship winner: UAR (“United Arab Republic” is the official name of Egypt between 1958 and 1971).

· The remaining 3 berths are filled by invited teams from three continents: EUROPE (Italy), AMERICA (Canada), OCEANIA (Australia).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The thirteen participating teams are divided in 3 groups of 4 teams each (host Yugoslavia is bye) playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up (together with bye Yugoslavia) advance to the Final Round (places 1-7), played as a league stage. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average. The group winner at the end of this stage becomes World Champion.

· The rest of teams not qualified for the Final Round enter a Classification Round (places 8-13), also played as a league stage.

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

Group A (Sarajevo)

 

Group B (Split)

 

Group C (Karlovac)

Competition Day 1 (10-05-1970)

Competition Day 1 (10-05-1970)

Competition Day 1 (10-05-1970)

Australia - Czechoslovakia

70-94 (37-50)

Brazil - South Korea

82-77 (44-39)

Uruguay - UAR

90-73 (40-41)

USA - Cuba

74-53 (40-27)

Canada - Italy

69-84 (35-45) (a)

Panama - Soviet Union

52-110 (23-42) (a)

Competition Day 2 (12-05-1970)

Competition Day 2 (11-05-1970)

Competition Day 2 (11-05-1970)

Cuba - Czechoslovakia

80-82 (39-35)

Canada - South Korea

88-97 (50-49)

UAR - Panama

77-107 (31-43)

USA - Australia

99-62 (44-30)

Brazil - Italy

94-93 (34-44) (b)

Soviet Union - Uruguay

71-53 (32-30)

Competition Day 3 (13-05-1970)

Competition Day 3 (13-05-1970)

Competition Day 3 (13-05-1970)

Cuba - Australia

72-53 (34-24)

Brazil - Canada

112-59 (58-28)

Uruguay - Panama

79-77 (44-35)

USA - Czechoslovakia

99-86 (50-35)

South Korea - Italy

66-77 (31-36)

Soviet Union - UAR

121-56 (56-19)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

272

201

6

2. Czechoslovakia

3

2

1

262

249

5

3. Cuba

3

1

2

205

209

4

4. Australia

3

0

3

185

265

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

3

0

288

229

6

2. Italy

3

2

1

254

229

5

3. South Korea

3

1

2

240

247

4

4. Canada

3

0

3

216

293

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Soviet Union

3

3

0

302

155

6

2. Uruguay

3

2

1

222

221

5

3. Panama

3

1

2

236

266

4

4. UAR

3

0

3

200

318

3

(a) Games played on 12-05-1970.     (b) Two overtimes at the end of regulation (76-76 and 86-86).

 

BYE: Yugoslavia (host).

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 8-13)

(Skopje)

Competition Day 1 (17-05-1970)

Canada - Cuba

65-98 (22-49) (x)

Australia - UAR

95-81 (53-30)

South Korea - Panama

88-91 (34-39;84-84)

Competition Day 2 (19-05-1970)

Panama - Australia

90-83 (38-39)

UAR - Cuba

64-103 (35-47)

South Korea - Canada

79-77 (45-45)

Competition Day 3 (20-05-1970)

UAR - South Korea

73-93 (36-47)

Australia - Cuba

61-90 (32-43)

Panama - Canada

79-81 (37-37)

Competition Day 4 (22-05-1970)

Panama - UAR

94-69 (50-33)

Canada - Australia

80-76 (38-42)

South Korea - Cuba

76-77 (40-39)

Competition Day 5 (23-05-1970)

Australia - South Korea

79-92 (41-49)

Canada - UAR

106-80 (54-45)

Cuba - Panama

87-71 (42-35)

(x) Game played on 16-05-1970.

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Cuba

5

5

0

455

337

10

2. Panama

5

3

2

425

408

8

3. Canada

5

3

2

409

412

8

4. South Korea

5

3

2

428

397

8

5. Australia

5

1

4

394

433

6

6. UAR

5

0

5

367

491

5

 

 

FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-7)

Competition Day 1 (16-05-1970)

USA - Czechoslovakia

88-60 (39-24)

Yugoslavia - Italy

66-63 (28-24)

Soviet Union - Brazil

64-66 (38-27)

Competition Day 2 (17-05-1970)

Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia

98-72 (51-34)

Brazil - Italy

69-59 (29-29)

USA - Uruguay

76-39 (33-17)

Competition Day 3 (18-05-1970)

Soviet Union - Uruguay

95-43 (50-32)

Czechoslovakia - Italy

77-89 (41-43)

Brazil - Yugoslavia

55-80 (26-40)

Competition Day 4 (20-05-1970)

Italy - Uruguay

76-65 (48-27)

Soviet Union - USA

72-75 (44-44)

Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia

84-94 (40-42)

Competition Day 5 (21-05-1970)

Czechoslovakia - Brazil

72-71 (34-40)

Italy - USA

66-64 (32-33)

Uruguay - Yugoslavia

45-63 (26-37)

Competition Day 6 (23-05-1970)

Uruguay - Brazil

81-86 (35-43)

Italy - Soviet Union

58-62 (22-28)

Yugoslavia - USA

70-63 (35-32)

Competition Day 7 (24-05-1970)

Uruguay - Czechoslovakia

69-75 (36-35)

USA - Brazil

65-69 (34-35)

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

72-87 (38-49)

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Yugoslavia

6

5

1

445

397

11

2. Brazil

6

4

2

416

421

10

3. Soviet Union

6

4

2

478

386

10

4. Italy

6

3

3

411

403

9

5. USA

6

3

3

431

376

9

6. Czechoslovakia

6

2

4

440

509

8

7. Uruguay

6

0

6

342

471

6

 

 

FINAL (DECISIVE GAME)

VENUE: Hala “Tivoli” (Ljubljana)

DATE: 23-05-1970 (20:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 8.000

REFEREES: Erwin Kassai (HUN), David Bensusán (URU)

FOULED OUT: Simonović, Rajković / Brody, McDonald, Smith

2P: YUG (26) / USA (25); 1P: YUG (18/26) / USA (13/24); PF: YUG (36) / USA (34)

Југославија

Yugoslavia - USA

United States of America

70-63 (35-32)

Yugoslavia (coach: Ranko Žeravica)

Ratomir Tvrdić (4)

Nikola Plećaš (12)

Damir Šolman (4)

Krešimir Ćosić (15)

Petar Skansi (14)

USA (coach: Hal Fischer)

Kenny Washington (15)

Mike Silliman (16)

Garfield Smith (2)

Darnell Hillman (12)

Jim Williams (2)

Ljubodrag Simonović (7)

Vinko Jelovac (-)

Trajko Rajković (6)

Dragan Kapičić (2)

Ivo Daneu (-)

Dragutin Čermak (6)

Tal Brody (2)

Bob Wolf (2)

Art Wilmore (-)

Stan Isaac (2)

Bruce McDonald (10)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Yugoslavia YUG

2.

Brazil BRA

3.

Soviet Union USSR

4.

Italy ITA

5.

USA USA

6.

Czechoslovakia CZE

7.

Uruguay URU

8.

Cuba CUB

9.

Panama PAN

10.

Canada CAN

11.

South Korea SKR

12.

Australia AUS

13.

UAR UAR

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Shin Dong-pa (SKR)

261

8

32.6

2. Omar Arrestia (URU)

177

9

19.7

3. Davis Peralta (PAN)

150

8

18.7

4. Pedro Rivas (PAN)

150

8

18.7

5. Jiří Zídek (CZE)

167

9

18.6

6. Pedro Chappé (CUB)

143

8

17.9

7. Lee In-pyo (SKR)

142

8

17.8

8. Krešimir Ćosić (YUG)

104

6

17.3

9. Luís Menon (BRA)

152

9

16.9

10. Bob Molinski (CAN)

134

8

16.7

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Sergej Belov (USSR)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Kenny Washington (USA)

Sergej Belov (USSR)

Modestas Paulauskas (USSR)

Ubiratan Pereira (BRA)

Krešimir Ćosić (YUG)

   

 

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