VII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (SAN JUAN 1974)

(From 3-07-1974 to 14-07-1974)
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PARTICIPANTS (14)

· Host nation: Puerto Rico.

· Title holder: Yugoslavia.

· Top 3 qualified teams in the European Championship: Yugoslavia, Spain, Soviet Union.

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

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

· Asian Championship winner: Philippines.

· African Championship winner: Central African Republic.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

· Two invited top teams from North America: USA, Canada.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The fourteen participating teams are divided in 3 groups of 4 teams each (host Puerto Rico and title holder Yugoslavia are 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 byes Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia) advance to the Final Round (places 1-8), played as a league stage in which the individual scores during the preliminary round are accumulated. 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 9-14), also played as a league stage in which the individual scores during the preliminary round are accumulated.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

(Ponce, San Juan, Caguas)

 

Group A

 

Group B

 

Group C

Competition Day 1 (3-07-1974)

(Ponce)

Competition Day 1 (3-07-1974)

(San Juan)

Competition Day 1 (3-07-1974)

(Caguas)

Soviet Union - Central Afr.

140-48 (72-23)

Philippines - USA

85-135 (38-57)

Australia - Canada

69-80 (36-40)

Mexico - Brazil

78-100 (27-46)

Spain - Argentina

96-89 (44-47)

Cuba - Czechoslovakia

61-60 (26-30)

Competition Day 2 (4-07-1974)

(San Juan)

Competition Day 2 (4-07-1974)

(Caguas)

Competition Day 2 (4-07-1974)

(Ponce)

Mexico - Central African R.

106-82 (61-40)

Philippines - Argentina

90-111 (48-59)

Cuba - Australia

92-79 (48-44)

Brazil - Soviet Union

60-79 (25-39)

USA - Spain

114-71 (51-35)

Czechoslovakia - Canada

75-83 (42-40)

Competition Day 3 (5-07-1974)

(Caguas)

Competition Day 3 (5-07-1974)

(Ponce)

Competition Day 3 (5-07-1974)

(San Juan)

Brazil - Central African R.

94-54 (47-32)

Spain - Philippines

117-85 (59-41)

Czechoslovakia - Australia

89-84 (46-38)

Soviet Union - Mexico

95-80 (46-41)

Argentina - USA

86-109 (43-56)

Cuba - Canada

80-79 (42-46)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Soviet Union

3

3

0

314

188

6

2. Brazil

3

2

1

254

211

5

3. Mexico

3

1

2

264

277

4

4. Central African Rep.

3

0

3

184

340

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

358

242

6

2. Spain

3

2

1

284

288

5

3. Argentina

3

1

2

286

295

4

4. Philippines

3

0

3

260

363

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Cuba

3

3

0

233

218

6

2. Canada

3

2

1

242

224

5

3. Czechoslovakia

3

1

2

224

228

4

4. Australia

3

0

3

232

261

3

 

BYES: Puerto Rico (host), Yugoslavia (title holder).

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 9-14)

(Caguas)

Competition Day 1 (8-07-1974)

Czechoslovakia - Mexico

84-94 (44-49) (x)

Philippines - Australia

101-100 (50-50)

Central African Republic - Argentina

70-121 (42-59)

Competition Day 2 (9-07-1974)

Mexico - Philippines

101-84 (44-42)

Australia - Argentina

102-100 (53-48)

Central African Republic - Czechoslovakia

70-113 (32-65)

Competition Day 3 (11-07-1974)

Australia - Central African Republic

96-67 (45-21)

Philippines - Czechoslovakia

112-119 (46-59)

Argentina - Mexico

94-96 (46-56)

Competition Day 4 (12-07-1974)

Mexico - Australia

85-84 (45-48)

Argentina - Czechoslovakia

91-113 (46-65)

Philippines - Central African Republic

87-86 (41-49)

(x) Game played on 7-07-1974.

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Mexico

5

5

0

482

428

10

2. Czechoslovakia

5

4

1

518

451

9

3. Argentina

5

2

3

517

471

7

4. Australia

5

2

3

466

442

7

5. Philippines

5

2

3

474

517

7

6. Central African Republic

5

0

5

375

523

5

 

 

FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-8)

Competition Day 1 (7-07-1974)

Spain - Soviet Union

71-100 (37-45)

Brazil - Yugoslavia

60-84 (31-35)

Puerto Rico - USA

76-94 (22-52)

Competition Day 2 (8-07-1974)

Cuba - Yugoslavia

83-101 (44-54)

Canada - USA

94-115 (37-55)

Puerto Rico - Spain

86-102 (43-50)

Competition Day 3 (9-07-1974)

Canada - Spain

86-73 (52-41)

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

82-79 (45-46)

Cuba - USA

70-83 (41-47)

Brazil - Puerto Rico

73-68 (34-33)

Competition Day 4 (11-07-1974)

Canada - Brazil

74-75 (28-32)

Cuba - Soviet Union

66-83 (36-41)

Yugoslavia - Puerto Rico

93-85 (41-31)

Competition Day 5 (12-07-1974)

Yugoslavia - Canada

102-99 (53-39;90-90)

Cuba - Spain

84-75 (39-38)

USA - Brazil

103-83 (45-32)

Soviet Union - Puerto Rico

87-76 (44-39)

Competition Day 6 (13-07-1974)

Spain - Brazil

93-91 (44-37;81-81)

USA - Yugoslavia

91-88 (41-50)

Soviet Union - Canada

92-60 (47-29)

Cuba - Puerto Rico

97-98 (43-34)

Competition Day 7 (14-07-1974)

Spain - Yugoslavia

71-79 (35-37)

Soviet Union - USA

105-94 (55-55)

Cuba - Brazil

85-80 (33-54)

Puerto Rico - Canada

79-74 (37-29)

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Soviet Union

7

6

1

625

509

13

2. Yugoslavia

7

6

1

629

568

13

3. USA

7

6

1

694

587

13

4. Cuba

7

3

4

565

599

10

5. Spain

7

2

5

556

640

9

6. Brazil

7

2

5

522

586

9

7. Puerto Rico

7

2

5

568

620

9

8. Canada

7

1

6

566

616

8

 

 

FINAL (DECISIVE GAME)

VENUE: Coliseo “Roberto Clemente” (San Juan)

DATE: 14-07-1974 (16:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.000

REFEREES: Aldo Albanesi (ITA), Isaac Grinman (BRA)

FOULED OUT: Paulauskas (31’), Miloserdov (33’) / Kelley (32’), Meriweather (35’), Boswell (39’)

2P: USSR (34) / USA (36); 1P: USSR (37/44) / USA (22/30); PF: USSR (28) / USA (38 + 2 technical fouls)

[Incidents: The Soviet Union needed to win this game by 4 points or more to become world champion, as otherwise the triple tie at the head of the classification (USA, USSR, Yugoslavia) would benefit the Americans in the particular basket average among these three teams.]

СССР

Soviet Union - USA

United States of America

105-94 (55-55)

Soviet Union (coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

Aleksandr Bol’shakov (-)

Sergej Belov (10)

Aleksandr Kharchenkov (2)

Aleksandr Belov (16)

Vladimir Zhigilij (3)

USA (coach: Gene Bartow)

John Lucas (18)

Quinn Buckner (7)

Gus Gerard (16)

Tom Boswell (8)

Rich Kelley (8)

Yurij Pavlov (6)

Modestas Paulauskas (11)

Valerij Miloserdov (6)

Aleksandr Sal’nikov (38)

Aleksandr Boloshev (9)

Ivan Edeshko (4)

Priit Tomson (-)

Luther Burden (22)

Steve Grote (2)

Gene Short (6)

Rick Schmidt (-)

Joe Meriweather (7)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Soviet Union USSR

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

USA USA

4.

Cuba CUB

5.

Spain SPA

6.

Brazil BRA

7.

Puerto Rico PUR

8.

Canada CAN

9.

Mexico MEX

10.

Czechoslovakia CZE

11.

Argentina ARG

12.

Australia AUS

13.

Philippines PHI

14.

Central African Republic CAF

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Arturo Guerrero (MEX)

189

7

27.0

2. Manuel Raga (MEX)

183

7

26.1

3. Eddie Palubinskas (AUS)

172

7

24.6

4. Wayne Brabender (SPA)

207

9

23.0

5. Ernesto Ghermann (ARG)

156

7

22.3

6. Luther Burden (USA)

182

9

20.2

7. John Lucas (USA)

182

9

20.2

8. Dragan Kićanović (YUG)

139

7

19.8

9. Alejandro Urgellés (CUB)

174

9

19.3

10. William Adornado (PHI)

126

7

18.0

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: John Lucas (USA)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

John Lucas (USA)

Wayne Brabender (SPA)

Dragan Kićanović (YUG)

Aleksandr Sal’nikov (USSR)

Aleksandr Belov (USSR)

   

 

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