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VIII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (MANILA 1978)
(From 1-10-1978 to 14-10-1978) |
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PARTICIPANTS (14) · Host nation: Philippines. · Title holder: Soviet Union. · Top 3 qualified teams in the European Championship: Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Italy. · Top 2 qualified teams in the Centrobasket: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico. · Top 2 qualified teams in the Asian Championship: China, South Korea. · South American Championship winner: Brasil. · African Championship winner: Senegal. · 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 Philippines and title holder Soviet Union 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 Philippines and Soviet Union) 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 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. · The group winner and runner-up after the Final Round qualify for the final, whereas the teams ranked in places three and four play a consolation final for the bronze medal. The same X-cross matches are used to determine places 5-8. |
PRELIMINARY ROUND |
Group A |
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Group B |
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Group C |
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Competition Day 1 (2-10-1978) |
Competition Day 1 (2-10-1978) |
Competition Day 1 (1-10-1978) |
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Canada - South Korea |
105-69 (52-42) |
Brazil - China |
154-97 (65-35) |
Australia - USA |
75-77 (37-38) |
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Yugoslavia - Senegal |
99-64 (50-27) |
Puerto Rico - Italy |
80-93 (43-44) |
Dominican R. - Czechosl. |
81-82 (44-44) (b) |
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Competition Day 2 (3-10-1978) |
Competition Day 2 (3-10-1978) |
Competition Day 2 (2-10-1978) |
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South Korea - Yugoslavia |
85-121 (44-65) |
China - Puerto Rico |
104-107 (44-62) |
Australia - Czechoslovakia |
71-68 (38-32) |
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Canada - Senegal |
60-42 (36-17) |
Italy - Brazil |
84-88 (45-38) |
Dominican Republic - USA |
65-104 (24-49) |
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Competition Day 3 (4-10-1978) |
Competition Day 3 (4-10-1978) |
Competition Day 3 (3-10-1978) |
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South Korea - Senegal |
86-84 (36-33) (a) |
Puerto Rico - Brazil |
88-100 (43-53) |
Australia - Dominican R. |
74-72 (37-26) |
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Yugoslavia - Canada |
105-95 (55-47) |
China - Italy |
95-125 (49-60) |
USA - Czechoslovakia |
96-79 (46-46) |
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(a) Overtime at the end of regulation (74-74). (b) Game played on 4-10-1978. |
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BYES: Philippines (host), Soviet Union (title holder).
CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 9-14) |
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Competition Day 1 (6-10-1978) |
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South Korea - China |
90-102 (46-58) |
Senegal - Dominican Republic |
76-80 (40-41) |
Competition Day 2 (8-10-1978) |
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Puerto Rico - Czechoslovakia |
104-118 (52-60) (x) |
South Korea - Dominican Republic |
93-113 (44-50) |
Competition Day 3 (9-10-1978) |
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China - Czechoslovakia |
95-118 (54-57) |
South Korea - Puerto Rico |
87-119 (48-61) |
Competition Day 4 (11-10-1978) |
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China - Senegal |
79-89 (42-39) (y) |
South Korea - Czechoslovakia |
82-103 (42-49) |
Competition Day 5 (12-10-1978) |
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Dominican Republic - Puerto Rico |
89-119 (38-61) |
Czechoslovakia - Senegal |
112-82 (59-46) |
Competition Day 6 (13-10-1978) |
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Puerto Rico - Senegal |
97-83 (43-43) |
Dominican Republic - China |
112-115 (62-57) |
(x) Game played on 7-10-1978. (y) Game played on 10-10-1978. |
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FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Czechoslovakia |
5 |
5 |
0 |
533 |
444 |
10 |
2. Puerto Rico |
5 |
4 |
1 |
546 |
481 |
9 |
3. China |
5 |
2 |
3 |
495 |
516 |
7 |
4. Dominican Republic |
5 |
2 |
3 |
475 |
485 |
7 |
5. South Korea |
5 |
1 |
4 |
438 |
521 |
6 |
6. Senegal |
5 |
1 |
4 |
414 |
454 |
6 |
FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-8) |
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Competition Day 1 (6-10-1978) |
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Brazil - Canada |
69-62 (30-34) |
USA - Italy |
80-81 (39-47) |
Philippines - Yugoslavia |
101-117 (45-54) |
Soviet Union - Australia |
112-67 (56-35) |
Competition Day 2 (7-10-1978) |
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Soviet Union - Philippines |
110-63 (44-30) |
Italy - Yugoslavia |
76-108 (36-53) |
Australia - Brazil |
78-108 (27-59) |
Competition Day 3 (8-10-1978) |
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Soviet Union - Canada |
107-85 (64-36) |
Yugoslavia - USA |
100-93 (48-41) |
Australia - Italy |
69-87 (35-44) |
Competition Day 4 (9-10-1978) |
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Philippines - Brazil |
72-119 (34-59) |
Canada - USA |
90-96 (50-51) |
Competition Day 5 (10-10-1978) |
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USA - Brazil |
90-92 (46-39) |
Yugoslavia - Soviet Union |
105-92 (49-47) |
Philippines - Italy |
75-112 (30-54) |
Australia - Canada |
79-91 (28-44) |
Competition Day 6 (11-10-1978) |
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Australia - Philippines |
97-52 (48-21) |
Soviet Union - Italy |
79-69 (46-38) |
Yugoslavia - Brazil |
91-87 (44-46) |
Competition Day 7 (12-10-1978) |
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USA - Soviet Union |
76-97 (37-47) |
Canada - Philippines |
99-88 (53-40) |
Competition Day 8 (13-10-1978) |
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USA - Philippines |
100-70 (50-36) |
Soviet Union - Brazil |
94-85 (46-40) |
Italy - Canada |
100-83 (46-47) |
Australia - Yugoslavia |
101-105 (41-56) |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Yugoslavia |
7 |
7 |
0 |
731 |
645 |
14 |
2. Soviet Union |
7 |
6 |
1 |
691 |
550 |
13 |
3. Brazil |
7 |
5 |
2 |
648 |
571 |
12 |
4. Italy |
7 |
4 |
3 |
609 |
582 |
11 |
5. USA |
7 |
3 |
4 |
612 |
605 |
10 |
6. Canada |
7 |
2 |
5 |
605 |
644 |
9 |
7. Australia |
7 |
1 |
6 |
566 |
632 |
8 |
8. Philippines |
7 |
0 |
7 |
521 |
754 |
7 |
FINAL PLAYOFFS (PLACES 1-8) (14-10-1978) |
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7-8: Australia - Philippines |
92-74 (38-36) |
5-6: USA - Canada |
96-94 (47-50) |
3-4: Brazil - Italy |
86-85 (50-45) |
1-2: Yugoslavia - Soviet Union |
82-81 (41-41;73-73) |
FINAL |
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VENUE: Araneta Coliseum (Quezón City, Manila) DATE: 14-10-1978 (19:45 h) ATTENDANCE: 10.000 REFEREES: Ron Omori (USA), Don Cline (CAN) FOULED OUT: Ćosić (37’) / Tkachenko (41’), Edeshko 2P: YUG (32) / USSR (32); 1P: YUG (18/22) / USSR (17/21); PF: YUG (23) / USSR (24) 2P: USA (23) / BRA (12); 1P: USA (16/30) / BRA (17/32); PF: USA (27 + 1 technical foul) / BRA (23) [Incidents: Although the maximum capacity of Araneta Coliseum was 30,000 spectators, during the basketball World Championship it was reduced to 10,000 seats for safety reasons, which were fully packed for the final.] |
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Yugoslavia - Soviet Union |
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82-81 (41-41;73-73) |
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Yugoslavia (coach: Aleksandar Nikolić) Zoran Slavnić (4) Dragan Kićanović (17) Dražen Dalipagić (21) Željko Jerkov (4) Krešimir Ćosić (6) |
Soviet Union (coach: Aleksandr Gomel’skij) Stanislav Erjomin (11) Sergej Belov (12) Aleksandr Sal’nikov (12) Anatolij Myshkin (10) Vladimir Tkachenko (14) |
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Peter Vilfan (6) Rajko Žižić (6) Ratko Radovanović (10) Mirza Delibašić (8) |
Andrej Lopatov (8) Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (6) Ivan Edeshko (4) Sergėjus Jovaiša (2) Aleksandr Belostennyj (2) |
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FINAL STANDING |
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1. |
Yugoslavia |
2. |
Soviet
Union |
3. |
Brazil |
4. |
Italy |
5. |
USA |
6. |
Canada |
7. |
Australia |
8. |
Philippines |
9. |
Czechoslovakia |
10. |
Puerto
Rico |
11. |
China |
12. |
Dominican
Republic |
13. |
South
Korea |
14. |
Senegal |
TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME) |
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Player |
Pts. |
G |
Avg. |
1. Kamil Brabenec (CZE) |
188 |
7 |
26.9 |
2. Zhāng Wèipíng (CHN) |
177 |
7 |
25.3 |
3. Dražen Dalipagić (YUG) |
202 |
9 |
22.4 |
4. Choi Bu-young (SKR) |
148 |
7 |
21.1 |
5. Leo Rautins (CAN) |
197 |
10 |
19.7 |
6. Oscar Schmidt (BRA) |
190 |
10 |
19.0 |
7. Marcel de Souza (BRA) |
189 |
10 |
18.9 |
8. Rubén Rodríguez (PUR) |
127 |
7 |
18.1 |
9. Iván Mieses (DOM) |
127 |
7 |
18.1 |
10. Dragan Kićanović (YUG) |
162 |
9 |
18.0 |
TOURNAMENT MVP: Dražen Dalipagić (YUG) |
TOURNAMENT TEAM |
Marcel de Souza (BRA) Dražen Dalipagić (YUG) Oscar Schmidt (BRA) Krešimir Ćosić (YUG) Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR) |
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