World Basketball Championship 1967

FIBA World Championship 1967
5th basketball world championship
Number of nations	13
World Champion	Soviet Union (1st title)
venue	Uruguay
Opening game	May 27, 1967
Endgame	June 11, 1967

The 5th World Basketball Championship the men took from 27 May to 11 June 1967 in Uruguay with 13 participating states instead.

Venues

city	venue
Cordoba	Cordoba Sport Club
Mercedes	Gimnasio de Praga
Montevideo	Cilindro Municipal (Final Round)
Montevideo	unknown venue (preliminary round)
Somersault	Gimnasio de Salto

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in three groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C
Italy  Mexico  United States  Yugoslavia	Argentina  Japan  Peru  Soviet Union	Brazil  Paraguay  Poland  Puerto Rico

Group A - Mercedes

game	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
A1	United States	Italy	28:30	39:26	-	67:56
A2	Mexico	Yugoslavia	34:43	39:43	-	73:86
A3	United States	Mexico	42:34	33:31	-	75:65
A4	Italy	Yugoslavia	30:31	32:40	-	62:71
A5	Italy	Mexico	27:33	33:45	-	60:78
A6	United States	Yugoslavia	34:38	42:33	-	76:71

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	United States	3	3	0	218: 192	6th	+26
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	228: 211	5	+17
3	Mexico	3	1	2	216: 221	4th	−5
4th	Italy	3	0	3	178: 216	3	−38

Group B - Montevideo

game	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
B1	Soviet Union	Peru	46:17	38:29	-	84:46
B2	Argentina	Japan	34:34	35:29	-	69:63
B3	Soviet Union	Japan	49:26	46:30	-	95:56
B4	Peru	Argentina	40:40	25:33	-	65:73
B5	Soviet Union	Argentina	53:37	52:29	-	105: 66
B6	Peru	Japan	37:18	44:40	-	81:58

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	284: 168	6th	+116
2	Argentina	3	2	1	208: 233	5	−25
3	Peru	3	1	2	192: 215	4th	−23
4th	Japan	3	0	3	177: 245	3	−68

Group C - somersault

game	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
C1	Brazil	Paraguay	45:17	40:24	-	85:41
C2	Poland	Puerto Rico	35:29	41:35	-	76:64
C3	Brazil	Poland	48:37	35:30	-	83:67
C4	Paraguay	Puerto Rico	23:37	29:49	-	52:86
C5	Paraguay	Poland	26:57	34:44	-	60: 101
C6	Brazil	Puerto Rico	48:18	44:38	-	92:56

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Brazil	3	3	0	260: 164	6th	+96
2	Poland	3	2	1	244: 207	5	+37
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	206: 220	4th	−14
4th	Paraguay	3	0	3	153: 272	3	−119

Classification round - Cordoba

After the preliminary round, the third and fourth placed in each group played for places 8 to 13 in the classification round.

game	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
19th	Paraguay	Mexico	26:30	20:35	-	46:65
20th	Puerto Rico	Peru	36:19	16:38	-	52:57
21st	Paraguay	Italy	22:33	36:58	-	58:91
22nd	Mexico	Peru	30:17	26:27	-	56:44
23	Puerto Rico	Japan	29:24	32:37	9: 9 9:16	79:86
24	Japan	Italy	32:41	25:33	-	57:74
25th	Puerto Rico	Mexico	32:30	27:35	-	59:65
26th	Paraguay	Japan	26:40	29:40	-	55:80
27	Italy	Peru	36:25	32:21	-	68:46
28	Japan	Mexico	25:31	29:38	-	54:69
29	Puerto Rico	Paraguay	37:34	41:35	-	78:69
30th	Puerto Rico	Italy	41:39	33:39	-	74:78
31	Paraguay	Peru	24:26	31:39	-	55:65
32	Japan	Peru	18:31	32:36	-	50:67
33	Italy	Mexico	28:30	34:33	-	62:63

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Mexico	5	5	0	318: 265	10	+53
2	Italy	5	4th	1	373: 288	9	+85
3	Peru	5	3	2	279: 281	8th	−2
4th	Japan	5	2	3	317: 344	7th	−27
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4th	342: 355	6th	−13
6th	Paraguay	5	0	5	283: 379	5	−96

Final round - Montevideo

After the preliminary round, the first two teams in each group qualified for the final round. Host Uruguay qualified directly for the final round.

In the event of a tie in the final table, the direct comparison of the teams determined the placement.

game	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
34	Brazil	Uruguay	23:14	40:31	-	63:45
35	United States	Argentina	32:30	44:36	-	76:66
36	Poland	Soviet Union	29:41	32:45	-	61:86
37	Brazil	Soviet Union	42:42	32:36	-	74:78
38	Uruguay	Argentina	29:35	46:44	-	75:79
39	Poland	Yugoslavia	42:40	36:42	-	78:82
40	Uruguay	United States	26:36	27:52	-	53:88
41	Soviet Union	Argentina	51:39	45:22	-	96:61
42	Brazil	Yugoslavia	47:41	37:46	-	84:87
43	Brazil	Poland	47:35	43:50	-	90:85
44	Soviet Union	United States	23:29	35:30	-	58:59
45	Yugoslavia	Argentina	40:38	53:31	-	93:69
46	Uruguay	Soviet Union	26:27	28:33	-	54:60
47	Yugoslavia	United States	33:39	40:33	-	73:72
48	Argentina	Poland	33:27	25:38	-	58:65
49	United States	Poland	41:39	50:22	-	91:61
50	Yugoslavia	Uruguay	29:28	28:30	-	57:58
51	Argentina	Brazil	30:39	36:35	-	66:74
52	Uruguay	Poland	31:26	31:46	-	62:72
53	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	26:33	33:38	-	59:71
54	United States	Brazil	29:40	42:40	-	71:80

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Soviet Union	6th	5	1	449: 368	11	+81
2	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	2	451: 432	10	+19
3	Brazil	6th	4th	2	465: 432	10	+33
4th	United States	6th	4th	2	457: 391	10	+66
5	Poland	6th	2	4th	422: 469	8th	−47
6th	Argentina	6th	1	5	399: 479	7th	−80
7th	Uruguay	6th	1	5	347: 419	7th	−72

Final results

rank	team
Final round
1	Soviet Union
2	Yugoslavia
3	Brazil
4th	United States
5	Poland
6th	Argentina
7th	Uruguay
Classification round
8th	Mexico
9	Italy
10	Peru
11	Japan
12	Puerto Rico
13	Paraguay