1974 World Basketball Championship

FIBA World Championship 1974
7th basketball world championship
Number of nations	14th
World Champion	Soviet Union (3rd title)
venue	Puerto Rico
Opening game	3rd July 1974
Endgame	July 14, 1974

The 7th World Basketball Championship the men took from 3 to 14 July 1974 in Puerto Rico with 14 participating states instead.

Venues

city	venue	capacity
Ponce	Auditorio Pachín Vicéns	8,000
San Juan	Coliseo Roberto Clemente	12,000
Caguas	Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares	10,000

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
Central African Republic  Brazil  Mexico  Soviet Union	Argentina  Spain  Philippines  United States	Australia  Canada  Cuba  Czechoslovakia

Group A - Ponce

game	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	Loss	Result
A1	Soviet Union	Central African Republic	72:23	68:25	-	140: 48
A2	Mexico	Brazil	27:46	51:54	-	78: 100
A3	Mexico	Central African Republic	61:40	45:42	-	106: 82
A4	Brazil	Soviet Union	25:39	35:40	-	60:79
A5	Brazil	Central African Republic	47:32	47:22	-	94:54
A6	Soviet Union	Mexico	46:41	49:39	-	95:80

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	314: 188	6th	+126
2	Brazil	3	2	1	254: 211	5	+43
3	Mexico	3	1	2	264: 277	4th	−13
4th	Central African Republic	3	0	3	184: 340	3	−156

Group B - San Juan

game	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	Loss	Result
B1	Philippines	United States	38:57	47:78	-	85: 135
B2	Spain	Argentina	44:47	52:42	-	96:89
B3	Philippines	Argentina	48:59	42:52	-	90: 111
B4	United States	Spain	51:35	63:36	-	114: 71
B5	Spain	Philippines	59:41	58:44	-	117: 85
B6	Argentina	United States	43:56	43:53	-	86: 109

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	United States	3	3	0	358: 242	6th	+116
2	Spain	3	2	1	284: 288	5	−4
3	Argentina	3	1	2	286: 295	4th	−9
4th	Philippines	3	0	3	260: 363	3	−103

Group C - Caguas

game	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	Loss	Result
C1	Australia	Canada	36:40	33:40	-	69:80
C2	Cuba	Czechoslovakia	26:30	35:30	-	61:60
C3	Cuba	Australia	48:44	44:35	-	92:79
C4	Czechoslovakia	Canada	42:40	33:43	-	75:83
C5	Czechoslovakia	Australia	46:38	43:46	-	89:84
C6	Cuba	Canada	42:46	38:33	-	80:79

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Cuba	3	3	0	233: 218	6th	+15
2	Canada	3	2	1	242: 224	5	+18
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	224: 228	4th	−4
4th	Australia	3	0	3	232: 261	3	−29

Classification Round - Caguas

After the preliminary round, the third and fourth placed in each group played for places 9 to 14 in the classification round.

Results of matches that already took place in the preliminary round have been adopted. In the event of a tie in the final table, the direct comparison of the teams determined the placement. If this did not result in a decision, the basket ratio between the games was decisive.

game	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	Loss	Result
19th	Czechoslovakia	Mexico	44:49	40:45	-	84:94
20th	Philippines	Australia	50:50	51:50	-	101: 100
21st	Central African Republic	Argentina	42:59	28:62	-	70: 121
22nd	Mexico	Philippines	44:42	57:42	-	101: 84
23	Australia	Argentina	53:48	49:52	-	102: 100
24	Central African Republic	Czechoslovakia	32:65	38:48	-	70: 113
25th	Australia	Central African Republic	45:21	51:46	-	96:67
26th	Philippines	Czechoslovakia	46:59	66:60	-	112: 119
27	Argentina	Mexico	46:56	48:40	-	94:96
28	Mexico	Australia	45:48	40:36	-	85:84
29	Argentina	Czechoslovakia	46:65	45:48	-	91: 113
30th	Philippines	Central African Republic	41:49	46:37	-	87:86

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Mexico	5	5	0	482: 428	10	+54
2	Czechoslovakia	5	4th	1	518: 451	9	+67
3	Argentina	5	2	3	517: 471	7th	−46
4th	Australia	5	2	3	446: 442	7th	+4
5	Philippines	5	2	3	474: 517	7th	−43
6th	Central African Republic	5	0	5	375: 523	5	−148

Final Round - San Juan

After the preliminary round, the first two teams in each group qualified for the final round. Host Puerto Rico and defending champion Yugoslavia were directly qualified for the final round.

Results of matches that already took place in the preliminary round have been adopted. In the event of a tie in the final table, the direct comparison of the teams determined the placement. If this did not result in a decision, the basket ratio between the games was decisive.

game	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	Loss	Result
31	Spain	Soviet Union	37:45	34:55	-	71: 100
32	Brazil	Yugoslavia	31:35	29:49	-	60:84
33	Puerto Rico	United States	22:52	54:42	-	76:94
34	Cuba	Yugoslavia	44:54	39:47	-	83: 101
35	Canada	United States	37:55	57:60	-	94: 115
36	Puerto Rico	Spain	43:50	43:52	-	86: 102
37	Canada	Spain	52:41	34:32	-	86:73
38	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	45:46	37:33	-	82:79
40	Brazil	Puerto Rico	34:33	39:35	-	73:68
41	Canada	Brazil	28:32	46:43	-	74:75
42	Cuba	Soviet Union	36:41	30:42	-	66:83
39	Cuba	United States	41:47	29:36	-	70:83
43	Yugoslavia	Puerto Rico	41:31	52:54	-	93:85
44	Yugoslavia	Canada	53:39	37:51	12: 9	102: 99
45	Cuba	Spain	39:38	45:37	-	84:75
46	United States	Brazil	45:32	58:51	-	103: 83
47	Soviet Union	Puerto Rico	44:39	43:37	-	87:76
48	Spain	Brazil	44:37	37:44	12:10	93:91
49	United States	Yugoslavia	41:50	50:38	-	91:88
50	Soviet Union	Canada	47:29	45:31	-	92:60
51	Cuba	Puerto Rico	43:34	54:64	-	97:98
52	Spain	Yugoslavia	35:37	36:42	-	71:79
53	Soviet Union	United States	55:55	50:39	-	105: 94
54	Cuba	Brazil	33:54	52:26	-	85:80
55	Puerto Rico	Canada	37:29	42:45	-	79:74

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Soviet Union	7th	6th	1	625: 509	13	+116
2	Yugoslavia	7th	6th	1	629: 568	13	+61
3	United States	7th	6th	1	694: 587	13	+107
4th	Cuba	7th	3	4th	565: 599	10	−34
5	Spain	7th	2	5	556: 640	9	−84
6th	Brazil	7th	2	5	522: 586	9	−64
7th	Puerto Rico	7th	2	5	568: 620	9	−52
8th	Canada	7th	1	6th	566: 616	8th	−50

Final results

rank	team
Final round
1	Soviet Union
2	Yugoslavia
3	United States
4th	Cuba
5	Spain
6th	Brazil
7th	Puerto Rico
8th	Canada
Classification round
9	Mexico
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Argentina
12	Australia
13	Philippines
14th	Central African Republic