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The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union.

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1974 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1974
Tournament details
Host countryPuerto Rico
DatesJuly 3–14
Officially opened byRafael Hernández Colón
Teams14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place United States
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Games played55
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Kićanović
Top scorerMexico Arturo Guerrero
(27.0 points per game)
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Venues

More information Ponce, Caguas ...
Ponce[1] Caguas[1] San Juan[1]
Auditorio Pachín Vicéns[2] Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares[2] Roberto Clemente Coliseum[2]
Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 12,000
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Competing nations

More information Group A, Group B ...
Group A Group B Group C Final round

 Brazil
 Central African Republic
 Mexico
 Soviet Union

 Argentina
 Philippines
 Spain
 United States

 Australia
 Canada
 Cuba
 Czechoslovakia

 Puerto Rico – host
 Yugoslavia – defending champion

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Preliminary round

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 314 188 +126 6 Final round
2  Brazil 3 2 1 254 211 +43 5
3  Mexico 3 1 2 264 277 −13 4 Classification round
4  Central African Republic 3 0 3 184 340 −156 3
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Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
Soviet Union  140–48  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 72-23, 68-25
July 3
Mexico  78–100  Brazil
Scoring by half: 27-46, 51-54
July 4
Mexico  106–82  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 61-40, 45-42
July 4
Brazil  60–79  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 25-39, 35-40
July 5
Brazil  94–54  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 47-32, 47-22
July 5
Soviet Union  95–80  Mexico
Scoring by half: 46-41, 49-39

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 358 242 +116 6 Final round
2  Spain 3 2 1 284 288 −4 5
3  Argentina 3 1 2 286 295 −9 4 Classification round
4  Philippines 3 0 3 260 363 −103 3
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Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
19:30
Philippines  85–135  United States
Scoring by half: 38−57, 47−78
Pts: Jaworski 21 Pts: Lucas 30
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Manny Reynoso (MEX), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
July 3
Spain  96–89  Argentina
Scoring by half: 44-47, 52-42
July 4
19:30
Philippines  90–111  Argentina
Scoring by half: 48−59, 42−52
Pts: Adornado 23 Pts: Ghermann 27
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Hugh Richardson (THA), Henri M'Bahia (CAF)
July 4
United States  114–71  Spain
Scoring by half: 54-35, 60-36
July 5
19:30
Spain  117–85  Philippines
Scoring by half: 59−41, 58−44
Pts: Brabender 37 Pts: Jaworski 23
Auditorio Pachín Vicéns, Ponce
Referees: Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Isaac Grinman (BRA)
July 5
Argentina  86–109  United States
Scoring by half: 43-56, 43-53

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 233 218 +15 6 Final round
2  Canada 3 2 1 242 224 +18 5
3  Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 224 228 −4 4 Classification round
4  Australia 3 0 3 232 261 −29 3
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Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
July 3
Australia  69–80  Canada
Scoring by half: 36-40, 33-40
July 3
Cuba  61–60  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 26-30, 35-30
July 4
Cuba  92–79  Australia
Scoring by half: 48-44, 44-35
July 4
Czechoslovakia  75–83  Canada
Scoring by half: 42-40, 33-43
July 5
Czechoslovakia  89–84  Australia
Scoring by half: 46-38, 43-46
July 5
Cuba  80–79  Canada
Scoring by half: 42-46, 38-33
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Classification round

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9  Mexico 5 5 0 482 428 +54 10
10  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 518 451 +67 9
11  Argentina 5 2 3 517 471 +46 7[a]
12  Australia 5 2 3 466 442 +24 7[a]
13  Philippines 5 2 3 474 517 −43 7[a]
14  Central African Republic 5 0 5 375 523 −148 5
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Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Argentina 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Philippines 1–1 (0.91 GAvg)
July 7
14:00
Czechoslovakia  84–94  Mexico
Scoring by half: 44-49, 40-45
July 8
21:30
Philippines  101–100  Australia
Scoring by half: 50−50, 51−50
Pts: Adornado 20 Pts: Palubinskas 39
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Mario Quintero (CUB), Carlos Bagué (ESP)
July 8
Central African Republic  70–121  Argentina
Scoring by half: 42-59, 28-62
July 9
21:30
Mexico  101–84  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44−42, 57−42
Pts: Raga 38 Pts: Adornado 17
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: David Davidian (USSR), José Baldrich (PUR)
July 9
Australia  102–100  Argentina
Scoring by half: 53-48, 49-52
July 9
Central African Republic  70–113  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 32-65, 38-48
July 11
Australia  96–67  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 45-21, 51-46
July 11
11:30
Philippines  112–119  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46−59, 66−60
Pts: Arnaiz 25 Pts: Brabenec 29
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Isaac Grinman (BRA), Obrad Belošević (YUG)
July 11
Argentina  94–96  Mexico
Scoring by half: 46-56, 48-40
July 12
Mexico  85–84  Australia
Scoring by half: 45-48, 40-36
July 12
Argentina  91–113  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46-65, 45-48
July 12
21:30
Philippines  87–86  Central African Republic
Scoring by half: 41−49, 46−37
Pts: Adornado 22 Pts: Gambor 24
Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares, Caguas
Referees: Ron Foxcroft (CAN), Manny Reynoso (MEX)
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Final round

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Soviet Union (C) 7 6 1 625 509 +116 13[a]
2  Yugoslavia 7 6 1 629 568 +61 13[a]
3  United States 7 6 1 694 587 +107 13[a]
4  Cuba 7 3 4 565 599 −34 10
5  Spain 7 2 5 556 640 −84 9[b]
6  Brazil 7 2 5 522 586 −64 9[b]
7  Puerto Rico (H) 7 2 5 568 620 −52 9[b]
8  Canada 7 1 6 566 616 −50 8
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Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Soviet Union 1–1 (1.05 GAvg), Yugoslavia 1–1 (1.00 GAvg), United States 1–1 (0.96 GAvg)
  2. Head-to-head record: Spain 2–0, Brazil 1–1, Puerto Rico 0–2
July 7
Spain  71–100  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37-45, 34-55
July 7
Brazil  60–84  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31-35, 29-49
July 7
Puerto Rico  76–94  United States
Scoring by half: 22-52, 54-42
July 8
Cuba  83–101  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 44-54, 39-47
July 8
Canada  94–115  United States
Scoring by half: 37-55, 57-60
July 8
Puerto Rico  86–102  Spain
Scoring by half: 43-50, 43-52
July 9
Canada  86–73  Spain
Scoring by half: 52-41, 34-32
July 9
Yugoslavia  82–79  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45-46, 37-33
July 9
Cuba  70–83  United States
Scoring by half: 41-47, 29-36
July 9
Brazil  73–68  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 34-33, 39-35
July 11
Canada  74–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 28-32, 46-43
July 11
Cuba  66–83  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36-41, 30-42
July 11
Yugoslavia  93–85  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 41-31, 52-54
July 12
Yugoslavia  102–99 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by half: 53-39, 37-51 Overtime: 12-9
July 12
Cuba  84–75  Spain
Scoring by half: 39-38, 45-37
July 12
United States  103–83  Brazil
Scoring by half: 45-32, 58-51
July 12
Soviet Union  87–76  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 44-39, 43-37
July 13
Spain  93–91 (OT)  Brazil
Scoring by half: 44-37, 37-44 Overtime: 12-10
July 13
United States  91–88  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 41-50, 50-38
July 13
Soviet Union  92–60  Canada
Scoring by half: 47-29, 45-31
July 13
Cuba  97–98  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43-34, 54-64
July 14
Spain  71–79  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-37, 36-42
July 14
Soviet Union  105–94  United States
Scoring by half: 55-55, 50-39
July 14
Cuba  85–80  Brazil
Scoring by half: 33-54, 52-26
July 14
Puerto Rico  79–74  Canada
Scoring by half: 37-29, 42-45

Each team played the other seven once. Since the Soviets, the Americans and the Yugoslavian team each finished with records of 6-1, the medals were "decided on the goal average in the three games among each other."[3] In those three games (Yugoslavia 82, U.S.S.R. 79; U.S. 91, Yugoslavia 88; and USSR 105, U.S. 94), the USSR had outscored its opponents 184 to 176, Yugoslavia was even at 170 for and 170 against, and the U.S. had been outscored 185 to 193.

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Awards

 1974 World Championship winner 

Soviet Union
Second title
More information Most Valuable Player ...
Most Valuable Player
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Kićanović
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Final standings

More information Rank, Team ...
RankTeamRecord
1  Soviet Union8–1
2  Yugoslavia6–1
3  United States8–1
4  Cuba5–4
5  Spain4–5
6  Brazil4–5
7  Puerto Rico2–5
8  Canada3–6
9  Mexico5–2
10  Czechoslovakia4–3
11  Argentina2–5
12  Australia2–5
13  Philippines2–5
14  Central African Republic0–7
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All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0
  2. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1
  3. Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8
  4. Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0
  5. Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3
  6. Luther Burden (United States) 20.2
  7. John Lucas (United States) 20.2
  8. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8
  9. Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3
  10. William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0

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