1970 FIBA World Championship


The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24, 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.

Competing nations

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
5–1
7–2
7–2
45–4
56–3
64–5
72–7
86–2
94–4
103–5
114–4
121–7
130-8

Most Valuable Player
Sergei Belov

All-Tournament Team

  1. Shin Dong-Pa 32.6
  2. Davis Peralta 20
  3. Jiri Zidek Sr. 19.3
  4. Pedro Chappe Garcia 18.5
  5. Pedro Rivas 18.5
  6. Lee In-Pyo 18
  7. Omar Arrestia 17.7
  8. Luiz Cláudio Menon 17.3
  9. Bob Molinski 17.1
  10. Victor Hernandez 16.5