Basketball, Men

Competition 1970 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue various cities YUG
Held 10 – 24 May 1970
Status Medal
Competitors 156
Countries 13

YUG as host was seeded automatically to the Final Round.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Yugoslavia YUG 5 0 1
Dragutin Čermak / Krešimir Ćosić / Ivo Daneu / Vinko Jelovac / Dragan Kapičić / Nikola Plećaš / Trajko Rajković / Ljubodrag Simonović / Damir Šolman / Petar Skansi / Rato Tvrdić / Aljoša Žorga
🥈 Brazil BRA 7 0 2
José Aparecido dos Santos / Rosa Branca / Sérgio Macarrão / Edvar Simões / Wlamir Marques / Marquinhos / Luiz Menon / Mosquito / José Luís Olaio / Pedro César Cardoso / Bira / Hélio Rubens
🥉 Soviet Union URS 7 0 2
Vladimir Andreyev / Aleksandr Belov / Sergey Kovalenko / Anatoli Krikun / Jaak Lipso / Modestas Paulauskas / Priit Tomson / Zurab Sak'andelidze / Aleksandr Sidyakin / Vitaly Zastukhov / Alzhan Zharmukhamedov / Sergey Belov
4 Italy ITA 5 0 4
Renzo Bariviera / Ivan Bisson / Massimo Cosmelli / Eligio de Rossi / Antonio Errico / Ottorino Flaborea / Augusto Giomo / Massimo Masini / Dino Meneghin / Carlo Recalcati / Edoardo Rusconi / Marino Zanatta
5 United States USA 6 0 3
Talbot Brody / Darnell Hillman / Stan Isaac / Brad Luchini / Bruce McDonald / Mike Silliman / Garfield Smith / William Walton / Kenneth Washington / Jim Williams / Arthur Wilmore / Bob Wolfe
6 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 0 5
Jiří Ammer / Jan Bobrovský / Zdeněk Douša / Jiří Konopásek / Jaroslav Kovář / Robert Mifka / Petr Novický / Jiří Pospíšil / Jiří Růžička / Milan Voračka / Jiří Zedníček / Jiří Zídek
7 Uruguay URU 2 0 7
Omar Arrestia / José Barizo / Roberto Bomio / Daniel Borroni / Ramiro de León / Manuel Gadea / Luis García / Víctor Hernández / Walter Lage / Sergio Pisano / Valentín Rodríguez / Daniel Vannet
8 Cuba CUB 6 0 2
Miguel Calderón / Rafael Cañizares / Pedro Chappé / Juan Domecq / Tomás Herrera / Conrado Pérez / José Miguel Álvarez / Franklin Standard / Ruperto Herrera / Alejandro Urgellés / Francisco Varona / Óscar Varona
9 Panama PAN 4 0 4
Ernesto Agard / Julio Andrade / Eduardo Blades / Herbert Cousims / Héctor Montalvo / Julio Osorio / Mario Peart / Davis Peralta / Pedro Rivas / Sinclair Murrell / Cecilio Straker / Ronald Walton
10 Canada CAN 3 0 5
John Barton / Alex Braiden / John Cassidy / Rod Cox / Bruce Dempster / Barry Howson / Terry MacKay / Bob Molinski / Dave Murphy / Bill Robinson / Derek Sankey / Ronald Thorsen
11 South Korea KOR 4 0 4
Lee Byeong-Gu / Sin Dong-Pa / Park Han / Yu Hui-Hyeong / Gwak Hyeon-Chae / Sin Hyeon-Su / Kim In-Geon / Lee In-Pyo / Lee Ja-Yeong / Yun Jeong-Geun / Choi Jong-Gyu / Kim Yeong-Il
12 Australia AUS 1 0 7
Ken Cole / Richard Duke / John Gardiner / Lindsay Gaze / Teddy Graham / Brian Kerle / Dennis Kibble / Albert Leslie / Huba Nagy / Russell Riches / Russell Simon / Ray Tomlinson
13 Egypt EGY 0 0 8
Sherif Abou El-Kheir / Mahmoud Abdel Latif Ahmed / Ahmed El-Saharty / Tahe El-Badawi / Taha El-Ghanam / Mohammed El-Sayed Gomaa / Mustafa Hassan Ragab / Ismail Selim / Adel Abdelfatah Mohammed / Kamal Kamel Mohammed / El-Sayed Mubarak / Adel Sharaf

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 1 5
3 Cuba CUB 1 0 2 4
4 Australia AUS 0 0 3 3

Matches

United States USA 74-53 Cuba CUB
Czechoslovakia TCH 94-70 Australia AUS
United States USA 99-62 Australia AUS
Czechoslovakia TCH 82-80 Cuba CUB
United States USA 99-86 Czechoslovakia TCH
Cuba CUB 72-53 Australia AUS

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 3 0 0 6
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 5
3 South Korea KOR 1 0 2 4
4 Canada CAN 0 0 3 3

Matches

South Korea KOR 77-82 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 76-76 (17-18)
After Extra Time 		Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 88-97 South Korea KOR
Italy ITA 84-69 Canada CAN
Italy ITA 77-66 South Korea KOR
Canada CAN 59-112 Brazil BRA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 Uruguay URU 2 0 1 5
3 Panama PAN 1 0 2 4
4 Egypt EGY 0 0 3 3

Matches

Uruguay URU 90-73 Egypt EGY
Uruguay URU 53-71 Soviet Union URS
Panama PAN 107-77 Egypt EGY
Panama PAN 52-110 Soviet Union URS
Uruguay URU 79-77 Panama PAN
Egypt EGY 56-121 Soviet Union URS

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 5 0 1 11
2 Brazil BRA 4 0 2 10
3 Soviet Union URS 4 0 2 10
4 Italy ITA 3 0 3 9
5 United States USA 3 0 3 9
6 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 4 8
7 Uruguay URU 0 0 6 6

Matches

Italy ITA 63-66 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 80-66 Czechoslovakia TCH
Brazil BRA 66-64 Soviet Union URS
Italy ITA 59-69 Brazil BRA
United States USA 76-39 Uruguay URU
Czechoslovakia TCH 72-98 Soviet Union URS
Italy ITA 89-77 Czechoslovakia TCH
Uruguay URU 43-95 Soviet Union URS
Yugoslavia YUG 80-55 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 76-65 Uruguay URU
United States USA 75-72 Soviet Union URS
Czechoslovakia TCH 84-94 Yugoslavia YUG
Italy ITA 66-64 United States USA
Czechoslovakia TCH 72-71 Brazil BRA
Uruguay URU 45-63 Yugoslavia YUG
Italy ITA 58-62 Soviet Union URS
United States USA 63-70 Yugoslavia YUG
Uruguay URU 81-86 Brazil BRA
United States USA 65-69 Brazil BRA
Czechoslovakia TCH 75-69 Uruguay URU
Yugoslavia YUG 72-87 Soviet Union URS

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
8 Cuba CUB 5 0 0 10
9 Panama PAN 3 0 2 8
10 Canada CAN 3 0 2 8
11 South Korea KOR 3 0 2 8
13 Egypt EGY 0 0 5 5
112 Australia AUS 1 0 4 6

Matches

Cuba CUB 98-65 Canada CAN
Panama PAN 84-84 (7-4)
After Extra Time 		South Korea KOR
Australia AUS 95-81 Egypt EGY
Cuba CUB 103-64 Egypt EGY
Panama PAN 90-83 Australia AUS
Canada CAN 77-79 South Korea KOR
Cuba CUB 90-61 Australia AUS
Panama PAN 79-81 Canada CAN
South Korea KOR 93-73 Egypt EGY
Cuba CUB 77-76 South Korea KOR
Panama PAN 94-69 Egypt EGY
Canada CAN 80-76 Australia AUS
Cuba CUB 87-71 Panama PAN
Canada CAN 106-80 Egypt EGY
South Korea KOR 92-79 Australia AUS