Basketball, Men

Competition 1978 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue Manila and Quezon City PHI
Held 1 – 14 October 1978
Status Medal
Competitors 167
Countries 14

PHI as host and URS as reigning World Champion were seeded automatically to the Semi-Final Round.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Yugoslavia YUG 10 0 0
Peter Vilfan / Dragan Kićanović / Rajko Žižić / Andro Knego / Željko Jerkov / Branko Skroče / Zoran Slavnić / Krešimir Ćosić / Ratko Radovanović / Duje Krstulović / Dražen Dalipagić / Mirza Delibašić
🥈 Soviet Union URS 6 0 2
Stanislav Yeryomin / Aleksandr Boloshev / Andrey Lopatov / Alzhan Zharmukhamedov / Aleksandr Salnikov / Ivan Yedeshko / Sergey Belov / Vladimir Tkachenko / Anatoly Myshkin / Sergėjus Jovaiša / Aleksandr Belostenny / Vladimir Zhigily
🥉 Brazil BRA 8 0 2
Marcelo / Fausto Giannecchini / Bira / Carioquinha / Hélio Rubens / Marquinhos / Gilson / Marcel / Adilson / Agra / Oscar Schmidt / Roberto Corrêa
4 Italy ITA 6 0 4
Renzo Bariviera / Gianni Bertolotti / Marco Bonamico / Carlo Caglieris / Lorenzo Carraro / Fabrizio Della Fiori / Vittorio Ferracini / Giulio Iellini / Pierluigi Marzorati / Dino Meneghin / Renzo Vecchiato / Renato Villalta
5 United States USA 6 0 4
Marvin Delph / Ralph Drollinger / Tim Hall / Brad Hoffman / Derrick Jackson / Michael Jackson / Irvin Kiffin / Eugene Parker / Tom Schneeberger / Wayne Smith / Ernst Wansley
6 Canada CAN 4 0 6
Steve Atkins / Thomas Bishop / John Cassidy / Tom Kappos / Howie Kelsey / Ross Quackenbush / Leo Rautins / Marty Riley / Jamie Russell / Peter Ryan / Jay Triano / Jim Zoet
7 Australia AUS 4 0 6
Andris Blicavs / Mel Dalgleish / Tony Forbes / Steve Gray / Rick Hodges / John Maddock / Gordie McLeod / Danny Morseu / Les Riddle / Larry Sengstock / Phil Smyth / Peter Walsh
8 Philippines PHI 0 0 8
Bernardo Carpio / Nathaniel Castillo / Alex Clarino / Ramon Cruz / Gregorio Gozum / Leopoldo Herrera / Federico Israel / Federico Lauchengco / Edward Merced / Cesar Teodoro / Steve Watson / Cesar Yabut
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 5 0 2
Pavol Bojanovský / Kamil Brabenec / Zdeněk Douša / Vlastimil Havlík / Gustav Hraška / Vlastibor Klimeš / Zdeněk Kos / Marian Kotleba / Stano Kropilák / Vojtěch Petr / Jiří Pospíšil / Vladimír Ptáček
10 Puerto Rico PUR 4 0 3
Carlos Bermúdez / Raymond Dalmau / Mario Morales / Héctor Olivencia / José Quiñones / Neftalí Rivera / Daniel Rodríguez / Rubén Rodríguez / Ángel Santiago / Steven Sewell / Georgie Torres / Javier Villeta
11 China CHN 2 0 5
Wang Deli / Liu Jizeng / He Juhua / Chen Kai / Kuang Lubin / Zhang Mingwei / Huang Pinjie / Mu Tiezhu / Xing Weining / Zhang Weiping / Ji Zhaoguang / Wang Zongxing
12 Dominican Republic DOM 2 0 5
Tony Fradden / Eduardo Gómez / Kenny Jones / Aldo Leschorn / Iván Mieses / Vinicio Muñoz / Evaristo Pérez / Francisco Pratts / Manolo Prince / Winston Royal / Miguel Rozón / Sergio Taveras
13 South Korea KOR 2 0 5
Jang Bok-Hak / Choi Bu-Yeong / Kim Dong-Gwang / Kim Hyeon-Jun / Kim In-Jin / Go Jong-Hu / Lee Mun-Gyu / Kim Pyeong-Man / Kim Sang-Cheon / Park Sang-Ung / Park Su-Gyo / Jeong Yeong-Su
14 Senegal SEN 1 0 6
Bireyma Diagne / Mamadou Diagne / Lamine Diop / Moustafa Diop / Amadou Diouf / Ambroise Dogue / Mathieu Faye / Massamba Gueye / Bangaly Kaba / Toto Lopez / Madiagne N'Diaye / Jean-Aimé Toupane

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 3 0 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 5
3 South Korea KOR 1 0 2 4
4 Senegal SEN 0 0 3 3

Matches

Canada CAN 105-69 South Korea KOR
Senegal SEN 64-99 Yugoslavia YUG
Canada CAN 60-42 Senegal SEN
South Korea KOR 85-121 Yugoslavia YUG
Canada CAN 95-105 Yugoslavia YUG
South Korea KOR 74-74 (12-10)
After Extra Time 		Senegal SEN

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 3 0 0 6
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 5
3 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 2 4
4 China CHN 0 0 3 3

Matches

Italy ITA 93-80 Puerto Rico PUR
China CHN 97-154 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 84-88 Brazil BRA
Puerto Rico PUR 107-104 China CHN
Italy ITA 125-95 China CHN
Puerto Rico PUR 88-100 Brazil BRA

Group C

Standings

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

Matches

United States USA 77-75 Australia AUS
United States USA 104-65 Dominican Republic DOM
Australia AUS 71-68 Czechoslovakia TCH
United States USA 96-79 Czechoslovakia TCH
Australia AUS 74-72 Dominican Republic DOM
Czechoslovakia TCH 82-81 Dominican Republic DOM

Semi-Finals

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 7 0 0 14
2 Soviet Union URS 6 0 1 13
3 Brazil BRA 5 0 2 12
4 Italy ITA 4 0 3 11
5 United States USA 3 0 4 10
6 Canada CAN 2 0 5 9
7 Australia AUS 1 0 6 8
8 Philippines PHI 0 0 7 7

Matches

Italy ITA 81-80 United States USA
Canada CAN 62-69 Brazil BRA
Australia AUS 67-112 Soviet Union URS
Philippines PHI 101-117 Yugoslavia YUG
Italy ITA 76-108 Yugoslavia YUG
Australia AUS 78-108 Brazil BRA
Philippines PHI 63-110 Soviet Union URS
Italy ITA 87-69 Australia AUS
United States USA 93-100 Yugoslavia YUG
Canada CAN 85-107 Soviet Union URS
United States USA 96-90 Canada CAN
Philippines PHI 72-119 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 112-75 Philippines PHI
United States USA 90-92 Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 91-79 Australia AUS
Yugoslavia YUG 105-92 Soviet Union URS
Italy ITA 69-79 Soviet Union URS
Australia AUS 97-52 Philippines PHI
Yugoslavia YUG 91-87 Brazil BRA
United States USA 76-97 Soviet Union URS
Canada CAN 99-88 Philippines PHI
Italy ITA 100-83 Canada CAN
United States USA 100-70 Philippines PHI
Australia AUS 101-105 Yugoslavia YUG
Soviet Union URS 94-85 Brazil BRA

Finals

Italy ITA 85-86 Brazil BRA
United States USA 96-94 Canada CAN
Australia AUS 92-74 Philippines PHI
Yugoslavia YUG 73-73 (9-8)
After Extra Time 		Soviet Union URS

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 5 0 0 10
10 Puerto Rico PUR 4 0 1 9
11 China CHN 2 0 3 7
12 Dominican Republic DOM 2 0 3 7
13 South Korea KOR 2 0 3 6
14 Senegal SEN 1 0 4 6

Matches

Czechoslovakia TCH 118-104 Puerto Rico PUR
China CHN 102-90 South Korea KOR
Dominican Republic DOM 80-76 Senegal SEN
Czechoslovakia TCH 118-95 China CHN
Puerto Rico PUR 97-83 Senegal SEN
Dominican Republic DOM 113-93 South Korea KOR
Czechoslovakia TCH 103-82 South Korea KOR
Puerto Rico PUR 119-89 Dominican Republic DOM
China CHN 79-89 Senegal SEN
Czechoslovakia TCH 112-82 Senegal SEN
Puerto Rico PUR 119-87 South Korea KOR
China CHN 115-112 Dominican Republic DOM