1974 FIBA World Championship

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The 1974 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Preliminary round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 3 Classification round 4 Final round 5 Final ranking 6 All-Tournament Team [1] 7 Top scorers (ppg) 8 Notes

[edit] Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Final round
Brazil  Central African Republic  Mexico  Soviet Union	Argentina  Philippines  Spain  USA	Australia  Canada  Cuba  Czechoslovakia	Puerto Rico - host  Yugoslavia - defending champion

[edit] Preliminary round

	Qualified for the final round
	Qualified for the classification round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Soviet Union	6	3	0	314	188	+126
Brazil	5	2	1	254	211	+43
Mexico	4	1	2	267	277	-11
C.A.R.	3	0	3	184	340	-156

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
USA	6	3	0	358	242	+116
Spain	5	2	1	284	288	+4
Argentina	4	2	1	286	295	-9
Philippines	3	0	3	260	363	-103

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Cuba	6	3	0	233	218	+15
Canada	5	2	1	242	224	+18
Czechoslovakia	4	1	2	224	228	-4
Australia	3	0	3	232	261	-29

[edit] Classification round

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams
Mexico	10	5	0	482	428	+54
Czechoslovakia	9	4	1	518	451	+67
Argentina	7	2	3	517	471	-46	1W-1L	1.099
Australia	7	2	3	446	442	+4	1W-1L	1.005
Philippines	7	2	3	474	517	-43	1W-1L	0.905
C.A.R.	5	0	5	375	523	-148

[edit] Final round

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams
Soviet Union	13	6	1	625	509	+116	1W-1L	1.045
Yugoslavia	13	6	1	629	568	-61	1W-1L	1.000
USA	13	6	1	694	587	+107	1W-1L	0.959
Cuba	10	3	4	565	599	-34
Spain	9	2	5	556	640	-84	2W-0L
Brazil	9	2	5	522	586	-64	1W-1L
Puerto Rico	9	2	5	568	620	-52	0W-2L
Canada	8	1	6	566	616	-50

[edit] Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	USSR
2	Yugoslavia
3	United States
4	Cuba
5	Spain
6	Brazil
7	Puerto Rico
8	Canada
9	Mexico
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Argentina
12	Australia
13	Philippines
14	Central African Republic

[edit] All-Tournament Team ^[1]

• Alexander Belov
• Vinko Jelovać
• Wayne Brabender
• Alejandro Urgelles Guibot
• Aleksander Salnikov

[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

1. Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27
2. Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1
3. Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8
4. Ernesto Ghermann (Argentina) 23.7
5. Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23
6. Luther Burden (USA) 20.2
7. John Lucas (USA) 19.7
8. Dragan Kicanovic (Yugoslavia) 18.8
9. Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 18.5
10. Aleksander Salnikov (USSR) 17.5

[edit] Notes

1. ^ FIBA – world championships history

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