1978 FIBA World Championship

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The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978. Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila was the venue for the event.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Preliminary round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 3 Classification round 4 Semifinal round 5 Final round 6 Final ranking 7 All-Tournament Team 8 Top scorers (ppg) 9 References

[edit] Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Semifinal round
Canada  Korea  Senegal  Yugoslavia	Brazil  China  Italy  Puerto Rico	Australia  Czechoslovakia  Dominican Republic  USA	Philippines - host  Soviet Union - defending champion

[edit] Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinal round
	Qualified for the classification round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Yugoslavia	6	3	0	325	244	+81
Canada	5	2	1	260	216	+44
Korea	4	1	2	240	310	-70
Senegal	3	0	3	190	245	-55

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Brazil	6	3	0	342	269	+73
Italy	5	2	1	302	263	+39
Puerto Rico	4	1	2	275	297	-22
China	3	0	3	296	386	-90

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
USA	6	3	0	277	219	+58
Australia	5	2	1	220	217	+3
Czechoslovakia	4	1	2	229	248	-19
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	218	260	-42

[edit] Classification round

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams
Czechoslovakia	10	5	0	523	444	+79
Puerto Rico	9	4	1	546	481	+65
China	7	2	3	495	516	-21	115-112
Dominican Republic	7	2	3	475	485	-10	112-115
Korea	6	1	4	438	521	-83	86-84
Senegal	6	1	4	414	444	-30	84-86

[edit] Semifinal round

	Qualified for the gold medal game
	Qualified for the bronze medal game

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Yugoslavia	14	7	0	731	645	+86
Soviet Union	13	6	1	691	550	+141
Brazil	12	5	2	648	571	+77
Italy	11	4	3	609	582	+27
USA	10	3	4	612	605	+7
Canada	9	2	5	605	644	-39
Australia	8	1	6	566	632	-66
Philippines	7	0	7	521	754	-233

[edit] Final round

7th place

Philippines

74 – 92

Australia

Manila

5th place

Canada

94 – 96

USA

Manila

3rd place

Brazil

86 – 85

Italy

Manila

Final

Yugoslavia

82 – 81 (OT)

Soviet Union

Manila

[edit] Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Yugoslavia
2	USSR
3	Brazil
4	Italy
5	United States (Athletes in Action)[1]
6	Canada
7	Australia
8	Philippines
9	Czechoslovakia
10	Puerto Rico
11	People's Republic of China
12	Dominican Republic
13	South Korea
14	Senegal

[edit] All-Tournament Team

• Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
• Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia)
• Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia)
• Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
• Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR)

[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

1. Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia) 26.8
2. Zhang Weiping (People's Republic of China) 25.1
3. Choi B.Y. (S.Korea) 21.1
4. Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia) 20
5. Leo Rautins (Canada) 17.9
6. Marcel de Souza (Brazil) 17.7
7. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 17.3
8. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 16.5
9. Renzo Bariviera (Italy) 16.2
10. Marcos Antonio Leite "Marquinhos" (Brazil) 14.7

[edit] References

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