1967 FIBA World Championship

	Qualified for the final round;
	Qualified for the classification round;

1967 FIBA World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1967
Tournament details
Host country	; Uruguay
Dates	; May 27 – June 11
Teams	; 13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	; 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	; Soviet Union (1st title);
Runners-up	; Yugoslavia;
Third place	; Brazil;
Fourth place	; United States;
Tournament statistics
MVP	; Ivo Daneu;
Top scorer	; Bohdan Likszo; (20.0 per game)
	; ← 1963 ; ; 1970 → ;

The 1967 FIBA World Championship was the 5th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from May 27 to June 11, 1967.

Venues[edit]

Group	City	Arena	Capacity
Group A	Mercedes^[1]	Gimnasio de Praga^[2]	–
Group B	Montevideo^[1]	Peñarol Palace	10,000
Group C	Salto^[1]	Gimnasio de Salto^[2]	–
Classification round	Córdoba^[1]	Córdoba Sport Club^[2]	–
Final round	Montevideo^[1]	Cilindro Municipal^[2]	18,000

Competing nations[edit]

Group A	Group B	Group C
Italy Mexico Yugoslavia United States	Argentina Japan Peru Soviet Union	Brazil Paraguay Poland Puerto Rico
Uruguay – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Competition format[edit]

Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round.

Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th.

Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1964 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship.

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	218	192	+26	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	228	211	+17	5
Mexico	3	1	2	216	221	−5	4
Italy	3	0	3	178	216	−38	3

27 May

Mexico

73–86

Yugoslavia

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

27 May

United States

67–56

Italy

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

28 May

United States

75–65

Mexico

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

28 May

Italy

62–71

Yugoslavia

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

29 May

Italy

60–78

Mexico

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

30 May

United States

76–71

Yugoslavia

Gimnasio de Praga, Mercedes

Group B[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	284	168	+116	6
Argentina	3	2	1	208	233	−25	5
Peru	3	1	2	192	215	−23	4
Japan	3	0	3	177	245	−68	3

27 May

Argentina

69–63

Japan

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

27 May

Soviet Union

84–46

Peru

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

28 May

Peru

65–73

Argentina

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

28 May

Soviet Union

95–56

Japan

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

30 May

Peru

81–58

Japan

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

30 May

Soviet Union

105–66

Argentina

Peñarol Palace, Montevideo

Group C[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	260	164	+96	6
Poland	3	2	1	244	207	+37	5
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	206	220	−14	4
Paraguay	3	0	3	153	272	−119	3

27 May

Brazil

85–41

Paraguay

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

28 May

Poland

76–64

Puerto Rico

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

28 May

Paraguay

52–86

Puerto Rico

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

29 May

Brazil

83–67

Poland

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

30 May

Paraguay

60–101

Poland

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

30 May

Brazil

92–56

Puerto Rico

Gimnasio de Salto, Salto

Classification round[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	318	265	+53	10
Italy	5	4	1	373	298	+75	9
Peru	5	3	2	279	281	−2	8
Japan	5	2	3	327	344	−17	7
Puerto Rico	5	1	4	342	355	−13	6
Paraguay	5	0	5	283	379	−96	5

3 June

Paraguay

46–65

Mexico

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

3 June

Puerto Rico

52–57

Peru

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

4 June

Paraguay

58–91

Italy

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

4 June

Mexico

56–44

Peru

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

4 June

Puerto Rico

79–86

Japan

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

5 June

Puerto Rico

59–65

Mexico

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

5 June

Italy

74–57

Japan

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

6 June

Paraguay

55–80

Japan

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

6 June

Italy

68–46

Peru

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

7 June

Japan

54–69

Mexico

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

7 June

Puerto Rico

78–69

Paraguay

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

8 June

Paraguay

55–65

Peru

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

8 June

Puerto Rico

74–78

Italy

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

9 June

Japan

50–67

Peru

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

9 June

Italy

62–63

Mexico

Córdoba Sport Club, Córdoba

Final round[edit]


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Soviet Union	6	5	1	449	368	+81	11
Yugoslavia	6	4	2	451	432	+19	10	2–0
Brazil	6	4	2	465	432	+33	10	1–1
United States	6	4	2	457	391	+66	10	0–2
Poland	6	2	4	422	469	−47	8
Argentina	6	1	5	399	479	−80	7	1–0
Uruguay	6	1	5	347	419	−72	7	0–1

1 June

Brazil

63–45

Uruguay