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1978 FIBA World Championship

1978 World Basketball Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host country
Philippines
Dates
October 1–14
Teams
14 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)
2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions
 Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up
 Soviet Union
Third place
 Brazil
Fourth place
 Italy
Tournament statistics
MVP
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić
Top scorer
Czechoslovakia Kamil Brabenec
(26.9 per game)

← 1974


1982 →

The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.
Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City (both cities in Metro Manila), were the venues for the event.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Host selection


  • 2 Venues


  • 3 Competing nations


  • 4 Preliminary round

    • 4.1 Group A


    • 4.2 Group B


    • 4.3 Group C



  • 5 Classification round


  • 6 Semifinal round


  • 7 Final round

    • 7.1 7th–8th classification


    • 7.2 5th–6th classification


    • 7.3 Third place playoff


    • 7.4 Final



  • 8 Final ranking


  • 9 Awards

    • 9.1 All-Tournament Team



  • 10 Top scorers (ppg)


  • 11 References




Host selection[edit]


On 11 July 1974 at the FIBA Congress held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines was unanimously chosen as hosts after Argentina and Spain withdrew their bids.[2]



Venues[edit]














Metro Manila
Philippines

Manila

Quezon City


1978 FIBA World Championship is located in Philippines

Metro Manila

Metro Manila




Metro Manila

Rizal Memorial Coliseum[1]
Capacity: 8,000

Araneta Coliseum
Capacity: 25,000*


1978 FIBA World Championship is located in Metro Manila

Manila

Manila



Quezon City

Quezon City




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Araneta Coliseum 1960s.jpg

(*) Temporarily reduced to 10,000 for the finals due to safety reasons.[1]



Competing nations[edit]










Group A
Group B
Group C
Semifinal round

 Canada
 South Korea
 Senegal
 Yugoslavia



 Brazil
 China
 Italy
 Puerto Rico



 Australia
 Czechoslovakia
 Dominican Republic
 United States



 Philippines – host
 Soviet Union – defending champion



Preliminary round[edit]






Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round


Group A[edit]













































Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

 Yugoslavia
3
3
0
325
244+81

6

 Canada
3
2
1
260
216+44

5

 South Korea
3
1
2
240
310−70

4

 Senegal
3
0
3
190
245−55

3


2 October







Canada 
105–69
 South Korea


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





2 October







Yugoslavia 
99–64
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







South Korea 
85–121
 Yugoslavia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







Canada 
60–42
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





4 October







South Korea 
86–84 (OT)
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





4 October







Yugoslavia 
105–95
 Canada


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila




Group B[edit]













































Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

 Brazil
3
3
0
342
269+73

6

 Italy
3
2
1
302
263+39

5

 Puerto Rico
3
1
2
275
297−22

4

 China
3
0
3
296
386−90

3


2 October







Brazil 
154–97
 China


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





2 October







Puerto Rico 
80–93
 Italy


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







China 
104–107
 Puerto Rico


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







Italy 
84–88
 Brazil


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





4 October







Puerto Rico 
88–100
 Brazil


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





4 October







China 
95–125
 Italy


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila




Group C[edit]













































Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

 United States
3
3
0
277
219+58

6

 Australia
3
2
1
220
217+3

5

 Czechoslovakia
3
1
2
229
248−19

4

 Dominican Republic
3
0
3
218
260−42

3


1 October







Australia 
75–77
 United States


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





2 October







Australia 
71–68
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





2 October







Dominican Republic 
65–104
 United States


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







Australia 
74–72
 Dominican Republic


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





3 October







United States 
96–79
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





4 October







Dominican Republic 
81–82
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila




Classification round[edit]


































































Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts
Tie

 Czechoslovakia
5
5
0
523
444+79

10

 Puerto Rico
5
4
1
546
481+65

9

 China
5
2
3
495
516−21

7

1–0

 Dominican Republic
5
2
3
475
585−110

7

0–1

 South Korea
5
1
4
438
521−83

6

1–0

 Senegal
5
1
4
514
444+70

6

0–1


6 October







South Korea 
90–102
 China


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





6 October







Senegal 
76–80
 Dominican Republic


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





8 October







South Korea 
93–113
 Dominican Republic


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





9 October







China 
95–118
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





9 October







South Korea 
87–119
 Puerto Rico


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





10 October







Puerto Rico 
104–118
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





11 October







China 
79–89
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





11 October







South Korea 
82–103
 Czechoslovakia


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





12 October







Dominican Republic 
89–119
 Puerto Rico


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





12 October







Czechoslovakia 
112–82
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





13 October







Puerto Rico 
97–83
 Senegal


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila





13 October







Dominican Republic 
112–115
 China


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila




Semifinal round[edit]










Qualified for the gold medal game
Qualified for the bronze medal game
Qualified for the fifth-place game
Qualified for the seventh-place game











































































Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

 Yugoslavia
7
7
0
731
645+86

14

 Soviet Union
7
6
1
691
550+141

13

 Brazil
7
5
2
648
571+77

12

 Italy
7
4
3
609
582+27

11

 United States
7
3
4
612
605+7

10

 Canada
7
2
5
605
644−39

9

 Australia
7
1
6
566
632−66

8

 Philippines
7
0
7
521
754−233

7


6 October






Brazil 
69–62
 Canada


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





6 October







United States 
80–81
 Italy


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





6 October







Philippines 
101–117
 Yugoslavia


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





6 October






Soviet Union 
112–67
 Australia


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





7 October






Soviet Union 
110–63
 Philippines


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





7 October







Italy 
76–108
 Yugoslavia


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





7 October







Australia 
78–108
 Brazil


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





8 October






Soviet Union 
107–85
 Canada


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





8 October






Yugoslavia 
100–93
 United States


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





8 October






Australia 
69–87
 Italy


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





9 October







Philippines 
72–119
 Brazil


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





9 October







Canada 
90–96
 United States


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





10 October







United States 
90–92
 Brazil


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





10 October






Yugoslavia 
105–92
 Soviet Union


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





10 October







Philippines 
75–112
 Italy


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





10 October







Australia 
79–91
 Canada


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





11 October






Australia 
97–52
 Philippines


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





11 October






Soviet Union 
76–69
 Italy


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





11 October






Yugoslavia 
91–87
 Brazil


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





12 October







United States 
76–97
 Soviet Union


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





12 October






Canada 
99–88
 Philippines


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





13 October






United States 
100–70
 Philippines


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





13 October






Soviet Union 
94–85
 Brazil


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





13 October






Italy 
100–83
 Canada


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City





13 October







Australia 
101–105
 Yugoslavia


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City




Final round[edit]



7th–8th classification[edit]




14 October










Philippines 
74–92
 Australia

Scoring by half: 36–38, 38–54

Pts: Cruz 14
Pts: Riddle 18


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Kruno Brumen (YUG)




5th–6th classification[edit]




14 October










Canada 
94–96
 United States

Scoring by half: 47–50, 47–46

Pts: Rautins 20
Pts: Kiffin 25


Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
Referees: Paulo dos Anjos (BRA), Kim Young-han (KOR)




Third place playoff[edit]




14 October









Brazil 
86–85
 Italy

Scoring by half: 50–45, 36–40

Pts: Marcel 22
Pts: Bariviera, Bertolotti 21


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Mikhail Dovidov (USSR), Hugh Richardson (USA)




Final[edit]




14 October









Yugoslavia 
82–81 (OT)
 Soviet Union

Scoring by half: 41–41, 32–32 Overtime: 9–8

Pts: Dalipagić 21
Pts: Tkachenko 14


Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Ron Omori (USA), Don Cline (CAN)




Final ranking[edit]















































RankTeamRecord
1

 Yugoslavia
10–0
2

 Soviet Union
6–2
3

 Brazil
8–2
4

 Italy
6–4
5

 United States
6–4
6

 Canada
4–6
7

 Australia
4–6
8

 Philippines
0–8
9

 Czechoslovakia
5–2
10

 Puerto Rico
4–3
11

 China
2–5
12

 Dominican Republic
2–5
13

 South Korea
1–6
14

 Senegal
1–6


Awards[edit]


 1978 FIBA World Championship Winner 


Yugoslavia
2nd title

Most Valuable Player

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić


All-Tournament Team[edit]



  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić


  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić


  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Kićanović


  • Brazil Oscar Schmidt


  • Soviet Union Vladimir Tkachenko


Top scorers (ppg)[edit]



  1. Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia) 26.8


  2. Zhang Weiping (People's Republic of China) 25.1


  3. Choi Bu-Young (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


References[edit]




  1. ^ abc Velasco, Santiago. "VIII World Championship (Manila 1978) Game Details". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016. 


  2. ^ "Manila Chosen Site Of World Basketball Meet". San Juan, Puerto Rico: The Virgin Islands Daily News. 12 July 1974. Retrieved 18 January 2016. 











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