1978 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Basketball World Cup 1978
8th FIBA Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	October 1–14
Teams	14 (from ? federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
MVP	Dražen Dalipagić
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
Points	Kamil Brabenec (26.9)	Yugoslavia (103.3)
Rebounds
Assists

The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978. Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.^[1]

Venues

Competing nations

Preliminary round

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

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

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
United States	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

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

Semifinal round

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
United States	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

Final round

7th place

Philippines

74–92

Australia

Manila

5th place

Canada

94–96

United States

Manila

3rd place

Brazil

86–85

Italy

Manila

Final

Yugoslavia

82–81 (OT)

Soviet Union

Manila

Final ranking

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

All-Tournament Team

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

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

References

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