1974 FIBA World Championship


The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union.

Final round

Each team played the other seven once. Since the Soviets, the Americans and the Yugoslavian team each finished with records of 6-1, the medals were "decided on the goal average in the three games among each other." In those three games, the USSR had outscored its opponents 184 to 176, Yugoslavia was even at 170 for and 170 against, and the U.S. had been outscored 185 to 193.

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
18–1
26–1
38–1
45–4
54–5
64–5
72–5
83–6
95–2
104–3
112–5
122–5
132–5
140–7

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Arturo Guerrero 27.0
  2. Manuel Raga 26.1
  3. Eddie Palubinskas 24.8
  4. Wayne Brabender 23.0
  5. Ernesto Gehrmann 22.3
  6. Luther Burden 20.2
  7. John Lucas 20.2
  8. Dragan Kićanović 19.8
  9. Alejandro Urgelles 19.3
  10. William Adornado 18.0