1970 FIBA World Championship
The 6th World Basketball Championship was held from 10 to 24 May 1970 in Yugoslavia with 13 countries instead.
Venues
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round of four teams played in three groups against each other. The winner of the match was awarded two points, the loser one point. Stand a game at the end of regulation time draw, so there was extension.
The draw gave the following groups:
- Australia Australia
- Cuba Cuba
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- United States United States
- Panama Panama
- United Arab Republic United Arab Republic
- Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
- Uruguay Uruguay
Group A - Sarajevo
Group B - Split
Group C - Karlovac
Classification Round - Skopje
After the preliminary round, the third - and fourth-placed each group played in the classification round for places 8 to 13
Case of a tie in the final table certain direct comparison of the teams on the placement. Thereby found no decision instead, the goal average of the games among themselves was crucial.
Final Round - Ljubljana
After the preliminary competition, qualified the first two teams in each group for the final round. Hosts Yugoslavia was directly qualified for the final round.
Case of a tie in the final table certain direct comparison of the teams on the placement.
End figures
Buenos Aires 1950 | Rio de Janeiro 1954 | Santiago de Chile 1959 | Rio de Janeiro 1963 | Montevideo 1967 | Ljubljana 1970 | San Juan in 1974 | Manila 1978 | Cali 1982 | Madrid 1986 | Buenos Aires 1990 | Toronto 1994 | Athens 1998 | Indianapolis 2002 | Japan 2006 | Turkey 2010 | Spain 2014 | 2019
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