1974 FIBA World Championship
The 7th World Basketball Championship was held from 3 to 14 July 1974 in Puerto Rico with 14 participating states 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:
- Central African Republic Central African Republic
- Brazil 1968 Brazil
- Mexico Mexico
- Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
- Argentina Argentina
- Spain 1945 Spain
- Philippines 1944 Philippines
- United States United States
- Australia Australia
- Canada Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Group A - Ponce
Group B - San Juan
Group C - Caguas
Classification Round - Caguas
After the preliminary round, the third - and fourth-placed each group played in the classification round for places 9 to 14
Results of meetings, which were held in the first round over. 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 - San Juan
After the preliminary competition, qualified the first two teams in each group for the final round. Puerto Rico hosts and defending Yugoslavia were directly qualified for the final round.
Results of meetings, which were held in the first round over. 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.
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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