Basketball, Men

Competition 1967 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue various cities URU
Held 27 May – 11 June 1967
Status Medal
Competitors 155
Countries 13

URU as host was seeded automatically to the Final Round.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Soviet Union URS 8 0 1
Vladimir Andreyev / Sergey Belov / Gennady Chechuro / Jaak Lipso / Aleksandr Travin / Rudolf Nesterov / Modestas Paulauskas / Anatoly Polivoda / Priit Tomson / Zurab Sak'andelidze / Yury Selikhov / Gennady Volnov
🥈 Yugoslavia YUG 6 0 3
Borut Basin / Vladimir Cvetković / Krešimir Ćosić / Ivo Daneu / Josip Gjergja / Nemanja Đurić / Radivoj Korać / Dragan Kovačić / Trajko Rajković / Dragoslav Ražnatović / Petar Skansi / Rato Tvrdić
🥉 Brazil BRA 7 0 2
Emil Rached / Sérgio Macarrão / Mosquito / Edvar Simões / Luiz Menon / José Luís Olaio / Amaury / Bira / Hélio Rubens / Succar / Jatyr / César Sebba
4 United States USA 7 0 2
Mike Barrett / Vern Benson / Darel Carrier / John Clawson / Darius Cunningham / Stanley McKenzie / Jay Miller / Charles Paulk / Kendall Rhine / Mike Silliman / Albert Tucker / Jim Williams
5 Poland POL 4 0 5
Henryk Cegielski / Andrzej Chmarzyński / Zbigniew Dregier / Kazimierz Frelkiewicz / Bolesław Kwiatkowski / Wiesław Langiewicz / Bohdan Likszo / Mieczysław Łopatka / Czesław Malec / Igor Oleszkiewicz / Włodzimierz Trams / Janusz Wichowski
6 Argentina ARG 3 0 6
Héctor Barreneche / Norberto Batillana / Alberto Cabrera / Luis Cesarin / José de Lizaso / Néstor Delguy / Atilio Fruet / Ernesto Gehrmann / Carlos Mariani / Dante Masolini / Samuel Oliva / Tomás Sandor
7 Uruguay URU 1 0 5
Omar Arrestia / Daniel Borroni / Juan Ceriani / Ramiro de León / Manuel Gadea / Julio César Gómez / Luis García / Víctor Hernández / Walter Márquez / Óscar Moglia / Sergio Pisano / Washington Poyet
8 Mexico MEX 6 0 2
Miguel Arellano / Eulalio Ávila / Antonio Ayala / Arturo Guerrero / Alejandro Guzmán / Rafael Heredia / Ricardo Monreal / Raúl Palma / Rico Pontvianne / Carlos Quintanar / Manuel Raga / Fernando Tiscareño
9 Italy ITA 4 0 4
Enrico Bovone / Sauro Bufalini / Massimo Cosmelli / Gianfranco Fantin / Fernando Fattori / Gianluigi Iessi / Gianfranco Lombardi / Alberto Merlati / Giusto Pellanera / Carlo Recalcati / Giuseppe Rundo / Massimo Villetti
10 Peru PER 4 0 4
Raúl Duarte / Ricardo Duarte / Walter Fleming / Simón Paredes / Tomás Sangio / Óscar Sevilla / Manuel Valerio / Jorge Vargas / Carlos Vásquez / José Verano / Miguel Vigo / César Vittorelli
11 Japan JPN 2 0 6
Yoshitaka Egawa / Nobuo Hattori / Seiji Igarashi / Isao Kimura / Akira Kodama / Fumihiko Moroyama / Kunihiko Nakamura / Kenji Soda / Masatomo Taniguchi / Kaoru Wakabayashi / Masahiko Yoshida
12 Puerto Rico PUR 2 0 6
Ángel Cancel / Francisco Córdova / Víctor Cuevas / Raymond Dalmau / Tomás Gutiérrez / Gustavo Mattei / Bill McCadney / Mariano Ortiz / Ricardo Pietri / Adolfo Porrata / Rafael Rivera / Alberto Zamot
13 Paraguay PAR 0 0 8
Luis Alvarenga / Jorge Bogarín / Manuel Calonga / Wilfrido Castro / Gualberto Echague / César Fernández / Luis González-2 / César Lezcano / José Martinessi / Milciades Martinessi / Carlos Pagliaro / Sergio Pavón

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 1 5
3 Mexico MEX 1 0 2 4
4 Italy ITA 0 0 3 3

Matches

United States USA 67-65 Italy ITA
Mexico MEX 73-86 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 75-65 Mexico MEX
Italy ITA 62-71 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 76-71 Yugoslavia YUG
Mexico MEX 78-60 Italy ITA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 Argentina ARG 2 0 1 5
3 Peru PER 1 0 2 4
4 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3

Matches

Argentina ARG 69-63 Japan JPN
Peru PER 46-84 Soviet Union URS
Argentina ARG 73-65 Peru PER
Japan JPN 56-95 Soviet Union URS
Argentina ARG 66-105 Soviet Union URS
Peru PER 81-58 Japan JPN

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 3 0 0 6
3 Poland POL 2 0 1 4
3 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 2 4
4 Paraguay PAR 0 0 3 3

Matches

Poland POL 76-64 Puerto Rico PUR
Paraguay PAR 41-85 Brazil BRA
Poland POL 67-83 Brazil BRA
Puerto Rico PUR 86-52 Paraguay PAR
Poland POL 101-60 Paraguay PAR
Puerto Rico PUR 56-92 Brazil BRA

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 5 0 1 11
2 Yugoslavia YUG 4 0 2 10
3 Brazil BRA 4 0 2 10
4 United States USA 4 0 2 10
5 Poland POL 2 0 4 8
6 Argentina ARG 1 0 5 7
7 Uruguay URU 1 0 5 7

Matches

United States USA 76-66 Argentina ARG
Poland POL 61-86 Soviet Union URS
Uruguay URU 45-63 Brazil BRA
Poland POL 78-82 Yugoslavia YUG
Argentina ARG 79-75 Uruguay URU
Soviet Union URS 78-74 Brazil BRA
United States USA 88-53 Uruguay URU
Argentina ARG 61-96 Soviet Union URS
Yugoslavia YUG 87-84 Brazil BRA
United States USA 59-58 Soviet Union URS
Poland POL 85-90 Brazil BRA
Argentina ARG 69-93 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 72-73 Yugoslavia YUG
Poland POL 65-58 Argentina ARG
Uruguay URU 54-60 Soviet Union URS
United States USA 91-61 Poland POL
Argentina ARG 66-74 Brazil BRA
Uruguay URU 58-57 Yugoslavia YUG
United States USA 71-80 Brazil BRA
Poland POL 72-62 Uruguay URU
Soviet Union URS 71-59 Yugoslavia YUG

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
8 Mexico MEX 5 0 0 10
9 Italy ITA 4 0 1 9
10 Peru PER 3 0 2 8
11 Japan JPN 2 0 3 7
12 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 4 6
13 Paraguay PAR 0 0 5 5

Matches

Mexico MEX 65-46 Paraguay PAR
Peru PER 57-52 Puerto Rico PUR
Mexico MEX 56-44 Peru PER
Italy ITA 91-58 Paraguay PAR
Japan JPN 61-61 (25-18)
After Extra Time 		Puerto Rico PUR
Mexico MEX 65-59 Puerto Rico PUR
Italy ITA 74-57 Japan JPN
Italy ITA 68-46 Peru PER
Japan JPN 80-55 Paraguay PAR
Mexico MEX 69-54 Japan JPN
Puerto Rico PUR 78-69 Paraguay PAR
Italy ITA 78-74 Puerto Rico PUR
Peru PER 65-55 Paraguay PAR
Mexico MEX 63-62 Italy ITA
Peru PER 67-50 Japan JPN