Basketball, Men

Competition 1974 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue Ponce, Caguas, and San Juan PUR
Held 3 – 14 July 1974
Status Medal
Competitors 168
Countries 14

PUR as host and YUG as reigning World Champion were seeded automatically to the Final Round.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Soviet Union URS 8 0 1
Yury Pavlov / Modestas Paulauskas / Valery Miloserdov / Aleksandr Salnikov / Aleksandr Boloshev / Ivan Yedeshko / Sergey Belov / Priit Tomson / Aleksandr Kharchenkov / Aleksandr Belov / Vladimir Zhigily / Aleksandr Bolshakov
🥈 Yugoslavia YUG 6 0 1
Rato Tvrdić / Dragan Kićanović / Vinko Jelovac / Žarko Knežević / Željko Jerkov / Dragan Kapičić / Zoran Slavnić / Krešimir Ćosić / Damir Šolman / Nikola Plećaš / Dražen Dalipagić / Milun Marović
🥉 United States USA 8 0 1
John Lucas / Luther Burden / Steve Grote / Frank Oleynick / Eugene Short / Rodrick Schmidt / Quinn Buckner / Daniel Gerard / Joe Meriweather / Tommy Boswell / Myron Wilkins / Richard Kelley
4 Cuba CUB 5 0 4
Miguel Calderón / Rafael Cañizares / Pedro Chappé / Juan Domecq / Tomás Herrera / Alejandro Ortiz / Conrado Pérez / José Miguel Álvarez / Juan Roca / Ruperto Herrera / Alejandro Urgellés / Óscar Varona
5 Spain ESP 4 0 5
Wayne Brabender / Carmelo Cabrera / Juan Antonio Corbalán / Miguel Estrada / Manolo Flores / Jesús Iradier / Cliff Luyk / Vicente Ramos / Cristóbal Rodríguez / Rafael Rullán / Gonzalo Sagi-Vela / Luis Santillana
6 Brazil BRA 4 0 5
Roberto Corrêa / Luiz Carlos Peixoto / Zé Geraldo / Marcel / Hélio Rubens / Lázaro Henrique Garcia / Dodi / Marquinhos / Bira / Mosquito / Adilson / Carioquinha
7 Puerto Rico PUR 2 0 5
Carlos Bermúdez / Héctor Blondet / Luis Brignoni / Teo Cruz / Raymond Dalmau / Rubén Montañez / Mariano Ortiz / José Pacheco / Neftalí Rivera / Rubén Rodríguez / Jimmy Thordsen / Michael Vicens
8 Canada CAN 3 0 6
Alex Devlin / Lars Hansen / Ken McKenzie / Michael Moser / Romel Raffin / George Rautins / Marty Riley / Bill Robinson / Jamie Russell / Bob Sharpe / Robert Stewart / Phil Tollestrup
9 Mexico MEX 5 0 2
Jesús Alvarado / Óscar Asiáin / Antonio Ayala / Jesús García / Arturo Guerrero / Gustavo Hernández / Guillermo Márquez / Ricardo Monreal / Raúl Palma / Rico Pontvianne / Manuel Raga / Manuel Sáenz
10 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 0 3
Jaroslav Beránek / Jan Bobrovský / Kamil Brabenec / Zdeněk Douša / Gustav Hraška / Zdeněk Hummel / Zdeněk Kos / Pawel Pekárek / Vojtěch Petr / Jaroslav Skála / Jiří Zedníček / Jiří Zídek
11 Argentina ARG 2 0 5
Gustavo Aguirre / Jorge Becerra / Alberto Cabrera / Eduardo Cadillac / Ernesto Gehrmann / Carlos Gonzales / Raúl Guitart / Jorge Martín / Alfredo Monachesi / José Luis Luis / Adolfo Perazzo / Carlos Raffaelli
12 Australia AUS 2 0 5
Andris Blicavs / Ken Burbridge / Perry Crosswhite / Richard Duke / Brian Kerle / Anatoli Koltuniewicz / Mark Lampshire / John Maddock / Glenn Marsland / Eddie Palubinskas / Ray Tomlinson / Ian Watson
13 Philippines PHI 2 0 5
William Adornado / Francis Arnaiz / Ricardo Cleofas / Ramón Fernández / Alberto Guidaben / Robert Jaworski / Jimmy Mariano / Rosalio Martínez / Rogelio Melencio / Manny Paner / David Regullano / Alberto Reynoso
14 Central African Republic CAF 0 0 7
Jacques Adam / Jean Bengué / Marcel Bimale / Gaston Gambor / Clément Larma / Eloi Limbio / Jacques Malimaka / Martin Ngoko / Felicien Ngounfod / Andre Sanga / Bernabé Sangha / Jacques Séréfio

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 Brazil BRA 2 0 1 5
3 Mexico MEX 1 0 2 4
4 Central African Republic CAF 0 0 3 3

Matches

Brazil BRA 100-78 Mexico MEX
Central African Republic CAF 48-140 Soviet Union URS
Brazil BRA 60-79 Soviet Union URS
Mexico MEX 106-82 Central African Republic CAF
Brazil BRA 94-54 Central African Republic CAF
Mexico MEX 80-95 Soviet Union URS

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 5
3 Argentina ARG 1 0 2 4
4 Philippines PHI 0 0 3 3

Matches

Spain ESP 96-89 Argentina ARG
Philippines PHI 85-135 United States USA
Spain ESP 71-114 United States USA
Argentina ARG 111-90 Philippines PHI
Spain ESP 117-85 Philippines PHI
Argentina ARG 86-109 United States USA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Cuba CUB 3 0 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 5
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 2 4
4 Australia AUS 0 0 3 3

Matches

Cuba CUB 61-60 Czechoslovakia TCH
Canada CAN 80-69 Australia AUS
Cuba CUB 92-79 Australia AUS
Canada CAN 83-75 Czechoslovakia TCH
Cuba CUB 80-79 Canada CAN
Czechoslovakia TCH 89-84 Australia AUS

Final

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 6 0 1 13
2 Yugoslavia YUG 6 0 1 13
3 United States USA 6 0 1 13
4 Cuba CUB 3 0 4 10
5 Spain ESP 2 0 5 9
6 Brazil BRA 2 0 5 9
7 Puerto Rico PUR 2 0 5 9
8 Canada CAN 1 0 6 8

Matches

Spain ESP 71-100 Soviet Union URS
Brazil BRA 60-84 Yugoslavia YUG
Puerto Rico PUR 76-94 United States USA
Cuba CUB 83-101 Yugoslavia YUG
Spain ESP 102-86 Puerto Rico PUR
Canada CAN 94-115 United States USA
Cuba CUB 70-83 United States USA
Spain ESP 73-86 Canada CAN
Brazil BRA 73-68 Puerto Rico PUR
Soviet Union URS 79-82 Yugoslavia YUG
Cuba CUB 66-83 Soviet Union URS
Brazil BRA 75-74 Canada CAN
Puerto Rico PUR 85-93 Yugoslavia YUG
Cuba CUB 84-75 Spain ESP
Brazil BRA 83-103 United States USA
Puerto Rico PUR 76-87 Soviet Union URS
Canada CAN 90-90 (9-12)
After Extra Time 		Yugoslavia YUG
Cuba CUB 97-98 Puerto Rico PUR
Spain ESP 81-81 (12-10)
After Extra Time 		Brazil BRA
Canada CAN 60-92 Soviet Union URS
Yugoslavia YUG 88-91 United States USA
Cuba CUB 85-80 Brazil BRA
Spain ESP 71-79 Yugoslavia YUG
Puerto Rico PUR 79-74 Canada CAN
Soviet Union URS 105-94 United States USA

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Mexico MEX 5 0 0 10
10 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 0 1 9
11 Argentina ARG 2 0 3 7
12 Australia AUS 2 0 3 7
13 Philippines PHI 2 0 3 7
14 Central African Republic CAF 0 0 5 5

Matches

Mexico MEX 94-84 Czechoslovakia TCH
Argentina ARG 121-70 Central African Republic CAF
Australia AUS 100-101 Philippines PHI
Mexico MEX 101-84 Philippines PHI
Czechoslovakia TCH 113-70 Central African Republic CAF
Argentina ARG 100-102 Australia AUS
Mexico MEX 96-94 Argentina ARG
Czechoslovakia TCH 119-112 Philippines PHI
Australia AUS 96-67 Central African Republic CAF
Mexico MEX 85-84 Australia AUS
Czechoslovakia TCH 113-91 Argentina ARG
Philippines PHI 87-86 Central African Republic CAF