1970 FIBA World Championship

The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was the first FIBA World Championship hosted outside of South America.

All-Tournament Team

 * Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia)
 * Sergei Belov - (MVP) (Soviet Union)
 * Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union)
 * Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil)
 * Kenny Washington (U.S.)

Top scorers (ppg)

 * 1) Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
 * 2) Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 19.7
 * 3) Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.8
 * 4) Davis Peralta (Panama) 18.8
 * 5) Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 18.6
 * 6) Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 17.9
 * 7) Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 17.8
 * 8) Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia) 17.3
 * 9) Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 16.9
 * 10) Bob Molinski (Canada) 16.8