1974 FIBA World Championship

The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union.

Final round
Each team played the other seven once. Since the Soviets, the Americans and the Yugoslavian team each finished with records of 6-1, the medals were "decided on the goal average in the three games among each other." In those three games (Yugoslavia 82, U.S.S.R. 79; U.S. 91, Yugoslavia 88; and USSR 105, U.S. 94), the USSR had outscored its opponents 184 to 176, Yugoslavia was even at 170 for and 170 against, and the U.S. had been outscored 185 to 193.

All-Tournament Team

 * Alexander Belov
 * Vinko Jelovac
 * 🇪🇸 Wayne Brabender
 * 🇨🇺 Alejandro Urgelles
 * Alexander Salnikov

Top scorers (ppg)

 * 1) Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0
 * 2) Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1
 * 3) Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8
 * 4) Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0
 * 5) Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3
 * 6) Luther Burden (United States) 20.2
 * 7) John Lucas (United States) 20.2
 * 8) Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8
 * 9) Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3
 * 10) William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0