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1978 FIBA World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
City	Manila Quezon City
Dates	October 1–14
Officially opened by	Ferdinand Marcos[1]
Teams	14 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Rizal Memorial Coliseum Araneta Coliseum
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played	59
MVP	Dražen Dalipagić
Top scorer	Kamil Brabenec (26.9 points per game)
← 1974 1982 →

The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by the Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978 in Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila and Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City (both cities in Metro Manila).

It was the first FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) held in Asia.

On July 11, 1974 at the FIBA Congress held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines was unanimously chosen as host after Argentina and Spain withdrew their bids.^[2]

Metro Manila	Philippines
Manila	Quezon City	Metro Manila	Metro Manila
Rizal Memorial Coliseum[3] Capacity: 8,000	Araneta Coliseum Capacity: 25,000*	Manila Quezon City

(*) Temporarily reduced to 10,000 for the finals due to safety reasons.^[3]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Semifinal round
Canada  South Korea  Senegal  Yugoslavia	Brazil  China  Italy  Puerto Rico	Australia  Czechoslovakia  Dominican Republic  United States	Philippines – host  Soviet Union – defending champion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	325	244	+81	6	Semifinal round
2	Canada	3	2	1	260	216	+44	5
3	South Korea	3	1	2	240	310	−70	4	Classification round
4	Senegal	3	0	3	190	245	−55	3

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	342	269	+73	6	Semifinal round
2	Italy	3	2	1	302	263	+39	5
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	275	297	−22	4	Classification round
4	China	3	0	3	296	386	−90	3

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	277	219	+58	6	Semifinal round
2	Australia	3	2	1	220	217	+3	5
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	229	248	−19	4	Classification round
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	218	260	−42	3

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
9	Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	533	444	+89	10
10	Puerto Rico	5	4	1	546	481	+65	9
11	China	5	2	3	495	516	−21	7[a]
12	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	475	485	−10	7[a]
13	South Korea	5	1	4	438	521	−83	6[b]
14	Senegal	5	1	4	414	454	−40	6[b]

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	731	645	+86	14	Final
2	Soviet Union	7	6	1	691	550	+141	13
3	Brazil	7	5	2	648	571	+77	12	Third place playoff
4	Italy	7	4	3	609	582	+27	11
5	United States	7	3	4	612	605	+7	10	Fifth place playoff
6	Canada	7	2	5	605	644	−39	9
7	Australia	7	1	6	566	632	−66	8	Seventh place playoff
8	Philippines (H)	7	0	7	521	754	−233	7

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

Rank	Team	Record
1	Yugoslavia	10–0
2	Soviet Union	6–2
3	Brazil	8–2
4	Italy	6–4
5	United States	6–4
6	Canada	4–6
7	Australia	4–6
8	Philippines	0–8
9	Czechoslovakia	5–2
10	Puerto Rico	4–3
11	China	2–5
12	Dominican Republic	2–5
13	South Korea	1–6
14	Senegal	1–6

1978 FIBA World Championship winner
Yugoslavia 2nd title

Most Valuable Player
Dražen Dalipagić

1. Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia) 26.9
2. Zhang Weiping (People's Republic of China) 25.1
3. Choi Bu-Young (Korea) 21.1
4. Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia) 20
5. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 19.0^[4]
6. Leo Rautins (Canada) 17.9
7. Marcel De Souza (Brazil) 17.7
8. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 16.5
9. Renzo Bariviera (Italy) 16.2
10. Marcos Antonio Leite "Marquinhos" (Brazil) 14.7

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