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.
Host selection 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.
Venues Metro ManilaPhilippinesManilaQuezon City Rizal Memorial ColiseumCapacity: 8,000 Araneta ColiseumCapacity: 25,000* (*) Temporarily reduced to 10,000 for the finals due to safety reasons.
Competing nations Group AGroup BGroup CSemifinal round – host – defending champion
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Classification round
Semifinal round
Final round Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Third place playoff
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 1 10–0 2 6–2 3 8–2 4 6–4 5 6–4 6 4–6 7 4–6 8 0–8 9 5–2 10 4–3 11 2–5 12 2–5 13 1–6 14 1–6
Awards
Most Valuable Player Dražen Dalipagić All-Tournament Team
Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Dalipagić Dragan Kićanović Oscar Schmidt Vladimir Tkachenko
Top scorers (ppg)
Kamil Brabenec (Czechoslovakia) 26.9 Zhang Weiping (People's Republic of China) 25.1 Choi Bu-Young (Korea) 21.1 Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia) 20 Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 19.0 Leo Rautins (Canada) 17.9 Marcel De Souza (Brazil) 17.7 Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 16.5 Renzo Bariviera (Italy) 16.2 Marcos Antonio Leite "Marquinhos" (Brazil) 14.7
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