VII Olympic Basketball Tournament (México D.F. 1968)

(From 13-10-1968 to 25-10-1968)

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PARTICIPANTS (16)

· Host nation: Mexico.

· Top 5 qualified teams in the previous Olympic Tournament: USA, Soviet Union, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Italy.

· Pan-American Games winner and runner-up: Cuba, Panama.

· Asian Championship winner and runner-up: Philippines, South Korea.

· African Championship winner and runner-up: Senegal, Morocco.

· The remaining 4 berths are allocated after a Pre-Olympic Stage gathering 18 teams of national federations associated to FIBA, under free registration, from four continents (EUROPE, AMERICA, ASIA, OCEANIA). This competition is divided into two major gegraphical groups: European Pre-Olympic Tournament (Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, FRG, GDR, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Poland*, Sweden, Yugoslavia) and Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament (Australia, Indonesia, Poland*, Spain, Uruguay).

 

* Although Poland didn’t earn an Olympic berth in the European Pre-Olympic Tournament, it was allowed to participate later in the Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The sixteen participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 8 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to the semifinal round (played as an X-pairing). The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (13-10-1968)

Competition Day 1 (13-10-1968)

USA - Spain

81-46 (39-16)

Brazil - Morocco

98-52 (48-17)

Italy - Philippines

91-66 (35-39)

Soviet Union - Poland

91-50 (47-30)

Puerto Rico - Senegal

69-26 (31-18)

Mexico - South Korea

75-62 (39-27)

Yugoslavia - Panama

96-85 (51-45)

Cuba - Bulgaria

61-70 (27-19)

Competition Day 2 (14-10-1968)

Competition Day 2 (14-10-1968)

USA - Senegal

93-36 (44-15)

Soviet Union - Morocco

123-51 (51-30)

Spain - Philippines

108-79 (46-34)

Poland - South Korea

77-67 (38-27)

Puerto Rico - Yugoslavia

72-93 (32-41)

Brazil - Bulgaria

75-59 (42-29)

Italy - Panama

94-87 (49-42)

Mexico - Cuba

76-75 (35-29)

Competition Day 3 (15-10-1968)

Competition Day 3 (15-10-1968)

Senegal - Yugoslavia

65-84 (33-40)

Morocco - Bulgaria

59-77 (25-35)

Spain - Panama

88-82 (37-45)

Poland - Cuba

78-75 (36-41)

USA - Philippines

96-75 (48-26)

Soviet Union - South Korea

89-58 (44-34)

Puerto Rico - Italy

65-68 (33-30)

Mexico - Brazil

53-60 (29-30)

Competition Day 4 (16-10-1968)

Competition Day 4 (16-10-1968)

Philippines - Panama

92-95 (48-38)

Soviet Union - Bulgaria

81-56 (40-23)

Spain - Puerto Rico

86-62 (40-23)

Morocco - Mexico

38-86 (15-42)

Senegal - Italy

55-81 (24-41)

Poland - Brazil

51-88 (26-35)

USA - Yugoslavia

73-58 (36-28)

South Korea - Cuba

71-80 (29-34)

Competition Day 5 (18-10-1968)

Competition Day 5 (18-10-1968)

USA - Panama

95-60 (51-33)

Morocco - Poland

48-85 (25-46)

Senegal - Spain

54-64 (24-30)

Soviet Union - Cuba

100-66 (52-35)

Philippines - Puerto Rico

65-89 (33-45)

South Korea - Brazil

59-91 (32-42)

Italy - Yugoslavia

69-80 (29-29;65-65)

Mexico - Bulgaria

73-63 (33-36)

Competition Day 6 (19-10-1968)

Competition Day 6 (19-10-1968)

Panama - Puerto Rico

69-80 (36-42)

Morocco - South Korea

54-76 (17-38)

Philippines - Senegal

80-68 (33-29)

Cuba - Brazil

68-84 (37-47)

Yugoslavia - Spain

92-79 (52-35)

Bulgaria - Poland

67-69 (34-35)

USA - Italy

100-61 (48-27)

Soviet Union - Mexico

82-62 (45-25)

Competition Day 7 (20-10-1968)

Competition Day 7 (20-10-1968)

Panama - Senegal

94-79 (48-29)

Morocco - Cuba

53-89 (22-48)

Italy - Spain

98-86 (53-40)

Bulgaria - South Korea

64-60 (32-33)

Yugoslavia - Philippines

89-68 (46-30)

Mexico - Poland

68-63 (40-28)

USA - Puerto Rico

61-56 (30-29)

Soviet Union - Brazil

76-65 (39-38)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

7

7

0

599

392

14

2. Yugoslavia

7

6

1

592

511

13

3. Italy

7

5

2

562

539

12

4. Spain

7

4

3

557

548

11

5. Puerto Rico

7

3

4

493

468

10

6. Panama

7

2

5

572

624

9

7. Philippines

7

1

6

525

636

8

8. Senegal

7

0

7

383

565

7

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Soviet Union

7

7

0

642

408

14

2. Brazil

7

6

1

561

418

13

3. Mexico

7

5

2

493

443

12

4. Poland

7

4

3

473

504

11

5. Bulgaria

7

3

4

456

478

10

6. Cuba

7

2

5

514

532

9

7. South Korea

7

1

6

453

530

8

8. Morocco

7

0

7

355

634

7

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 13-16

Semifinals (22-10-1968)

A7-B8: Philippines - Morocco

86-57 (36-26)

B7-A8: South Korea - Senegal

76-59 (37-28)

Finals (23-10-1968)

15/16: Morocco - Senegal

38-42 (18-24)

13/14: Philippines - South Korea

66-63 (31-34)

 

 

PLACES 9-12

Semifinals (22-10-1968)

A5-B6: Puerto Rico - Cuba

71-65 (33-34)

B5-A6: Bulgaria - Panama

83-79 (42-35)

Finals (23-10-1968)

11/12: Cuba - Panama

91-88 (47-43)

9/10: Puerto Rico - Bulgaria

67-57 (35-31)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (22-10-1968)

A3-B4: Italy - Poland

52-66 (31-28)

B3-A4: Mexico - Spain

73-72 (31-31)

Finals (25-10-1968)

7/8: Italy - Spain

72-88 (31-40)

5/6: Poland - Mexico

65-75 (23-43)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (22-10-1968)

A1-B2: USA - Brazil

75-63 (42-26)

B1-A2: Soviet Union - Yugoslavia

62-63 (27-31)

Finals (25-10-1968)

3/4: Brazil - Soviet Union

53-70 (25-38)

1/2: USA - Yugoslavia

65-50 (32-29)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Palacio de los Deportes (México D.F.)

DATE: 25-10-1968 (21:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 30.000

REFEREES: Renato Righetto (BRA), Erwin Kassai (HUN)

FOULED OUT: -

[Incidents: Although the official seating capacity of the Sports Palace—23,000 spectators—was fully occupied for the final (as in most other games during the basketball tournament), an estimated crowd of 30,000 fans crammed the stands, which represents a new record in Olympic finals.]

United States of America

USA - Yugoslavia

Југославија

65-50 (32-29)

 

USA (coach: Hank Iba)

 

2P

FT

PF

Min

Pts.

A

M

A

M

# Jo Jo White

12

6

2

2

1

30

14

# Calvin Fowler

4

2

-

-

1

22

4

# Charles Scott

5

2

2

1

2

20

5

# Mike Silliman

9

3

-

-

2

24

6

# Spencer Haywood

14

10

2

1

2

37

21

John Clawson

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

Ken Spain

-

-

2

1

1

2

1

Mike Barrett

9

3

-

-

2

22

6

Bill Hosket

3

1

2

1

2

14

3

Glynn Saulters

3

2

-

-

1

3

4

Jim King

1

-

2

1

4

21

1

Don Dee

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

TOTAL

63

29

12

7

18

200

65

 

Yugoslavia (coach: Ranko Žeravica)

 

2P

FT

PF

Min

Pts.

A

M

A

M

# Ivo Daneu

12

6

4

4

2

38

16

# Dragutin Čermak

9

4

-

-

3

29

8

# Radivoj Korać

1

-

4

1

3

15

1

# Trajko Rajković

8

2

-

-

1

21

4

# Petar Skansi

9

2

2

1

2

38

5

Zoran Marojević

1

1

-

-

1

8

2

Vladimir Cvetković

2

-

4

3

3

11

3

Dragoslav Ražnatović

3

1

-

-

2

13

2

Krešimir Ćosić

3

1

2

2

2

13

4

Damir Šolman

2

1

4

3

2

14

5

TOTAL

50

18

20

14

21

200

50

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

Soviet Union USSR

4.

Brazil BRA

5.

Mexico MEX

6.

Poland POL

7.

Spain SPA

8.

Italy ITA

9.

Puerto Rico PUR

10.

Bulgaria BUL

11.

Cuba CUB

12.

Panama PAN

13.

Philippines PHI

14.

South Korea SKR

15.

Senegal SEN

16.

Morocco MOR

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Davis Peralta (PAN)

220

9

24.4

2. Shin Dong-pa (SKR)

189

9

21.0

3. Mokhtar Seyad (MOR)

186

9

20.7

4. Clifford Luyk (SPA)

121

6

20.2

5. Mieczysław Łopatka (POL)

173

9

19.2

6. Manuel Raga (MEX)

150

8

18.8

7. Emiliano Rodríguez (SPA)

134

8

16.8

8. Arturo Guerrero (MEX)

148

9

16.4

9. Spencer Haywood (USA)

145

9

16.1

10. Modestas Paulauskas (USSR)

142

9

15.8

   

 

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