1978 FIBA World Championship


The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.
Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, were the venues for the event.

Host selection

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

Venues

Temporarily reduced to 10,000 for the finals due to safety reasons.

Competing nations

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Semifinal round

Final round

7th–8th classification

5th–6th classification

Third place playoff

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Tournament Team

  1. Kamil Brabenec 26.9
  2. Zhang Weiping 25.1
  3. Choi Bu-Young 21.1
  4. Dražen Dalipagić 20
  5. Oscar Schmidt 19.0
  6. Leo Rautins 17.9
  7. Marcel De Souza 17.7
  8. Dragan Kićanović 16.5
  9. Renzo Bariviera 16.2
  10. Marcos Antonio Leite "Marquinhos" 14.7