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Mexico - 13 October 1968 - 25 October 1968

Winner : United States of America

 

Final standings

1	United States of America
2	Yugoslavia
3	Soviet Union
4	Brazil
5	Mexico
6	Poland
7	Spain
8	Italy
9	Puerto-Rico
10	Bulgaria
11	Cuba
12	Panama
13	Philippines
14	Republic of Korea
15	Senegal
16	Morocco

 

Group A (Mexico - 13/10/1968 - 21/10/1968)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	United States of America	14	7	7	0	599	392	+207
2	Yugoslavia	13	7	6	1	592	511	+81
3	Italy	12	7	5	2	562	539	+23
4	Spain	11	7	4	3	557	548	+9
5	Puerto-Rico	10	7	3	4	493	468	+25
6	Panama	9	7	2	5	572	624	-52
7	Philippines	8	7	1	6	525	636	-111
8	Senegal	7	7	0	7	383	565	-182

Last matches

13 October 1968
	United States of America	81 - 46	Spain
	Spain	88 - 82	Panama
	United States of America	96 - 75	Philippines
14 October 1968
	Italy	68 - 65	Puerto-Rico
	Spain	86 - 62	Puerto-Rico
	Panama	95 - 92	Philippines
15 October 1968
	United States of America	73 - 58	Yugoslavia
	Italy	81 - 55	Senegal
	United States of America	95 - 60	Panama
16 October 1968
	Spain	64 - 54	Senegal
	Puerto-Rico	89 - 65	Philippines
	Italy	91 - 66	Philippines
17 October 1968
	Philippines	80 - 68	Senegal
	Puerto-Rico	80 - 69	Panama
	Yugoslavia	80 - 69	Italy
18 October 1968
	Yugoslavia	92 - 79	Spain
	Panama	94 - 79	Senegal
	United States of America	100 - 61	Italy
19 October 1968
	United States of America	61 - 56	Puerto-Rico
	Yugoslavia	89 - 68	Philippines
	Italy	98 - 86	Spain
20 October 1968
	Puerto-Rico	69 - 26	Senegal
	United States of America	93 - 36	Senegal
	Yugoslavia	96 - 85	Panama
21 October 1968
	Yugoslavia	84 - 65	Senegal
	Yugoslavia	93 - 72	Puerto-Rico
	Italy	94 - 87	Panama
	Spain	108 - 79	Philippines

Detail of the results

Group B (Mexico - 13/10/1968 - 21/10/1968)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Soviet Union	14	7	7	0	642	408	+234
2	Brazil	13	7	6	1	561	418	+143
3	Mexico	12	7	5	2	493	443	+50
4	Poland	11	7	4	3	473	504	-31
5	Bulgaria	10	7	3	4	456	478	-22
6	Cuba	9	7	2	5	514	532	-18
7	Republic of Korea	8	7	1	6	453	530	-77
8	Morocco	7	7	0	7	355	634	-279

Last matches

13 October 1968
	Poland	78 - 75	Cuba
	Soviet Union	89 - 58	Republic of Korea
	Brazil	98 - 52	Morocco
14 October 1968
	Brazil	60 - 53	Mexico
	Soviet Union	81 - 56	Bulgaria
	Mexico	86 - 38	Morocco
15 October 1968
	Cuba	80 - 71	Republic of Korea
	Poland	85 - 48	Morocco
	Brazil	88 - 51	Poland
16 October 1968
	Brazil	91 - 59	Republic of Korea
	Soviet Union	91 - 50	Poland
	Soviet Union	100 - 66	Cuba
17 October 1968
	Mexico	73 - 63	Bulgaria
	Republic of Korea	76 - 54	Morocco
	Brazil	84 - 68	Cuba
18 October 1968
	Poland	69 - 67	Bulgaria
	Soviet Union	82 - 62	Mexico
	Cuba	89 - 53	Morocco
19 October 1968
	Bulgaria	64 - 60	Republic of Korea
	Mexico	68 - 63	Poland
	Soviet Union	76 - 65	Brazil
20 October 1968
	Bulgaria	70 - 61	Cuba
	Mexico	75 - 62	Republic of Korea
	Soviet Union	123 - 51	Morocco
21 October 1968
	Brazil	75 - 59	Bulgaria
	Mexico	76 - 75	Cuba
	Poland	77 - 67	Republic of Korea
	Bulgaria	77 - 59	Morocco

Detail of the results

Final round (Mexico - 22/10/1968 - 25/10/1968)

Classification Round

22 October 1968
	Poland	66 - 52	Italy
	Puerto-Rico	71 - 65	Cuba
	Mexico	73 - 72	Spain
	Republic of Korea	76 - 59	Senegal
	Bulgaria	83 - 79	Panama
	Philippines	86 - 57	Morocco
24 October 1968
	Senegal	42 - 38	Morocco
	Philippines	66 - 63	Republic of Korea
	Puerto-Rico	67 - 57	Bulgaria
	Mexico	75 - 65	Poland
	Spain	88 - 72	Italy
	Cuba	91 - 88	Panama

Semi-Finals

23 October 1968
	Yugoslavia	63 - 62	Soviet Union
	United States of America	75 - 63	Brazil

Third Place Match

25 October 1968
	Soviet Union	70 - 53	Brazil

Final

25 October 1968
	United States of America	65 - 50	Yugoslavia

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 3
  • Number of rounds : 6
  • Matches : 72
  • Home victories : 72 (100 %)
  • Away victories : 0 (0 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (9881 points)
  • Average points per match : 144.19
  • Average points scored at home : 81.33
  • Scoring average: away games : 62.86
  • Total number of points : 10382
  • Average points per round : 1730.33
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	United States of America	9
  2	Soviet Union	8
  3	Mexico	7
  4	Yugoslavia	7
  5	Brazil	6
  6	Italy	5

  Losses

  1	Morocco	9
  2	Senegal	8
  3	Panama	7
  4	Republic of Korea	7
  5	Cuba	6
  6	Philippines	6

Men's Olympic Games 1968 - Participating teams

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cuba

Italy

Mexico

Morocco

Panama

Philippines

Poland

Puerto-Rico

Republic of Korea

Senegal

Soviet Union

Spain

United States of America

Yugoslavia

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