| Tourney Name: | FIBA World Championship |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Other Titles: | FIBA Светско првенство у кошарци 1970 |
| Country: | Yugoslavia |
| Dates: | 10–24 May |
| Opened: | Josip Broz Tito |
| Num Teams: | 13 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Champion: | Yugoslavia |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Brazil |
| Third: | Soviet Union |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1955 |
| Fourth: | Italy |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1946 |
| Games: | 54 |
| Mvp: | Sergei Belov |
| Top Scorer: |  Shin Dong-Pa (32.6 points per game) |
| Prevseason: | 1967 |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970.[1] It was the first FIBA World Championship hosted outside of South America.
| width=33% | Group A | width=33% | Group B | width=33% | Group C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=3 | – advanced automatically to the final round as host |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Classification round | Final round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlovac | Split | Skopje | |||
| Dvorana Skenderija | Sportska Dvorana Mladost | Mala dvorana Gripe | Sala Gradski Park | Hala Tivoli | |
| Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 7,000 | |
| Rank | width=200px | Team ! | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–1 | |||
| 7–2 | |||
| 7–2 | |||
| 4 | 5–4 | ||
| 5 | 6–3 | ||
| 6 | 4–5 | ||
| 7 | 2–7 | ||
| 8 | 6–2 | ||
| 9 | 4–4 | ||
| 10 | 3–5 | ||
| 11 | 4–4 | ||
| 12 | 1–7 | ||
| 13 | 0-8 | ||
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See main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.