Basketball at the 1973 Summer Universiade

Last updated

Basketball
at the VII Summer Universiade
Basketball pictogram.svg
←1970
1977→

The Basketball competitions in the 1973 Summer Universiade were held in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Contents

Men's competition

The American national team was coached by Ed Badger while the Mexican national team was coached by Gene Iba, Jerry Hale, and Agustín García, and also practiced under Charlie Spoonhour in the leadup to the games. [1] [2]

The United States defeated the Soviet Union, 75–67, in the gold-medal game. The Soviet roster featured six players who participated in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final. [3]

Final standings

  1. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  3. Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Women's competition

Final standings

  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [4]
  2. Flag of the United States.svg  United States [4]
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Spoonhour to Coach Mexican Cage Squad". Moberly Monitor-Index and Evening Democrat. 17 June 1973. p. 7A. Retrieved 15 May 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ "El Pasoan On Mexico Cage Team". El Paso Herald-Post . 15 August 1973. p. D3. Retrieved 15 May 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Grimsley, Will (25 August 1973). "Yanks Finally Do Something Right; Cagers Top Russians". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved 15 May 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. 1 2 3 "EIGHTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1973". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.