1973 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Krasnoyarsk and Moscow, USSR, 17-24 February

The World Championship 1973 was the eighth World Championship. USSR won the tournament, Sweden won silver and Finland bronze.

1 USSR          2 SWEDEN          3 FINLAND

USSR World Champion 1973

BEST GOAL SCORER

Anatoly Frolov, USSR — 12 goals

BEST PLAYERS

Goalkeeper
Leonid Mukhametzianov, USSR

Defender
Örjan Modin, Sweden

Midfielder
Vladimir Plavunov, USSR

Forward
Valery Maslov, USSR