In 1974 the World Cup was held in Puerto Rico. It was a competition full of competitive tension, where after passing through the various group stages we had a triple final draw between the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States, with a balance of (9-1). Everything was decided by the different averages, which gave the gold for the Soviets, silver for the Balkans and bronze for the USA
The final match, the one that decided the gold, and silver for Yugoslavia was played between the Soviets and the Americans, with victory for the former by (105-94), led by an unstoppable Salnikov, who finished with 38 points
Soviet Union 105
*S. Belov – 10p
*Paulauskas – 11p
*Salnikov – 38p
*A. Belov – 16p
*Boloshev – 9p
Pavlov – 6p
Miloserdov – 6p
Edeshko – 4p
Tomson – 0p
Bolshakov – 2p
Kharchenkov – 2p
Zigili – 3p
United States 94
*Burden – 22p
*Gerard – 16p
*Boswell – 8p
*Short – 6p
*Lucas – 18p
Grote – 2p
Oleynick – 0p
Schmidt – 0p
Buckner – 7p
Meriwheather – 7p
Wilkins – 8p
Kelley – 0p
