 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika 1967 FIBA World Championship muUruguay, Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha uye makondinendi makwikwi muEurope, Central America, South America neAsia zvakatangwa semakwikwi anokodzera. Nyika mbiri dzokuNorth America, United States neCanada, dzakanga dzichiri kungokwanisa kupinda mumitambo yeOlympic kana kuti kukokwa; Mexico yakabatanidzwa kuburikidza neCentrobasket, iyo yakabata mutambo wokutanga. Mumutambo unotevera muna 1970 FIBA World Championship muYugoslavia, mukwikwidzi wemuAfrica akapihwa nzvimbo yekugara, uye matunhu asina makwikwi ekufanirwa, Oceania neNorth America, vakapihwa kukokwa. Mu 1974 FIBA World Championship, vakunda venyika vakatsiva vakunda veZhizha reMitambo yeOlympic pamotokari, pamwe nemukundi weOceania zvakare akakodzera zvachose; zvikwata zviviri zveNorth America, uye iyo United States, zvakadaidzwa nguva dzose sezvo pakanga pasina nzira yekuti vapinde mumakwikwi neOlympics vasisiri kushanda semakwikwi ekufanirwa. Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha yakadzoka somutambo chaiwo wokugadzirira muna 1982 apo zvikwata zveOlympic zvitatu zvakanakisisa zvakapiwa nzvimbo, asi izvi zvakabviswa zvakare muna 1986, apo zvikwata zviviri zvakakokwa zvakapinda. 