1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italian: 1987 Campionato del mondo FIBA Under 19) was the third edition of the FIBA Under-19 World Cup and was held in Bormio, Italy from July 29 to August 5, 1987. Yugoslavia won their first and only championship (as Yugoslavia) in the tournament after beating the defending champions, the United States, 86–76 in the final.[1] Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.[2]

1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
DatesJuly 29–August 5
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Yugoslavia
(1st title)
MVP Toni Kukoč
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Lawal Garba (23.0)  Yugoslavia (108.9)
Official website
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Several players who played at the tournament have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including Vlade Divac and Toni Kukoč, while Gary Payton, Dino Rađa, and Divac are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Venue
BormioProvince of Sondrio
n/a
1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italy)
Capacity: n/a

Qualification
Defending World Champions
Host country
FIBA Americas (4) FIBA Europe (4) FIBA Asia (2) FIBA Africa (1) FIBA Oceania (1)
 United States  Italy  China  Nigeria  Australia
 Brazil  Soviet Union  Chinese Taipei
 Canada  West Germany
 Puerto Rico  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 587 429 +158 10 Advance to Semifinals
2  United States 5 4 1 486 402 +84 9
3  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 456 499 −43 8
4  Australia 5 2 3 435 420 +15 7
5  China 5 1 4 390 388 +2 6
6  Nigeria 5 0 5 378 494 −116 5
Source: FIBA Archive

Matches
29 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria  79–105  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–56, 44–49
Pts: Odaudu 23 Pts: Vlahov 18
29 July 1987
15:00
Yugoslavia  126–79  China
Scoring by half: 66–39, 60–40
Pts: Rađa 19 Pts: Song 19
29 July 1987
20:00
United States  109–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 58–56
Pts: Huery 20 Pts: Borges 23
30 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria  82–126  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40–73, 42–53
Pts: Garba 29 Pts: Rađa 19
30 July 1987
12:00
Puerto Rico  101–91  China
Scoring by half: 45–55, 56–36
Pts: Muñoz 25 Pts: Chen 28
30 July 1987
20:00
United States  84–80  Australia
Scoring by half: 44–34, 40–46
Pts: Thompson, Simmons, Williams 14 Pts: Heal 21
31 July 1987
10:00
Puerto Rico  77–76  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–46, 32–30
Pts: Rolon, Bocachica 16 Pts: Garba 34
31 July 1987
12:00
Australia  73–86  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39–45, 34–41
Pts: Bradtke 11 Pts: Rađa 23
31 July 1987
15:00
United States  100–50  China
Scoring by half: 44–27, 56–23
Pts: Simmons 19 Pts: Song 14
1 August 1987
10:00
China  88–68  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 41–32, 47–36
Pts: Song 25 Pts: Garba 18
1 August 1987
12:00
Australia  84–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44
Pts: Bradtke 18 Pts: Muñoz 28
1 August 1987
12:00
United States  95–110  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–52, 53–58
Pts: Simmons 20 Pts: Kukoč 37
2 August 1987
10:00
China  82–93  Australia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 42–46
Pts: Chen, Zheng 24 Pts: Bradtke 24
2 August 1987
17:00
Yugoslavia  139–100  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 62–40, 77–60
Pts: Pecarski 22 Pts: Borges 19
2 August 1987
20:00
United States  98–73  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 55–33, 43–40
Pts: Simmons 14 Pts: Garba 18

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 5 4 1 453 393 +60 9 Advance to Semifinals
2  West Germany 5 3 2 392 417 −25 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Soviet Union 5 3 2 381 333 +48 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Canada 5 3 2 426 380 +46 8[lower-alpha 1]
5  Brazil 5 2 3 426 435 −9 7
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 5 356 476 −120 5
Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
  1. West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

Matches
29 July 1987
12:00
Chinese Taipei  76–102  Italy
Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49
Pts: Cheng 19 Pts: Rusconi 26
29 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  88–82  Canada
Scoring by half: 39–39, 49–43
Pts: Rödl 26 Pts: Johnson 19
29 July 1987
22:00
Brazil  64–89  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–38, 32–51
Pts: Bavaresco 19 Pts: Orekhov 18
30 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  67–87  Italy
Scoring by half: 28–34, 39–53
Pts: Kleine-Brockhoff 16 Pts: Niccolai 17
30 July 1987
20:00
Chinese Taipei  78–94  Brazil
Scoring by half: 46–52, 32–42
Pts: Lii 23 Pts: Bavaresco 19
30 July 1987
22:00
Canada  65–76  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–37, 31–39
Pts: Stewart 14 Pts: Vētra 21
31 July 1987
17:00
Italy  102–97  Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–50, 48–47
Pts: Aldi 21 Pts: Bernardini 27
31 July 1987
20:00
Canada  107–60  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–30, 57–30
Pts: G. McKay 30 Pts: Lii 13
31 July 1987
22:00
West Germany  67–66  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–39, 32–27
Pts: Harnisch 18 Pts: Babkov 16
1 August 1987
15:00
West Germany  77–97  Brazil
Scoring by half: 44–46, 33–51
Pts: Harnisch 21 Pts: Bavaresco 22
1 August 1987
17:00
Italy  82–83  Canada
Scoring by half: 37–42, 45–41
Pts: Gentile, Rusconi 21 Pts: Jackson 13
1 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union  80–57  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 39–33, 41–24
Pts: Babkov 19 Pts: Chu 18
2 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  74–89  Canada
Scoring by half: 30–34, 44–55
Pts: Bavaresco 27 Pts: Jackson 17
2 August 1987
15:00
West Germany  93–85  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40
Pts: Harnisch 27 Pts: Cheng 28
2 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union  70–80  Italy
Scoring by half: 34–43, 36–37
Pts: Meleshenko 22 Pts: Niccolai 24

Final round

Classification 5th-12th
5–8th place bracket
 
5th-8th SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 3
 
 
 Puerto Rico89
 
August 4
 
 Canada96
 
 Canada68
 
August 3
 
 Australia74
 
 Soviet Union76
 
 
 Australia78
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 4
 
 
 Puerto Rico86
 
 
 Soviet Union100

5th-8th Semifinals
3 August 1987
17:00
Puerto Rico  89–96  Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Borges 23 Pts: Johnson 22
3 August 1987
19:00
Soviet Union  76–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 45–41, 31–37
Pts: Meleshenko 14 Pts: Vlahov 26
9–12th place bracket
 
9th-12th SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
August 3
 
 
 China93
 
August 4
 
 Chinese Taipei77
 
 China98
 
August 3
 
 Brazil85
 
 Brazil79
 
 
 Nigeria67
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 4
 
 
 Chinese Taipei90
 
 
 Nigeria81

9th-12th Semifinals
3 August 1987
10:00
China  93–77  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–36, 41–41
Pts: Song 26 Pts: Lii 23
3 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  79–67  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 50–48, 29–19
Pts: Manna 26 Pts: Garba 20

11th place game
4 August 1987
10:00
Nigeria  81–90  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53
Pts: Garba 35 Pts: Cheng 32

9th place game
4 August 1987
12:00
China  98–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 51–45, 47–40
Pts: Zheng 34 Pts: Bavaresco 23

7th place game
4 August 1987
22:00
Canada  68–74  Australia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 32–37
Pts: J. McKay 16 Pts: Stelzer 21

5th place game
4 August 1987
15:00
Puerto Rico  86–100  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50
Pts: Muñoz 23 Pts: Vētra 19

Semifinals
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 4
 
 
 Yugoslavia89
 
August 5
 
 West Germany64
 
 Yugoslavia86
 
August 4
 
 United States76
 
 Italy84
 
 
 United States89
 
Third place
 
 
August 5
 
 
 West Germany66
 
 
 Italy77

Source: FIBA Archive

4 August 1987
17:00
United States  89–84  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40
Pts: Thompson 25 Pts: Tolotti 21
4 August 1987
20:00
Yugoslavia  89–64  West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–28, 43–36
Pts: Kukoč 20 Pts: Harnisch 13

Bronze medal match
5 August 1987
16:00
Italy  77–66  West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–26, 37–40
Pts: Pessina 16 Pts: Rödl 18

Final
5 August 1987
18:00
Yugoslavia  86–76  United States
Scoring by half: 40–43, 46–33
Pts: Divac 21 Pts: Pritchard 15

Final standings
RankTeamRecord
 Yugoslavia7–0
 United States5–2
 Italy5–2
4th  West Germany3–4
5th  Australia4–3
6th  Canada4–3
7th  Soviet Union4–5
8th  Puerto Rico3–4
9th  China3–4
10th  Brazil3–4
11th  Chinese Taipei1–6
12th  Nigeria0–7

Source: FIBA Archive

Medal rosters

4 Zoran Kalpić, 5 Luka Pavićević, 6 Nebojša Ilić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Miroslav Pecarski, 9 Teoman Alibegović, 10 Aleksandar Đorđević, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Vlade Divac, 13 Radenko Dobraš, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Slaviša Koprivica (Head coach: Svetislav Pešić)[3]

4 Kevin Pritchard, 5 Larry Johnson, 6 Gary Payton, 7 Stephen Thompson, 8 LaBradford Smith, 9 Lionel Simmons, 10 Scott Williams, 11 Stacey Augmon, 12 Robert Brickey, 13 Ron Huery, 14 Dwayne Schintzius, 15 Brian Williams (Head coach: Larry Brown)[4]

4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Nando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 Massimiliano Aldi, 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 Andrea Niccolai, 10 Michele Zeno, 11 Davide Pessina, 12 Alberto Ballestra, 13 Gustavo Tolloti, 14 Giovanni Savio, 15 Genaro Palmieri (Head coach: ?)[5]

Awards
 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 

Yugoslavia
First title
Most Valuable Player
Toni Kukoč

References
  1. "THIRD FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1987". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. All time Medalists
  3. "Yugoslavia at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. "USA at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. "Italy at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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