1990 FIBA World Championship

The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990. The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.[1]

1990 FIBA World Championship
XI Campeonato Mundial de Basquetbol
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
DatesAugust 8 – August 20
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Third place United States
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
MVP Toni Kukoč
Top scorer Oscar Schmidt
(34.6 points per game)

Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Likewise, the Soviet Union participated in its final tournament before its dissolution.

This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate.

Venues

Group City Arena Capacity
Final round[1] Buenos Aires Luna Park[1][2] 16,000
Group D[1] Córdoba Pabellon Verde Complejo Ferial 4,000
Group B[1] Rosario Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys 10,000
Classification Round[1] Salta Polideportivo Delmi[2] 3,000
Group A[1] Santa Fe Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe 5,000
Group C[1] Villa Ballester Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia[2] 2,000

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Puerto Rico
 Yugoslavia
 Venezuela
 Angola

 Brazil
 Australia
 Italy
 China

 United States
 Greece
 Spain
 South Korea

 Soviet Union
 Argentina
 Canada
 Egypt

Preliminary round

Qualified for the second round groups I and II
Qualified for the second round groups III and IV

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Puerto Rico 3 3 0 248 224+24 6
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 259 245+14 5
 Venezuela 3 1 2 241 25716 4
 Angola 3 0 3 231 25322 3
8 August
Yugoslavia  9284  Venezuela
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
8 August
Puerto Rico  7875  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
9 August
Puerto Rico  8874  Venezuela
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
9 August
Yugoslavia  9279  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
10 August
Venezuela  8377  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
10 August
Yugoslavia  7582  Puerto Rico
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Brazil 3 2 1 331 273+58 5 1–1; 1.084
 Australia 3 2 1 264 247+17 5 1–1; 0.975
 Italy 3 2 1 318 290+28 5 1–1; 0.949
 China 3 0 3 256 359103 3

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 344 245+99 6
 Greece 3 2 1 316 272+44 5
 Spain 3 1 2 308 298+10 4
 South Korea 3 0 3 244 395151 3
8 August
United States  10395 (OT)  Greece
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
8 August
Spain  130101  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
9 August
United States  14667  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
9 August
Spain  93102  Greece
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
10 August
Greece  11976  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
10 August
United States  9585  Spain
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 289 234+55 6
 Argentina 3 2 1 255 250+5 5
 Canada 3 1 2 252 2542 4
 Egypt 3 0 3 209 26758 3

Second round

Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the 5th–8th classification
Qualified for the 9th–12th classification
Qualified for the 13th–16th classification

The top two finishers from Groups I and II advance to the final round.

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Puerto Rico 3 3 0 262 234+28 6
 United States 3 2 1 262 259+3 5
 Australia 3 1 2 252 2597 4
 Argentina 3 0 3 267 29124 3
13 August
Puerto Rico  8979  Australia
13 August
United States  104100  Argentina
14 August
Puerto Rico  9276  Argentina
15 August
Australia  9591  Argentina

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 282 230+52 6
 Soviet Union 3 2 1 262 257+5 5
 Greece 3 1 2 227 24013 4
 Brazil 3 0 3 274 31844 3
13 August
Greece  5775  Soviet Union
13 August
Yugoslavia  10586  Brazil
14 August
Yugoslavia  10077  Soviet Union
14 August
Brazil  88103  Greece
15 August
Yugoslavia  7767  Greece
15 August
Brazil  100110  Soviet Union

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 359 261+98 6
 Venezuela 3 2 1 305 31914 5
 China 3 1 2 277 31740 4
 Egypt 3 0 3 261 30544 3
13 August
Spain  10773  Egypt
13 August
Venezuela  10096  China
14 August
China  86130  Spain
14 August
Venezuela  103101  Egypt
15 August
Venezuela  102122  Spain
15 August
China  9587  Egypt

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 319 259+60 6
 Canada 3 2 1 285 276+9 5
 Angola 3 1 2 284 261+23 4
 South Korea 3 0 3 279 35172 3
13 August
South Korea  86124  Canada
13 August
Angola  7886  Italy
14 August
Italy  123100  South Korea
14 August
Angola  8082  Canada
15 August
Italy  11081  Canada
15 August
Angola  10493  South Korea

13th to 16th classification

 
Semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Angola 83
 
 
 
 Egypt70
 
 Angola 112
 
 
 
 China96
 
 China 122
 
 
 South Korea100
 
15th place game
 
 
 
 
 
 Egypt 115
 
 
 South Korea117

Semifinals

17 August
China  122100  South Korea
17 August
Angola  8370  Egypt

15th place playoff

18 August
South Korea  117115  Egypt

13th place playoff

19 August
China  96112  Angola

9th to 12th classification

 
Semifinals9th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Italy 108
 
 
 
 Venezuela100
 
 Italy 86
 
 
 
 Spain83
 
 Spain 84
 
 
 Canada75
 
11th place game
 
 
 
 
 
 Venezuela93
 
 
 Canada92

Semifinals

17 August
Spain  8475  Canada
17 August
Italy  108100  Venezuela

11th place playoff

18 August
Canada  9293  Venezuela

9th place playoff

19 August
Spain  83106  Italy

5th to 8th classification

 
Semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia93
 
 
 
 Brazil100
 
 Brazil 97
 
 
 
 Greece94
 
 Greece 81
 
 
 Argentina78
 
7th place game
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia98
 
 
 Argentina84

Semifinals

17 August
Australia  93100  Brazil
17 August
Greece  8178  Argentina

7th place playoff

18 August
Australia  9884  Argentina

5th place playoff

19 August
Brazil  9794  Greece

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico82
 
 
 
 Soviet Union98
 
 Soviet Union75
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia92
 
 Yugoslavia 99
 
 
 United States91
 
3rd place game
 
 
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico105
 
 
 United States107

Semifinals

3rd place playoff

18 August
Puerto Rico  105107 (OT)  United States

Final

Final rankings

Vlade Divac (12) and Dražen Petrović of Yugoslavia
RankTeamRecord
1  Yugoslavia7–1
2  Soviet Union6–2
3  United States6–2
4  Puerto Rico6–2
5  Brazil4–4
6  Greece4–4
7  Australia4–4
8  Argentina2–6
9  Italy7–1
10  Spain5–3
11  Venezuela4–4
12  Canada3–5
13  Angola3–5
14  China2–6
15  South Korea1–7
16  Egypt0–8

Awards

 1990 World Championship Winner 

Yugoslavia
Third title
MVP
Toni Kukoč

Team Roster:
Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Zoran Čutura, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Jure Zdovc, Željko Obradović, Radisav Ćurčić, Vlade Divac, Arijan Komazec, Zoran Jovanović, and Zoran Savić. Head Coach: Dušan Ivković

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 34.6
  2. Antonello Riva (Italy) 30.3
  3. Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece) 26.0
  4. Andrew Gaze (Australia) 24.3
  5. Jordi Villacampa (Spain) 23.0
  6. Kim Kim (S.Korea) 22.1
  7. Gabriel Estaba (Venezuela) 21.5
  8. Wang Fei (China) 19.4
  9. Kenny Anderson (USA) 18.8
  10. Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 18.5

References

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