1990 FIBA World Championship

1990 FIBA World Championship
11th FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Argentina
Dates August 8 – August 20
Teams 16 (from 5 federations)
Venues 6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions  Yugoslavia (3rd title)
MVP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Brazil Oscar Schmidt (34.6)  Italy (106.4)
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1990 FIBA World Championship
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The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990. The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.[1]

Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated 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 C[1] Córdoba Polideportivo Municipal 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 2 241 257−16 4
 Angola 3 0 3 231 253−22 3
8 August
Yugoslavia  92–84  Venezuela
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
8 August
Puerto Rico  78–75  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
9 August
Puerto Rico  88–74  Venezuela
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
9 August
Yugoslavia  92–79  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
10 August
Venezuela  83–77  Angola
Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
10 August
Yugoslavia  75–82  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 3 256 359−103 3
8 August
Australia  108–65  China
9 August
Australia  89–94  Italy
10 August
Brazil  68–69  Australia

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 3 244 395−151 3
8 August
United States  103–95 (OT)  Greece
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
8 August
Spain  130–101  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
9 August
United States  146–67  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
9 August
Spain  93–102  Greece
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
10 August
Greece  119–76  South Korea
Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
10 August
United States  95–85  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 2 252 254−2 4
 Egypt 3 0 3 209 267−58 3
8 August
Canada  83–68  Egypt

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 2 252 259−7 4
 Argentina 3 0 3 267 291−24 3
13 August
Puerto Rico  89–79  Australia
13 August
United States  104–100  Argentina
14 August
Australia  78–79  United States
14 August
Puerto Rico  92–76  Argentina
15 August
Puerto Rico  81–79  United States
15 August
Australia  95–91  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 2 227 240−13 4
 Brazil 3 0 3 274 318−44 3
13 August
Greece  57–75  Soviet Union
13 August
Yugoslavia  105–86  Brazil
14 August
Yugoslavia  100–77  Soviet Union
14 August
Brazil  88–103  Greece
15 August
Yugoslavia  77–67  Greece
15 August
Brazil  100–110  Soviet Union

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 359 261+98 6
 Venezuela 3 2 1 305 319−14 5
 China 3 1 2 277 317−40 4
 Egypt 3 0 3 261 305−44 3
13 August
Spain  107–73  Egypt
13 August
Venezuela  100–96  China
14 August
China  86–130  Spain
14 August
Venezuela  103–101  Egypt
15 August
Venezuela  102–122  Spain
15 August
China  95–87  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 3 279 351−72 3
13 August
South Korea  86–124  Canada
13 August
Angola  78–86  Italy
14 August
Italy  123–100  South Korea
14 August
Angola  80–82  Canada
15 August
Italy  110–81  Canada
15 August
Angola  104–93  South Korea

13th to 16th classification

Semifinals 13th place game
  Angola  83  
  Egypt  70  
 
      Angola  112
    China  96
15th place game
  China  122   Egypt  115
  South Korea  100     South Korea  117

Semifinals

17 August
China  122–100  South Korea
17 August
Angola  83–70  Egypt

15th place playoff

18 August
South Korea  117–115  Egypt

13th place playoff

19 August
China  96–112  Angola

9th to 12th classification

Semifinals 9th place game
  Italy  108  
  Venezuela  100  
 
      Italy  86
    Spain  83
11th place game
  Spain  84   Venezuela  93
  Canada  75     Canada  92

Semifinals

17 August
Spain  84–75  Canada
17 August
Italy  108–100  Venezuela

11th place playoff

18 August
Canada  92–93  Venezuela

9th place playoff

19 August
Spain  83–106  Italy

5th to 8th classification

Semifinals 5th place game
  Australia  93  
  Brazil  100  
 
      Brazil  97
    Greece  94
7th place game
  Greece  81   Australia  98
  Argentina  78     Argentina  84

Semifinals

17 August
Australia  93–100  Brazil
17 August
Greece  81–78  Argentina

7th place playoff

18 August
Australia  98–84  Argentina

5th place playoff

19 August
Brazil  97–94  Greece

Final round

Semifinals Finals
  Puerto Rico  82  
  Soviet Union  98  
 
      Soviet Union  75
    Yugoslavia  92
3rd place game
  Yugoslavia  99   Puerto Rico  105
  United States  91     United States  107

Semifinals

17 August
Yugoslavia  99–91  United States

3rd place playoff

18 August
Puerto Rico  105–107 (OT)  United States

Final

Final rankings

Rank Team Record
1  Yugoslavia 7–1
2  Soviet Union 6–2
3  United States 6–2
4  Puerto Rico 6–2
5  Brazil 4–4
6  Greece 4–4
7  Australia 4–4
8  Argentina 2–6
9  Italy 7–1
10  Spain 5–3
11  Venezuela 4–4
12  Canada 3–5
13  Angola 3–5
14  China 2–6
15  South Korea 1–7
16  Egypt 0–8
 1990 World Championship Winner 

Yugoslavia
Third title
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 XI World Cup (Buenos Aires 1990)
  2. 1 2 3 GAME DETAILS
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