1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates July 29 – August 5
Teams 12 (from 5 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Yugoslavia (1st title)
MVP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Nigeria Lawal Garba (23.0)  Yugoslavia (108.9)
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1987 FIBA U19 World Championship
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The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was held in Bormio, Italy from July 29 to August 5, 1987. Yugoslavia won the tournament after beating the United States 86–76 in the final. Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.[1]

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
 Yugoslavia7–0
 United States5–2
 Italy5–2
4th  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

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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)

United States 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)

Italy 4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Ferdinando 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: ?)

References

  1. ↑ All time Medalists
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