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 country	Argentina
Dates	August 8 – August 20
Teams	16 (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	Buenos Aires Córdoba Rosario Salta Santa Fe Villa Ballester
Final round[1]	Buenos Aires	Luna Park[1][2]	16,000
Group D[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

Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

8 August

78–75

Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

9 August

88–74

Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

9 August

Yugoslavia

92–79

Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

10 August

83–77

Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

10 August

Yugoslavia

75–82

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

108–65

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

8 August

125–109

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

9 August

89–94

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

9 August

138–95

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

10 August

115–76

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

10 August

68–69

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

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

103–95 (OT)

Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

8 August

130–101

Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

9 August

146–67

Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

9 August

93–102

Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

10 August

119–76

Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

10 August

95–85

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

97–77

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

8 August

83–68

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

9 August

88–96

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

9 August

102–76

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

10 August

90–81

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

10 August

82–65

Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

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

89–79

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

13 August

104–100

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

14 August

78–79

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

14 August

92–76

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

15 August

81–79

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

15 August

95–91

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

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

57–75

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

13 August

Yugoslavia

105–86

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

14 August

Yugoslavia

100–77

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

14 August

88–103

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

15 August

Yugoslavia

77–67

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

15 August

100–110

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

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

107–73

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

13 August

100–96

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

14 August

86–130

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

14 August

103–101

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

15 August

102–122

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

15 August

95–87

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

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

86–124

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

13 August

78–86

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

14 August

123–100

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

14 August

80–82

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

15 August

110–81

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

15 August

104–93

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

13th to 16th classification

	Semifinals				13th place game



	Angola	83

	Egypt	70
					Angola	112

					China	96
	China	122

	South Korea	100
					15th place game



					Egypt	115

					South Korea	117

Semifinals

17 August

122–100

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

17 August

83–70

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

15th place playoff

18 August

117–115

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

13th place playoff

19 August

96–112

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

9th to 12th classification

	Semifinals				9th place game



	Italy	108

	Venezuela	100
					Italy	86

					Spain	83
	Spain	84

	Canada	75
					11th place game



					Venezuela	93

					Canada	92

Semifinals

17 August

84–75

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

17 August

108–100

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

11th place playoff

18 August

92–93

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

9th place playoff

19 August

83–106

Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

5th to 8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place game



	Australia	93

	Brazil	100
					Brazil	97

					Greece	94
	Greece	81

	Argentina	78
					7th place game



					Australia	98

					Argentina	84

Semifinals

17 August

93–100

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

17 August

81–78

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

7th place playoff

18 August

98–84

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

5th place playoff

19 August

97–94

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

Final round

	Semifinals				Finals



	Puerto Rico	82

	Soviet Union	98
					Soviet Union	75

					Yugoslavia	92
	Yugoslavia	99

	United States	91
					3rd place game



					Puerto Rico	105

					United States	107

Semifinals

17 August

82–98

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

17 August

Yugoslavia

99–91

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

3rd place playoff

18 August

105–107 (OT)

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

Final

19 August

75–92

Yugoslavia

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

Final rankings

Vlade Divac (12) and Drazen Petrovic Yugoslavia

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

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

Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia)
Vlade Divac (Yugoslavia)
Kenny Anderson (USA)
Fico López (Puerto Rico)

Top scorers (ppg)

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

References

External links

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Tournaments	Argentina 1950 Brazil 1954 Chile 1959 Brazil 1963 Uruguay 1967 Yugoslavia 1970 Puerto Rico 1974 Philippines 1978 Colombia 1982 Spain 1986 Argentina 1990 Canada 1994 Greece 1998 United States 2002 Japan 2006 Turkey 2010 Spain 2014 China 2019 Indonesia / Japan / Philippines 2023 TBD 2027
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Host bids	2019 China Philippines 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia Argentina–Uruguay
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Yugoslavia squad – 1990 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
4 Petrović 5 Perasović 6 Čutura 7 Kukoč (MVP) 8 Paspalj 9 Zdovc 10 Obradović 11 Ćurčić 12 Divac 13 Komazec 14 Jovanović 15 Savić Coach: Ivković

Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal
4 Lopatov 5 Vetra 6 Sokk 7 Tikhonenko 8 Volkov 9 Belostenny 10 Berezhnoi 11 Meleschenko 12 Bazarevich 13 Sukharev 14 Korolyov 15 Pinchuk Coach: Garastas

United States squad – 1990 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal
4 D. Smith 5 Randall 6 Mayberry 7 Williams 8 C. Smith 9 Anderson 10 Stith 11 Day 12 Gatling 13 Laettner 14 Owens 15 Mourning Coach: Krzyzewski

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