The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid.[1] They were classified as the official men's basketball event of the 1986 Goodwill Games, held simultaneously in Moscow. This was the final tournament for West Germany, which did not participate in the next tournament prior to its unification with East Germany.

1986 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Mundobasket Campeonato 1986
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates5–20 July
Officially opened byJuan Carlos I
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Games played90
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović
Top scorerGreece Nikos Galis
(33.7 points per game)
1982
1990

Venues edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Classification and Final phase
Zaragoza Ferrol Málaga Tenerife Barcelona Oviedo Madrid
Palacio de los Deportes Polideportivo A Malata Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife Sports Palace of Barcelona Palacio Municipal de Deportes Community of Madrid Sports Palace
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 12,000
     

Competing nations edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D Withdrawn

  Brazil
  France
  Greece
  South Korea
  Panama
  Spain

  Angola
  Australia
  Cuba
  Israel
  Soviet Union
  Uruguay

  China
  Ivory Coast
  Italy
  Puerto Rico
  United States
  West Germany

  Argentina
  Canada
  Malaysia[2]
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
  Yugoslavia

  Philippines[3]

Squads edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 5 4 1 478 419 +59 9[a] Semifinal round
2   Spain (H) 5 4 1 488 395 +93 9[a]
3   Greece 5 3 2 476 447 +29 8[b]
4   France 5 3 2 449 428 +21 8[b]
5   Panama 5 1 4 435 517 −82 6
6   South Korea 5 0 5 414 534 −120 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Spain
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Greece 1–0 France
5 July
Spain   84–80   France
Scoring by half: 45-50, 39-30
5 July
Brazil   104–74   South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-35, 56-39
5 July
Panama   81–110   Greece
Scoring by half: 45-53, 36-57
6 July
Spain   120–73   South Korea
Scoring by half: 50-42, 70-31
6 July
France   84–87   Greece
Scoring by half: 39-53, 45-34
7 July
Spain   87–86   Greece
Scoring by half: 43-41, 44-45
7 July
Brazil   88–85 (OT)   Panama
Scoring by half: 45-50, 35-30 Overtime: 8-5
8 July
France   93–85   Brazil
Scoring by half: 46-41, 47-44
8 July
South Korea   103–111   Panama
Scoring by half: 55-61, 48-50
9 July
Greece   95–115   Brazil
Scoring by half: 45-56, 50-59
9 July
Spain   125–70   Panama
Scoring by half: 58-43, 67-27
9 July
South Korea   84–101   France
Scoring by half: 43-49, 41-52
10 July
Panama   88–91   France
Scoring by half: 48-50, 40-41
10 July
Spain   72–86   Brazil
Scoring by half: 37-44, 35-42
10 July
Greece   98–80   South Korea
Scoring by half: 53-38, 45-42

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 5 5 0 565 369 +196 10 Semifinal round
2   Israel 5 3 2 435 444 −9 8
3   Cuba 5 2 3 399 418 −19 7[a]
4   Australia 5 2 3 405 430 −25 7[a]
5   Uruguay 5 2 3 377 437 −60 7[a]
6   Angola 5 1 4 334 417 −83 6
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (1.02 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (0.95 GAvg)
5 July
Australia   72–66   Cuba
Scoring by half: 32-37, 40-29
5 July
Uruguay   79–84   Israel
Scoring by half: 38-46, 41-38
5 July
Soviet Union   89–51   Angola
Scoring by half: 45-29, 44-22
6 July
Angola   75–95   Israel
Scoring by half: 32-37, 43-58
6 July
Soviet Union   129–87   Cuba
Scoring by half: 60-53, 69-34
7 July
Soviet Union   114–77   Israel
Scoring by half: 58-36, 56-41
7 July
Australia   74–77   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32-39, 42-38
8 July
Cuba   87–76   Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 42-28, 45-48
8 July
Angola   74–69   Australia
Scoring by half: 36-34, 38-35
9 July
Cuba   81–53   Angola
Scoring by half: 46-23, 35-30
9 July
Soviet Union   111–62   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58-33, 53-29
9 July
Israel   91–98   Australia
Scoring by half: 40-48, 51-50
10 July
Uruguay   83–81 (OT)   Angola
Scoring by half: 29-34, 44-39 Overtime: 10-8
10 July
Soviet Union   122–92   Australia
Scoring by half: 45-46, 77-46
10 July
Israel   88–78   Cuba
Scoring by half: 45-32, 43-46

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 5 5 0 446 348 +98 10 Semifinal round
2   Italy 5 4 1 423 366 +57 9
3   China 5 2 3 430 442 −12 7[a]
4   Puerto Rico 5 2 3 383 373 +10 7[a]
5   West Germany 5 2 3 382 397 −15 7[a]
6   Ivory Coast 5 0 5 322 460 −138 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: China 1–1 (1.08 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), West Germany 1–1 (0.93 GAvg)
5 July
Italy   98–87   China
Scoring by half: 60-41, 38-46
5 July
United States   99–63   Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 50-22, 49-41
5 July
Puerto Rico   81–69   West Germany
Scoring by half: 38-31, 43-38
6 July
Ivory Coast   70–88   West Germany
Scoring by half: 38-47, 32-41
6 July
United States   107–81   China
Scoring by half: 57-39, 50-42
7 July
United States   81–68   West Germany
Scoring by half: 47-39, 34-29
7 July
Italy   78–55   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-25, 43-30
8 July
China   98–84   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48-42, 50-42
8 July
Ivory Coast   62–98   Italy
Scoring by half: 35-48, 27-50
9 July
China   84–72   Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 48-35, 36-3€
9 July
West Germany   76–85   Italy
Scoring by half: 38-39, 38-46
9 July
United States   73–72   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42-40, 31-32
10 July
Puerto Rico   91–55   Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 43-23, 48-32
10 July
West Germany   81–80   China
Scoring by half: 46-41, 35-39
10 July
United States   86–64   Italy
Scoring by half: 40-25, 46-39

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 5 5 0 514 364 +150 10 Semifinal round
2   Canada 5 4 1 510 356 +154 9
3   Argentina 5 3 2 414 395 +19 8
4   Netherlands 5 2 3 422 405 +17 7
5   New Zealand 5 1 4 362 476 −114 6
6   Malaysia 5 0 5 313 539 −226 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
5 July
Argentina   82–75 (OT)   Netherlands
Scoring by half: 36-44, 35-27 Overtime: 11-4
5 July
Yugoslavia   118–81   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 61-43, 57-38
5 July
Canada   128–38   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 71-17, 57-21
6 July
New Zealand   66–84   Netherlands
Scoring by half: 32-36, 34-48
6 July
Yugoslavia   131–61   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 64-31, 67-30
7 July
Canada   96–82   Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-30, 45-52
7 July
Yugoslavia   95–74   Netherlands
Scoring by half: 54-47, 41-27
8 July
New Zealand   74–110   Canada
Scoring by half: 48-43, 26-67
8 July
Malaysia   73–93   Argentina
Scoring by half: 30-53, 43-40
9 July
Yugoslavia   87–68   Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-41, 47-27
9 July
Netherlands   79–96   Canada
Scoring by half: 41-41, 38-55
9 July
Malaysia   75–77   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 35-43, 40-34
10 July
Netherlands   110–66   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 56-28, 54-38
10 July
Yugoslavia   83–80   Canada
Scoring by half: 45-42, 38-38
10 July
Argentina   89–64   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 40-36, 49-28

Semifinal round edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 5 5 0 546 441 +105 10 Semifinals
2   Brazil 5 4 1 491 435 +56 9
3   Spain (H) 5 3 2 414 402 +12 8 5th–8th classification round
4   Israel 5 2 3 387 455 −68 7
5   Cuba 5 1 4 399 460 −61 6 9th–12th classification round
6   Greece 5 0 5 419 463 −44 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
13 July
Brazil   99–83   Cuba
Scoring by half: 53-37, 46-46
13 July
Spain   94–65   Israel
Scoring by half: 48-34, 46-31
13 July
Greece   93–105   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 46-59, 47-46
14 July
Greece   66–74   Cuba
Scoring by half: 37-43, 29-31
14 July
Spain   83–88   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40-47, 43-41
14 July
Brazil   90–75   Israel
Scoring by half: 40-40, 50-35
15 July
Greece   79–82   Israel
Scoring by half: 42-35, 37-47
15 July
Spain   78–77   Cuba
Scoring by half: 37-47, 41-30
15 July
Brazil   101–110   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50-62, 51-48

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 5 4 1 409 344 +65 9[a] Semifinals
2   Yugoslavia 5 4 1 438 375 +63 9[a]
3   Italy 5 3 2 405 431 −26 8 5th–8th classification round
4   Canada 5 2 3 422 412 +10 7[b]
5   Argentina 5 2 3 391 411 −20 7[b] 9th–12th classification round
6   China 5 0 5 411 503 −92 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: United States 1–0 Yugoslavia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Canada 1–0 Argentina
13 July
United States   70–74   Argentina
Scoring by half: 34-37, 36-37
13 July
Italy   89–86   Canada
Scoring by half: 43-43, 46-43
13 July
China   82–106   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 45-60, 37-46
14 July
Italy   76–102   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39-52, 37-50
14 July
United States   77–65   Canada
Scoring by half: 38-26, 39-39
14 July
China   80–97   Argentina
Scoring by half: 45-45, 35-52
15 July
Italy   78–70   Argentina
Scoring by half: 38-31, 40-39
15 July
United States   69–60   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37-30, 32-30
15 July
China   81–95   Canada
Scoring by half: 48-48, 33-47

9th–12th classification edit

 
Semifinals9th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Greece 102
 
 
 
  Argentina88
 
  Greece 111
 
 
 
  China 112
 
  China 93
 
 
  Cuba78
 
11th place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Argentina 81
 
 
  Cuba85

Semifinals edit

18 July
Cuba   78–93   China
Scoring by half: 33-51, 45-42
18 July
Argentina   88–102   Greece
Scoring by half: 38-44, 50-58

Eleventh place playoff edit

19 July
Cuba   85–81   Argentina
Scoring by half: 45-43, 40-38

Ninth place playoff edit

20 July
China   112–111   Greece
Scoring by half: 58-54, 54-57

5th–8th classification edit

 
Semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Spain 100
 
 
 
  Canada80
 
  Spain 87
 
 
 
  Italy69
 
  Italy 100
 
 
  Israel78
 
7th place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Canada84
 
 
  Israel97

Semifinals edit

17 July
Spain   100–80   Canada
Scoring by half: 48-37, 52-43
18 July
Italy   100–78   Israel
Scoring by half: 48-43, 52-35

Seventh place playoff edit

19 July
Canada   84–97   Israel
Scoring by half: 45-64, 39-33

Fifth place playoff edit

20 July
Spain   87–69   Italy
Scoring by half: 43-36, 44-33

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
 
 
 
  United States 96
 
 
 
  Brazil80
 
  United States 87
 
 
 
  Soviet Union85
 
  Soviet Union (OT)91
 
 
  Yugoslavia90
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
 
 
 
  Brazil91
 
 
  Yugoslavia117

Semifinals edit

17 July
Soviet Union   91–90 (OT)   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37-40, 48-45 Overtime: 6-5
17 July
United States   96–80   Brazil
Scoring by half: 60-37, 36-43

Third place playoff edit

19 July
Yugoslavia   117–91   Brazil
Scoring by half: 59-47, 58-44

Final edit

20 July
Soviet Union   85–87   United States
Scoring by half: 38–48, 47–39
Pts: Chomičius 17 Pts: K.Smith 23

Final standings edit

  • Teams that were eliminated in the preliminary round were all tied for 13th place, regardless of their win–loss records.
  • The Philippines withdrew from the competition due to the People Power Revolution going on in their country.

All-Tournament Team edit

Top scorers (ppg) edit

  1. Nikos Galis (Greece) 33.7
  2. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 28.1
  3. Lee Chung Hee (South Korea) 27.8
  4. Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia) 25.2
  5. Kim Hyun-jun (South Korea) 19.4
  6. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 19.3
  7. Antonello Riva (Italy) 19.2
  8. Tan Kim Chin (Malaysia) 19.2
  9. Mario Butler (Panama) 19.0
  10. Marcel de Souza Ponickwar (Brazil) 18.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Palacio de Deportes – Madrid". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  2. ^ Lim, Leon (1 May 1986). "Close watch on cagers - World Cup selection based on performances in tournament". New Straits Times. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Malaysia's inclusion in the tournament (1986 FIBA World Championship) came after Philippines opted out of the tournament owing to "lack of funds".
  3. ^ The Philippines, despite being the Asian Champions, withdrew from the competition citing lack of funds to send a team. Malaysia was named as their replacement.

External links edit