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1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italian: 1987 Campionato del mondo FIBA Under 19) was the 3rd edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Bormio, Italy from 29 July to 5 August 1987. Yugoslavia won their first and only U19 championship representing Yugoslavia, after beating the defending champions United States 86–76 in the final.[1] Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.[2]

1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates29 July – 5 August
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
Top scorerNigeria Lawal Garba (23.0)
Official website
1987 FIBA U19 World Championship
← 1983
1991 →

Several players who played at the tournament have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including Vlade Divac and Toni Kukoč, and coach Svetislav Pešić, while Gary Payton, Dino Rađa, Kukoč, and Divac are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Venue edit

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Bormio Province of Sondrio
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1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italy)
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Qualification edit

Defending World Champions
Host country
FIBA Americas (4) FIBA Europe (4) FIBA Asia (2) FIBA Africa (1) FIBA Oceania (1)
  United States   Italy   China   Nigeria   Australia
  Brazil   Soviet Union   Chinese Taipei
  Canada   West Germany
  Puerto Rico   Yugoslavia

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 5 5 0 587 429 +158 10 Advance to Semifinals
2   United States 5 4 1 486 402 +84 9
3   Puerto Rico 5 3 2 456 499 −43 8
4   Australia 5 2 3 435 420 +15 7
5   China 5 1 4 390 388 +2 6
6   Nigeria 5 0 5 378 494 −116 5
Source: FIBA Archive

Matches edit

29 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria   79–105   Australia
Scoring by half: 35–56, 44–49
Pts: Odaudu 23 Pts: Vlahov 18
29 July 1987
15:00
Yugoslavia   126–79   China
Scoring by half: 66–39, 60–40
Pts: Rađa 19 Pts: Song 19
29 July 1987
20:00
United States   109–89   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 58–56
Pts: Huery 20 Pts: Borges 23
30 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria   82–126   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40–73, 42–53
Pts: Garba 29 Pts: Rađa 19
30 July 1987
12:00
Puerto Rico   101–91   China
Scoring by half: 45–55, 56–36
Pts: Muñoz 25 Pts: Chen 28
30 July 1987
20:00
United States   84–80   Australia
Scoring by half: 44–34, 40–46
Pts: Thompson, Simmons, Williams 14 Pts: Heal 21
31 July 1987
10:00
Puerto Rico   77–76   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–46, 32–30
Pts: Rolon, Bocachica 16 Pts: Garba 34
31 July 1987
12:00
Australia   73–86   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39–45, 34–41
Pts: Bradtke 11 Pts: Rađa 23
31 July 1987
15:00
United States   100–50   China
Scoring by half: 44–27, 56–23
Pts: Simmons 19 Pts: Song 14
1 August 1987
10:00
China   88–68   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 41–32, 47–36
Pts: Song 25 Pts: Garba 18
1 August 1987
12:00
Australia   84–89   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44
Pts: Bradtke 18 Pts: Muñoz 28
1 August 1987
12:00
United States   95–110   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–52, 53–58
Pts: Simmons 20 Pts: Kukoč 37
2 August 1987
10:00
China   82–93   Australia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 42–46
Pts: Chen, Zheng 24 Pts: Bradtke 24
2 August 1987
17:00
Yugoslavia   139–100   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 62–40, 77–60
Pts: Pecarski 22 Pts: Borges 19
2 August 1987
20:00
United States   98–73   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 55–33, 43–40
Pts: Simmons 14 Pts: Garba 18

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 5 4 1 453 393 +60 9 Advance to Semifinals
2   West Germany 5 3 2 392 417 −25 8[a]
3   Soviet Union 5 3 2 381 333 +48 8[a]
4   Canada 5 3 2 426 380 +46 8[a]
5   Brazil 5 2 3 426 435 −9 7
6   Chinese Taipei 5 0 5 356 476 −120 5
Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

Matches edit

29 July 1987
12:00
Chinese Taipei   76–102   Italy
Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49
Pts: Cheng 19 Pts: Rusconi 26
29 July 1987
17:00
West Germany   88–82   Canada
Scoring by half: 39–39, 49–43
Pts: Rödl 26 Pts: Johnson 19
29 July 1987
22:00
Brazil   64–89   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–38, 32–51
Pts: Bavaresco 19 Pts: Orekhov 18
30 July 1987
17:00
West Germany   67–87   Italy
Scoring by half: 28–34, 39–53
Pts: Kleine-Brockhoff 16 Pts: Niccolai 17
30 July 1987
20:00
Chinese Taipei   78–94   Brazil
Scoring by half: 46–52, 32–42
Pts: Lii 23 Pts: Bavaresco 19
30 July 1987
22:00
Canada   65–76   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–37, 31–39
Pts: Stewart 14 Pts: Vētra 21
31 July 1987
17:00
Italy   102–97   Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–50, 48–47
Pts: Aldi 21 Pts: Bernardini 27
31 July 1987
20:00
Canada   107–60   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–30, 57–30
Pts: G. McKay 30 Pts: Lii 13
31 July 1987
22:00
West Germany   67–66   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–39, 32–27
Pts: Harnisch 18 Pts: Babkov 16
1 August 1987
15:00
West Germany   77–97   Brazil
Scoring by half: 44–46, 33–51
Pts: Harnisch 21 Pts: Bavaresco 22
1 August 1987
17:00
Italy   82–83   Canada
Scoring by half: 37–42, 45–41
Pts: Gentile, Rusconi 21 Pts: Jackson 13
1 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union   80–57   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 39–33, 41–24
Pts: Babkov 19 Pts: Chu 18
2 August 1987
12:00
Brazil   74–89   Canada
Scoring by half: 30–34, 44–55
Pts: Bavaresco 27 Pts: Jackson 17
2 August 1987
15:00
West Germany   93–85   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40
Pts: Harnisch 27 Pts: Cheng 28
2 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union   70–80   Italy
Scoring by half: 34–43, 36–37
Pts: Meleshenko 22 Pts: Niccolai 24

Final round edit

Classification 5th-12th edit

5–8th place bracket
 
5th-8th SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Puerto Rico89
 
4 August
 
  Canada96
 
  Canada68
 
3 August
 
  Australia74
 
  Soviet Union76
 
 
  Australia78
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Puerto Rico86
 
 
  Soviet Union100

5th-8th Semifinals edit

3 August 1987
17:00
Puerto Rico   89–96   Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Borges 23 Pts: Johnson 22
3 August 1987
19:00
Soviet Union   76–78   Australia
Scoring by half: 45–41, 31–37
Pts: Meleshenko 14 Pts: Vlahov 26
9–12th place bracket
 
9th-12th SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  China93
 
4 August
 
  Chinese Taipei77
 
  China98
 
3 August
 
  Brazil85
 
  Brazil79
 
 
  Nigeria67
 
Eleventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Chinese Taipei90
 
 
  Nigeria81

9th-12th Semifinals edit

3 August 1987
10:00
China   93–77   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–36, 41–41
Pts: Song 26 Pts: Lii 23
3 August 1987
12:00
Brazil   79–67   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 50–48, 29–19
Pts: Manna 26 Pts: Garba 20

11th place game edit

4 August 1987
10:00
Nigeria   81–90   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53
Pts: Garba 35 Pts: Cheng 32

9th place game edit

4 August 1987
12:00
China   98–85   Brazil
Scoring by half: 51–45, 47–40
Pts: Zheng 34 Pts: Bavaresco 23

7th place game edit

4 August 1987
22:00
Canada   68–74   Australia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 32–37
Pts: J. McKay 16 Pts: Stelzer 21

5th place game edit

4 August 1987
15:00
Puerto Rico   86–100   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50
Pts: Muñoz 23 Pts: Vētra 19

Semifinals edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
  Yugoslavia89
 
5 August
 
  West Germany64
 
  Yugoslavia86
 
4 August
 
  United States76
 
  Italy84
 
 
  United States89
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
  West Germany66
 
 
  Italy77

Source: FIBA Archive

4 August 1987
17:00
United States   89–84   Italy
Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40
Pts: Thompson 25 Pts: Tolotti 21
4 August 1987
20:00
Yugoslavia   89–64   West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–28, 43–36
Pts: Kukoč 20 Pts: Harnisch 13

Bronze medal match edit

5 August 1987
16:00
Italy   77–66   West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–26, 37–40
Pts: Pessina 16 Pts: Rödl 18

Final edit

5 August 1987
18:00
Yugoslavia   86–76   United States
Scoring by half: 40–43, 46–33
Pts: Divac 21 Pts: Pritchard 15

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Yugoslavia 7–0
    United States 5–2
    Italy 5–2
4th   West Germany 3–4
5th   Australia 4–3
6th   Canada 4–3
7th   Soviet Union 4–3
8th   Puerto Rico 3–4
9th   China 3–4
10th   Brazil 3–4
11th   Chinese Taipei 1–6
12th   Nigeria 0–7

Source: FIBA Archive

Medal rosters edit

    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)[3]

    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)[4]

    4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Nando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 Massimiliano Aldi, 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 Andrea Niccolai, 10 Michele Zeno, 11 Davide Pessina, 12 Alberto Ballestra, 13 Gustavo Tolotti, 14 Giovanni Savio, 15 Gennaro Palmieri (Head coach: ?)[5]

Awards edit

 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 
 
Yugoslavia
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Toni Kukoč

References edit

  1. ^ "THIRD FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1987". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ All time Medalists
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ "USA at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Italy at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

External links edit

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