1994 FIBA World Championship

1994 edition of the FIBA World Championship 1994 FIBA World Championship for Men the equivalent games for women players 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women September 2023 September 2023 FIBA World Championship 1994 FIBA Championnat du monde de basket-ball masculin 1994 FIBA 1994 Logo.png TorontoHamilton Canada August 4–14 Ray Hnatyshyn 16 5 SkyDomeMaple Leaf GardensCopps Coliseum United States 3 Russia Croatia Greece 64 USA Shaquille O'Neal AUS Andrew Gaze (23.9 points per game) 1990 1998 The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDomeThe New York Times, BASKETBALL; Dream Team Ends Its Sequel Predictably and Maple Leaf Gardens in TorontoThe New York Times, Sports of The Times; Toronto, Dream Team, The World as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but after the United Nations limited participation in sporting events in Yugoslavia, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992. The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the first time that the FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) allowed current American NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game to participate. Prior to that only professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete, since players from other leagues were still considered amateurs.https://www.usab.com/history/why-can-pros-complete-in-international-events.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150120113156/http://www.usab.com/history/why-can-pros-complete-in-international-events.aspx dead January 20, 2015 Why Can Pros Complete in International Events The tournament was won by the United States's "Dream Team II", who beat Russia 137–91 in the Final. The United States finished with a perfect 8–0 record (8 wins and 0 losses). The bronze medal was won by Croatia who beat Greece 78–60 in the bronze-medal game. Venues Three stadia were used during the tournament: Toronto Hamilton SkyDome Maple Leaf Gardens Copps Coliseum Capacity: 28,708 Capacity: 16,538 Capacity: 18,436 150px 150px 150pxCanada Southern Ontario 450 center Canada Southern Ontario 43.641389 -79.389167 SkyDome top 8 Canada Southern Ontario 43.662222 -79.380278 Maple Leaf Gardens right 8 Canada Southern Ontario 43.25916 -79.8725 Copps Coliseum bottom 8 Qualification There were 16 teams taking part in the 1994 World Cup of Basketball. After the 1992 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 1994 World Cup. Host nation: 1 berth 1992 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone. FIBA Oceania: 3 teams competing for 1 berth FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths FIBA Africa: 9 teams competing for 2 berths FIBA Asia: 18 teams competing for 2 berths Qualified teams Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Teams qualifiedHost – 1 CAN1992 Olympic men's basketball tournamentJuly 26–August 8, 1992 ESP Barcelona 1 USA1993 FIBA Oceania Championship June 7–10, 1993 NZL Auckland 1 AUSEuroBasket 1993 June 22–July 4, 1993 GER Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich 5 GERRUSCROGREESP1993 Tournament of the Americas August 28–September 5, 1993 PUR 1952 San Juan 4 PUR 1952ARGBRACUBFIBA Africa Championship 1993September 18–28, 1993 KEN Nairobi 2 ANGEGY1993 ABC ChampionshipNovember 12–21, 1993 INA Jakarta 2 CHNPRKKOR 1984 * Total 16 * PRK withdrew from the tournament, KOR 1984 replaced them. Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DBRA CHN ESP USAAUS CRO CUB KOR 1984ANG ARG CAN RUSGER GRE EGY PUR 1952 Preliminary round The top two teams from each group remain in medal contention. Group A main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D USA 3 0 352 259 CHN 2 1 252 301 ESP 1 2 249 260 BRA 0 3 242 275 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Quarterfinal round red1 9th–16th classification round #eee August 4 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton OT CHN 97 BRA 93 20-16 38-30 39-47 #eee August 4 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton USA 115 ESP 100 59-51 56-49 August 5 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton BRA 67 ESP 73 36-30 31-43 August 5 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton USA 132 CHN 77 71-38 61-39 #eee August 7 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ESP 76 CHN 78 46-31 30-47 #eee August 7 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton USA 105 BRA 82 48-36 57-46 Group B main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D CRO 3 0 272 187 AUS 2 1 249 255 CUB 1 2 244 257 KOR 1984 0 3 217 283 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Quarterfinal round red1 9th–16th classification round #eee August 4 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CRO 85 CUB 65 45-27 40-38 #eee August 4 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton AUS 87 KOR 1984 85 59-44 28-41 August 5 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CRO 104 KOR 1984 53 52-30 52-23 August 5 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CUB 87 AUS 93 42-42 45-51 #eee August 6 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CUB 92 KOR 1984 79 46-44 46-35 #eee August 6 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CRO 83 AUS 69 43-39 40-30 Group C main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D RUS 3 0 251 187 CAN 2 1 240 198 H ARG 1 2 204 234 ANG 0 3 168 244 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Quarterfinal round red1 9th–16th classification round #eee August 4 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CAN 83 ANG 52 39-30 44-22 #eee August 4 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto RUS 84 ARG 64 38-31 46-33 August 5 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CAN 91 ARG 73 30-30 61-43 August 5 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto RUS 94 ANG 57 46-21 48-36 #eee August 6 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ARG 67 ANG 59 36-34 31-25 #eee August 6 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton RUS 73 CAN 66 36-41 37-25 Group D main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D GRE 2 1 201 183 Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.02 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Germany 1–1 (0.98 GAvg) PUR 1952 2 1 248 219 A GER 2 1 217 198 A EGY 0 3 183 249 RD2 RD2 CR2 CR2 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Quarterfinal round red1 9th–16th classification round #eee August 4 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto PUR 1952 102 EGY 74 48-35 54-39 #eee August 4 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto GRE 68 GER 58 31-35 37-23 August 5 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton GRE 69 EGY 53 37-28 32-25 August 5 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton PUR 1952 74 GER 81 42-41 32-40 #eee August 7 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto PUR 1952 72 GRE 64 35-39 37-25 #eee August 7 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto GER 78 EGY 56 39-28 39-28 Quarterfinal round The top two finishers from Groups I and II advance to the final round. Group I main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D USA 3 0 375 251 RUS 2 1 298 272 AUS 1 2 244 314 PUR 1952 0 3 249 329 SF SF CR5 CR5 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Semifinals red1 5th–8th classification round August 9 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto RUS 101 PUR 1952 85 51-47 50-38 August 9 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto USA 130 AUS 74 62-48 68-26 #eee August 10 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto AUS 76 RUS 103 30-55 46-48 #eee August 10 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto PUR 1952 83 USA 134 25-62 58-72#eee August 11 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto AUS 94 PUR 1952 81 51-41 43-40August 12 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto USA 111 RUS 94 52-44 59-50 Group II main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D CRO 3 0 278 189 GRE 2 1 206 213 CAN 1 2 222 224 H CHN 0 3 192 272 SF SF CR5 CR5 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Semifinals red1 5th–8th classification round #eee August 8 SkyDome, Toronto CRO 105 CHN 73 61-41 44-32 #eee August 8 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto GRE 74 CAN 71 40-34 34-37 August 10 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CAN 61 CRO 92 30-45 31-47 August 10 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CHN 61 GRE 77 30-35 31-42 #eee August 11 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto CHN 58 CAN 90 21-47 37-43 August 12 SkyDome, Toronto CRO 81 GRE 55 38-29 43-26 9th–16th classification Quarterfinal round Group III main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D ESP 3 0 264 179 ARG 2 1 266 221 KOR 1984 1 2 229 284 EGY 0 3 199 274 CR9 CR9 CR13 CR13 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 9th–12th classification round red1 13th–16th classification round #eee August 8 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ESP 98 KOR 1984 57 53-39 45-18 #eee August 8 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ARG 91 EGY 66 52-30 39-36 August 9 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton EGY 52 ESP 94 18-40 34-54 August 9 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton KOR 1984 83 ARG 105 45-50 38-55 #eee August 11 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ESP 72 ARG 70 37-34 35-36 #eee August 11 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton KOR 1984 89 EGY 81 49-34 40-47 Group IV main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D GER 3 0 268 226 BRA 1 2 236 251 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Cuba 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), Angola 1–1 (0.98 GAvg) CUB 1 2 225 239 B ANG 1 2 226 239 B CR9 CR9 CR13 CR13 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 9th–12th classification round red1 13th–16th classification round #eee August 8 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CUB 76 BRA 82 39-35 37-47 #eee August 8 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton GER 86 ANG 76 32-45 54-31 August 9 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ANG 71 CUB 75 39-38 32-37 August 9 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton BRA 76 GER 96 49-48 27-48 #eee August 11 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CUB 74 GER 86 34-47 40-39 #eee August 11 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton BRA 78 ANG 79 44-52 34-27 13th–16th classification Semifinals 13th place game 15th place game KOR 1984 75 ANG 71 EGY 69 CUB 54 KOR 1984 76 EGY 69 ANG 67 CUB 75 Semifinals #eee August 12 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton KOR 1984 75 ANG 71 47-46 28-25 August 12 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CUB 54 EGY 69 26-35 28-34 Fifteenth place playoff #eee August 13 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ANG 67 CUB 75 38-40 29-35 Thirteenth place playoff #eee August 13 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton KOR 1984 76 EGY 69 41-35 35-34 9th–12th classification Semifinals 9th place game 11th place game ESP 90 BRA 85 ARG 85 GER 71 ESP 65 ARG 74 BRA 93 GER 71 Semifinals #eee August 12 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ESP 90 BRA 85 43-34 47-51 August 12 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton GER 71 ARG 85 41-44 30-41 Eleventh place playoff #eee August 13 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton BRA 93 GER 71 48-42 45-29 Ninth place playoff #eee August 13 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton ESP 65 ARG 74 25-39 40-35 5th–8th classification Semifinals 5th place game 7th place game AUS 95 CHN 57 PUR 1952 85 CAN 82 AUS 96 PUR 1952 83 CHN 76 CAN 104 Semifinals #eee August 13 SkyDome, Toronto AUS 95 CHN 57 44-27 51-30 August 13 SkyDome, Toronto CAN 82 PUR 1952 85 47-48 35-37 Seventh place playoff #eee August 14 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton CHN 76 CAN 104 41-51 35-53 Fifth place playoff #eee August 14 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton AUS 96 PUR 1952 83 57-47 39-36 Final round Semifinals Final Third place game RUS 66 CRO 64 GRE 58 USA 97 RUS 91 USA 137 CRO 78 GRE 60 Semifinals #eee August 13 SkyDome, Toronto USA 97 GRE 58 40-30 57-28 August 13 SkyDome, Toronto CRO 64 RUS 66 22-31 42-35 Third place playoff #eee August 14 SkyDome, Toronto GRE 60 CRO 78 32-36 28-42 Final #ffffd0 August 14 16:00 SkyDome, Toronto Wiesław Zych (POL), Isaac Glass (URU) 32.616 https://archive.today/20140909124302/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/8/rid/1210/sid/2913/_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Box USA 137 RUS 91 73–40 64–51 Wilkins 20 Babkov 22 Johnson 11 Kisurin 7 Dumars, Price 5 Bazarevich 7 Awards bk 1994 FIBA World Championship winner United States Third MVPUSA Shaquille O'Neal All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team Russia Sergei Bazarevich USA Reggie Miller USA Shawn Kemp Croatia Dino Rađa USA Shaquille O'Neal — MVP O'Neal, who had a sponsorship deal with Pepsi, declined to accept the MVP award and sent Shawn Kemp in his stead as the award, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola, was a bottle of Coke encased in glass atop a wooden base.Soda wars fizzle as O'Neal declines to accept award https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-soda-wars-fizzle-as/136848622/ 15 December 2023 The Orlando Sentinel 15 August 1994 B2 Newspapers.comhttp://archive.usab.com/mens/national/10_mwc_feature_1994.html USAB: A Look Back at the USA Men's 1994 World Championship Gold Medal 2015-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725020406/http://archive.usab.com/mens/national/10_mwc_feature_1994.html 2015-07-25 dead Top scorers (ppg) Source:Statistics Australia Andrew Gaze 23.9 Croatia Dino Rađa 22.4 Croatia Arijan Komazec 19.4 South Korea 1984 Hur Jae 19.4 Brazil Paolo de Almeida 19.4 South Korea 1984 Moon Kyung-Eun 19 Cuba Richard Matienzo 18.8 USA Shaquille O'Neal 18 Argentina Marcelo Nicola 17.7 USA Reggie Miller 17.1 Final standings thumb|600px|1994 FIBA World Championship final rankings. RankTeam Record USA 8–0 Russia 6–2 Croatia 7–1 4 Greece 4–4 5 Australia 5–3 6 Puerto Rico 1952 3–5 7 Canada 4–4 8 China 2–6 9 Argentina 5–3 10 Spain 5–3 11 Brazil 2–6 12 Germany 5–3 13 South Korea 1984 3–5 14 Egypt 1–7 15 Cuba 3–5 16 Angola 1–7 References External links 1994 FIBA World Championship http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/World-Cup/basketball_1994.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page 1994 Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Canada World Championship Category:1994–95 in Canadian basketball Category:International sports competitions in Toronto Category:August 1994 sports events in Canada Category:Basketball competitions in Toronto Category:1994 in Toronto