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1990 edition of the FIBA World Championship
FIBA World Championship 1990 FIBA Campeonato Mundial Basquetbol 1990 1990 FIBA World Championship.png Argentina 8–19 August Carlos Menem 16 5 6 6 Yugoslavia 3 Soviet Union United States Puerto Rico 1952 64 YUG Toni Kukoč BRA 1968 Oscar Schmidt (34.6 points per game) 1986 1994
The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.XI World Cup (Buenos Aires 1990)
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.
The mascot was a ñandu named ''Ñandy''
Venues
Group City Arena CapacityArgentina 250 center Argentina -34.602222 -58.368611 Buenos Aires right 8
Argentina -31.391667 -64.194167 Córdoba left 8
Argentina -32.955278 -60.6625 Rosario right 8
Argentina -24.776111 -65.422778 Salta right 8
Argentina -31.6167023 -60.6756049 Santa Fe right 8
Argentina -34.5509279 -58.5818857 Villa Ballester left 8 Final round Buenos Aires Luna ParkGAME DETAILS 16,000 Group D Córdoba Pabellón Verde Complejo Ferial 4,000 Group B Rosario Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys 10,000 Classification Round Salta Polideportivo Delmi 3,000 Group A Santa Fe Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe 5,000 Group C Villa Ballester Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia 2,000
Qualification
There were 16 teams taking part in the 1990 World Cup of Basketball.
Host nation: 1 berth
FIBA Americas: 12 teams competing for 5 berths
FIBA Europe: 8 teams competing for 5 berths
FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berths
FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 2 berths
FIBA Africa: 11 teams competing for 2 berths
Qualified teams
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Teams qualifiedHost – 1 ARG1989 Tournament of the Americas June 8–18, 1989 MEX Mexico City 5 PUR 1952USABRA 1968VEN 1954CANEuroBasket 1989 June 20–25, 1989 YUG Zagreb 5 YUGGREURSITAESP1989 FIBA Oceania Championship August 28–September 3, 1989 AUS Sydney 1 AUS1989 ABC ChampionshipSeptember 15–24, 1989 CHN Beijing 2 CHNKOR 1984FIBA Africa Championship 1989December 16–27, 1989 ANG Luanda 2 ANGEGY Total 16
Draw
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DANG
PUR 1952
VEN 1954
YUGAUS
BRA 1968
CHN
ITAGRE
KOR 1984
ESP
USAARG
CAN
EGY
URS
Preliminary round
Group A
main WL complete FIBA archiveApril 2025 medicmedic points A, B, C, D PUR 1952 3 0 248 224 YUG 2 1 259 245 VEN 1954 1 2 241 257 ANG 0 3 231 253 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 8 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe YUG 92 VEN 1954 84 53-43 39-41
#eee 8 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe PUR 1952 78 ANG 75 42-37 36-38
9 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe PUR 1952 88 VEN 1954 74 49-41 39-33
9 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe YUG 92 ANG 79 48-28 44-51
#eee 10 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe VEN 1954 83 ANG 77 49-35 34-42
#eee 10 August Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe YUG 75 PUR 1952 82 56-39 19-43
Group B
main WL complete FIBA archiveApril 2025 medicmedic points A, B, C, D BRA 1968 2 1 331 273 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.08 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (0.98 GAvg), Italy 1–1 (0.95 GAvg) AUS 2 1 266 227 A ITA 2 1 318 290 A CHN 0 3 256 359 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 8 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario AUS 108 CHN 65 56-45 52-20
#eee 8 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario BRA 1968 125 ITA 109 66-48 59-61
9 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario AUS 89 ITA 94 49-44 40-50
9 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario BRA 1968 138 CHN 95 78-45 60-50
#eee 10 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario ITA 115 CHN 76 62-39 53-37
#eee 10 August Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario BRA 1968 68 AUS 69 32-29 36-40
Group C
main WL complete FIBA archiveApril 2025 medicmedic points A, B, C, D USA 3 0 344 247 GRE 2 1 316 272 ESP 1 2 308 298 KOR 1984 0 3 244 395 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 8 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester OT USA 103 GRE 95 14-6 45-56 44-33
#eee 8 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester ESP 130 KOR 1984 101 67-43 63-58
9 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester USA 146 KOR 1984 67 70-33 76-34
9 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester ESP 93 GRE 102 47-54 46-48
#eee 10 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester GRE 119 KOR 1984 76 79-21 40-55
#eee 10 August Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester USA 95 ESP 85 51-43 44-42
Group D
main WL complete FIBA archiveApril 2025 medicmedic points A, B, C, D URS 3 0 289 234 ARG 2 1 255 250 H CAN 1 2 252 254 EGY 0 3 209 267 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 8 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina URS 97 ARG 77 44-33 53-44
#eee 8 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina CAN 83 EGY 68 38-34 45-34
9 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina CAN 88 ARG 96 49-44 39-52
9 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina URS 102 EGY 76 57-42 45-34
#eee 10 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina URS 90 CAN 81 43-31 47-50
#eee 10 August Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina ARG 82 EGY 65 40-41 42-24
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 PUR 1952 3 0 262 234 USA 2 1 262 259 AUS 1 2 252 259 ARG 0 3 267 291 H 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 13 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires PUR 1952 89 AUS 79 42-38 47-41
#eee 13 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires USA 104 ARG 100 58-42 46-58
14 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires AUS 78 USA 79 42-38 36-41
14 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires PUR 1952 92 ARG 76 50-46 42-30
#eee 15 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires PUR 1952 81 USA 79 48-45 33-34
#eee 15 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires AUS 95 ARG 91 45-40 50-52
Group II
main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D YUG 3 0 282 230 URS 2 1 262 257 GRE 1 2 227 240 BRA 1968 0 3 274 318 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 13 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires GRE 57 URS 75 40-37 17-38
#eee 13 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires YUG 105 BRA 1968 86 52-41 53-45
14 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires YUG 100 URS 77 42-37 58-40
14 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires BRA 1968 88 GRE 103 40-54 48-49
#eee 15 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires YUG 77 GRE 67 36-32 41-35
#eee 15 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires BRA 1968 100 URS 110 53-55 47-55
9th–16th classification
Quarterfinal round
Group III
main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D ESP 3 0 359 261 VEN 1954 2 1 305 319 CHN 1 2 277 317 EGY 0 3 261 305 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 13 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ESP 107 EGY 73 56-36 51-37
#eee 13 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta VEN 1954 100 CHN 96 56-52 44-44
14 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta CHN 86 ESP 130 41-64 45-66
14 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta VEN 1954 103 EGY 101 50-59 53-42
#eee 15 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta VEN 1954 102 ESP 122 60-61 42-61
#eee 15 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta CHN 95 EGY 87 45-33 50-54
Group IV
main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D ITA 3 0 319 259 CAN 2 1 285 376 ANG 1 2 284 261 KOR 1984 0 3 279 351 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 13 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta KOR 1984 86 CAN 124 49-52 37-72
#eee 13 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ANG 78 ITA 86 30-51 48-35
14 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ITA 123 KOR 1984 100 54-51 69-49
14 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ANG 80 CAN 82 40-40 40-42
#eee 15 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ITA 110 CAN 81 49-42 61-39
#eee 15 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ANG 104 KOR 1984 93 58-45 46-48
13th–16th classification
Semifinals 13th place game 15th place game ANG 83 EGY 70 CHN 122 KOR 1984 100 ANG 112 CHN 96 EGY 115 KOR 1984 117
Semifinals
#eee 17 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta CHN 122 KOR 1984 100 63-52 59-48
17 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ANG 83 EGY 70 55-36 28-34
Fifteenth place playoff
#eee 18 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta KOR 1984 117 EGY 115 52-58 65-57
Thirteenth place playoff
#eee 19 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta CHN 96 ANG 112 43-58 53-54
9th–12th classification
Semifinals 9th place game 11th place game ITA 108 VEN 1954 100 ESP 84 CAN 75 ITA 86 ESP 83 VEN 1954 93 CAN 92
Semifinals
#eee 17 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ESP 84 CAN 75 47-37 37-38
17 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ITA 108 VEN 1954 100 57-33 51-67
Eleventh place playoff
#eee 18 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta CAN 92 VEN 1954 93 48-44 44-49
Ninth place playoff
#eee 19 August Polideportivo Delmi, Salta ESP 83 ITA 106 39-50 44-56
5th–8th classification
Semifinals 5th place game 7th place game AUS 93 BRA 1968 100 GRE 81 ARG 78 BRA 1968 97 GRE 94 AUS 98 ARG 84
Semifinals
#eee 17 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires AUS 93 BRA 1968 100 48-45 45-55
17 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires GRE 81 ARG 78 38-42 43-36
Seventh place playoff
#eee 18 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires AUS 98 ARG 84 56-40 42-44
Fifth place playoff
#eee 19 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires BRA 1968 97 GRE 94 55-55 42-39
Final round
Semifinals Finals 3rd place game PUR 1952 82 URS 98 YUG 99 USA 91 URS 75 YUG 92 PUR 1952 (OT) 105 USA 107
Semifinals
#eee 17 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires PUR 1952 82 URS 98 46-50 36-48
17 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires YUG 99 USA 91 51-43 48-48
Third place playoff
#eee 18 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires OT PUR 1952 105 USA 107 9-11 48-53 48-43
Final
#ffffd0 19 August Luna Park, Buenos Aires URS 75 YUG 92 34–52 41–40 Vētra, Volkov 15 Belostenny 7 Volkov 4 Paspalj 20 Kukoč 7 Zdovc 5
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 YUG 7–1 2 URS 6–2 3 USA 6–2 4 PUR 1952 6–2 5 BRA 1968 4–4 6 GRE 4–4 7 AUS 4–4 8 ARG 2–6 9 ITA 7–1 10 ESP 5–3 11 VEN 1954 4–4 12 CAN 3–5 13 ANG 3–5 14 CHN 2–6 15 KOR 1984 1–7 16 EGY 0–8
Awards
bk 1990 World Championship winner Yugoslavia Third
MVPYugoslavia 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
FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team
Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia)
Vlade Divac (Yugoslavia)
Kenny Anderson (USA)
Fico López (Puerto Rico)
Top scorers (ppg)
Source:Statistics
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
http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website
https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page
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