1986 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship 1986
10th FIBA World Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates July 5–20
Teams 24 (from federations)
Venues (in 7 host cities)
Champions  United States (2nd title)
MVP Dražen Petrović
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Nikos Galis (33.5)  Soviet Union (104.4)
Rebounds
Assists

The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 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.

Contents

Venues

Group City Arena Capacity
Group A Zaragoza Palace of sports
Group B Ferrol La Malata 5,000
Group C Málaga Ciudad Jardin Sports palace 5,000
Group D Tenerife Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Group E Barcelona Sports Palace of Barcelona 8,000
Group F Oviedo Palacio municipal de los deportes 6,000
Classification and Final phase Madrid Community of Madrid Sports Palace 12,000

Competing nations

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Brazil
 France
 Greece
 Korea
 Panama
 Spain

 Angola
 Australia
 Cuba
 Israel
 Soviet Union
 Uruguay

 China
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Italy
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 West Germany

 Argentina
 Canada
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinal round

Group A

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
 Brazil 9 4 1 478 419 +59 86-72
 Spain 9 4 1 488 395 +93 72-86
 Greece 8 3 2 476 447 +29 87-84
 France 8 3 2 449 428 +21 84-87
 Panama 6 1 4 425 517 -92
 Korea 5 0 5 414 534 -120

Group B

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
 Soviet Union 10 5 0 565 369 +196
 Israel 8 3 2 435 444 -9
 Cuba 7 2 3 399 418 -19 1W-1L 1.034
 Australia 7 2 3 405 430 -25 1W-1L 1.021
 Uruguay 7 2 3 377 437 -60 1W-1L 0.950
 Angola 6 1 4 334 417 -83

Group C

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
 United States 10 5 0 446 348 +98
 Italy 9 4 1 423 366 +57
 China 7 2 3 430 442 -12 1W-1L 1.079
 Puerto Rico 7 2 3 383 373 +10 1W-1L 0.988
 West Germany 7 2 3 382 397 -15 1W-1L 0.932
 Côte d'Ivoire 5 0 5 322 460 -138

Group D

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Yugoslavia 10 5 0 514 364 +150
 Canada 9 4 1 510 356 +154
 Argentina 8 3 2 414 395 +19
 Netherlands 7 2 3 422 405 +17
 New Zealand 6 1 4 362 476 -114
 Malaysia 5 0 5 313 539 -226

Semifinal round

Qualified to the gold medal bracket
Qualified for the 5th-8th bracket
Qualified for the 9th-12th bracket

Group 1

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD
 Soviet Union 10 5 0 546 441 +105
 Brazil 9 4 1 491 435 +56
 Spain 8 3 2 414 402 +12
 Israel 7 2 3 387 455 -68
 Cuba 6 1 4 399 460 -61
 Greece 5 0 5 419 463 -44

Group 2

Team Pts. W L PF PA PD First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
 United States 9 4 1 409 344 +65 69-60
 Yugoslavia 9 4 1 438 375 +63 60-69
 Italy 8 3 2 405 431 -26
 Canada 7 2 3 422 412 +10 96-82
 Argentina 7 2 3 391 411 -20 82-96
 China 5 0 5 411 503 -92

Final round

Gold medal bracket

  Semifinals Gold medal game
  United States  96  
  Brazil  80  
 
      United States  87
    Soviet Union  85
Bronze medal game
  Soviet Union  91   Brazil  91
  Yugoslavia (OT)  90     Yugoslavia  117

5th place bracket

  Semifinals 5th place game
  Spain  100  
  Canada  80  
 
      Spain  87
    Italy  69
7th place game
  Italy  100   Canada  84
  Israel  78     Israel  97

9th place bracket

  Semifinals 9th place game
  Greece  102  
  Argentina  88  
 
      Greece  111
    China  112
11th place game
  China  93   Argentina  81
  Cuba  78     Cuba  85

Final ranking

Rank Team
1 United States
2 USSR
3 Yugoslavia
4 Brazil
5 Spain
6 Italy
7 Israel
8 Canada
9 China
10 Greece
11 Cuba
12 Argentina
13 France
14 Netherlands
15 Puerto Rico
16 West Germany
17 Australia
18 Uruguay
19 Panama
20 Angola
21 New Zealand
22 South Korea
23 Côte d'Ivoire
24 Malaysia

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Nikos Galis (Greece) 33.5
  2. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 31
  3. Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia) 24.8
  4. Antonello Riva (Italy) 19
  5. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.8
  6. Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 18
  7. Leonardo Perez (Cuba) 17.9
  8. Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece) 17.5
  9. Jay Triano (Canada) 17.1
  10. Daniel Scott (basketball) (Cuba) 17

Notes