1990 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship 1990
11th FIBA World Basketball Championship
Official website
1990 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	August 8-August 20
Teams	16 (from ? federations)
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
MVP	Toni Kukoč
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Oscar Schmidt (35.5)
Rebounds
Assists

The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990. The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.^[1]

Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. After the final match, Yugoslavia's Vlade Divac took a Croatian flag from a fan, threw it on the ground and stamped on it.^[2] The incident put Divac on bad terms with most of the Croatian basketball players.^[3] This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Of its successor republics, Croatia competed at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, while the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was banned due to UN sanctions relating to its involvement in the Yugoslav wars.

Venues

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

First round

The top two teams from each group remain in medal contention.

Group A

Group A
Yugoslavia	92 – 84	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	78 – 75	Angola
Yugoslavia	92 – 79	Angola
Puerto Rico	88 – 74	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	82 – 75	Yugoslavia
Venezuela	83 – 77	Angola

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Puerto Rico	6	3	0	248	224	24
2.  Yugoslavia	5	2	1	259	245	14
3.  Venezuela	4	1	2	241	257	-16
4.  Angola	3	0	3	231	253	-22

Group B

Group B
Australia	106 – 85	China
Brazil	125 – 109	Italy
Brazil	138 – 95	China
Italy	94 – 89	Australia
Australia	69 – 68	Brazil
Italy	115 – 76	China

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Brazil	5	2	1	331	273	58
2.  Australia	5	2	1	264	247	17
3.  Italy	5	2	1	318	290	28
4.  China	3	0	3	256	359	-103

Group C

Group C
USA	103 – 95	Greece
Spain	130 – 101	Korea
USA	146 – 67	Korea
Greece	102 – 93	Spain
USA	95 – 85	Spain
Greece	119 – 76	Korea

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  USA	6	3	0	344	247	97
2.  Greece	5	2	1	316	272	44
3.  Spain	4	1	2	308	298	10
4.  Korea	3	0	3	244	395	-151

Group D

Group D
Soviet Union	97 – 77	Argentina
Canada	83 – 68	Egypt
Argentina	96 – 88	Canada
Soviet Union	102 – 76	Egypt
Soviet Union	90 – 81	Canada
Argentina	82 – 65	Egypt

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Soviet Union	6	3	0	289	234	55
2.  Argentina	5	2	1	255	250	5
3.  Canada	4	1	2	252	254	-2
4.  Egypt	3	0	3	209	267	-58

Second round

The top two finishers from Groups A and B advance to the medal round.

Group A

Group A
USA	104 – 100	Argentina
Puerto Rico	89 – 79	Australia
USA	79 – 78	Australia
Puerto Rico	92 – 76	Argentina
Puerto Rico	81 - 79	USA
Australia	95 – 91	Argentina

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Puerto Rico	6	3	0	262	234	28
2.  USA	5	2	1	262	259	3
3.  Australia	4	1	2	252	259	-7
4.  Argentina	3	0	3	267	291	-24

Group B

Group B
Yugoslavia	105 – 86	Brazil
Soviet Union	75 – 57	Greece
Yugoslavia	100 – 77	Soviet Union
Greece	103 – 88	Brazil
Yugoslavia	77 – 67	Greece
Soviet Union	110 – 100	Brazil

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Yugoslavia	6	3	0	282	230	52
2.  Soviet Union	5	2	1	262	257	5
3.  Greece	4	1	2	227	240	-13
4.  Brazil	3	0	3	274	318	-44

Group C

Group C
Canada	124 – 86	Korea
Italy	86 – 78	Angola
Italy	123 – 100	Korea
Canada	82 – 80	Angola
Italy	110 - 81	Canada
Angola	104 – 93	Korea

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Italy	6	3	0	319	259	60
2.  Canada	5	2	1	287	276	11
3.  Angola	4	1	2	262	261	1
4.  Korea	3	0	3	279	351	-72

Group D

Group D
Spain	107 – 73	Egypt
Venezuela	100 – 96	China
Spain	130 – 86	China
Venezuela	103 – 101	Egypt
Spain	122 – 102	Venezuela
China	95 – 87	Egypt

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.  Spain	6	3	0	359	261	98
2.  Venezuela	5	2	1	305	319	-14
3.  China	4	1	2	277	317	-40
4.  Egypt	3	0	3	261	305	-44

Elimination rounds

Medal bracket

	Semifinals				Finals
	August ??, 1990
	Puerto Rico	82
	Soviet Union	98
					August ??, 1990
					Soviet Union	75
					Yugoslavia	92
					Third place
	August ??, 1990			August ??, 1990
	Yugoslavia	99		Puerto Rico	105
	United States	91			United States	107

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	August ??, 1990
	Australia	93
	Brazil	100
					August ??, 1990
					Brazil	97
					Greece	94
					Seventh place
	August ??, 1990			August ??, 1990
	Greece	81		Australia	98
	Argentina	78			Argentina	84

9th to 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	August ??, 1990
	Italy	108
	Venezuela	100
					August ??, 1990
					Italy	106
					Spain	83
					Eleventh place
	August ??, 1990			August ??, 1990
	Spain	84		Venezuela	93
	Canada	75			Canada	92

13th to 16th place

	Classification round				Thirteenth place
	August ??, 1990
	Angola	83
	Egypt	70
					August ??, 1990
					Angola	112
					China	96
					Fifteenth place
	August ??, 1990			August ??, 1990
	China	122		Egypt	115
	Korea Republic	100			Korea Republic	117

Awards

1990 World Championship Winner
Yugoslavia Third title

• CHAMPION: Yugoslavia: Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Zoran Čutura, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Jure Zdovc, Željko Obradović, Arijan Komazec, Vlade Divac, Zoran Savić, Radisav Ćurčić, Zoran Jovanović (head coach: Dušan Ivković)

Final standings

RF	Team
1	Yugoslavia
2	Soviet Union
3	USA
4	Puerto Rico
5	Brazil
6	Greece
7	Australia
8	Argentina
9	Italy
10	Spain
11	Venezuela
12	Canada
13	Angola
14	China
15	Korea
16	Egypt

All-Tournament Team

• Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
• Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia)
• Vlade Divac (Yugoslavia)
• Kenny Anderson (USA)
• Fico Lopez (Puerto Rico)

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 35.5
2. Antonello Riva (Italy) 29.3
3. Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece) 25.6
4. Andrew Gaze (Australia) 24.3
5. Jordi Villacampa (Spain) 23.2
6. Hur Jae (S.Korea) 21.6
7. Drazen Petrovic (Yugoslavia) 21.5
8. Gabriel Estaba (Venezuela) 20.5
9. Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 19.2
10. Wang Fei (China) 18.8

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