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.
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 Capacity Final round Buenos Aires Luna Park 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 1989 Tournament of the Americas June 8–18, 1989 Mexico City 5 EuroBasket 1989 June 20–25, 1989 Zagreb 5 1989 FIBA Oceania Championship August 28–September 3, 1989 Sydney 1 1989 ABC ChampionshipSeptember 15–24, 1989 Beijing 2 FIBA Africa Championship 1989December 16–27, 1989 Luanda 2 Total 16
Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarterfinal round The top two finishers from Groups I and II advance to the final round.
Group I
Group II
9th–16th classification
Quarterfinal round
Group III
Group IV
13th–16th classification
Semifinals
Fifteenth place playoff
Thirteenth place playoff
9th–12th classification
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
5th–8th classification
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Final round
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 7–1 2 6–2 3 6–2 4 6–2 5 4–4 6 4–4 7 4–4 8 2–6 9 7–1 10 5–3 11 4–4 12 3–5 13 3–5 14 2–6 15 1–7 16 0–8
Awards
MVP 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
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
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