1986 FIBA World Championship
10th FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation
Spain
Dates
July 5–20
Teams
24
Venues
7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions
United States (2nd title)
MVP
Dražen Petrović
Tournament leaders
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 .
Competing nations [ edit ]
Preliminary round [ edit ]
Qualified for the semifinal round
Group A [ edit ]
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Tie
Brazil
5
4
1
478
419
+59
9
1–0
Spain
5
4
1
488
395
+93
9
0–1
Greece
5
3
2
476
447
+29
8
1–0
France
5
3
2
449
428
+21
8
0–1
Panama
5
1
4
425
517
−92
6
South Korea
5
0
5
414
534
−120
5
Group B [ edit ]
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Tie
Soviet Union
5
5
0
565
369
+196
10
Israel
5
3
2
435
444
−9
8
Cuba
5
2
3
399
418
−19
7
1–1; 1.034
Australia
5
2
3
405
430
−25
7
1–1; 1.021
Uruguay
5
2
3
377
437
−60
7
1–1; 0.950
Angola
5
1
4
334
417
−83
6
Group C [ edit ]
Group D [ edit ]
Semifinal round [ edit ]
Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the 5th place classification
Qualified for the 9th place classification
Group 1 [ edit ]
Group 2 [ edit ]
9th–12th classification [ edit ]
Semifinals [ edit ]
11th place playoff [ edit ]
9th place playoff [ edit ]
5th–8th classification [ edit ]
Semifinals [ edit ]
7th place playoff [ edit ]
5th place playoff [ edit ]
Final round [ edit ]
Semifinals [ edit ]
3rd place playoff [ edit ]
Final ranking [ edit ]
Team Roster
Tommy Amaker , Muggsy Bogues , Sean Elliott , Armen Gilliam , Tom Hammonds , Steve Kerr , Derrick McKey , David Robinson , Rony Seikaly , Brian Shaw , Charles Smith , and Kenny Smith . Head Coach : Lute Olson .
Teams that were eliminated in the preliminary round were all tied for 13th place, regardless of their win-loss records.
The Philippines, despite being the Asian Champions with a complete and strong line-up, withdrew from the competition due to the People Power Revolution going on in their country.
All-Tournament Team [ edit ]
Top scorers (ppg) [ edit ]
Nikos Galis (Greece) 33.7
Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 28,1
Choong-Hee Chung Hee (South Korea) 27.8
Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia) 25.2
Kim Kim (South Korea) 19,4
Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 19,3
Antonello Riva (Italy) 19,2
Tan Kim Chin (Malaysia) 19,2
Mario Butler (Panama) 19
Marcel de Souza Ponickwar (Brazil) 18
Tournaments
Qualification
Per tournament
Per confederation
Finals
Squads
From 1950 to 1974, the championship was decided in a round-robin medal round. Since 1978, the medal round has been conducted in a knockout format.
The 1962 championship was cancelled.