The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th
FIBA World Championship
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
, the international
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad,
Madrid
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.
They were classified as the official men's basketball event of the
1986 Goodwill Games
The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The Ga ...
, held simultaneously in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
. This was the final tournament for
West Germany
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, which did not participate in the
next tournament prior to its
unification with East Germany.
Venues
Competing nations
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Semifinal round
Group 1
Group 2
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 rankings
* Teams that were eliminated in the preliminary round were all tied for 13th place, regardless of their win–loss records.
* The Philippines withdrew from the competition due to the
People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of c ...
going on in their country.
All-Tournament Team
*
Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Nati ...
(Yugoslavia)
*
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (; born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time, he won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He p ...
(USSR)
*
Oscar Schmidt
Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, ...
(Brazil)
*
David Robinson
David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1989 to 2003, and minority owner of the Spurs. Nicknamed ...
(USA)
*
Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR)
Top scorers (ppg)
#
Nikos Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis ( el, Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis ( el, Νίκος Γκάλης), or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playin ...
(Greece) 33.7
#
Oscar Schmidt
Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, ...
(Brazil) 28.1
#
Choong-Hee Chung Hee (South Korea) 27.8
#
Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Nati ...
(Yugoslavia) 25.2
#
Kim Kim (South Korea) 19.4
#
Juan Antonio San Epifanio
Juan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz (born 12 June 1959), most commonly known as "Epi", is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He spent all of his club career playing with FC Barcelona. He was named the Mister Europa European Player of ...
(Spain) 19.3
#
Antonello Riva
Antonello Riva (born 28 February 1962) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At 1.96 m (6'5"), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "Nembo Kid" (Italian version of ...
(Italy) 19.2
#
Tan Kim Chin (Malaysia) 19.2
#
Mario Butler (Panama) 19.0
#
Marcel de Souza Ponickwar (Brazil) 18.0
References
External links
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
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**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
International basketball competitions hosted by Spain
1986 in basketball
1986–87 in Spanish basketball