The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international

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world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by

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from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the

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participated in its final tournament before its dissolution. This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called

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) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate.

Venues

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 *

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: 8 teams competing for 5 berths * FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berths *

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: 15 teams competing for 2 berths * FIBA Africa: 11 teams competing for 2 berths

Qualified teams

Draw

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 rankings

Vlade Divac & Drazen Petrovic in Argentina 1990

Awards

Team Roster:
Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović,

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, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj,

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, Arijan Komazec, Zoran Jovanović, and Zoran Savić. Head Coach:

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All-Tournament Team

* Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) * Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia) *

(Yugoslavia) * Kenny Anderson (USA) * Fico López (Puerto Rico)

Top scorers (ppg)

# 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 Valeri Tikhonenko (russian: Валерий Алексеевич Тихоненко; born 19 August 1964) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played at the small forward and pow ...

(USSR) 18.5

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiba World Championship

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International basketball competitions hosted by Argentina

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