The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th

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world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and

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. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade,

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, but after

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limited participation in sporting events in Yugoslavia, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992. The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the first time that the FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) allowed current American NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game to participate. Prior to that only professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete, since players from other leagues were still considered amateurs. The tournament was won by the United States's "

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137–91 in the Final. The United States finished with a perfect 8–0 record (8 wins and 0 losses). The bronze medal was won by

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who beat

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78–60 in the bronze-medal game.

Venues

Three stadia were used during the tournament:

Qualification

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: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone. *

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: 3 teams competing for 1 berth * FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths *

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: 10 teams competing for 4 berths *

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: 9 teams competing for 2 berths *

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: 18 teams competing for 2 berths

Qualified teams

* withdrew from the tournament, replaced them.

Draw

Preliminary round

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

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

Awards

All-Tournament Team

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* Shawn Kemp *

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* Shaquille O'Neal —

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Source:

Top scorers (ppg)

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23.9 #

22.4 #

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19.4 #

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19.4 # Paolo de Almeida 19.4 # Moon Kyung-Eun 19 # Richard Matienzo 18.8 # Shaquille O'Neal 18 # Marcelo Nicola 17.7 #

17.1

Final rankings

References

External links

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