1986 FIBA World Championship

The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Spain 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.^[1] They were classified as the official men's basketball event of the 1986 Goodwill Games, held simultaneously in Moscow. This was the final tournament for West Germany, which did not participate in the next tournament prior to its unification with East Germany.

1986 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Mundobasket Campeonato 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	5–20 July
Officially opened by	Juan Carlos I
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Games played	90
MVP	Dražen Petrović
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (33.7 points per game)
← 1982 1990 →

Venues

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Classification and Final phase
Zaragoza	Ferrol	Málaga	Tenerife	Barcelona	Oviedo	Madrid
Palacio de los Deportes	Polideportivo A Malata	Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín	Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Sports Palace of Barcelona	Palacio Municipal de Deportes	Community of Madrid Sports Palace
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 12,000

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Withdrawn
Brazil  France  Greece  South Korea  Panama  Spain	Angola  Australia  Cuba  Israel  Soviet Union  Uruguay	China  Ivory Coast  Italy  Puerto Rico  United States  West Germany	Argentina  Canada  Malaysia[2]  Netherlands  New Zealand  Yugoslavia	Philippines[3]

Squads

Main article: 1986 FIBA World Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	478	419	+59	9[a]	Semifinal round
2	Spain (H)	5	4	1	488	395	+93	9[a]
3	Greece	5	3	2	476	447	+29	8[b]
4	France	5	3	2	449	428	+21	8[b]
5	Panama	5	1	4	435	517	−82	6
6	South Korea	5	0	5	414	534	−120	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Spain
2. Head-to-head record: Greece 1–0 France

5 July

Spain	84–80	France
Scoring by half: 45-50, 39-30

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

5 July

Brazil	104–74	South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-35, 56-39

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

5 July

Panama	81–110	Greece
Scoring by half: 45-53, 36-57

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

6 July

Spain	120–73	South Korea
Scoring by half: 50-42, 70-31

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

6 July

France	84–87	Greece
Scoring by half: 39-53, 45-34

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

7 July

Spain	87–86	Greece
Scoring by half: 43-41, 44-45

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

7 July

Brazil	88–85 (OT)	Panama
Scoring by half: 45-50, 35-30 Overtime: 8-5

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

8 July

France	93–85	Brazil
Scoring by half: 46-41, 47-44

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

8 July

South Korea	103–111	Panama
Scoring by half: 55-61, 48-50

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

9 July

Greece	95–115	Brazil
Scoring by half: 45-56, 50-59

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

9 July

Spain	125–70	Panama
Scoring by half: 58-43, 67-27

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

9 July

South Korea	84–101	France
Scoring by half: 43-49, 41-52

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

10 July

Panama	88–91	France
Scoring by half: 48-50, 40-41

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

10 July

Spain	72–86	Brazil
Scoring by half: 37-44, 35-42

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

10 July

Greece	98–80	South Korea
Scoring by half: 53-38, 45-42

Palacio de los Deportes de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	565	369	+196	10	Semifinal round
2	Israel	5	3	2	435	444	−9	8
3	Cuba	5	2	3	399	418	−19	7[a]
4	Australia	5	2	3	405	430	−25	7[a]
5	Uruguay	5	2	3	377	437	−60	7[a]
6	Angola	5	1	4	334	417	−83	6

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (1.02 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (0.95 GAvg)

5 July

Australia	72–66	Cuba
Scoring by half: 32-37, 40-29

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

5 July

Uruguay	79–84	Israel
Scoring by half: 38-46, 41-38

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

5 July

Soviet Union	89–51	Angola
Scoring by half: 45-29, 44-22

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

6 July

Angola	75–95	Israel
Scoring by half: 32-37, 43-58

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

6 July

Soviet Union	129–87	Cuba
Scoring by half: 60-53, 69-34

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

7 July

Soviet Union	114–77	Israel
Scoring by half: 58-36, 56-41

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

7 July

Australia	74–77	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32-39, 42-38

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

8 July

Cuba	87–76	Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 42-28, 45-48

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

8 July

Angola	74–69	Australia
Scoring by half: 36-34, 38-35

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

9 July

Cuba	81–53	Angola
Scoring by half: 46-23, 35-30

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

9 July

Soviet Union	111–62	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58-33, 53-29

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

9 July

Israel	91–98	Australia
Scoring by half: 40-48, 51-50

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

10 July

Uruguay	83–81 (OT)	Angola
Scoring by half: 29-34, 44-39 Overtime: 10-8

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

10 July

Soviet Union	122–92	Australia
Scoring by half: 45-46, 77-46

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

10 July

Israel	88–78	Cuba
Scoring by half: 45-32, 43-46

Polideportivo A Malata, Ferrol

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	446	348	+98	10	Semifinal round
2	Italy	5	4	1	423	366	+57	9
3	China	5	2	3	430	442	−12	7[a]
4	Puerto Rico	5	2	3	383	373	+10	7[a]
5	West Germany	5	2	3	382	397	−15	7[a]
6	Ivory Coast	5	0	5	322	460	−138	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: China 1–1 (1.08 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), West Germany 1–1 (0.93 GAvg)

5 July

Italy	98–87	China
Scoring by half: 60-41, 38-46

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

5 July

United States	99–63	Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 50-22, 49-41

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

5 July

Puerto Rico	81–69	West Germany
Scoring by half: 38-31, 43-38

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

6 July

Ivory Coast	70–88	West Germany
Scoring by half: 38-47, 32-41

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

6 July

United States	107–81	China
Scoring by half: 57-39, 50-42

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

7 July

United States	81–68	West Germany
Scoring by half: 47-39, 34-29

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

7 July

Italy	78–55	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35-25, 43-30

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

8 July

China	98–84	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48-42, 50-42

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

8 July

Ivory Coast	62–98	Italy
Scoring by half: 35-48, 27-50

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

9 July

China	84–72	Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 48-35, 36-3€

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

9 July

West Germany	76–85	Italy
Scoring by half: 38-39, 38-46

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

9 July

United States	73–72	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42-40, 31-32

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

10 July

Puerto Rico	91–55	Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 43-23, 48-32

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

10 July

West Germany	81–80	China
Scoring by half: 46-41, 35-39

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

10 July

United States	86–64	Italy
Scoring by half: 40-25, 46-39

Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín, Málaga

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	514	364	+150	10	Semifinal round
2	Canada	5	4	1	510	356	+154	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	414	395	+19	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	422	405	+17	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	362	476	−114	6
6	Malaysia	5	0	5	313	539	−226	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

5 July

Argentina	82–75 (OT)	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 36-44, 35-27 Overtime: 11-4

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

5 July

Yugoslavia	118–81	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 61-43, 57-38

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

5 July

Canada	128–38	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 71-17, 57-21

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

6 July

New Zealand	66–84	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 32-36, 34-48

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

6 July

Yugoslavia	131–61	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 64-31, 67-30

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

7 July

Canada	96–82	Argentina
Scoring by half: 51-30, 45-52

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

7 July

Yugoslavia	95–74	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 54-47, 41-27

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

8 July

New Zealand	74–110	Canada
Scoring by half: 48-43, 26-67

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

8 July

Malaysia	73–93	Argentina
Scoring by half: 30-53, 43-40

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

9 July

Yugoslavia	87–68	Argentina
Scoring by half: 40-41, 47-27

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

9 July

Netherlands	79–96	Canada
Scoring by half: 41-41, 38-55

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

9 July

Malaysia	75–77	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 35-43, 40-34

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

10 July

Netherlands	110–66	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 56-28, 54-38

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

10 July

Yugoslavia	83–80	Canada
Scoring by half: 45-42, 38-38

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

10 July

Argentina	89–64	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 40-36, 49-28

Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife

Semifinal round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	546	441	+105	10	Semifinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	491	435	+56	9
3	Spain (H)	5	3	2	414	402	+12	8	5th–8th classification round
4	Israel	5	2	3	387	455	−68	7
5	Cuba	5	1	4	399	460	−61	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Greece	5	0	5	419	463	−44	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

13 July

Brazil	99–83	Cuba
Scoring by half: 53-37, 46-46

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

13 July

Spain	94–65	Israel
Scoring by half: 48-34, 46-31

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

13 July

Greece	93–105	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 46-59, 47-46

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

14 July

Greece	66–74	Cuba
Scoring by half: 37-43, 29-31

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

14 July

Spain	83–88	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40-47, 43-41

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

14 July

Brazil	90–75	Israel
Scoring by half: 40-40, 50-35

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

15 July

Greece	79–82	Israel
Scoring by half: 42-35, 37-47

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

15 July

Spain	78–77	Cuba
Scoring by half: 37-47, 41-30

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

15 July

Brazil	101–110	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50-62, 51-48

Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	409	344	+65	9[a]	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	438	375	+63	9[a]
3	Italy	5	3	2	405	431	−26	8	5th–8th classification round
4	Canada	5	2	3	422	412	+10	7[b]
5	Argentina	5	2	3	391	411	−20	7[b]	9th–12th classification round
6	China	5	0	5	411	503	−92	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: United States 1–0 Yugoslavia
2. Head-to-head results: Canada 1–0 Argentina

13 July

United States	70–74	Argentina
Scoring by half: 34-37, 36-37

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

13 July

Italy	89–86	Canada
Scoring by half: 43-43, 46-43

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

13 July

China	82–106	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 45-60, 37-46

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

14 July

Italy	76–102	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39-52, 37-50

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

14 July

United States	77–65	Canada
Scoring by half: 38-26, 39-39

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

14 July

China	80–97	Argentina
Scoring by half: 45-45, 35-52

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

15 July

Italy	78–70	Argentina
Scoring by half: 38-31, 40-39

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

15 July

United States	69–60	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37-30, 32-30

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

15 July

China	81–95	Canada
Scoring by half: 48-48, 33-47

Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo, Oviedo

9th–12th classification

	Semifinals				9th place game
	Greece	102
	Argentina	88
					Greece	111
					China	112
	China	93
	Cuba	78
					11th place game
					Argentina	81
					Cuba	85

Semifinals

18 July

Cuba	78–93	China
Scoring by half: 33-51, 45-42

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

18 July

Argentina	88–102	Greece
Scoring by half: 38-44, 50-58

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Eleventh place playoff

19 July

Cuba	85–81	Argentina
Scoring by half: 45-43, 40-38

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Ninth place playoff

20 July

China	112–111	Greece
Scoring by half: 58-54, 54-57

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place game
	Spain	100
	Canada	80
					Spain	87
					Italy	69
	Italy	100
	Israel	78
					7th place game
					Canada	84
					Israel	97

Semifinals

17 July

Spain	100–80	Canada
Scoring by half: 48-37, 52-43

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

18 July

Italy	100–78	Israel
Scoring by half: 48-43, 52-35

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Seventh place playoff

19 July

Canada	84–97	Israel
Scoring by half: 45-64, 39-33

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Fifth place playoff

20 July

Spain	87–69	Italy
Scoring by half: 43-36, 44-33

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	United States	96
	Brazil	80
					United States	87
					Soviet Union	85
	Soviet Union (OT)	91
	Yugoslavia	90
					Bronze medal game
					Brazil	91
					Yugoslavia	117

Semifinals

17 July

Soviet Union	91–90 (OT)	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37-40, 48-45 Overtime: 6-5

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

17 July

United States	96–80	Brazil
Scoring by half: 60-37, 36-43

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Third place playoff

19 July

Yugoslavia	117–91	Brazil
Scoring by half: 59-47, 58-44

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final

20 July

Soviet Union	85–87	United States
Scoring by half: 38–48, 47–39
Pts: Chomičius 17		Pts: K. Smith 23

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final standings

Rank Team Record  United States 9–1  Soviet Union 9–1  Yugoslavia 8–2 4  Brazil 6–4 5  Spain 8–2 6  Italy 7–3 7  Israel 5–5 8  Canada 5–5 9  China 4–6 10  Greece 4–6 11  Cuba 4–6 12  Argentina 5–5 13  France 3–2  Netherlands 2–3  Puerto Rico 2–3  West Germany 2–3  Australia 2–3  Uruguay 2–3  Panama 1–4  Angola 1–4  New Zealand 1–4  South Korea 0–5  Ivory Coast 0–5  Malaysia 0–5 WD  Philippines —

1986 FIBA World Championship  United States Second title MVP Dražen Petrović 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 withdrew from the competition due to the People Power Revolution going on in their country.

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

• Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia)
• Arvydas Sabonis (USSR)
• Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
• David Robinson (USA)
• Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR)

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Nikos Galis (Greece) 33.7
2. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 28.1
3. Lee Chung Hee (South Korea) 27.8
4. Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia) 25.2
5. Kim Hyun-jun (South Korea) 19.4
6. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 19.3
7. Antonello Riva (Italy) 19.2
8. Tan Kim Chin (Malaysia) 19.2
9. Mario Butler (Panama) 19.0
10. Marcel de Souza Ponickwar (Brazil) 18.0