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1982 FIBA World Championship

1982 edition of the FIBA World Championship

1982 edition of the FIBA World Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIBA World Championship
year1982
other_titles*FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1982*
countryColombia
dates15–28 August
openedBelisario Betancur
num_teams13
confederations5
venues5
cities5
championSoviet Union
count3
secondUnited States
thirdYugoslavia
fourthSpain
games50
mvpUSA Doc Rivers
top_scorerPAN Rolando Frazer
(24.4 points per game)
prevseason[1978](1978-fiba-world-championship)
nextseason[1986](1986-fiba-world-championship)

(24.4 points per game) The 1982 FIBA World Championship was the 9th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982.

Qualification

Host country, advances outright to the semifinal round
Americas (6)Europe (4)[FIBA Asia](1981-abc-championship) (1)Africa (1)[Oceania](1981-fiba-oceania-championship) (1)

Venues

Group AGroup BGroup CClassification roundFinal roundBogotáMedellínBucaramangaCúcutaCali
Coliseo Cubierto El CampínColiseo Iván de BedoutColiseo Vicente Díaz RomeroColiseo Toto HernándezColiseo El Pueblo
Capacity: **14,000**Capacity: **10,000**Capacity: **5,000**Capacity: **6,000**Capacity: **18,000**
[[File:Bogota Coliseo El Campín.JPG150px]][[File:Coliseo de Baloncesto Ivan de Bedout (3).jpg150px]][[Image:TOTO HERNANDEZ.jpg150px]][[File:Coliseo El Pueblo.jpg150px]]

Competing nations

Group AGroup BGroup C
– advanced automatically to the semifinal round as host

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Semifinal round

Final round

Third place playoff

Final

Final standings

RankTeamRecord12345678910111213
8–1
7–2
7–2
6–3
4–4
3–5
0–6
4–3
4–3
4–3
2–5
1–6
0–7

Awards

Most Valuable Player
USA **Doc Rivers**

All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

  • Doc Rivers (USA)
  • Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia)
  • Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain)
  • Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR)
  • Anatoli Myshkin (USSR)

Top 10 scorers (points per game)

  1. Rolando Frazer (Panama) 24.4
  2. Ian Davies (Australia) 23.4
  3. Wilfredo Ruiz (Uruguay) 23.4
  4. Dié Drisa (Côte d'Ivoire) 21.6
  5. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 21.1
  6. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 21.0
  7. Stanislav Kropilak (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
  8. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.1
  9. Gustav Hraska (Czechoslovakia) 18.0
  10. Jay Triano (Canada) 17.9

References

References

  1. [http://www.cucutanuestra.com/temas/deportistas/basket.htm HISTORIA DEL BALONCESTO DEL NORTE DE SANTANDER ]
  2. (5 May 2023). "The Best of 1982 World Cup: Soviet Union fend off USA in Final, Glen 'Doc' Rivers MVP, Sabonis the rookie". [[FIBA]].
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116225558/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/sid/2910/_/1982_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup/player-leaders.html Player Leaders Sort by: POSITIONS:All POINTS PER GAME : ALL ROUNDS.]
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