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1986 FIBA World Championship

1986 edition of the FIBA World Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	FIBA World Championship
year	1986
other_titles	FIBA Mundobasket Campeonato 1986
image	1986 FIBA World Championship.jpg
size	200px
country	Spain
opened	Juan Carlos I
dates	5–20 July
num_teams	24
confederations	5
venues	7
cities	7
champion	United States
count	2
second	Soviet Union
third	Yugoslavia
fourth	Brazil
fourth-flagvar	1968
games	90
mvp	YUG Dražen Petrović
top_scorer	GRE Nikos Galis
(33.7 points per game)
prevseason	[1982](1982-fiba-world-championship)
nextseason	[1990](1990-fiba-world-championship)

| fourth-flagvar = 1968 (33.7 points per game) 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. 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.

Venues

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Classification and Final phase	Zaragoza	Málaga	Tenerife
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
[[File:Palacio de Deportes de Zaragoza.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Polideportivo A Malata.JPG	150px]]			[[Image:Barcelona Teatre Musical - (Catalonia).jpg	150px]]	[[Image:Palacio de Deportes (Madrid) 02.jpg	150px]]

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Withdrawn

Squads

Main article: 1986 FIBA World Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Semifinal round

Group 1

Group 2

9th–12th classification

||**** |102||88 ||**** |93||78 || |111 |**** |112 || |81 |****|85

Semifinals

Eleventh place playoff

Ninth place playoff

5th–8th classification

||**** |100||80 ||**** |100||78 ||**** |87||69 |||84|****|97

Semifinals

Seventh place playoff

Fifth place playoff

Final round

||**** |96||80 ||**** (OT)|91||90 ||**** |87||85 |||91|****|117

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Final

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WD
	9–1
	9–1
	8–2
	6–4
	8–2
	7–3
	5–5
	5–5
	4–6
	4–6
	4–6
	5–5
	3–2
	2–3
	2–3
	2–3
	2–3
	2–3
	1–4
	1–4
	1–4
	0–5
	0–5
	0–5

MVP
Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović

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)

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

References

"Palacio de Deportes – Madrid".
(1 May 1986). "Close watch on cagers - World Cup selection based on performances in tournament". New Straits Times.
The Philippines, despite being the [[1985 ABC Championship. Asian Champions]], withdrew from the competition citing lack of funds to send a team. Malaysia was named as their replacement.

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