From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
1994 FIBA World Championship
1994 edition of the FIBA World Championship
1994 edition of the FIBA World Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FIBA World Championship |
| year | 1994 |
| other_titles | *FIBA Championnat du monde de basket-ball masculin 1994* |
| image | FIBA 1994 Logo.png |
| city | Toronto |
| Hamilton | |
| country | Canada |
| dates | August 4–14 |
| opened | Ray Hnatyshyn |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | SkyDome |
| Maple Leaf Gardens | |
| Copps Coliseum | |
| champion | United States |
| count | 3 |
| second | Russia |
| third | Croatia |
| fourth | Greece |
| games | 64 |
| mvp | USA Shaquille O'Neal |
| top_scorer | AUS Andrew Gaze |
| (23.9 points per game) | |
| prevseason | [1990](1990-fiba-world-championship) |
| nextseason | [1998](1998-fiba-world-championship) |
1994 FIBA World Championship for Men
Hamilton Maple Leaf Gardens Copps Coliseum (23.9 points per game) The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but after United Nations 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 "Dream Team II", who beat Russia 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 Croatia who beat Greece 78–60 in the bronze-medal game.
Venues
Three stadia were used during the tournament:
| Toronto | Hamilton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyDome | Maple Leaf Gardens | |||||
| Capacity: **28,708** | Capacity: **16,538** | |||||
| [[Image:Toronto - ON - Rogers Centre (Nacht).jpg | 150px]] | [[Image:Maple Leaf Gardens Raptors vs Bucks 14 February 1997.jpg | 150px]] | |||
| {{Location map+ | Canada Southern Ontario | width=450 | float=center | caption= | places= |
Qualification
There were 16 teams taking part in the 1994 World Cup of Basketball. After the 1992 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 1994 World Cup.
- Host nation: 1 berth
- 1992 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone.
- FIBA Oceania: 3 teams competing for 1 berth
- FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths
- FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths
- FIBA Africa: 9 teams competing for 2 berths
- FIBA Asia: 18 teams competing for 2 berths
Qualified teams
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Teams qualified | Total | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | – | 1 | ||||
| 1992 Olympic men's basketball tournament | July 26–August 8, 1992 | ESP Barcelona | 1 | |||
| [1993 FIBA Oceania Championship](1993-fiba-oceania-championship) | June 7–10, 1993 | NZL Auckland | 1 | |||
| EuroBasket 1993 | June 22–July 4, 1993 | GER Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich | 5 | |||
| [1993 Tournament of the Americas](1993-tournament-of-the-americas) | August 28–September 5, 1993 | PUR San Juan | 4 | |||
| FIBA Africa Championship 1993 | September 18–28, 1993 | KEN Nairobi | 2 | |||
| [1993 ABC Championship](1993-abc-championship) | November 12–21, 1993 | INA Jakarta | 2 | |||
| * |
- withdrew from the tournament, replaced them.
Draw
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|
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
||**** |75||71 ||**** |69||54 ||**** |76||69 || |67|****|75
Semifinals
Fifteenth place playoff
Thirteenth place playoff
9th–12th classification
||**** |90||85 ||**** |85||71 || |65||74 || |93||71
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
5th–8th classification
||**** |95||57||**** |85||82 ||**** |96||83 || |76|****|104
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Final round
||**** |66||64 |||58||97 |||91||137 ||**** |78||60
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards
| MVP |
|---|
| USA Shaquille O'Neal |
All-Tournament Team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team
- Russia Sergei Bazarevich
- USA Reggie Miller
- USA Shawn Kemp
- Croatia Dino Rađa
- USA Shaquille O'Neal — MVP
O'Neal, who had a sponsorship deal with Pepsi, declined to accept the MVP award and sent Shawn Kemp in his stead as the award, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola, was a bottle of Coke encased in glass atop a wooden base.
Top scorers (ppg)
Source:
- Australia Andrew Gaze 23.9
- Croatia Dino Rađa 22.4
- Croatia Arijan Komazec 19.4
- South Korea Hur Jae 19.4
- Brazil Paolo de Almeida 19.4
- South Korea Moon Kyung-Eun 19
- Cuba Richard Matienzo 18.8
- USA Shaquille O'Neal 18
- Argentina Marcelo Nicola 17.7
- USA Reggie Miller 17.1
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | |||||||||||||||
| 6–2 | |||||||||||||||
| 7–1 | |||||||||||||||
| 4–4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5–3 | |||||||||||||||
| 3–5 | |||||||||||||||
| 4–4 | |||||||||||||||
| 2–6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5–3 | |||||||||||||||
| 5–3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2–6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5–3 | |||||||||||||||
| 3–5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1–7 | |||||||||||||||
| 3–5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1–7 |
References
References
- [[The New York Times]], [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/15/sports/basketball-dream-team-ends-its-sequel-predictably.html BASKETBALL; Dream Team Ends Its Sequel Predictably]
- ''The New York Times'', [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/06/sports/sports-of-the-times-toronto-dream-team-the-world.html Sports of The Times; Toronto, Dream Team, The World]
- "Why Can Pros Complete in International Events".
- (15 August 1994). "Soda wars fizzle as O'Neal declines to accept award". [[The Orlando Sentinel]].
- "USAB: A Look Back at the USA Men's 1994 World Championship Gold Medal".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090907193132/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/cid/WMM/sid/2913/_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html Statistics]
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about 1994 FIBA World Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report