# 1994 FIBA World Championship

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 | Toronto | Hamilton |
| SkyDome | Maple Leaf Gardens | Copps Coliseum |
| Capacity: 28,708 | Capacity: 16,538 | Capacity: 18,436 |
| SkyDomeMaple Leaf GardensCopps Coliseum |||

## 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 |
| Host | – | | 1 | Canada |
| 1992 Olympic men's basketball tournament | July 26–August 8, 1992 | Barcelona | 1 | United States |
| 1993 FIBA Oceania Championship | June 7–10, 1993 | Auckland | 1 | Australia |
| EuroBasket 1993 | June 22–July 4, 1993 | Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich | 5 | Germany Russia Croatia Greece Spain |
| 1993 Tournament of the Americas | August 28–September 5, 1993 | San Juan | 4 | Puerto Rico Argentina Brazil Cuba |
| FIBA Africa Championship 1993 | September 18–28, 1993 | Nairobi | 2 | Angola Egypt |
| 1993 ABC Championship | November 12–21, 1993 | Jakarta | 2 | China North Korea South Korea * |
| Total | | | 16 | |
* North Korea withdrew from the tournament, South Korea replaced them.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Brazil  China  Spain  United States | Australia  Croatia  Cuba  South Korea | Angola  Argentina  Canada  Russia | Germany  Greece  Egypt  Puerto Rico |

## Preliminary round

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

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 352 | 259 | +93 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 301 | −49 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 249 | 260 | −11 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 275 | −33 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* August 4
| China | 97–93 (OT) | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 38-30, 39-47 Overtime: 20-16 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 4
| United States | 115–100 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 59-51, 56-49 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 5
| Brazil | 67–73 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 36-30, 31-43 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 5
| United States | 132–77 | China |
| Scoring by half: 71-38, 61-39 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 7
| Spain | 76–78 | China |
| Scoring by half: 46-31, 30-47 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 7
| United States | 105–82 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 48-36, 57-46 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 187 | +85 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 255 | −6 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 257 | −13 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 283 | −66 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* August 4
| Croatia | 85–65 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 45-27, 40-38 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 4
| Australia | 87–85 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 59-44, 28-41 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 5
| Croatia | 104–53 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 52-30, 52-23 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 5
| Cuba | 87–93 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 42-42, 45-51 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 6
| Cuba | 92–79 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 46-44, 46-35 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 6
| Croatia | 83–69 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 43-39, 40-30 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 187 | +64 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Canada (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 198 | +42 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 234 | −30 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 244 | −76 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* August 4
| Canada | 83–52 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 39-30, 44-22 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 4
| Russia | 84–64 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 38-31, 46-33 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 5
| Canada | 91–73 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 30-30, 61-43 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 5
| Russia | 94–57 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 46-21, 48-36 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 6
| Argentina | 67–59 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 36-34, 31-25 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 6
| Russia | 73–66 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 36-41, 37-25 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 183 | +18 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 219 | +29 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 198 | +19 | 5 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 249 | −66 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.02 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (1.01 GAvg), Germany 1–1 (0.98 GAvg)
* August 4
| Puerto Rico | 102–74 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 48-35, 54-39 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 4
| Greece | 68–58 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 31-35, 37-23 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 5
| Greece | 69–53 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 37-28, 32-25 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 5
| Puerto Rico | 74–81 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 42-41, 32-40 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 7
| Puerto Rico | 72–64 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 35-39, 37-25 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 7
| Germany | 78–56 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 39-28, 39-28 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto

## Quarterfinal round

The top two finishers from Groups I and II advance to the final round.

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 375 | 251 | +124 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 298 | 272 | +26 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 314 | −70 | 4 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 249 | 329 | −80 | 3 | 5th–8th classification round |
* August 9
| Russia | 101–85 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51-47, 50-38 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 9
| United States | 130–74 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 62-48, 68-26 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 10
| Australia | 76–103 | Russia |
| Scoring by half: 30-55, 46-48 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 10
| Puerto Rico | 83–134 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 25-62, 58-72 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 11
| Australia | 94–81 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51-41, 43-40 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 12
| United States | 111–94 | Russia |
| Scoring by half: 52-44, 59-50 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 278 | 189 | +89 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 213 | −7 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Canada (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 224 | −2 | 4 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 272 | −80 | 3 | 5th–8th classification round |
* August 8
| Croatia | 105–73 | China |
| Scoring by half: 61-41, 44-32 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto
* August 8
| Greece | 74–71 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 40-34, 34-37 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 10
| Canada | 61–92 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 30-45, 31-47 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 10
| China | 61–77 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 30-35, 31-42 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 11
| China | 58–90 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 37-43, 21-47 |||
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
* August 12
| Croatia | 81–55 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 38-29, 43-26 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto

## 9th–16th classification
### Quarterfinal round
#### Group III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 179 | +85 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 221 | +45 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 229 | 284 | −55 | 4 | 13th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 274 | −75 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
* August 8
| Spain | 98–57 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 53-39, 45-18 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 8
| Argentina | 91–66 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 52-30, 39-36 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 9
| Egypt | 52–94 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 18-40, 34-54 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 9
| South Korea | 83–105 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 45-50, 38-55 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 11
| Spain | 72–70 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 37-34, 35-36 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 11
| South Korea | 89–81 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 49-34, 40-47 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

#### Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 268 | 226 | +42 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 251 | −15 | 4 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 239 | −14 | 4 | 13th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 239 | −13 | 4 | 13th–16th classification round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Cuba 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), Angola 1–1 (0.98 GAvg)
* August 8
| Cuba | 76–82 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 39-35, 37-47 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 8
| Germany | 86–76 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 32-45, 54-31 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 9
| Angola | 71–75 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 39-38, 32-37 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 9
| Brazil | 76–96 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 49-48, 27-48 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 11
| Cuba | 74–86 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 34-47, 40-39 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 11
| Brazil | 78–79 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 44-52, 34-27 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

### 13th–16th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| South Korea | 75 |
| Angola | 71 | | |
| Angola | 71 | South Korea | 76 |
| | | Egypt | 69 |
| Egypt | 69 | Egypt | 69 |
| Cuba | 54 | | |
| Cuba | 54 | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| | | Angola | 67 |
| | | Cuba | 75 |

#### Semifinals

* August 12
| South Korea | 75–71 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 47-46, 28-25 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 12
| Cuba | 54–69 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 28-34, 26-35 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

#### Fifteenth place playoff

* August 13
| Angola | 67–75 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 38-40, 29-35 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

#### Thirteenth place playoff

* August 13
| South Korea | 76–69 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 41-35, 35-34 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

### 9th–12th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| Spain | 90 |
| Brazil | 85 | | |
| Brazil | 85 | Spain | 65 |
| | | Argentina | 74 |
| Argentina | 85 | Argentina | 74 |
| Germany | 71 | | |
| Germany | 71 | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| | | Brazil | 93 |
| | | Germany | 71 |

#### Semifinals

* August 12
| Spain | 90–85 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 43-34, 47-51 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
* August 12
| Germany | 71–85 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 41-44, 30-41 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

#### Eleventh place playoff

* August 13
| Brazil | 93–71 | Germany |
| Scoring by half: 48-42, 45-29 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

#### Ninth place playoff

* August 13
| Spain | 65–74 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 25-39, 40-35 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

## 5th–8th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| Australia | 95 |
| China | 57 | | |
| China | 57 | Australia | 96 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 83 |
| Puerto Rico | 85 | Puerto Rico | 83 |
| Canada | 82 | | |
| Canada | 82 | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | China | 76 |
| | | Canada | 104 |

### Semifinals

* August 13
| Australia | 95–57 | China |
| Scoring by half: 44-27, 51-30 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto
* August 13
| Canada | 82–85 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 47-48, 35-37 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto

### Seventh place playoff

* August 14
| China | 76–104 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 41-51, 35-53 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

### Fifth place playoff

* August 14
| Australia | 96–83 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 57-47, 39-36 |||
* Copps Coliseum, Hamilton

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 66 |
| Croatia | 64 | | |
| Croatia | 64 | Russia | 91 |
| | | United States | 137 |
| Greece | 58 | United States | 137 |
| United States | 97 | | |
| United States | 97 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | Croatia | 78 |
| | | Greece | 60 |

### Semifinals

* August 13
| United States | 97–58 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 40-30, 57-28 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto
* August 13
| Croatia | 64–66 | Russia |
| Scoring by half: 22-31, 42-35 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto

### Third place playoff

* August 14
| Greece | 60–78 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 32-36, 28-42 |||
* SkyDome, Toronto

### Final

* August 14 16:00
* Box
| United States | 137–91 | Russia |
| Scoring by half: 73–40, 64–51 |||
| Pts: Wilkins 20 Rebs: Johnson 11 Asts: Dumars, Price 5 | | Pts: Babkov 22 Rebs: Kisurin 7 Asts: Bazarevich 7 |
* SkyDome, Toronto Attendance: 32.616 Referees: Wiesław Zych (POL), Isaac Glass (URU)

## Awards

* 1994 FIBA World Championship winner
* United States Third title
* MVP
* Shaquille O'Neal

### All-Tournament Team

* Sergei Bazarevich
* Reggie Miller
* Shawn Kemp
* Dino Rađa
* 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:
* Andrew Gaze 23.9
* Dino Rađa 22.4
* Arijan Komazec 19.4
* Hur Jae 19.4
* Paolo de Almeida 19.4
* Moon Kyung-Eun 19
* Richard Matienzo 18.8
* Shaquille O'Neal 18
* Marcelo Nicola 17.7
* Reggie Miller 17.1

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | United States | 8–0 |
| | Russia | 6–2 |
| | Croatia | 7–1 |
| 4 | Greece | 4–4 |
| 5 | Australia | 5–3 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 3–5 |
| 7 | Canada | 4–4 |
| 8 | China | 2–6 |
| 9 | Argentina | 5–3 |
| 10 | Spain | 5–3 |
| 11 | Brazil | 2–6 |
| 12 | Germany | 5–3 |
| 13 | South Korea | 3–5 |
| 14 | Egypt | 1–7 |
| 15 | Cuba | 3–5 |
| 16 | Angola | 1–7 |