# 1990 FIBA World Championship

The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.
Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Likewise, the Soviet Union participated in its final tournament before its dissolution.
This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate.
The mascot was a ñandu named ''Ñandy''

## Venues

| Group | City | Arena | Capacity | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Final round | Buenos Aires | Luna Park | 16,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Group D | Córdoba | Pabellón Verde Complejo Ferial | 4,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Group B | Rosario | Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys | 10,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Classification Round | Salta | Polideportivo Delmi | 3,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Group A | Santa Fe | Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe | 5,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |
| Group C | Villa Ballester | Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia | 2,000 | Buenos AiresCórdobaRosarioSaltaSanta FeVilla Ballester |

## Qualification

There were 16 teams taking part in the 1990 World Cup of Basketball.
* Host nation: 1 berth
* FIBA Americas: 12 teams competing for 5 berths
* FIBA Europe: 8 teams competing for 5 berths
* FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berths
* FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 2 berths
* FIBA Africa: 11 teams competing for 2 berths

### Qualified teams

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Teams qualified |
| Host | – | | 1 | Argentina |
| 1989 Tournament of the Americas | June 8–18, 1989 | Mexico City | 5 | Puerto Rico United States Brazil Venezuela Canada |
| EuroBasket 1989 | June 20–25, 1989 | Zagreb | 5 | Yugoslavia Greece Soviet Union Italy Spain |
| 1989 FIBA Oceania Championship | August 28–September 3, 1989 | Sydney | 1 | Australia |
| 1989 ABC Championship | September 15–24, 1989 | Beijing | 2 | China South Korea |
| FIBA Africa Championship 1989 | December 16–27, 1989 | Luanda | 2 | Angola Egypt |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Angola  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  Yugoslavia | Australia  Brazil  China  Italy | Greece  South Korea  Spain  United States | Argentina  Canada  Egypt  Soviet Union |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 248 | 224 | +24 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 259 | 245 | +14 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 257 | −16 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 3 | 231 | 253 | −22 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* 8 August
| Yugoslavia | 92–84 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by half: 53-43, 39-41 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
* 8 August
| Puerto Rico | 78–75 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 42-37, 36-38 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
* 9 August
| Puerto Rico | 88–74 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by half: 49-41, 39-33 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
* 9 August
| Yugoslavia | 92–79 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 48-28, 44-51 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
* 10 August
| Venezuela | 83–77 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 49-35, 34-42 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe
* 10 August
| Yugoslavia | 75–82 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 56-39, 19-43 |||
* Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Santa Fe

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 331 | 273 | +58 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 227 | +39 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 318 | 290 | +28 | 5 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 256 | 359 | −103 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.08 GAvg), Australia 1–1 (0.98 GAvg), Italy 1–1 (0.95 GAvg)
* 8 August
| Australia | 108–65 | China |
| Scoring by half: 56-45, 52-20 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario
* 8 August
| Brazil | 125–109 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 66-48, 59-61 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario
* 9 August
| Australia | 89–94 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 49-44, 40-50 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario
* 9 August
| Brazil | 138–95 | China |
| Scoring by half: 78-45, 60-50 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario
* 10 August
| Italy | 115–76 | China |
| Scoring by half: 62-39, 53-37 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario
* 10 August
| Brazil | 68–69 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 32-29, 36-40 |||
* Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 344 | 247 | +97 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 316 | 272 | +44 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 308 | 298 | +10 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 244 | 395 | −151 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* 8 August
| United States | 103–95 (OT) | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 45-56, 44-33 Overtime: 14-6 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
* 8 August
| Spain | 130–101 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 67-43, 63-58 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
* 9 August
| United States | 146–67 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 70-33, 76-34 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
* 9 August
| Spain | 93–102 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 47-54, 46-48 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
* 10 August
| Greece | 119–76 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 79-21, 40-55 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester
* 10 August
| United States | 95–85 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 51-43, 44-42 |||
* Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia, Villa Ballester

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 289 | 234 | +55 | 6 | Quarterfinal round |
| 2 | Argentina (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 250 | +5 | 5 | Quarterfinal round |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 254 | −2 | 4 | 9th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 267 | −58 | 3 | 9th–16th classification round |
* 8 August
| Soviet Union | 97–77 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 44-33, 53-44 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina
* 8 August
| Canada | 83–68 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 38-34, 45-34 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina
* 9 August
| Canada | 88–96 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 49-44, 39-52 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina
* 9 August
| Soviet Union | 102–76 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 57-42, 45-34 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina
* 10 August
| Soviet Union | 90–81 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 43-31, 47-50 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina
* 10 August
| Argentina | 82–65 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 40-41, 42-24 |||
* Polideportivo Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina

## 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 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 234 | +28 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 259 | +3 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 259 | −7 | 4 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 4 | Argentina (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 267 | 291 | −24 | 3 | 5th–8th classification round |
* 13 August
| Puerto Rico | 89–79 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 42-38, 47-41 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 13 August
| United States | 104–100 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 58-42, 46-58 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 14 August
| Australia | 78–79 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 42-38, 36-41 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 14 August
| Puerto Rico | 92–76 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 50-46, 42-30 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 15 August
| Puerto Rico | 81–79 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 48-45, 33-34 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 15 August
| Australia | 95–91 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 45-40, 50-52 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 230 | +52 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 257 | +5 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 240 | −13 | 4 | 5th–8th classification round |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 274 | 318 | −44 | 3 | 5th–8th classification round |
* 13 August
| Greece | 57–75 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 40-37, 17-38 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 13 August
| Yugoslavia | 105–86 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 52-41, 53-45 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 14 August
| Yugoslavia | 100–77 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 42-37, 58-40 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 14 August
| Brazil | 88–103 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 40-54, 48-49 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 15 August
| Yugoslavia | 77–67 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 36-32, 41-35 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 15 August
| Brazil | 100–110 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 53-55, 47-55 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 359 | 261 | +98 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 305 | 319 | −14 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 277 | 317 | −40 | 4 | 13th–16th classification round |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 261 | 305 | −44 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
* 13 August
| Spain | 107–73 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 56-36, 51-37 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 13 August
| Venezuela | 100–96 | China |
| Scoring by half: 56-52, 44-44 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 14 August
| China | 86–130 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 41-64, 45-66 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 14 August
| Venezuela | 103–101 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 50-59, 53-42 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 15 August
| Venezuela | 102–122 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 60-61, 42-61 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 15 August
| China | 95–87 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 45-33, 50-54 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

#### Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 319 | 259 | +60 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 285 | 376 | −91 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 284 | 261 | +23 | 4 | 13th–16th classification round |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 279 | 351 | −72 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
* 13 August
| South Korea | 86–124 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 49-52, 37-72 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 13 August
| Angola | 78–86 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 30-51, 48-35 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 14 August
| Italy | 123–100 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 54-51, 69-49 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 14 August
| Angola | 80–82 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 40-40, 40-42 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 15 August
| Italy | 110–81 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 49-42, 61-39 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 15 August
| Angola | 104–93 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 58-45, 46-48 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

### 13th–16th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| Angola | 83 |
| Egypt | 70 | | |
| Egypt | 70 | Angola | 112 |
| | | China | 96 |
| China | 122 | China | 96 |
| South Korea | 100 | | |
| South Korea | 100 | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| | | Egypt | 115 |
| | | South Korea | 117 |

#### Semifinals

* 17 August
| China | 122–100 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 63-52, 59-48 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 17 August
| Angola | 83–70 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 55-36, 28-34 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

#### Fifteenth place playoff

* 18 August
| South Korea | 117–115 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 52-58, 65-57 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

#### Thirteenth place playoff

* 19 August
| China | 96–112 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 43-58, 53-54 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

### 9th–12th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| Italy | 108 |
| Venezuela | 100 | | |
| Venezuela | 100 | Italy | 86 |
| | | Spain | 83 |
| Spain | 84 | Spain | 83 |
| Canada | 75 | | |
| Canada | 75 | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| | | Venezuela | 93 |
| | | Canada | 92 |

#### Semifinals

* 17 August
| Spain | 84–75 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 47-37, 37-38 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta
* 17 August
| Italy | 108–100 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by half: 57-33, 51-67 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

#### Eleventh place playoff

* 18 August
| Canada | 92–93 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by half: 48-44, 44-49 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

#### Ninth place playoff

* 19 August
| Spain | 83–106 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 39-50, 44-56 |||
* Polideportivo Delmi, Salta

## 5th–8th classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| Australia | 93 |
| Brazil | 100 | | |
| Brazil | 100 | Brazil | 97 |
| | | Greece | 94 |
| Greece | 81 | Greece | 94 |
| Argentina | 78 | | |
| Argentina | 78 | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | Australia | 98 |
| | | Argentina | 84 |

### Semifinals

* 17 August
| Australia | 93–100 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 48-45, 45-55 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 17 August
| Greece | 81–78 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 38-42, 43-36 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

### Seventh place playoff

* 18 August
| Australia | 98–84 | Argentina |
| Scoring by half: 56-40, 42-44 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

### Fifth place playoff

* 19 August
| Brazil | 97–94 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 55-55, 42-39 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Puerto Rico | 82 |
| Soviet Union | 98 | | |
| Soviet Union | 98 | Soviet Union | 75 |
| | | Yugoslavia | 92 |
| Yugoslavia | 99 | Yugoslavia | 92 |
| United States | 91 | | |
| United States | 91 | 3rd place game | 3rd place game |
| | | Puerto Rico (OT) | 105 |
| | | United States | 107 |

### Semifinals

* 17 August
| Puerto Rico | 82–98 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 46-50, 36-48 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires
* 17 August
| Yugoslavia | 99–91 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 51-43, 48-48 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

### Third place playoff

* 18 August
| Puerto Rico | 105–107 (OT) | United States |
| Scoring by half: 48-53, 48-43 Overtime: 9-11 |||
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

### Final

* 19 August
| Soviet Union | 75–92 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 34–52, 41–40 |||
| Pts: Vētra, Volkov 15 Rebs: Belostenny 7 Asts: Volkov 4 | | Pts: Paspalj 20 Rebs: Kukoč 7 Asts: Zdovc 5 |
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires

## Final standings

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

## Awards

* 1990 World Championship winner
* Yugoslavia Third title
* MVP
* Toni Kukoč
Team Roster: Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Zoran Čutura, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Jure Zdovc, Željko Obradović, Radisav Ćurčić, Vlade Divac, Arijan Komazec, Zoran Jovanović, and Zoran Savić. Head coach: Dušan Ivković

## All-Tournament Team

* Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
* Toni Kukoč (Yugoslavia)
* Vlade Divac (Yugoslavia)
* Kenny Anderson (USA)
* Fico López (Puerto Rico)

## Top scorers (ppg)

Source:
* Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 34.6
* Antonello Riva (Italy) 30.3
* Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece) 26.0
* Andrew Gaze (Australia) 24.3
* Jordi Villacampa (Spain) 23.0
* Kim Kim (S.Korea) 22.1
* Gabriel Estaba (Venezuela) 21.5
* Wang Fei (China) 19.4
* Kenny Anderson (USA) 18.8
* Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 18.5