# 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italian: 1987 Campionato del mondo FIBA Under 19) was the 3rd edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Bormio, Italy from 29 July to 5 August 1987. Yugoslavia won their first and only U19 championship representing Yugoslavia, after beating the defending champions United States 86–76 in the final. Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.
Several players who played at the tournament have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including Vlade Divac and Toni Kukoč, and coach Svetislav Pešić, while Gary Payton, Dino Rađa, Kukoč, and Divac are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

## Venue

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| Bormio | Province of Sondrio |
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## Qualification

* Defending World Champions
* Host country
| FIBA Americas (4) | FIBA Europe (4) | FIBA Asia (2) | FIBA Africa (1) | FIBA Oceania (1) |
| United States | Italy | China | Nigeria | Australia |
| Brazil | Soviet Union | Chinese Taipei | | |
| Canada | West Germany | | | |
| Puerto Rico | Yugoslavia | | | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 587 | 429 | +158 | 10 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 486 | 402 | +84 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 456 | 499 | −43 | 8 | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 435 | 420 | +15 | 7 | |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 390 | 388 | +2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 378 | 494 | −116 | 5 | |

#### Matches

* 29 July 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 79–105 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 35–56, 44–49 |||
| Pts: Odaudu 23 | | Pts: Vlahov 18 |
* Bormio
* 29 July 1987 15:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 126–79 | China |
| Scoring by half: 66–39, 60–40 |||
| Pts: Rađa 19 | | Pts: Song 19 |
* Bormio
* 29 July 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 109–89 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51–33, 58–56 |||
| Pts: Huery 20 | | Pts: Borges 23 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 82–126 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 40–73, 42–53 |||
| Pts: Garba 29 | | Pts: Rađa 19 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 101–91 | China |
| Scoring by half: 45–55, 56–36 |||
| Pts: Muñoz 25 | | Pts: Chen 28 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 84–80 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 44–34, 40–46 |||
| Pts: Thompson, Simmons, Williams 14 | | Pts: Heal 21 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 77–76 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 45–46, 32–30 |||
| Pts: Rolon, Bocachica 16 | | Pts: Garba 34 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 73–86 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 39–45, 34–41 |||
| Pts: Bradtke 11 | | Pts: Rađa 23 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 15:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 100–50 | China |
| Scoring by half: 44–27, 56–23 |||
| Pts: Simmons 19 | | Pts: Song 14 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| China | 88–68 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 41–32, 47–36 |||
| Pts: Song 25 | | Pts: Garba 18 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 84–89 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44 |||
| Pts: Bradtke 18 | | Pts: Muñoz 28 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 95–110 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 42–52, 53–58 |||
| Pts: Simmons 20 | | Pts: Kukoč 37 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| China | 82–93 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 40–47, 42–46 |||
| Pts: Chen, Zheng 24 | | Pts: Bradtke 24 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 139–100 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 62–40, 77–60 |||
| Pts: Pecarski 22 | | Pts: Borges 19 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 98–73 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 55–33, 43–40 |||
| Pts: Simmons 14 | | Pts: Garba 18 |
* Bormio

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 453 | 393 | +60 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 392 | 417 | −25 | 8 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 381 | 333 | +48 | 8 | |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 426 | 380 | +46 | 8 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 426 | 435 | −9 | 7 | |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 5 | 356 | 476 | −120 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

#### Matches

* 29 July 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 76–102 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49 |||
| Pts: Cheng 19 | | Pts: Rusconi 26 |
* Bormio
* 29 July 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 88–82 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 39–39, 49–43 |||
| Pts: Rödl 26 | | Pts: Johnson 19 |
* Bormio
* 29 July 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 64–89 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 32–38, 32–51 |||
| Pts: Bavaresco 19 | | Pts: Orekhov 18 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 67–87 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 28–34, 39–53 |||
| Pts: Kleine-Brockhoff 16 | | Pts: Niccolai 17 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 78–94 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 46–52, 32–42 |||
| Pts: Lii 23 | | Pts: Bavaresco 19 |
* Bormio
* 30 July 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 65–76 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 34–37, 31–39 |||
| Pts: Stewart 14 | | Pts: Vētra 21 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 102–97 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 54–50, 48–47 |||
| Pts: Aldi 21 | | Pts: Bernardini 27 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 107–60 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 50–30, 57–30 |||
| Pts: G. McKay 30 | | Pts: Lii 13 |
* Bormio
* 31 July 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 67–66 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 35–39, 32–27 |||
| Pts: Harnisch 18 | | Pts: Babkov 16 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 15:00
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 77–97 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 44–46, 33–51 |||
| Pts: Harnisch 21 | | Pts: Bavaresco 22 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 82–83 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 37–42, 45–41 |||
| Pts: Gentile, Rusconi 21 | | Pts: Jackson 13 |
* Bormio
* 1 August 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 80–57 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 39–33, 41–24 |||
| Pts: Babkov 19 | | Pts: Chu 18 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 74–89 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 30–34, 44–55 |||
| Pts: Bavaresco 27 | | Pts: Jackson 17 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 15:00
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 93–85 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40 |||
| Pts: Harnisch 27 | | Pts: Cheng 28 |
* Bormio
* 2 August 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 70–80 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 34–43, 36–37 |||
| Pts: Meleshenko 22 | | Pts: Niccolai 24 |
* Bormio

## Final round
### Classification 5th-12th
#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5th-8th Semifinals | 5th-8th Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| Puerto Rico | 89 |
| Puerto Rico | 89 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Canada | 96 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Canada | 96 | Canada | 68 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | Canada | 68 |
| 3 August | 3 August | Australia | 74 |
| Soviet Union | 76 | Australia | 74 |
| Australia | 78 | | |
| Australia | 78 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 August | 4 August |
| | | Puerto Rico | 86 |
| | | Soviet Union | 100 |

#### 5th-8th Semifinals

* 3 August 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 89–96 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42 |||
| Pts: Borges 23 | | Pts: Johnson 22 |
* Bormio
* 3 August 1987 19:00
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 76–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 45–41, 31–37 |||
| Pts: Meleshenko 14 | | Pts: Vlahov 26 |
* Bormio

##### 9–12th place bracket

| 9th-12th Semifinals | 9th-12th Semifinals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| China | 93 |
| China | 93 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Chinese Taipei | 77 | 4 August | 4 August |
| Chinese Taipei | 77 | China | 98 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | China | 98 |
| 3 August | 3 August | Brazil | 85 |
| Brazil | 79 | Brazil | 85 |
| Nigeria | 67 | | |
| Nigeria | 67 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 4 August | 4 August |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 90 |
| | | Nigeria | 81 |

#### 9th-12th Semifinals

* 3 August 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| China | 93–77 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 52–36, 41–41 |||
| Pts: Song 26 | | Pts: Lii 23 |
* Bormio
* 3 August 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 79–67 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by half: 50–48, 29–19 |||
| Pts: Manna 26 | | Pts: Garba 20 |
* Bormio

### 11th place game

* 4 August 1987 10:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 81–90 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53 |||
| Pts: Garba 35 | | Pts: Cheng 32 |
* Bormio

### 9th place game

* 4 August 1987 12:00
* Boxscore
| China | 98–85 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 51–45, 47–40 |||
| Pts: Zheng 34 | | Pts: Bavaresco 23 |
* Bormio

### 7th place game

* 4 August 1987 22:00
* Boxscore
| Canada | 68–74 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 36–37, 32–37 |||
| Pts: J. McKay 16 | | Pts: Stelzer 21 |
* Bormio

### 5th place game

* 4 August 1987 15:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 86–100 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50 |||
| Pts: Muñoz 23 | | Pts: Vētra 19 |
* Bormio

### Semifinals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 4 August | 4 August |
| Yugoslavia | 89 |
| Yugoslavia | 89 | 5 August | 5 August |
| West Germany | 64 | 5 August | 5 August |
| West Germany | 64 | Yugoslavia | 86 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Yugoslavia | 86 |
| 4 August | 4 August | United States | 76 |
| Italy | 84 | United States | 76 |
| United States | 89 | | |
| United States | 89 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 August | 5 August |
| | | West Germany | 66 |
| | | Italy | 77 |
Source: FIBA Archive
* 4 August 1987 17:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 89–84 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40 |||
| Pts: Thompson 25 | | Pts: Tolotti 21 |
* Bormio
* 4 August 1987 20:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 89–64 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 46–28, 43–36 |||
| Pts: Kukoč 20 | | Pts: Harnisch 13 |
* Bormio

### Bronze medal match

* 5 August 1987 16:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 77–66 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 40–26, 37–40 |||
| Pts: Pessina 16 | | Pts: Rödl 18 |
* Bormio

### Final

* 5 August 1987 18:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 86–76 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 40–43, 46–33 |||
| Pts: Divac 21 | | Pts: Pritchard 15 |
* Bormio

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Yugoslavia | 7–0 |
| | United States | 5–2 |
| | Italy | 5–2 |
| 4th | West Germany | 3–4 |
| 5th | Australia | 4–3 |
| 6th | Canada | 4–3 |
| 7th | Soviet Union | 4–3 |
| 8th | Puerto Rico | 3–4 |
| 9th | China | 3–4 |
| 10th | Brazil | 3–4 |
| 11th | Chinese Taipei | 1–6 |
| 12th | Nigeria | 0–7 |
Source: FIBA Archive

## Medal rosters

4 Zoran Kalpić, 5 Luka Pavićević, 6 Nebojša Ilić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Miroslav Pecarski, 9 Teoman Alibegović, 10 Aleksandar Đorđević, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Vlade Divac, 13 Radenko Dobraš, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Slaviša Koprivica (Head coach: Svetislav Pešić)
4 Kevin Pritchard, 5 Larry Johnson, 6 Gary Payton, 7 Stephen Thompson, 8 LaBradford Smith, 9 Lionel Simmons, 10 Scott Williams, 11 Stacey Augmon, 12 Robert Brickey, 13 Ron Huery, 14 Dwayne Schintzius, 15 Brian Williams (Head coach: Larry Brown)
4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Nando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 Massimiliano Aldi, 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 Andrea Niccolai, 10 Michele Zeno, 11 Davide Pessina, 12 Alberto Ballestra, 13 Gustavo Tolotti, 14 Giovanni Savio, 15 Gennaro Palmieri (Head coach: ?)

## Awards

* 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
* Yugoslavia First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Toni Kukoč