1986 World Basketball Championship

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FIBA World Championship 1986
10th basketball world championship
Number of nations 24
World Champion United StatesUnited States United States (2nd title)
venue SpainSpain Spain
Opening game 5th July 1986
Endgame July 19, 1986

The 10th World Basketball Championships the men took from 5 July to 19 July 1986 in Spain instead. The 24 teams played in Barcelona , Ferrol , Madrid , Málaga , Oviedo , Saragossa and Tenerife .

Qualifying round 1

In the first qualifying round, Group A played in Saragossa , Group B in Ferrol , Group C in Málaga and Group D in Tenerife .

Qualifying round 2

Group E - Barcelona

team Pts G P PF Pc Dif
1. Soviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union  10 5 0 546 441 +105
2. BrazilBrazil 1968Brazil  9 4th 1 491 435 +56
3. SpainSpainSpain  8th 3 2 414 402 +12
4. IsraelIsraelIsrael  7th 2 3 422 405 +17
5. CubaCubaCuba  6th 1 4th 399 460 −61
6. GreeceGreeceGreece  5 0 5 419 459 −40

Group F - Oviedo

team Pts G P PF Pc Dif
1. United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  9 4th 1 409 349 +69
2. YugoslaviaYugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia  9 4th 1 438 375 +63
3. ItalyItalyItaly  9 4th 1 405 431 −26
4. CanadaCanadaCanada  7th 2 3 422 412 +10
5. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina  7th 1 4th 391 411 −20
6. People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  5 0 5 411 503 −92

Final rounds - Madrid

Classification round

SpainSpain Spain 100-80 CanadaCanada Canada
ItalyItaly Italy 100-78 IsraelIsrael Israel
GreeceGreece Greece 102-88 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 78-78 CubaCuba Cuba
Seats 9 + 10
CubaCuba Cuba 85-81 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Seats 7 + 8
IsraelIsrael Israel 97-84 CanadaCanada Canada
Places 5 + 6
SpainSpain Spain 87-69 ItalyItaly Italy

Semifinals

Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 91-90 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
United StatesUnited States United States 96-80 Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil

Places 3 + 4

Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 117-91 Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil

final

United StatesUnited States United States 87-85 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union

Final results

  1. United StatesUnited States United States
  2. Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
  4. Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil
  5. SpainSpain Spain
  6. ItalyItaly Italy
  7. IsraelIsrael Israel
  8. CanadaCanada Canada
  9. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  10. GreeceGreece Greece
  11. CubaCuba Cuba
  12. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina

Other participants:

For the first time, the German men will qualify for participation in the World Cup, which will take place in Spain with 24 nations from July 5th to 20th. The German team plays in the preliminary round group Málaga, wins against China 81:80 and against the Ivory Coast 88:70, loses against Puerto Rico 69:81, against Italy 76:85 and against the USA 68:81. Due to the poorer basket ratio, the German team is eliminated.