1994 World Basketball Championship
FIBA World Championship 1994 | |
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12th basketball world championship | |
Number of nations | 16 |
World Champion | United States (3rd title) |
venue | Canada |
Opening game | 4th August 1994 |
Endgame | August 14, 1994 |
The 12th World Basketball Championships the men took from 4 to 14 August 1994 in Hamilton and Toronto in Canada instead. Originally it was supposed to take place in Belgrade .
Qualifying round 1
German games
- 5 wins (Puerto Rico 81:74, Egypt 78:56, Angola 86:76, Brazil 96:76 and Cuba 86:74) and
- 3 defeats (Greece 58:68, Argentina 71:85 and Brazil 71:93)
Final rounds
Semifinals
Russia | 66-64 | Croatia |
United States | 97-58 | Greece |
Places 3 and 4
Croatia | 78-60 | Greece |
final
United States | 137-91 | Russia |
The USA-Dream Team confidently defeated Team Russia in the final with 137: 91. The game will take place in front of 32,616 spectators at the Sky Dome in Toronto.
Tournament tree
Semifinals | final | |||||
August 13, 1994 | ||||||
Russia | 66 | |||||
Croatia | 64 | |||||
August 14, 1994 | ||||||
United States | 137 | |||||
Russia | 91 | |||||
3rd place match | ||||||
August 13, 1994 | August 14, 1994 | |||||
United States | 97 | Croatia | 78 | |||
Greece | 58 | Greece | 60 |
Final results
1. United States |
2. Russia |
3. Croatia |
4. Greece |
5. Australia |
6. Puerto Rico |
7. Canada |
8. People's Republic of China |
9. Argentina |
10. Spain |
11. Brazil |
12. Germany |
13. South Korea |
14. Egypt |
15. Cuba |
16. Angola |