1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup | |||||||
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Tournament details | |||||||
Host nation | Italy | ||||||
Dates | July 29–August 5 | ||||||
Teams | 12 (from 5 federations) | ||||||
Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||
Champions | Yugoslavia (1st title) | ||||||
MVP | Toni Kukoč | ||||||
Tournament leaders | |||||||
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Official website | |||||||
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The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italian: 1987 Campionato del mondo FIBA Under 19) was the third edition of the FIBA Under-19 World Cup and was held in Bormio, Italy from July 29 to August 5, 1987. Yugoslavia won their first and only championship (as Yugoslavia) in the tournament after beating the defending champions, the United States, 86–76 in the final.[1] Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.[2]
Several players who played at the tournament have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including Vlade Divac and Toni Kukoč, while Gary Payton, Dino Rađa, Kukoč, and Divac are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Venue[]
Bormio | Province of Sondrio |
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n/a | 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italy) |
Capacity: n/a | |
Qualification[]
Defending World Champions | |
Host country |
FIBA Americas (4) | FIBA Europe (4) | FIBA Asia (2) | FIBA Africa (1) | FIBA Oceania (1) |
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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 |
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1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 587 | 429 | +158 | 10 | Advance to Semifinals |
2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 486 | 402 | +84 | 9 | |
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[]
30 July 1987
20:00 |
United States | 84–80 | Australia |
Scoring by half: 44–34, 40–46 | ||
Pts: Thompson, Simmons, Williams 14 | Pts: Heal 21 |
31 July 1987
10:00 |
Puerto Rico | 77–76 | Nigeria |
Scoring by half: 45–46, 32–30 | ||
Pts: , Bocachica 16 | Pts: 34 |
31 July 1987
12:00 |
Australia | 73–86 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 39–45, 34–41 | ||
Pts: Bradtke 11 | Pts: Rađa 23 |
31 July 1987
15:00 |
United States | 100–50 | China |
Scoring by half: 44–27, 56–23 | ||
Pts: Simmons 19 | Pts: Song 14 |
1 August 1987
12:00 |
Australia | 84–89 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44 | ||
Pts: Bradtke 18 | Pts: 28 |
1 August 1987
12:00 |
United States | 95–110 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 42–52, 53–58 | ||
Pts: Simmons 20 | Pts: Kukoč 37 |
2 August 1987
10:00 |
China | 82–93 | Australia |
Scoring by half: 40–47, 42–46 | ||
Pts: , Zheng 24 | Pts: Bradtke 24 |
2 August 1987
17:00 |
Yugoslavia | 139–100 | Puerto Rico |
Scoring by half: 62–40, 77–60 | ||
Pts: Pecarski 22 | Pts: 19 |
2 August 1987
20:00 |
United States | 98–73 | Nigeria |
Scoring by half: 55–33, 43–40 | ||
Pts: Simmons 14 | Pts: 18 |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 453 | 393 | +60 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
2 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 392 | 417 | −25 | 8[a] | |
3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 381 | 333 | +48 | 8[a] | |
4 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 426 | 380 | +46 | 8[a] | |
5 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 426 | 435 | −9 | 7 | |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 5 | 356 | 476 | −120 | 5 |
Notes:
Matches[]
29 July 1987
12:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 76–102 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49 | ||
Pts: Cheng 19 | Pts: Rusconi 26 |
31 July 1987
22:00 |
West Germany | 67–66 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 35–39, 32–27 | ||
Pts: Harnisch 18 | Pts: Babkov 16 |
1 August 1987
15:00 |
West Germany | 77–97 | Brazil |
Scoring by half: 44–46, 33–51 | ||
Pts: Harnisch 21 | Pts: 22 |
1 August 1987
17:00 |
Italy | 82–83 | Canada |
Scoring by half: 37–42, 45–41 | ||
Pts: Gentile, Rusconi 21 | Pts: Jackson 13 |
1 August 1987
22:00 |
Soviet Union | 80–57 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by half: 39–33, 41–24 | ||
Pts: Babkov 19 | Pts: 18 |
2 August 1987
15:00 |
West Germany | 93–85 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40 | ||
Pts: Harnisch 27 | Pts: Cheng 28 |
Final round[]
Classification 5th-12th[]
- 5–8th place bracket
5th-8th Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
August 3 | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 89 | |||||
August 4 | ||||||
Canada | 96 | |||||
Canada | 68 | |||||
August 3 | ||||||
Australia | 74 | |||||
Soviet Union | 76 | |||||
Australia | 78 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
August 4 | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 86 | |||||
Soviet Union | 100 |
5th-8th Semifinals[]
3 August 1987
19:00 |
Soviet Union | 76–78 | Australia |
Scoring by half: 45–41, 31–37 | ||
Pts: 14 | Pts: Vlahov 26 |
- 9–12th place bracket
9th-12th Semifinals | Ninth place | |||||
August 3 | ||||||
China | 93 | |||||
August 4 | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 77 | |||||
China | 98 | |||||
August 3 | ||||||
Brazil | 85 | |||||
Brazil | 79 | |||||
Nigeria | 67 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
August 4 | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 90 | |||||
Nigeria | 81 |
9th-12th Semifinals[]
11th place game[]
4 August 1987
10:00 |
Nigeria | 81–90 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53 | ||
Pts: 35 | Pts: Cheng 32 |
9th place game[]
7th place game[]
5th place game[]
4 August 1987
15:00 |
Puerto Rico | 86–100 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50 | ||
Pts: 23 | Pts: Vētra 19 |
Semifinals[]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
August 4 | ||||||
Yugoslavia | 89 | |||||
August 5 | ||||||
West Germany | 64 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 86 | |||||
August 4 | ||||||
United States | 76 | |||||
Italy | 84 | |||||
United States | 89 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
August 5 | ||||||
West Germany | 66 | |||||
Italy | 77 |
Source: FIBA Archive
4 August 1987
17:00 |
United States | 89–84 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40 | ||
Pts: Thompson 25 | Pts: 21 |
4 August 1987
20:00 |
Yugoslavia | 89–64 | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 46–28, 43–36 | ||
Pts: Kukoč 20 | Pts: Harnisch 13 |
Bronze medal match[]
Final[]
5 August 1987
18:00 |
Yugoslavia | 86–76 | United States |
Scoring by half: 40–43, 46–33 | ||
Pts: Divac 21 | Pts: Pritchard 15 |
Final standings[]
Rank | Team | Record |
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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 , 5 Luka Pavićević, 6 Nebojša Ilić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Miroslav Pecarski, 9 Teoman Alibegović, 10 Aleksandar Đorđević, 11 , 12 Vlade Divac, 13 Radenko Dobraš, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Slaviša Koprivica (Head coach: Svetislav Pešić)[3]
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 , 14 Dwayne Schintzius, 15 Brian Williams (Head coach: Larry Brown)[4]
4 , 5 Nando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 , 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 (Head coach: ?)[5]
Awards[]
1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship |
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Yugoslavia First title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Toni Kukoč |
References[]
- ^ "THIRD FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1987". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ All time Medalists
- ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "USA at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Italy at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
External links[]
- FIBA Under-19 World Championship
- 1987 in basketball
- International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy
- 1987–88 in Italian basketball
- July 1987 sports events in Europe
- August 1987 sports events in Europe