1986 FIBA World Championship

The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19, 1986. The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid.

Venues

Group	City	Arena	Capacity
Group A	Zaragoza	Palace of sports
Group B	Ferrol	La Malata	5,000
Group C	Málaga	Ciudad Jardin Sports palace	5,000
Group D	Tenerife	Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Group E	Barcelona	Sports Palace of Barcelona	8,000
Group F	Oviedo	Palacio municipal de los deportes	6,000
Classification and Final phase	Madrid	Community of Madrid Sports Palace	12,000

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil France Greece South Korea Panama Spain	Angola Australia Cuba Israel Soviet Union Uruguay	China Ivory Coast Italy Puerto Rico United States West Germany	Argentina Canada Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinal round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams
Brazil	9	4	1	478	419	+59	86-72
Spain	9	4	1	488	395	+93	72-86
Greece	8	3	2	476	447	+29	87-84
France	8	3	2	449	428	+21	84-87
Panama	6	1	4	425	517	-92
South Korea	3	0	5	414	534	-120

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams
Soviet Union	10	5	0	565	369	+196
Israel	8	3	2	435	444	-9
Cuba	7	2	3	399	418	-19	1W-1L	1.034
Australia	7	2	3	405	430	-25	1W-1L	1.021
Uruguay	7	2	3	377	437	-60	1W-1L	0.950
Angola	6	1	4	334	417	-83

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams
United States	10	5	0	446	348	+98
Italy	9	4	1	423	366	+57
China	7	2	3	430	442	-12	1W-1L	1.079
Puerto Rico	7	2	3	383	373	+10	1W-1L	0.988
West Germany	7	2	3	382	397	-15	1W-1L	0.932
Ivory Coast	5	0	5	322	460	-138

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Yugoslavia	10	5	0	514	364	+150
Canada	9	4	1	510	356	+154
Argentina	8	3	2	414	395	+19
Netherlands	7	2	3	422	405	+17
New Zealand	6	1	4	362	476	-114
Malaysia	5	0	5	313	539	-226

Semifinal round

	Qualified to the gold medal bracket
	Qualified for the 5th-8th bracket
	Qualified for the 9th-12th bracket

Group 1

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Soviet Union	10	5	0	546	441	+105
Brazil	9	4	1	491	435	+56
Spain	8	3	2	414	402	+12
Israel	7	2	3	387	455	-68
Cuba	6	1	4	399	460	-61
Greece	5	0	5	419	463	-44

Group 2

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	PD	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams
United States	9	4	1	409	344	+65	69-60
Yugoslavia	9	4	1	438	375	+63	60-69
Italy	8	3	2	405	431	-26
Canada	7	2	3	422	412	+10	96-82
Argentina	7	2	3	391	411	-20	82-96
China	5	0	5	411	503	-92

Final round

Gold medal bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	United States	96
	Brazil	80
					United States	87
					Soviet Union	85
	Soviet Union	91
	Yugoslavia (OT)	90
					Bronze medal game
					Brazil	91
					Yugoslavia	117

5th place bracket

	Semifinals				5th place game
	Spain	100
	Canada	80
					Spain	87
					Italy	69
	Italy	100
	Israel	78
					7th place game
					Canada	84
					Israel	97

9th place bracket

	Semifinals				9th place game
	Greece	102
	Argentina	88
					Greece	111
					China	112
	China	93
	Cuba	78
					11th place game
					Argentina	81
					Cuba	85

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	USSR
3	Yugoslavia
4	Brazil
5	Spain
6	Italy
7	Israel
8	Canada
9	China
10	Greece
11	Cuba
12	Argentina
13	France
14	Netherlands
15	Puerto Rico
16	West Germany
17	Australia
18	Uruguay
19	Panama
20	Angola
21	New Zealand
22	South Korea
23	Côte d'Ivoire
24	Malaysia

All-Tournament Team

• Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia)
• Arvydas Sabonis (USSR)
• Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)
• David Robinson (USA)
• Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR)

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Nikos Galis (Greece) 33.7
2. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 31
3. Drazen Petrovic (Yugoslavia) 24.8
4. Antonello Riva (Italy) 19
5. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.8
6. Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 18
7. Leonardo Perez (Cuba) 17.9
8. Panagiotis Giannakis (Greece) 17.5
9. Jay Triano (Canada) 17.1
10. Daniel Scott (basketball) (Cuba) 17