1982 FIBA World Championship
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The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball
competition hosted by Colombia
from August 15 to 28 , 1982.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
competition hosted by Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
from August 15 to 28 , 1982.
Venues
| Group | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... |
Coliseo Cubierto El Campin | 10,000 |
| Group C | Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area... |
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero | 8,000 |
| Final round | Cali Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because... |
Coliseo El Pueblo Coliseo El Pueblo Coliseo El Pueblo is an indoor sporting arena located in Cali, Colombia. Opened in 1971 for the 1971 Pan American Games, the capacity of the arena is 18,000 and is used mostly for basketball, most notably as the venue of the latter states of the 1982 FIBA World Championship.Also the arena is used... |
18,000 |
| Classification round | Cúcuta Cúcuta Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active... |
Coliseo Toto Hernández | 7,000 |
| Group B | Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... |
Coliseo Cubierto Mayor Coliseo Cubierto Mayor Coliseo Cubierto Mayor is an indoor sporting arena built in 1955 that is located in Medellín, Colombia. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 and is primarily used for basketball.... |
10,000 |
Competing nations
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|
| - advanced automatically to the semifinal round as host | ||
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the final round | |
| Qualified for the classification round |
Group A
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 305 | 262 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 295 | 261 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 285 | 280 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 243 | 325 | ||
Group B
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 336 | 241 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 240 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 267 | 253 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 311 | ||
Group C
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 235 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 265 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 290 | 289 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 239 | 299 | ||
Classification round
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams | |Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 474 | 415 | 1W-1L | 1.017 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 503 | 424 | 1W-1L | 0.994 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 499 | 449 | 1W-1L | 0.989 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 404 | 440 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 406 | 474 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 416 | 500 | ||||
Final round
| Qualified for the gold medal game | |
| Qualified for the bronze medal game |
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | PD | | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 567 | 521 | +46 | 99-93 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 663 | 514 | +149 | 93-99 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 573 | 535 | +38 | 108-91 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 612 | 564 | +48 | 91-108 | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 489 | 563 | -74 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 495 | 519 | -24 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 473 | 656 | -183 |
Finals
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 |  USSRSoviet Union national basketball team The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams... |
| 2 |  United StatesUnited States national basketball team The United States men's national basketball team represents the United States of America in international men's basketball. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all sixteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with thirteen golds... |
| 3 |  YugoslaviaYugoslavia national basketball team The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade.... |
| 4 |  SpainSpain national basketball team The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation... |
| 5 |  AustraliaAustralia national basketball team The Australian national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known in Australia as the Boomers, an Australian slang term for Kangaroo. Australia is ranked 9th in the world and finished 7th at the 2008 Beijing Olympic... |
| 6 |  Canada |
| 7 |  ColombiaColombia national basketball team The Colombia national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Colombia in international competition and they hosted and played in the 1982 FIBA World Championship.-Current squad:- Performance at FIBA World Championships :... |
| 8 |  BrazilBrazil national basketball team The Brazilian National Basketball Team represents Brazil in FIBA's basketball competitions.-Men's team:First drafted in 1922, the men's team has won two World Championships , three bronze Olympic medals , four Americas Championships and five Pan American Games .-Olympic Games:-FIBA... |
| 9 |  Panama |
| 10 |  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia national basketball team The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :... |
| 11 |  UruguayUruguay national basketball team The Uruguay national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Uruguay in international competitions.Uruguay's best achievement in basketball was obtaining the bronze medal in the both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.-Current squad:... |
| 12 |  ChinaChina national basketball team The Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China... |
| 13 |  Côte d'IvoireCôte d'Ivoire national basketball team The Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team are the men's basketball side that represent Côte d'Ivoire in international competition. The team competes regularly in the African Championship.... |
All-Tournament Team
- Doc RiversDoc RiversGlenn Anton "Doc" Rivers is a former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics. Rivers was known for his defense while playing in the NBA...
(USA) - Dragan KićanovićDragan KicanovicDragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...
(Yugoslavia) - Juan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz is a retired Spanish basketball player, considered one of the greatest small forwards ever to play in Europe...
(Spain) - Vladimir TkachenkoVladimir TkachenkoVladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...
(USSR) - Anatoli Myshkin (USSR)
Top scorers (ppg)
- Wilfredo RuizWilfredo RuizWilfredo Ruiz Bruno is a retired Uruguayan professional basketball player. In the FIBA World Championship of 1982, playing for Uruguay national basketball team, he was the first scorer of the tournament in average, having 24 points per game....
(Uruguay) 24 - Rolando Frazer (Panama) 23.7
- Ian DaviesIan DaviesIan Davies is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back. Active in both England and the United States, Davies made nearly 200 career appearances.-Career:...
(Australia) 23.3 - Drissa Dié (Côte d'Ivoire) 21.4
- Dragan KićanovićDragan KicanovicDragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...
(Yugoslavia) 21.1 - Jay TrianoJay TrianoJay Triano is a retired Canadian professional basketball player and former head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Triano gained recognition during his tenure as coach of the Canadian men's national team. He is also a former national team player, who competed in two Olympics, starting in 1984...
(Canada) 18.5 - Chicho Sibilio (Spain) 17.8
- Juan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz is a retired Spanish basketball player, considered one of the greatest small forwards ever to play in Europe...
(Spain) 17.7 - Doc RiversDoc RiversGlenn Anton "Doc" Rivers is a former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics. Rivers was known for his defense while playing in the NBA...
(USA) 17 - Dražen DalipagićDražen DalipagicDražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...
(Yugoslavia) 16.6