The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball

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 Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 from August 8 to August 20, 1990.
The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires

Luna Park, Buenos Aires

For any of the amusement parks of the same name, see Luna Park; for any other use of the term, see Luna Park Luna Park is an 8,000-seat arena, located on the corner of Corrientes and Bouchard Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city and near Puerto Madero...

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Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution

Dissolution of Yugoslavia

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Venues

Group	City	Arena	Capacity
Final round	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Luna Park Luna Park, Buenos Aires For any of the amusement parks of the same name, see Luna Park; for any other use of the term, see Luna Park Luna Park is an 8,000-seat arena, located on the corner of Corrientes and Bouchard Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city and near Puerto Madero...	16,000
Group C	Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...	Polideportivo Municipal Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti is an indoor arena in Córdoba, Argentina. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of the Asociación Deportiva Atenas. It holds 3,730 people....	4,000
Group B	Rosario	Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys The Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys is an indoor arena in Rosario, Argentina. It is primarily used for basketball and other indoor sporting events. It holds 10,000 spectators and opened in 1982....	10,000
Classification Round	Salta Salta Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...	Estadio Ciudad de Salta Delmi	3,000
Group A	Santa Fe Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...	Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe	5,000
Group C	Villa Ballester Villa Ballester Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is served by the Línea Mitre commuter railway with its station also named Villa Ballester...	Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia	2,000

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Group A

Group A
	92 – 84
	78 – 75
	92 – 79
	88 – 74
	82 – 75
	83 – 77

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	248	224	24
2.	5	2	1	259	245	14
3.	4	1	2	241	257	-16
4.	3	0	3	231	253	-22

Group B

Group B
	106 – 85
	125 – 109
	138 – 95
	94 – 89
	69 – 68
	115 – 76

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	5	2	1	331	273	58
2.	5	2	1	264	247	17
3.	5	2	1	318	290	28
4.	3	0	3	256	359	-103

Group C

Group C
	103 – 95
	130 – 101
	146 – 67
	102 – 93
	95 – 85
	119 – 76

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	344	247	97
2.	5	2	1	316	272	44
3.	4	1	2	308	298	10
4.	3	0	3	244	395	-151

Group D

Group D
	97 – 77
	83 – 68
	96 – 88
	102 – 76
	90 – 81
	82 – 65

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	289	234	55
2.	5	2	1	255	250	5
3.	4	1	2	252	254	-2
4.	3	0	3	209	267	-58

Group A

Group A
	104 – 100
	89 – 79
	79 – 78
	92 – 76
	81 - 79
	95 – 91

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	262	234	28
2.	5	2	1	262	259	3
3.	4	1	2	252	259	-7
4.	3	0	3	267	291	-24

Group B

Group B
	105 – 86
	75 – 57
	100 – 77
	103 – 88
	77 – 67
	110 – 100

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	282	230	52
2.	5	2	1	262	257	5
3.	4	1	2	227	240	-13
4.	3	0	3	274	318	-44

Group C

Group C
	124 – 86
	86 – 78
	123 – 100
	82 – 80
	110 - 81
	104 – 93

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	319	259	60
2.	5	2	1	287	276	11
3.	4	1	2	262	261	1
4.	3	0	3	279	351	-72

Group D

Group D
	107 – 73
	100 – 96
	130 – 86
	103 – 101
	122 – 102
	95 – 87

Team	Pts	G	P	PF	PC	Dif
1.	6	3	0	359	261	98
2.	5	2	1	305	319	-14
3.	4	1	2	277	317	-40
4.	3	0	3	261	305	-44

Medal bracket

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

13th to 16th place

Awards

• CHAMPION: Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia 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....
  
  : Dražen Petrović
  Dražen Petrovic
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  , Velimir Perasović
  Velimir Perasovic
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  , Zoran Čutura
  Zoran Cutura
  Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....
  
  , Toni Kukoč
  Toni Kukoc
  Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...
  
  , Žarko Paspalj
  Žarko Paspalj
  Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...
  
  , Jure Zdovc
  Jure Zdovc
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  , Željko Obradović
  Željko Obradovic
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  , Arijan Komazec
  Arijan Komazec
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  , Vlade Divac
  Vlade Divac
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  , Zoran Savić
  Zoran Savic
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  , Radisav Ćurčić
  Radisav Curcic
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  , Zoran Jovanović (head coach: Dušan Ivković
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  )

Final standings

RF	Team
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

All-Tournament Team

• Oscar Schmidt
  Oscar Schmidt
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   (Brazil)
• Toni Kukoč
  Toni Kukoc
  Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...
  
   (Yugoslavia)
• Vlade Divac
  Vlade Divac
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   (Yugoslavia)
• Kenny Anderson
  Kenny Anderson
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   (USA)
• Fico Lopez (Puerto Rico)

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Oscar Schmidt
   Oscar Schmidt
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    (Brazil) 35.5
2. Antonello Riva
   Antonello Riva
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    (Italy) 29.3
3. Panagiotis Giannakis
   Panagiotis Giannakis
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    (Greece) 25.6
4. Andrew Gaze
   Andrew Gaze
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    (Australia) 24.3
5. Jordi Villacampa
   Jordi Villacampa
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    (Spain) 23.2
6. Hur Jae
   Hur Jae
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    (S.Korea) 21.6
7. Dražen Petrović
   Dražen Petrovic
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    (Yugoslavia) 21.5
8. Gabriel Estaba
   Gabriel Estaba
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    (Venezuela) 20.5
9. Valeri Tikhonenko (USSR) 19.2
10. Wang Fei (China) 18.8