1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates29 July – 5 August
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
Top scorerNigeria Lawal Garba (23.0)
PPG (Team) Yugoslavia (108.9)
Official website
1987 FIBA U19 World Championship
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The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italian: 1987 Campionato del mondo FIBA Under 19) was the 3rd edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Bormio, Italy from 29 July to 5 August 1987. Yugoslavia won their first and only U19 championship representing Yugoslavia, after beating the defending champions 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, and coach Svetislav Pešić, while Gary Payton, Dino Rađa, Kukoč, and Divac are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Venue

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Bormio Province of Sondrio
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1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italy)
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Qualification

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Defending World Champions
Host country
FIBA Americas (4) FIBA Europe (4) FIBA Asia (2) FIBA Africa (1) FIBA Oceania (1)
 United States  Italy  China  Nigeria  Australia
 Brazil  Soviet Union  Chinese Taipei
 Canada  West Germany
 Puerto Rico  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIBA Archive

Matches

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29 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria  79–105  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–56, 44–49
Pts: Odaudu 23 Pts: Vlahov 18
29 July 1987
15:00
Yugoslavia  126–79  China
Scoring by half: 66–39, 60–40
Pts: Rađa 19 Pts: Song 19
29 July 1987
20:00
United States  109–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 58–56
Pts: Huery 20 Pts: Borges 23
30 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria  82–126  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40–73, 42–53
Pts: Garba 29 Pts: Rađa 19
30 July 1987
12:00
Puerto Rico  101–91  China
Scoring by half: 45–55, 56–36
Pts: Muñoz 25 Pts: Chen 28
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: Rolon, Bocachica 16 Pts: Garba 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
10:00
China  88–68  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 41–32, 47–36
Pts: Song 25 Pts: Garba 18
1 August 1987
12:00
Australia  84–89  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44
Pts: Bradtke 18 Pts: Muñoz 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: Chen, 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: Borges 19
2 August 1987
20:00
United States  98–73  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 55–33, 43–40
Pts: Simmons 14 Pts: Garba 18

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

Matches

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29 July 1987
12:00
Chinese Taipei  76–102  Italy
Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49
Pts: Cheng 19 Pts: Rusconi 26
29 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  88–82  Canada
Scoring by half: 39–39, 49–43
Pts: Rödl 26 Pts: Johnson 19
29 July 1987
22:00
Brazil  64–89  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–38, 32–51
Pts: Bavaresco 19 Pts: Orekhov 18
30 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  67–87  Italy
Scoring by half: 28–34, 39–53
Pts: Kleine-Brockhoff 16 Pts: Niccolai 17
30 July 1987
20:00
Chinese Taipei  78–94  Brazil
Scoring by half: 46–52, 32–42
Pts: Lii 23 Pts: Bavaresco 19
30 July 1987
22:00
Canada  65–76  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–37, 31–39
Pts: Stewart 14 Pts: Vētra 21
31 July 1987
17:00
Italy  102–97  Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–50, 48–47
Pts: Aldi 21 Pts: Bernardini 27
31 July 1987
20:00
Canada  107–60  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–30, 57–30
Pts: G. McKay 30 Pts: Lii 13
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: Bavaresco 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: Chu 18
2 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  74–89  Canada
Scoring by half: 30–34, 44–55
Pts: Bavaresco 27 Pts: Jackson 17
2 August 1987
15:00
West Germany  93–85  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40
Pts: Harnisch 27 Pts: Cheng 28
2 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union  70–80  Italy
Scoring by half: 34–43, 36–37
Pts: Meleshenko 22 Pts: Niccolai 24

Final round

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Classification 5th-12th

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5–8th place bracket
 
5th-8th SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
 Puerto Rico89
 
4 August
 
 Canada96
 
 Canada68
 
3 August
 
 Australia74
 
 Soviet Union76
 
 
 Australia78
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
 Puerto Rico86
 
 
 Soviet Union100

5th-8th Semifinals

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3 August 1987
17:00
Puerto Rico  89–96  Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Borges 23 Pts: Johnson 22
3 August 1987
19:00
Soviet Union  76–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 45–41, 31–37
Pts: Meleshenko 14 Pts: Vlahov 26
9–12th place bracket
 
9th-12th SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
 China93
 
4 August
 
 Chinese Taipei77
 
 China98
 
3 August
 
 Brazil85
 
 Brazil79
 
 
 Nigeria67
 
Eleventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
 Chinese Taipei90
 
 
 Nigeria81

9th-12th Semifinals

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3 August 1987
10:00
China  93–77  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–36, 41–41
Pts: Song 26 Pts: Lii 23
3 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  79–67  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 50–48, 29–19
Pts: Manna 26 Pts: Garba 20

11th place game

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4 August 1987
10:00
Nigeria  81–90  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53
Pts: Garba 35 Pts: Cheng 32

9th place game

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4 August 1987
12:00
China  98–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 51–45, 47–40
Pts: Zheng 34 Pts: Bavaresco 23

7th place game

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4 August 1987
22:00
Canada  68–74  Australia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 32–37
Pts: J. McKay 16 Pts: Stelzer 21

5th place game

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4 August 1987
15:00
Puerto Rico  86–100  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50
Pts: Muñoz 23 Pts: Vētra 19

Semifinals

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Yugoslavia89
 
5 August
 
 West Germany64
 
 Yugoslavia86
 
4 August
 
 United States76
 
 Italy84
 
 
 United States89
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
 West Germany66
 
 
 Italy77

Source: FIBA Archive

4 August 1987
17:00
United States  89–84  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40
Pts: Thompson 25 Pts: Tolotti 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

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5 August 1987
16:00
Italy  77–66  West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–26, 37–40
Pts: Pessina 16 Pts: Rödl 18

Final

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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

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 5–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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1st place, gold medalist(s) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4 Zoran Kalpić, 5 Luka Pavićević, 6 Nebojša Ilić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Miroslav Pecarski, 9 Teoman Alibegović, 10 Aleksandar Đorđević, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Vlade Divac, 13 Radenko Dobraš, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Slaviša Koprivica (Head coach: Svetislav Pešić)[3]

2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States 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 Ron Huery, 14 Dwayne Schintzius, 15 Brian Williams (Head coach: Larry Brown)[4]

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy 4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Nando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 Massimiliano Aldi, 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 Andrea Niccolai, 10 Michele Zeno, 11 Davide Pessina, 12 Alberto Ballestra, 13 Gustavo Tolotti, 14 Giovanni Savio, 15 Gennaro Palmieri (Head coach: ?)[5]

Awards

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 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 

Yugoslavia
First title
Most Valuable Player
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč

References

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  1. ^ "THIRD FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1987". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ All time Medalists
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ "USA at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Italy at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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