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1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	29 July – 5 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Toni Kukoč
Top scorer	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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Qualification

	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

Group A

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	Advance to Semifinals
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

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

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]	Advance to Semifinals
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:

^ ^a ^b ^c West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

Matches

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

Classification 5th-12th

5–8th place bracket

	5th-8th Semifinals				Fifth place

	3 August

	Puerto Rico	89
					4 August
	Canada	96
					Canada	68
	3 August
					Australia	74
	Soviet Union	76

	Australia	78
					Seventh place

					4 August

					Puerto Rico	86

					Soviet Union	100

5th-8th Semifinals

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 Semifinals				Ninth place

	3 August

	China	93
					4 August
	Chinese Taipei	77
					China	98
	3 August
					Brazil	85
	Brazil	79

	Nigeria	67
					Eleventh place

					4 August

					Chinese Taipei	90

					Nigeria	81

9th-12th Semifinals

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

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

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

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

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

	Semifinals				Final

	4 August

	Yugoslavia	89
					5 August
	West Germany	64
					Yugoslavia	86
	4 August
					United States	76
	Italy	84

	United States	89
					Third place

					5 August

					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: 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

5 August 1987
16:00

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

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
	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 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]

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]

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

1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Yugoslavia First title

Most Valuable Player
Toni Kukoč

References

^ "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.
^ 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.

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