1982 FIBA World Championship

The 1982 FIBA World Championship was the 9th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982.

1982 FIBA World Championship
FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1982
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates15–28 August
Officially opened byBelisario Betancur
Teams13 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played50
MVPUnited States Doc Rivers
Top scorerPanama Rolando Frazer
(24.4 points per game)

Qualification
Defending World Champions
Host country, advances outright to the semifinal round
Americas (6) Europe (4) FIBA Asia (1) Africa (1) Oceania (1)
 United States  Yugoslavia  China  Ivory Coast  Australia
 Panama  Soviet Union
 Colombia  Spain
 Uruguay  Czechoslovakia
 Canada
 Brazil

Venues
Group A[1] Group B[1] Group C[1] Classification round[1] Final round[1]
Bogotá Medellín Bucaramanga Cúcuta Cali
Coliseo Cubierto El Campín Coliseo Ivan de Bedout Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero Coliseo Toto Hernández Coliseo El Pueblo
Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 18,000

Competing nations
Group A Group B Group C

 China
 Panama
 Spain
 United States

 Australia
 Brazil
 Ivory Coast
 Soviet Union

 Canada
 Czechoslovakia
 Uruguay
 Yugoslavia

 Colombia – advanced automatically to the semifinal round as host

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 305 262 +43 6 Semifinal round
2  United States 3 2 1 295 261 +34 5
3  Panama 3 1 2 285 280 +5 4 Classification round
4  China 3 0 3 243 325 −82 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 336 241 +95 6 Semifinal round
2  Australia 3 2 1 224 240 −16 5
3  Brazil 3 1 2 267 253 +14 4 Classification round
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 218 311 −93 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
15 August
Brazil  73–75 (OT)  Australia

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 290 235 +55 6 Semifinal round
2  Canada 3 2 1 269 265 +4 5
3  Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 290 289 +1 4 Classification round
4  Uruguay 3 0 3 239 299 −60 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
15 August
Canada  87–78  Uruguay
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
15 August
Yugoslavia  101–80  Czechoslovakia
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
16 August
Yugoslavia  101–77  Uruguay
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
16 August
Canada  104–99  Czechoslovakia
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
17 August
Uruguay  84–111  Czechoslovakia
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
17 August
Yugoslavia  88–78  Canada
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga

Classification round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
8  Brazil 5 4 1 474 415 +59 9[lower-alpha 1]
9  Panama 5 4 1 503 424 +79 9[lower-alpha 1]
10  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 499 449 +50 9[lower-alpha 1]
11  Uruguay 5 2 3 404 440 −36 7
12  China 5 1 4 406 474 −68 6
13  Ivory Coast 5 0 5 416 500 −84 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.017 GAvg), Panama 1–1 (0.994 GAvg), Czechoslovakia 1–1 (0.989 GAvg)
19 August
Panama  117–83  Ivory Coast
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
19 August
Brazil  93–79  China
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
20 August
Czechoslovakia  111–88  China
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
20 August
Uruguay  75–92  Panama
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
21 August
Czechoslovakia  94–92  Ivory Coast
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
21 August
Uruguay  77–96  Brazil
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
22 August
China  91–77  Ivory Coast
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
22 August
Panama  86–85  Brazil
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
23 August
Uruguay  72–56  China
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
23 August
Czechoslovakia  89–87  Panama
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
24 August
Uruguay  96–85  Ivory Coast
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
24 August
Czechoslovakia  94–98  Brazil
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta

Semifinal round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 6 5 1 567 521 +46 11[lower-alpha 1] Final
2  Soviet Union 6 5 1 663 514 +149 11[lower-alpha 1]
3  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 573 535 +38 10[lower-alpha 2] Third place playoff
4  Spain 6 4 2 612 564 +48 10[lower-alpha 2]
5  Australia 6 2 4 489 563 −74 8
6  Canada 6 1 5 495 519 −24 7
7  Colombia (H) 6 0 6 473 656 −183 6
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: United States 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Spain
19 August
Colombia  84–137  Spain
19 August
Canada  83–114  Soviet Union
20 August
Canada  78–84  Australia
21 August
Yugoslavia  108–91  Spain
21 August
Colombia  76–143  Soviet Union
22 August
Spain  99–87  Australia
22 August
Colombia  83–100  United States
23 August
United States  71–69  Canada
24 August
Colombia  63–72  Australia
24 August
Spain  83–80  Canada
25 August
Colombia  88–97  Yugoslavia
25 August
Spain  93–106  Soviet Union
26 August
Australia  91–105  Yugoslavia
27 August
Colombia  79–107  Canada
27 August
Australia  86–110  United States

Final round

Third place playoff
28 August
Yugoslavia  119–117  Spain

Final
28 August
Soviet Union  95–94  United States
Scoring by half: 47–49, 48–45
Pts: Myshkin 29 Pts: Rivers 24

Final standings
RankTeamRecord
1  Soviet Union8–1
2  United States7–2
3  Yugoslavia7–2
4  Spain6–3
5  Australia4–4
6  Canada3–5
7  Colombia0–6
8  Brazil4–3
9  Panama4–3
10  Czechoslovakia4–3
11  Uruguay2–5
12  China1–6
13  Ivory Coast0–7

Awards
 1982 FIBA World champions 

Soviet Union
3rd title
Most Valuable Player
United States Doc Rivers[2]

All-Tournament Team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top 10 scorers (points per game)
  1. Rolando Frazer (Panama) 24.4
  2. Ian Davies (Australia) 23.4
  3. Wilfredo Ruiz (Uruguay) 23.4
  4. Dié Drisa (Côte d'Ivoire) 21.6
  5. Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 21.1
  6. Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 21.0
  7. Stanislav Kropilak (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
  8. Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.1
  9. Gustav Hraska (Czechoslovakia) 18.0
  10. Jay Triano (Canada) 17.9

[3]

References
  1. HISTORIA DEL BALONCESTO DEL NORTE DE SANTANDER
  2. Most valueable [sic] Player FIBA Basketball World Cup.
  3. Player Leaders Sort by: POSITIONS:All POINTS PER GAME : ALL ROUNDS.
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