1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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]

1987 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nationItaly
Dates29 July – 5 August
Teams12 (from 5 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Nigeria Lawal Garba (23.0)  Yugoslavia (108.9)
Official website
1987 FIBA U19 World Championship
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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

BormioProvince of Sondrio
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1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Italy)
Capacity: n/a

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
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  79105  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–56, 44–49
Pts: Odaudu 23 Pts: Vlahov 18
29 July 1987
15:00
Yugoslavia  12679  China
Scoring by half: 66–39, 60–40
Pts: Rađa 19 Pts: Song 19
29 July 1987
20:00
United States  10989  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 58–56
Pts: Huery 20 Pts: Borges 23

30 July 1987
10:00
Nigeria  82126  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40–73, 42–53
Pts: Garba 29 Pts: Rađa 19
30 July 1987
12:00
Puerto Rico  10191  China
Scoring by half: 45–55, 56–36
Pts: Muñoz 25 Pts: Chen 28
30 July 1987
20:00
United States  8480  Australia
Scoring by half: 44–34, 40–46
Pts: Thompson, Simmons, Williams 14 Pts: Heal 21

31 July 1987
10:00
Puerto Rico  7776  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–46, 32–30
Pts: Rolon, Bocachica 16 Pts: Garba 34
31 July 1987
12:00
Australia  7386  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 39–45, 34–41
Pts: Bradtke 11 Pts: Rađa 23
31 July 1987
15:00
United States  10050  China
Scoring by half: 44–27, 56–23
Pts: Simmons 19 Pts: Song 14

1 August 1987
10:00
China  8868  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 41–32, 47–36
Pts: Song 25 Pts: Garba 18
1 August 1987
12:00
Australia  8489  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 40–45, 44–44
Pts: Bradtke 18 Pts: Muñoz 28
1 August 1987
12:00
United States  95110  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–52, 53–58
Pts: Simmons 20 Pts: Kukoč 37

2 August 1987
10:00
China  8293  Australia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 42–46
Pts: Chen, Zheng 24 Pts: Bradtke 24
2 August 1987
17:00
Yugoslavia  139100  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 62–40, 77–60
Pts: Pecarski 22 Pts: Borges 19
2 August 1987
20:00
United States  9873  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[lower-alpha 1]
3  Soviet Union 5 3 2 381 333 +48 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Canada 5 3 2 426 380 +46 8[lower-alpha 1]
5  Brazil 5 2 3 426 435 9 7
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 5 356 476 120 5
Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
  1. West Germany 2–0; Soviet Union 1–1; Canada 0–2;

Matches

29 July 1987
12:00
Chinese Taipei  76102  Italy
Scoring by half: 47–53, 29–49
Pts: Cheng 19 Pts: Rusconi 26
29 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  8882  Canada
Scoring by half: 39–39, 49–43
Pts: Rödl 26 Pts: Johnson 19
29 July 1987
22:00
Brazil  6489  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–38, 32–51
Pts: Bavaresco 19 Pts: Orekhov 18

30 July 1987
17:00
West Germany  6787  Italy
Scoring by half: 28–34, 39–53
Pts: Kleine-Brockhoff 16 Pts: Niccolai 17
30 July 1987
20:00
Chinese Taipei  7894  Brazil
Scoring by half: 46–52, 32–42
Pts: Lii 23 Pts: Bavaresco 19
30 July 1987
22:00
Canada  6576  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–37, 31–39
Pts: Stewart 14 Pts: Vētra 21

31 July 1987
17:00
Italy  10297  Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–50, 48–47
Pts: Aldi 21 Pts: Bernardini 27
31 July 1987
20:00
Canada  10760  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–30, 57–30
Pts: G. McKay 30 Pts: Lii 13
31 July 1987
22:00
West Germany  6766  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–39, 32–27
Pts: Harnisch 18 Pts: Babkov 16

1 August 1987
15:00
West Germany  7797  Brazil
Scoring by half: 44–46, 33–51
Pts: Harnisch 21 Pts: Bavaresco 22
1 August 1987
17:00
Italy  8283  Canada
Scoring by half: 37–42, 45–41
Pts: Gentile, Rusconi 21 Pts: Jackson 13
1 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union  8057  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 39–33, 41–24
Pts: Babkov 19 Pts: Chu 18

2 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  7489  Canada
Scoring by half: 30–34, 44–55
Pts: Bavaresco 27 Pts: Jackson 17
2 August 1987
15:00
West Germany  9385  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–45, 41–40
Pts: Harnisch 27 Pts: Cheng 28
2 August 1987
22:00
Soviet Union  7080  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 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

3 August 1987
17:00
Puerto Rico  8996  Canada
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Borges 23 Pts: Johnson 22

3 August 1987
19:00
Soviet Union  7678  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

3 August 1987
10:00
China  9377  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 52–36, 41–41
Pts: Song 26 Pts: Lii 23

3 August 1987
12:00
Brazil  7967  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 50–48, 29–19
Pts: Manna 26 Pts: Garba 20

11th place game

4 August 1987
10:00
Nigeria  8190  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–37, 47–53
Pts: Garba 35 Pts: Cheng 32

9th place game

4 August 1987
12:00
China  9885  Brazil
Scoring by half: 51–45, 47–40
Pts: Zheng 34 Pts: Bavaresco 23

7th place game

4 August 1987
22:00
Canada  6874  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  86100  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 52–50, 34–50
Pts: Muñoz 23 Pts: Vētra 19

Semifinals

 
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  8984  Italy
Scoring by half: 46–44, 43–40
Pts: Thompson 25 Pts: Tolotti 21

4 August 1987
20:00
Yugoslavia  8964  West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–28, 43–36
Pts: Kukoč 20 Pts: Harnisch 13

Bronze medal match

5 August 1987
16:00
Italy  7766  West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–26, 37–40
Pts: Pessina 16 Pts: Rödl 18

Final

5 August 1987
18:00
Yugoslavia  8676  United States
Scoring by half: 40–43, 46–33
Pts: Divac 21 Pts: Pritchard 15

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States5–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy5–2
4th  West Germany3–4
5th  Australia4–3
6th  Canada4–3
7th  Soviet Union4–3
8th  Puerto Rico3–4
9th  China3–4
10th  Brazil3–4
11th  Chinese Taipei1–6
12th  Nigeria0–7

Source: FIBA Archive

Medal rosters

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

 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 

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

References

  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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