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)
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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.

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.
15 August
Spain  88–85  Panama
Scoring by half: 47-40, 41-45
15 August
United States  96–73  China
Scoring by half: 47-44, 49-29
16 August
United States  100–79  Panama
Scoring by half: 46-45, 54-34
16 August
China  78–108  Spain
Scoring by half: 29-64, 49-44
17 August
Panama  121–92  China
Scoring by half: 73-54, 48-38
17 August
United States  99–109  Spain
Scoring by half: 49-50, 50-59

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
Soviet Union  129–80  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 75-39, 54-41
15 August
Brazil  73–75 (OT)  Australia
Scoring by half: 28-30, 39-37 Overtime: 6-8
16 August
Soviet Union  108–69  Australia
Scoring by half: 53-30, 55-39
16 August
Ivory Coast  79–102  Brazil
Scoring by half: 31-60, 48-42
17 August
Australia  80–59  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 34-25, 46-34
17 August
Soviet Union  99–92  Brazil
Scoring by half: 51-53, 48-39

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
Scoring by half: 49-40, 38-38
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
15 August
Yugoslavia  101–80  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46-40, 55-40
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
16 August
Yugoslavia  101–77  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 54-34, 47-43
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
16 August
Canada  104–99  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 46-52, 58-47
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
17 August
Uruguay  84–111  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 42-50, 42-61
Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero, Bucaramanga
17 August
Yugoslavia  88–78  Canada
Scoring by half: 50-39, 38-39
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[a]
9  Panama 5 4 1 503 424 +79 9[a]
10  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 499 449 +50 9[a]
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. ^ a b c 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
Scoring by half: 53-33, 64-50
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
19 August
Brazil  93–79  China
Scoring by half: 57-32, 36-47
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
20 August
Czechoslovakia  111–88  China
Scoring by half: 54-40, 57-48
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
20 August
Uruguay  75–92  Panama
Scoring by half: 32-47, 43-45
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
21 August
Czechoslovakia  94–92  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 46-40, 48-52
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
21 August
Uruguay  77–96  Brazil
Scoring by half: 43-52, 34-44
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
22 August
China  91–77  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 39-39, 52-38
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
22 August
Panama  86–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 51-50, 35-35
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
23 August
Uruguay  72–56  China
Scoring by half: 35-30, 37-26
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
23 August
Czechoslovakia  89–87  Panama
Scoring by half: 45-42, 44-45
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
24 August
Uruguay  96–85  Ivory Coast
Scoring by half: 51-45, 45-40
Coliseo Toto Hernández, Cúcuta
24 August
Czechoslovakia  94–98  Brazil
Scoring by half: 47-42, 47-56
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[a] Final
2  Soviet Union 6 5 1 663 514 +149 11[a]
3  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 573 535 +38 10[b] Third place playoff
4  Spain 6 4 2 612 564 +48 10[b]
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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: United States 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Spain
19 August
Colombia  84–137  Spain
Scoring by half: 34-75, 50-62
19 August
Canada  83–114  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 33-45, 50-69
20 August
Yugoslavia  81–88  United States
Scoring by half: 46-55, 35-33
20 August
Canada  78–84  Australia
Scoring by half: 30-44, 48-40
21 August
Yugoslavia  108–91  Spain
Scoring by half: 54-49, 54-42
21 August
Colombia  76–143  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36-56, 40-87
22 August
Spain  99–87  Australia
Scoring by half: 53-50, 46-37
22 August
Colombia  83–100  United States
Scoring by half: 40-44, 43-56
23 August
Soviet Union  99–94  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46-52, 53-42
23 August
United States  71–69  Canada
Scoring by half: 42-34, 29-35
24 August
Colombia  63–72  Australia
Scoring by half: 27-40, 36-32
24 August
Spain  83–80  Canada
Scoring by half: 42-46, 41-34
25 August
Colombia  88–97  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 45-50, 43-47
25 August
Spain  93–106  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 44-58, 49-48
26 August
Australia  91–105  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37-61, 54-44
26 August
United States  99–93  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 48-51, 51-42
27 August
Colombia  79–107  Canada
Scoring by half: 38-53, 41-54
27 August
Australia  86–110  United States
Scoring by half: 37-49, 49-61

Final round

Third place playoff

28 August
Yugoslavia  119–117  Spain
Scoring by half: 60-47, 59-70

Final

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

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Soviet Union 8–1
2  United States 7–2
3  Yugoslavia 7–2
4  Spain 6–3
5  Australia 4–4
6  Canada 3–5
7  Colombia 0–6
8  Brazil 4–3
9  Panama 4–3
10  Czechoslovakia 4–3
11  Uruguay 2–5
12  China 1–6
13  Ivory Coast 0–7

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. ^ a b c d e 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.

External links

FIBA Basketball World Cup
Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
United States squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal
Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal
International men's basketball
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