1990 FIBA World Championship | |||||||
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11th FIBA World Championship | |||||||
Tournament details | |||||||
Host nation | Argentina | ||||||
Dates | August 8 – August 20 | ||||||
Teams | 16 (from 5 federations) | ||||||
Venues | 6 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||
Champions | Yugoslavia (3rd title) | ||||||
MVP | Toni Kukoč | ||||||
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Qualified for the second round groups I and II | |
Qualified for the second round groups III and IV |
Qualified for the final round | |
Qualified for the 5th–8th classification | |
Qualified for the 9th–12th classification | |
Qualified for the 13th–16th classification |
The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990. The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.
Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution.
This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players, that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate.
The following national teams competed:
Puerto Rico
Yugoslavia
Venezuela
Angola