1994 FIBA World Championship
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| 12th FIBA World Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | Canada | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 4 – August 14 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 200 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 3 (in 2 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 United States (3rd title)
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| MVP |
Shaquille O'Neal
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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 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but after United Nations imposed a trade embargo on the Balkan country, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992.
The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the first time that the FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA World Cup) allowed current American NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game to participate.
The tournament was won by the United States's Dream Team II, who beat Russia 137–91 in the Final. The United States finished with a perfect 8–0 record (8 wins and 0 losses). The bronze medal was won by Croatia who beat Greece 78–60 in the bronze-medal game.
Three stadia were used during the tournament:
The following national teams competed:
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North Korea withdrew from the tournament, 
South Korea replaced them.
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