| Tourney name | FIBA World Championship |
|---|---|
| Year | 1982 |
| Other titles | FIBA Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto de 1982 |
| Country | Colombia |
| Dates | 15–28 August |
| Opened | Belisario Betancur |
| Num teams | 13 |
| Confederations | 5 |
| Venues | 5 |
| Cities | 5 |
| Champion | Soviet Union |
| Count | 3 |
| Second | United States |
| Third | Yugoslavia |
| Fourth | Spain |
| Games | 50 |
| Mvp | Doc Rivers |
| Top scorer | Rolando Frazer (24.4 points per game) |
| Prevseason | 1978 |
| Nextseason | 1986 |
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 Iván 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 | ||
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 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0–7 |
Awards
| Most Valuable Player |
|---|
| Doc Rivers[2] |
All-Tournament Team
- Doc Rivers (USA)
- Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia)
- Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain)
- Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR)
- Anatoli Myshkin (USSR)
Top 10 scorers (points per game)
- Rolando Frazer (Panama) 24.4
- Ian Davies (Australia) 23.4
- Wilfredo Ruiz (Uruguay) 23.4
- Dié Drisa (Côte d'Ivoire) 21.6
- Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 21.1
- Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 21.0
- Stanislav Kropilak (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
- Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.1
- Gustav Hraska (Czechoslovakia) 18.0
- Jay Triano (Canada) 17.9
References
- ^ HISTORIA DEL BALONCESTO DEL NORTE DE SANTANDER
- ^ "The Best of 1982 World Cup: Soviet Union fend off USA in Final, Glen 'Doc' Rivers MVP, Sabonis the rookie". fiba.basketball. FIBA. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Player Leaders Sort by: POSITIONS:All POINTS PER GAME : ALL ROUNDS.