1994 FIBA World Championship

Infobox FIBA tourney
continent = World
year = 1994

size = 100
caption = Official logo of the 1994 FIBA World Championship
host = Canada
dates = August 4 – August 14
teams = 16
federations = ?
venues = 3
cities = 2
champions = United States
title_number = 3
mvp = flagicon|USA Shaquille O'Neal
ppg_p = flagicon|AUS Andrew Gaze (23.87)
ppg_t = bk|USA (120)
rpg_p = flagicon|CRO Stojko Vranković (9.3)
rpg_t = bk|USA (43.25)
apg_p = flagicon|ARG Marcelo Milanesio (6.87)
apg_t = bk|USA (20.80)
website = [http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/events/competition/p/competitioncode/WMM/lang/En/roundid/2914/season/1994/latest_results.html 1994 FIBA World Championship] 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 the Skydome [The New York Times, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E0DA1030F936A2575BC0A962958260 BASKETBALL; Dream Team Ends Its Sequel Predictably] ] and Maple Leaf Gardens in TorontoThe New York Times, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE1D81131F935A3575BC0A962958260 Sports of The Times; Toronto, Dream Team, The World] ] as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The hosting duties were originally awarded to Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia, but after United Nations imposed a trade embargo on the Balkan country, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992.

The tournament was won by the United States - "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.

Venues

August 4, 1994

Group B

August 6, 1994

August 5, 1994

August 4, 1994

econd Round

The top two finishers from Groups A and B advance to the medal round.

Group A

August 11, 1994

August 8, 1994

August 12, 1994

August 9, 1994

August 8, 1994

Elimination rounds

Medal bracket

Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Finals|Consol=Third place
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Russia Russia|66|flagicon|Croatia Croatia|64
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Greece Greece|58|flagicon|USA United States|97
August 14, 1994|flagicon|Russia Russia|91|flagicon|USA United States|137
August 14, 1994|flagicon|Croatia Croatia|78|flagicon|Greece Greece|60
September 3, 2006 - 16:30|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|77|flagicon|Germany Germany|62

5th to 8th place

Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Australia Australia|95|flagicon|China China|57
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952 Puerto Rico|85|flagicon|Canada Canada|82
August 14, 1994|flagicon|Australia Australia|96|flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952 Puerto Rico"'|83
August 14, 1994|flagicon|China China|76|flagicon|Canada Canada|104

9th to 12th place

Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Ninth place|Consol=Eleventh place
August 12, 1994|flagicon|Spain Spain|90|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|85
August 12, 1994|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|85|flagicon|Germany Germany|71
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Spain Spain|65|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|74
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|93|flagicon|Germany Germany|71

13th to 16th place

Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Thirteenth place|Consol=Fifteenth place
August 12, 1994|flagicon|South Korea Korea Republic|75|flagicon|Angola Angola|71
August 12, 1994|flagicon|Egypt Egypt|69|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|54
August 13, 1994|flagicon|South Korea Korea Republic|76|flagicon|Egypt Egypt|69
August 13, 1994|flagicon|Angola Angola|67|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|75

Awards

All-Tournament Team

*flagicon|Russia Sergei Bazarevich
*flagicon|USA Reggie Miller
*flagicon|USA Shawn Kemp
*flagicon|Croatia Dino Radja
*flagicon|USA Shaquille O'Neal

Top scorers (ppg)

# Andrew Gaze 23.8
# Dino Radja 22.3
# Paolo De Almeida 19.4
# Arijan Komazec 19.3
# Hur Jae 19.3
# Moon Kyung-Eun 19
# Richard Matienzo 18.8
# Shaquille O'Neal 18
# Marcelo Nicola 17.7
# Reggie Miller 17.1

Final Standings

References