XII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (TORONTO 1994)

(From 4-08-1994 to 14-08-1994)

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PARTICIPANTS (16)

· Host nation: Canada.

· Olympic Tournament winner: USA.

· Top 5 qualified teams in the European Championship: Germany, Russia, Croatia, Greece, Spain.

· Top 4 qualified teams in the FIBA Americas Championship: Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba (ranked 5th in FIBA Americas Championship 1993, which took the place of winner USA, qualified as Olympic winner).

· Top 2 qualified teams in the Asian Championship: China, South Korea (ranked 3rd in Asia Championship 1993, which took the place of runner-up North Korea after the latter’s refusal to participate in the World Championship).

· Top 2 qualified teams in the African Championship: Angola, Egypt.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· In a Preliminary Round, the sixteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up after the Preliminary Round advance to the Final Round (places 1-8), divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average. The rest of teams from the Preliminary Round enter a Classification Round (places 9-16), also played as a league stage with 2 groups of 4 teams each.

· The group winners and runners-up after the Final Round advance to the semifinals (played as an X-pairing). The two winners of these semifinal matches qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal. The rest of teams play similar X-pairing matches to decide the final positions in the tournament.

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A (Hamilton)

 

GROUP B (Hamilton / Toronto)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-1994)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-1994)

China - Brazil

97-93 (38-30;77-77)

Croatia - Cuba

85-65 (45-27)

USA - Spain

115-100 (59-51)

Australia - South Korea

87-85 (59-44)

Competition Day 2 (5-08-1994)

Competition Day 2 (5-08-1994)

Brazil - Spain

67-73 (36-30)

Croatia - South Korea

104-53 (52-30)

USA - China

132-77 (71-38)

Cuba - Australia

87-93 (42-42)

Competition Day 3 (7-08-1994)

Competition Day 3 (6-08-1994)

Spain - China

76-78 (46-31)

Cuba - South Korea

92-79 (46-44)

USA - Brazil

105-82 (48-36)

Croatia - Australia

83-69 (43-39)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA (I)

3

3

0

352

259

6

2. China (II)

3

2

1

252

299

5

3. Spain (III)

3

1

2

247

260

4

4. Brazil (IV)

3

0

3

242

275

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Croatia (II)

3

3

0

272

187

6

2. Australia (I)

3

2

1

249

255

5

3. Cuba (IV)

3

1

2

244

257

4

4. South Korea (III)

3

0

3

217

283

3

 

GROUP C (Toronto / Hamilton)

 

GROUP D (Toronto / Hamilton)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-1994)

Competition Day 1 (4-08-1994)

Canada - Angola

83-52 (39-30)

Puerto Rico - Egypt

102-74 (48-35)

Russia - Argentina

84-64 (48-31)

Greece - Germany

68-58 (31-35)

Competition Day 2 (5-08-1994)

Competition Day 2 (5-08-1994)

Canada - Argentina

91-73 (30-30)

Greece - Egypt

69-53 (37-28)

Russia - Angola

94-57 (46-21)

Puerto Rico - Germany

74-81 (41-42)

Competition Day 3 (6-08-1994)

Competition Day 3 (7-08-1994)

Argentina - Angola

67-59 (36-34)

Puerto Rico - Greece

72-64 (35-39)

Russia - Canada

73-66 (36-41)

Germany - Egypt

78-56 (39-28)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Russia (I)

3

3

0

251

187

6

2. Canada (II)

3

2

1

240

198

5

3. Argentina (III)

3

1

2

204

234

4

4. Angola (IV)

3

0

3

168

244

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Greece (II)

3

2

1

201

183

5

2. Puerto Rico (I)

3

2

1

248

219

5

3. Germany (IV)

3

2

1

217

198

5

4. Egypt (III)

3

0

3

183

249

3

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 9-16)

 

GROUP III (Hamilton)

 

GROUP IV (Hamilton)

Competition Day 1 (8-08-1994)

Competition Day 1 (8-08-1994)

Spain - South Korea

98-57 (53-39)

Cuba - Brazil

76-82 (39-35)

Argentina - Egypt

91-66 (52-30)

Germany - Angola

86-76 (32-45)

Competition Day 2 (9-08-1994)

Competition Day 2 (9-08-1994)

Egypt - Spain

52-94 (18-40)

Angola - Cuba

71-75 (39-38)

South Korea - Argentina

83-105 (45-50)

Brazil - Germany

76-96 (49-48)

Competition Day 3 (11-08-1994)

Competition Day 3 (11-08-1994)

Spain - Argentina

72-70 (37-34)

Cuba - Germany

74-86 (34-39)

South Korea - Egypt

89-81 (49-34)

Brazil - Angola

78-79 (44-52)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

3

3

0

264

179

6

2. Argentina

3

2

1

266

221

5

3. South Korea

3

1

2

229

284

4

4. Egypt

3

0

3

199

274

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Germany

3

3

0

268

226

6

2. Brazil

3

1

2

236

251

4

3. Cuba

3

1

2

225

239

4

4. Angola

3

1

2

226

239

4

 

 

PLACES 13-16 (Hamilton)

Semifinals (12-08-1994)

III.3-IV.4: South Korea - Angola

75-71 (47-46)

IV.3-III.4: Cuba - Egypt

54-69 (28-34)

Finals (13-08-1994)

15/16: Angola - Cuba

67-75 (38-40)

13/14: South Korea - Egypt

76-69 (41-35)

 

 

PLACES 9-12 (Hamilton)

Semifinals (12-08-1994)

III.1-IV.2: Spain - Brazil

90-85 (43-34)

IV.1-III.2: Germany - Argentina

71-85 (41-44)

Finals (13-08-1994)

11/12: Brazil - Germany

93-71 (48-42)

9/10: Spain - Argentina

65-74 (25-39)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (PLACES 1-8)

 

GROUP I (Toronto)

 

GROUP II (Toronto / Hamilton)

Competition Day 1 (9-08-1994)

Competition Day 1 (8-08-1994)

Russia - Puerto Rico

101-85 (51-47)

Croatia - China

105-73 (61-41)

USA - Australia

130-74 (62-48)

Greece - Canada

74-71 (40-34)

Competition Day 2 (10-08-1994)

Competition Day 2 (10-08-1994)

Australia - Russia

76-103 (30-55)

Canada - Croatia

61-92 (30-45)

Puerto Rico - USA

83-134 (25-62)

China - Greece

61-77 (30-35)

Competition Day 3 (12-08-1994)

Competition Day 3 (12-08-1994)

Australia - Puerto Rico

94-81 (51-41) (x)

China - Canada

58-90 (37-43) (x)

USA - Russia

111-94 (52-44)

Croatia - Greece

81-55 (38-29)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

375

251

6

2. Russia

3

2

1

298

272

5

3. Australia

3

1

2

244

314

4

4. Puerto Rico

3

0

3

249

329

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Croatia

3

3

0

278

189

6

2. Greece

3

2

1

206

213

5

3. Canada

3

1

2

222

224

4

4. China

3

0

3

192

272

3

(x) Games played on 11-08-1994.

 

 

PLACES 5-8 (Toronto / Hamilton)

Semifinals (13-08-1994)

I.3-II.4: Australia - China

95-57 (44-27)

II.3-I.4: Canada - Puerto Rico

82-85 (47-48)

Finals (14-08-1994)

7/8: China - Canada

76-104 (41-51)

5/6: Australia - Puerto Rico

96-83 (57-47)

 

 

PLACES 1-4 (Toronto)

Semifinals (13-08-1994)

I.1-II.2: USA - Greece

97-58 (40-30)

II.1-I.2: Croatia - Russia

64-66 (22-31)

Finals (14-08-1994)

3/4: Greece - Croatia

60-78 (32-36)

1/2: USA - Russia

137-91 (73-40)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: SkyDome (Toronto)

DATE: 14-08-1994 (16:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 32.616

REFEREES: Wiesław Zych (POL), Isaac Glass (URU)

FOULED OUT: -

United States of America

USA - Russia

Россия

137-91 (73-40)

 

USA (coach: Don Nelson)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Kevin Johnson

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

2

2

2

18

2

# Joe Dumars

2

2

5

3

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

5

2

20

13

# Reggie Miller

1

1

5

3

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

2

1

18

11

# Derrick Coleman

5

4

1

1

2

2

3

-

1

1

1

2

1

10

13

# Shawn Kemp

8

6

-

-

2

2

7

2

3

1

1

1

1

18

14

Mark Price

2

-

6

4

-

-

2

3

1

1

-

5

-

19

12

Steve Smith

-

-

5

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

3

2

13

3

Dan Majerle

3

1

3

2

-

-

1

1

-

-

2

-

2

14

8

Dominique Wilkins

7

5

4

2

4

4

-

2

-

1

-

2

1

22

20

Shaquille O'Neal

13

8

3

-

5

2

7

3

1

-

3

1

1

16

18

Alonzo Mourning

6

5

1

1

3

2

3

1

-

1

3

-

2

10

15

Larry Johnson

5

1

2

2

-

-

5

6

-

-

-

3

2

22

8

TOTAL

53

34

35

19

16

12

28

19

7

8

13

26

17

200

137

 

Russia (coach: Sergej Belov)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Sergej Bazarevich

10

7

2

-

4

3

3

-

-

1

6

5

-

29

17

# Vasilij Karasjov

6

2

3

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

2

1

17

4

# Igor’ Grachev

3

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

# Evgenij Kisurin

6

2

2

-

2

1

2

5

-

-

2

1

2

19

5

# Mikhail Mikhajlov

12

9

-

-

4

1

3

1

1

-

1

-

4

25

19

Dmitrij Domani

9

3

3

2

2

1

2

1

-

1

1

4

1

28

13

Evgenij Pashutin

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

2

1

8

2

Sergej Babkov

6

5

7

3

4

3

2

1

-

-

2

2

-

32

22

Sergej Ivanov

3

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

1

1

1

18

2

Vitalij Nosov

6

1

-

-

6

5

-

1

3

2

-

-

3

18

7

TOTAL

62

31

18

5

22

14

16

11

4

4

15

17

13

200

91

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

Russia RUS

3.

Croatia CRO

4.

Greece GRE

5.

Australia AUS

6.

Puerto Rico PUR

7.

Canada CAN

8.

China CHN

9.

Argentina ARG

10.

Spain SPA

11.

Brazil BRA

12.

Germany GER

13.

South Korea SKR

14.

Egypt EGY

15.

Cuba CUB

16.

Egypt EGY

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Andrew Gaze (AUS)

191

8

23.9

2. Dino Rađa (CRO)

179

8

22.4

3. Arijan Komazec (CRO)

155

8

19.4

4. Hur Jae (SKR)

155

8

19.4

5. Paulinho Villas Bôas (BRA)

136

7

19.4

6. Moon Kyung-eun (SKR)

152

8

19.0

7. Richard Matienzo (CUB)

94

5

18.8

8. Shaquille O’Neal (USA)

144

8

18.0

9. Marcelo Nicola (ARG)

142

8

17.8

10. Reggie Miller (USA)

137

8

17.1

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Shaquille O’Neal (USA)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Sergej Bazarevich (RUS)

Reggie Miller (USA)

Shawn Kemp (USA)

Dino Rađa (CRO)

Shaquille O’Neal (USA)

   

 

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