1986 FIBA World Championship

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The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the tenth edition of FIBA's premier international men's basketball tournament, held in Spain and featuring many of the world's top national teams.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIBA Basketball World Cup
international basketball competition
category 1986 in basketball
FIBA Basketball World Cup
surface form: FIBA Basketball World Cup tournaments

International basketball competitions hosted by Spain
champion United States men's national basketball team
championRank 1
confederations 5
continent Europe
continentOfWinningTeam North America
countryOfWinningTeam United States of America
surface form: United States
editionNumber 10
endDate 1986-07-20
finalCity Barcelona
finalScore United States 87–85 Soviet Union
finalVenue Palau Sant Jordi
fourthPlace Brazil men's national basketball team
fourthPlaceRank 4
gender men's tournament
governingBody FIBA Central Board
hostCity Badalona
Barcelona
Ferrol
Madrid
Oviedo
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Valladolid
Zaragoza
hostCountry Spain
hostSelectionMethod FIBA decision
level senior national teams
mostValuablePlayer Dražen Petrović
nextEdition 1990 FIBA World Championship
numberOfGames 82
numberOfTeams 24
officialLanguage English
Spanish
organizer FIBA
previousEdition 1982 FIBA World Championship
runnerUp Soviet Union national basketball team
surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team
runnerUpRank 2
sport basketball
startDate 1986-07-05
thirdPlace Yugoslavia national basketball team
surface form: Yugoslavia men's national basketball team
thirdPlaceRank 3
timePeriod 1980s
topScorer Oscar Schmidt
topScorerPointsPerGame 34.6

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New Zealand national basketball team worldCupDebut 1986 FIBA World Championship