1990 FIBA World Championship

1990 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Campeonato Mundial Basquetbol 1990
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	8–19 August
Officially opened by	Carlos Menem
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Games played	64
MVP	Toni Kukoč
Top scorer	Oscar Schmidt (34.6 points per game)
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The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.^[1]

Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Likewise, the Soviet Union participated in its final tournament before its dissolution.

This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players that had also already played in an official regular season NBA game could participate.