1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	July 29 – August 5
Teams	12 (from 5 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
MVP	Toni Kukoč
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Lawal GARBA (23.0) Yugoslavia (108.9)
Official website
1987 FIBA U19 World Championship
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The 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was held in Bormio, Italy from July 29 to August 5, 1987. Yugoslavia won the tournament after beating the United States 86–76 in the final. Toni Kukoč was named the tournament MVP.

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	7–0
	United States	5–2
	Italy	5–2
4th	Germany	3–4
5th	Australia	4–3
6th	Canada	4–3
7th	Soviet Union	4–5
8th	Puerto Rico	3–4
9th	China	3–4
10th	Brazil	3–4
11th	Chinese Taipei	1–6
12th	Nigeria	0–7

Medal rosters

4 Zoran Kalpić, 5 Luka Pavićević, 6 Nebojša Ilić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Miroslav Pecarski, 9 Teoman Alibegović, 10 Aleksandar Đorđević, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Vlade Divac, 13 Radenko Dobras, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Slaviša Koprivica (Head coach: Svetislav Pešić)

4 Kevin Pritchard, 5 Larry Johnson, 6 Gary Payton, 7 Stephen Thompson, 8 LaBradford Smith, 9 Lionel Simmons, 10 Scott Williams, 11 Stacey Augmon, 12 Robert Brickey, 13 Ron Huery, 14 Dwayne Schintzius, 15 Brian Williams (Head coach: ?)

4 Sandro Brusamarello, 5 Ferdinando Gentile, 6 Riccardo Pittis, 7 Massimiliano Aldi, 8 Stefano Rusconi, 9 Andrea Niccolai, 10 Michele Zeno, 11 Davide Pessina, 12 Alberto Ballestra, 13 Gustavo Tolloti, 14 Giovanni Savio, 15 Genaro Palmieri (Head coach: ?)

External links

• Official Website
• FIBA Basketball Archive