The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDomeThe New York Times, BASKETBALL; Dream Team Ends Its Sequel Predictably and Maple Leaf Gardens in TorontoThe New York Times, 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, Yugoslavia, but after the United Nations limited participation in sporting events in Yugoslavia, Toronto stepped in as a replacement option in 1992.

The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the first time that the FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) allowed current American NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game to participate. Prior to that only professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete, since players from other leagues were still considered amateurs.

The tournament was won by the United States's "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 Three stadia were used during the tournament: Toronto Hamilton SkyDome Maple Leaf Gardens Copps Coliseum Capacity: 28,708 Capacity: 16,538 Capacity: 18,436

Qualification There were 16 teams taking part in the 1994 World Cup of Basketball. After the 1992 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 1994 World Cup.

Host nation: 1 berth 1992 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone. FIBA Oceania: 3 teams competing for 1 berth FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths FIBA Africa: 9 teams competing for 2 berths FIBA Asia: 18 teams competing for 2 berths

Qualified teams Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Teams qualifiedHost – 1 1992 Olympic men's basketball tournamentJuly 26–August 8, 1992 Barcelona 1 1993 FIBA Oceania Championship June 7–10, 1993 Auckland 1 EuroBasket 1993 June 22–July 4, 1993 Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich 5 1993 Tournament of the Americas August 28–September 5, 1993 San Juan 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1993September 18–28, 1993 Nairobi 2 1993 ABC ChampionshipNovember 12–21, 1993 Jakarta 2 * Total 16

* withdrew from the tournament, replaced them.

Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Preliminary round The top two teams from each group remain in medal contention.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinal round The top two finishers from Groups I and II advance to the final round.

Group I

Group II

9th–16th classification

Quarterfinal round

Group III

Group IV

13th–16th classification

Semifinals

Fifteenth place playoff

Thirteenth place playoff

9th–12th classification

Semifinals

Eleventh place playoff

Ninth place playoff

5th–8th classification

Semifinals

Seventh place playoff

Fifth place playoff

Final round

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Final

Awards

MVP Shaquille O'Neal

All-Tournament Team

Sergei Bazarevich Reggie Miller Shawn Kemp Dino Rađa Shaquille O'Neal — MVP

O'Neal, who had a sponsorship deal with Pepsi, declined to accept the MVP award and sent Shawn Kemp in his stead as the award, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola, was a bottle of Coke encased in glass atop a wooden base.

Top scorers (ppg) Source:Statistics

Andrew Gaze 23.9 Dino Rađa 22.4 Arijan Komazec 19.4 Hur Jae 19.4 Paolo de Almeida 19.4 Moon Kyung-Eun 19 Richard Matienzo 18.8 Shaquille O'Neal 18 Marcelo Nicola 17.7 Reggie Miller 17.1

Final standings

RankTeam Record 8–0 6–2 7–1 4 4–4 5 5–3 6 3–5 7 4–4 8 2–6 9 5–3 10 5–3 11 2–6 12 5–3 13 3–5 14 1–7 15 3–5 16 1–7

References

External links 1994 FIBA World Championship