The 1983 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Spanish: 1983 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19) was the 2nd edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 14 to 28 August 1983.
The United States successfully defended their championship by winning the Gold Medal against the Soviet Union in the final day of the tournament, 82-78.
Qualification Defending World Champions Host country, advances outright to the semifinal round FIBA Americas (6)FIBA Europe (5)FIBA Asia (1)FIBA Africa (1)FIBA Oceania (1)
Preliminary round Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsHead-to-Head 321227203+2451−0 321226188+3850−1 312209226–1741−0 312227272–4540−1
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 330292269+236 321315290+255 312246258–124 303245281–363
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 330305202+1036 321247228+195 312227253–264 303179517–733
Final round Classification 9th-14th TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 440337297+408 431355306+497 431382330+527 413349368–195 413292318–265 404295391–964
Semifinal round Qualified for the gold medal game Qualified for the bronze medal game TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsHead-to-Head 752630557+7312 651543469+7411 743630601+2911 633528527+192−0 633453474–2191−1 633466488–2290−2 624513575–628 606408480–726
Bronze medal match
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 6–2 8–2 6–4 4th 4–4 5th 5–4 6th 5–4 7th 4–5 8th 3–6 9th 4–3 10th 4–3 11th 4–3 12th 2–5 13th 1–6 14th 1–6
Awards
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