1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (French: Championnat du monde des moins de 19 ans 1991 de la FIBA) was the 4th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Edmonton, Canada from 26 July to 4 August 1991. The United States won their third championship in the tournament, after beating Italy in overtime 90–85 in the final.[1] Dejan Bodiroga of Yugoslavia was named the tournament MVP, despite their team losing the bronze medal game against Argentina.[2]

1991 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
Dates26 July – 4 August
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga
Top scorerSyria Anwor Abdoul Houy (26.0)
PPG (Team) Soviet Union (105.6)
Official website
1991 FIBA U19 World Championship
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Venue

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Edmonton Alberta
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1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Alberta)
Capacity: n/a
 

Qualified teams

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Means of Qualification Dates Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host Nation 1   Canada
Defending Champions 28 July – 5 August 1987   Bormio 1   Yugoslavia
1990 FIBA Under-18 African Championship   Luanda 2   Nigeria
  Angola
1990 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship   Montevideo 4   United States
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Uruguay
1990 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship 25 August – 2 September 1990   Nagoya 3   Japan
  Syria
  China
1990 FIBA Under-18 European Championship 18–25 August 1990   Groningen / Emmen 4   Italy
  Soviet Union
  Spain
  Romania
1990 FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship 1   Australia
Total 16

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Basket Average for Tied Teams
  Romania 3 2 1 230 216 +14 5 1W−1L (138/134, 1.0299)
  Argentina 3 2 1 221 214 +7 5 1W−1L (151/152, 0.9934)
  Australia 3 2 1 237 227 +10 5 1W−1L (147/150, 0.9800)
  China 3 0 3 221 252 –31 3
27 July 1991
13:00
China   82–92   Romania
Scoring by half: 36–41, 46–51
Pts: Wu 24 Pts: Mureșan 31
27 July 1991
13:00
Australia   89–75   Argentina
Scoring by half: 48–35, 41–40
Pts: Reidy 18 Pts: Racca 18

28 July 1991
13:00
Romania   75–58   Australia
Scoring by half: 35–33, 40–25
Pts: Mureșan 33 Pts: Armfield 12
28 July 1991
18:30
Argentina   70–62   China
Scoring by half: 33–33, 37–29
Pts: Diaz 23 Pts: Zhang 17

29 July 1991
13:00
Argentina   76–63   Romania
Scoring by half: 43–35, 33–28
Pts: Racca 31 Pts: Mureșan 24
29 July 1991
18:30
China   77–90   Australia
Scoring by half: 33–33, 37–29
Pts: Diaz 23 Pts: Liang 22

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 316 225 +91 6
  Spain 3 2 1 330 232 +98 5
  Nigeria 3 1 2 221 234 –13 4
  Japan 3 0 3 163 339 –176 3
27 July 1991
18:30
United States   124–51   Japan
Scoring by half: 63–28, 61–23
Pts: Miller 18 Pts: Kazama 16
27 July 1991
20:30
Spain   96–66   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 55–35, 41–31
Pts: Paraiso [es] 20 Pts: Nikoro 14

28 July 1991
20:30
United States   86–73   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 45–47, 41–26
Pts: Miller 24 Pts: Awojobi 28

29 July 1991
13:00
Nigeria   82–52   Japan
Scoring by half: 19–37, 63–15
Pts: Awojobi 30 Pts: Kazama 11
29 July 1991
20:30
Spain   101–106 (OT)   United States
Scoring by half: 42–46, 52–48 Overtime: 7–12
Pts: Reyes 28 Pts: Caver 26

2 August 1991
15:00
Japan   60–133   Spain
Scoring by half: 23–66, 37–67
Pts: Iwasa 15 Pts: Reyes 22

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Italy 3 3 0 306 199 +107 6
  Canada 3 2 1 251 242 +9 5
  Uruguay 3 1 2 221 270 –49 4
  Angola 3 0 3 198 265 –67 3
27 July 1991
13:00
Italy   96–78   Canada
Scoring by half: 52–40, 44–38
Pts: Fučka 21 Pts: George 16
27 July 1991
15:00
Uruguay   78–74   Angola
Scoring by half: 46–36, 32–38
Pts: Apud 23 Pts: Morais, Domingos 16

28 July 1991
13:00
Angola   59–96   Italy
Scoring by half: 34–56, 25–40
Pts: Domingos 22 Pts: Portaluppi 17
28 July 1991
18:30
Canada   82–81   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46–37, 36–44
Pts: Njoku 20 Pts: Apud 17

29 July 1991
13:00
Italy   114–62   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 43–32, 71–30
Pts: Ruggeri 24 Pts: Castro 15
29 July 1991
18:30
Angola   65–91   Canada
Scoring by half: 27–51, 38–40
Pts: Lutonda 25 Pts: Van Koughnett 15

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Basket Average for Tied Teams
  Brazil 3 2 1 295 254 +41 5 1W−1L (182/174, 1.0460)
  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 248 237 +11 5 1W−1L (168/170, 0.9882)
  Soviet Union 3 2 1 278 273 +5 5 1W−1L (179/185, 0.9676)
  Syria 3 0 3 235 292 –57 3
27 July 1991
18:30
Brazil   113–80   Syria
Scoring by half: 62–31, 51–49
Pts: Klafke 26 Pts: Abou Saada 35
27 July 1991
20:30
Soviet Union   83–90   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46–43, 37–47
Pts: Mikhailov 17 Pts: Čizmić 22

28 July 1991
15:00
Yugoslavia   78–87   Brazil
Scoring by half: 27–42, 51–45
Pts: Bodiroga, Radović 18 Pts: Klafke 19
28 July 1991
20:30
Syria   88–99   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 40–50, 48–49
Pts: Abou Saada, Abdoul Houy 30 Pts: Mikhailov 20

29 July 1991
15:00
Syria   67–80   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37–43, 30–37
Pts: Abou Saada 16 Pts: Rebrača 16
29 July 1991
20:30
Soviet Union   96–95   Brazil
Scoring by half: 59–53, 37–42
Pts: Yudin 18 Pts: Da Silva 27

Quarterfinal round

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Group E

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Basket Average for Tied Teams
  Italy 3 3 0 257 240 +17 6
  Yugoslavia 3 1 2 239 230 +9 4 1W−1L (176/158, 1.1139)
  Spain 3 1 2 262 268 –6 4 1W−1L (174/179, 0.9721)
  Romania 3 1 2 232 252 –20 4 1W−1L (143/156, 0.9167)
30 July 1991
13:00
Yugoslavia   63–72   Italy
Scoring by half: 33–36, 30–36
Pts: Tarlać 14 Pts: Fučka 18
30 July 1991
15:00
Romania   84–75   Spain
Scoring by half: 43–23, 41–52
Pts: Mureșan 26 Pts: Esteller [es] 20

31 July 1991
13:00
Romania   59–81   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35–44, 24–37
Pts: Roschnafsky 23 Pts: Radović 23
31 July 1991
18:30
Italy   89–88   Spain
Scoring by half: 47–51, 42–37
Pts: Fučka 19 Pts: Galilea [es], Esteller [es] 16

1 August 1991
13:00
Romania   89–96   Italy
Scoring by half: 58–43, 31–53
Pts: Mureșan 28 Pts: Calbini 20
1 August 1991
15:00
Spain   99–95   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 47–47, 52–48
Pts: Álvarez 21 Pts: Bodiroga 20

Group F

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 260 212 +48 6
  Argentina 3 2 1 218 208 +10 5
  Brazil 3 1 2 238 250 –12 4
  Canada 3 0 3 206 252 –46 3
30 July 1991
18:00
Argentina   62–69   United States
Scoring by half: 38–30, 24–39
Pts: Racca 21 Pts: Caver 13
30 July 1991
20:30
Brazil   86–69   Canada
Scoring by half: 48–37, 38–32
Pts: Joerke 32 Pts: Vassell 14

31 July 1991
15:00
Argentina   87–74   Brazil
Scoring by half: 42–42, 45–32
Pts: Montecchia 24 Pts: Mazzuchini, Da Silva 15
31 July 1991
20:30
Canada   72–97   United States
Scoring by half: 30–45, 42–52
Pts: Ryan 14 Pts: Faulkner, Person 12

1 August 1991
18:30
United States   94–78   Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–38, 40–40
Pts: Faulkner 16 Pts: Klafke 20
1 August 1991
20:30
Argentina   69–65   Canada
Scoring by half: 32–24, 37–41
Pts: Racca 20 Pts: Vassell 18

Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Syria 3 3 0 248 229 +19 6
  Australia 3 2 1 279 191 +88 5
  Uruguay 3 1 2 240 249 –9 4
  Japan 3 0 3 202 300 –98 3
30 July 1991
13:00
Australia   113–47   Japan
Scoring by half: 54–20, 59–27
Pts: Goodwin, Ronaldson 18 Pts: Yaoita 11
30 July 1991
18:30
Syria   79–78   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 39–43, 40–35
Pts: Abou Saada, Abdoul Houy 27 Pts: Niquichenco 25

31 July 1991
13:00
Uruguay   94–76   Japan
Scoring by half: 50–34, 44–42
Pts: Apud 21 Pts: Minamiyama 19
31 July 1991
18:30
Australia   72–76   Syria
Scoring by half: 37–40, 35–36
Pts: Ronaldson 26 Pts: Issa Abdullah 19

1 August 1991
13:00
Australia   94–68   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 49–45, 45–23
Pts: Ronaldson 24 Pts: Apud 15
1 August 1991
18:30
Japan   79–93   Syria
Scoring by half: 33–52, 46–41
Pts: Kawamoto 22 Pts: Abdoul Houy 27

Group H

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Soviet Union 3 3 0 351 222 +129 6
  China 3 2 1 254 248 +6 5
  Angola 3 1 2 203 259 –56 4
  Nigeria 3 0 3 222 301 –79 3
30 July 1991
15:00
China   96–77   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 50–38, 46–39
Pts: Wu 30 Pts: Nikoro 25
30 July 1991
20:30
Soviet Union   109–69   Angola
Scoring by half: 39–43, 40–35
Pts: Yudin 21 Pts: Neto 19

31 July 1991
15:00
Angola   70–66   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 40–30, 30–36
Pts: Martins 27 Pts: Awojobi 28
31 July 1991
18:30
China   74–107   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 41–63, 33–44
Pts: Hu 24 Pts: Grachev 24

1 August 1991
15:00
China   84–64   Angola
Scoring by half: 50–30, 34–34
Pts: Liang 29 Pts: Martins, Domingos, Tchiengo 14
1 August 1991
20:30
Nigeria   79–135   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–53, 48–82
Pts: Okunrinyo 21 Pts: Kudelin 20

Classification 13th–16th

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SemifinalsThirteenth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Uruguay69
 
4 August
 
  Nigeria66
 
  Uruguay77
 
3 August
 
  Angola78
 
  Japan58
 
 
  Angola69
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Japan95
 
 
  Nigeria120

Source: FIBA Archive

Semifinals

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3 August 1991
15:00
Nigeria   66–69   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 37–26, 29–43
Pts: Okunrinyo 16 Pts: Apud 20
3 August 1991
20:30
Japan   58–69   Angola
Scoring by half: 18–26, 40–43
Pts: Minamiyama 17 Pts: Victoriano 18

15th place

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4 August 1991
09:00
Nigeria   120–95   Japan
Scoring by half: 60–44, 60–51
Pts: Okeke 34 Pts: Mori 25

13th place

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4 August 1991
09:00
Uruguay   77–78   Angola
Scoring by half: 46–38, 31–40
Pts: Niquichenco 21 Pts: Domingos 25

Classification 9th–12th

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SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Syria82
 
4 August
 
  China93
 
  China77
 
3 August
 
  Soviet Union134
 
  Soviet Union82
 
 
  Australia81
 
Eleventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Syria80
 
 
  Australia104

Source: FIBA Archive

Semifinals

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3 August 1991
13:00
Soviet Union   82–81   Australia
Scoring by half: 42–41, 40–40
Pts: 4 players 13 Pts: Ronaldson 20
3 August 1991
15:30
Syria   82–93   China
Scoring by half: 35–39, 47–54
Pts: Abdoul Houy 31 Pts: Hu 27

11th place

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4 August 1991
09:00
Australia   104–80   Syria
Scoring by half: 57–36, 47–44
Pts: Armfield, Close, Reidy 17 Pts: Abdoul Houy 34

9th place

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4 August 1991
09:00
Soviet Union   134–77   China
Scoring by half: 82–44, 52–33
Pts: Mikhailov 25 Pts: Liang 17

Classification 5th–8th

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SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Spain92
 
4 August
 
  Canada77
 
  Spain96
 
3 August
 
  Romania110
 
  Brazil77
 
 
  Romania104
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Canada89
 
 
  Brazil93

Source: FIBA Archive

Semifinals

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3 August 1991
13:00
Canada   77–92   Spain
Scoring by half: 47–39, 30–53
Pts: Vassell, Van Koughnett 13 Pts: Fabon 28
3 August 1991
20:30
Romania   104–77   Brazil
Scoring by half: 47–39, 57–38
Pts: Alexe 33 Pts: Cambraia 17

7th place

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4 August 1991
11:00
Canada   89–93   Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–47, 48–46
Pts: Hamilton 21 Pts: Klafke 23

5th place

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4 August 1991
11:00
Spain   96–110   Romania
Scoring by half: 51–59, 45–51
Pts: Fabon 20 Pts: Mureșan 24

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 August
 
 
  Italy79
 
4 August
 
  Argentina63
 
  Italy85
 
3 August
 
  United States (OT)90
 
  United States76
 
 
  Yugoslavia74
 
Third place
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Argentina74
 
 
  Yugoslavia71

Source: FIBA Archive

Semifinals

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3 August 1991
15:00
Italy   79–63   Argentina
Scoring by half: 36–29, 43–34
Pts: Fučka 16 Pts: Racca 27
3 August 1991
18:30
United States   76–74   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34–34, 42–40
Pts: Person 14 Pts: Tarlać 27

3rd place

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4 August 1991
11:00
Argentina   74–71   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 38–41, 36–30
Pts: Racca 27 Pts: Radović 23

Final

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4 August 1991
13:00
Italy   85–90 (OT)   United States
Scoring by half: 44–30, 33–47 Overtime: 8–13
Pts: Fučka 20 Pts: Reeves 20

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
    United States 8–0
    Italy 7–1
    Argentina 5–3
4th   Yugoslavia 3–5
5th   Romania 5–3
6th   Spain 4–4
7th   Brazil 4–4
8th   Canada 2–6
9th   Soviet Union 7–1
10th   China 3–5
11th   Australia 5–3
12th   Syria 3–5
13th   Angola 3–5
14th   Uruguay 3–5
15th   Nigeria 2–6
16th   Japan 0–8

Source: FIBA Archive

Awards

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 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 
 
United States
Third title
Most Valuable Player
  Dejan Bodiroga

References

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  1. ^ "FOURTH FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1991". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "History, All time medalists - FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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