The 10th FIBA World Championship, held in Spain in 1986, served as the official men's basketball event of the 1986 Goodwill Games.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 10th FIBA World Championship
- Host country
- Spain
- Tournament dates
- 5 to 20 July 1986
- Final venue
- Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid
- Concurrent event
- 1986 Goodwill Games, Moscow
- Last tournament for West Germany
- Before unification with East Germany
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
FIBA held its decennial world championship on a rotating host basis. Spain was selected to host the 10th edition, coinciding with the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, which designated the tournament as its official men's basketball event, raising the competition's international profile.
The 1986 FIBA World Championship took place in Spain from 5 to 20 July 1986, with the final phase contested at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad in Madrid. Men's national teams from around the world competed in this 10th edition of the global basketball championship.
The tournament marked the final FIBA World Championship appearance for West Germany as an independent nation; the country did not enter the subsequent tournament before reunification with East Germany rendered it obsolete as a separate competing entity in international basketball.