World Championships (FIBA World Cup) in Colombia (1982)
1978 (4 year break)


Final Classification
1. Soviet Union (8-1)
2. USA (7-2)
3. Yugoslavia (7-2)
4. Spain (6-3)
5. Australia (4-4)
6. Canada (3-5)
7. Colombia (0-6)
8. Brazil (4-3)
9. Panama (3-4)
10. Czechoslovakia (4-3)
11. Uruguay (2-5)
12. China (2-5)
13. Ivory Coast (0-7)
    Rosters
 Champion: USSR (Stanislaw Jerjomin, Kheino Enden, Sergej Tarakanow, Arwidas Sabonis, Andrej Lopatow, Nikolai Derjugin, Waldis Walters, Wladimir Tkatschenko, Anatoli Myschkin, Sergej Iovaischa, Alexander Belostenni, Waldemaras Chomicius)
 2. USA (Antonie Carr, Jeff Turner, Earl Jones, Ted Kitchel, Joe Kleine, John Pinone, Fred Reynolds, Glenn Rivers, John Sundvold, Jim Thomas, Mark West, Michel Wiggins)
 3. Yugoslavia (Aleksandar Petrovic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Radovic, Rajko Zizic, Zeljko Jerkov, Zufer Avdija, Petar Vilfan, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanovic, Boban Petrovic, Drazen Dalipagic, Mirza Delibasic)