World Champion Final 1990: No one can stop powerful Yugoslavia
In the summer of 1990, the World Cup was held in Argentina, where Yugoslavia won the Gold medal by defeating the Soviet Union by a clear 92-75 in the final. At that time the Yugoslavs were by far the best team in the world In the semifinals the Yugoslavs beat the United States 99-91, and the Soviet Union overcame Puerto Rico 98-82. In the fight for Bronzes the metal went to the United States after defeating Puerto Rico by a tight 107-105.
Yugoslavia 92 ·Petrovic - 20p, 4a. ·Perasovic - 0p, 1r. ·Paspalj - 16p, 5r. ·Kukoc - 14p, 7a. ·Divac - 6p, 8r. Zdovc - 13p, 2a. Obradovic - 5p, 1a. Cutura - 7p, 2r. Savic - 11p, 4r. Curcic - 0p, 3r. Komacek - 0p, 2br. Jovanovic - 0p.
Union Sovietica 75 ·Vetra - 9p, 3a. ·Bazarevich - 7p, 2a. ·Volkov - 15p, 8r. ·Tikhonenko - 11p, 6r. ·Belostenny - 7p, 8r. Sokk - 3p, 2a. Bereznov - 7p, 3r. Sukharev - 2p, 3r. Meleshcenko - 11p, 5r. Lopatov - 3p, 4r. Korolev - 0p. Pinchuk - 0p.
