| Tourney Name: | FIBA World Championship |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Other Titles: | FIBA Mundobasket Campeonato 1986 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Opened: | Juan Carlos I |
| Dates: | 5–20 July |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 7 |
| Cities: | 7 |
| Champion: | United States |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | Soviet Union |
| Third: | Yugoslavia |
| Fourth: | Brazil |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1968 |
| Games: | 90 |
| Mvp: | Dražen Petrović |
| Top Scorer: | Nikos Galis (33.7 points per game) |
| Prevseason: | 1982 |
| Nextseason: | 1990 |
The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid.[1] They were classified as the official men's basketball event of the 1986 Goodwill Games, held simultaneously in Moscow. This was the final tournament for West Germany, which did not participate in the next tournament prior to its unification with East Germany on 3 October 1990.
| width=14.25% | Group A | width=14.25% | Group B | width=14.25% | Group C | width=14.25% | Group D | width=14.25% | Group E | width=14.25% | Group F | width=14.25% | Classification and Final phase |
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| Ferrol | Málaga | Tenerife | Barcelona | Oviedo | Madrid | ||||||||
| Palacio de los Deportes | Polideportivo A Malata | Palacio de los Deportes de Ciudad Jardín | Pabellón Central Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Sports Palace of Barcelona | Palacio Municipal de Deportes | Community of Madrid Sports Palace | |||||||
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | |||||||
| width=20% | Group A | width=20% | Group B | width=20% | Group C | width=20% | Group D | width=20% | Withdrawn |
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See main article: 1986 FIBA World Championship squads.
| Rank | width=200px | Team ! | Record |
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| 1 | 9–1 | ||
| 2 | 9–1 | ||
| 3 | 8–2 | ||
| 4 | 6–4 | ||
| 5 | 8–2 | ||
| 6 | 7–3 | ||
| 7 | 5–5 | ||
| 8 | 5–5 | ||
| 9 | 4–6 | ||
| 10 | 4–6 | ||
| 11 | 4–6 | ||
| 12 | 5–5 | ||
| 13 | 3–2 | ||
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See main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.