|  Finals |  | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Final | Thu 29.09 |   United States | 77-70 |   Yugoslavia | 42-36 |  | 3-4 | Wed 28.09 |   Soviet Union | 68-53 |   Australia | 32-21 |  | 5-6 | Thu 29.09 |   Bulgaria | 102-74 |   China | 53-19 |  | 7-8 | Wed 28.09 |   South Korea | 77-59 |   Czechoslovakia | 41-26 |  | 1/2 | Tue 27.09 |   Yugoslavia | 57-56 |   Australia | 32-30 |  | 1/2 | Tue 27.09 |   United States | 102-88 |   Soviet Union | 50-39 |  | 5-8 | Tue 27.09 |   China | 95-97 |   South Korea | 43-38 |  |  after over time. FT 85-85 |  | 5-8 | Tue 27.09 |   Bulgaria | 81-78 |   Czechoslovakia | 49-42 |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio |  | 1. United States | 5 | 0 | 461: | 392 | +69 | 1.176 |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 326: | 344 | -18 | 0.948 |  | 3. Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 364: | 343 | +21 | 1.061 |  | 4. Australia | 2 | 3 | 287: | 321 | -34 | 0.894 |  |  eliminated in Groups Round.  |  | 5. Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 400: | 393 | +7 | 1.018 |  | 6. China | 2 | 3 | 371: | 411 | -40 | 0.903 |  | 7. South Korea | 2 | 3 | 416: | 378 | +38 | 1.101 |  | 8. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 5 | 339: | 382 | -43 | 0.887 |   
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| Group A | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio |  | 1. Australia | 2 | 1 | 178: | 196 | -18 | 0.908 |  | 2. Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 208: | 188 | +20 | 1.106 |  | 3. Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 217: | 241 | -24 | 0.900 |  | 4. South Korea | 1 | 2 | 244: | 222 | +22 | 1.099 |   
    | Team | Aust | Sovi | Bulg | SoKo |  | Australia | ---- | 60:48 | 63:57 |   |  | Soviet Union |   | ---- | 91:62 | 69:66 |  | Bulgaria |   |   | ---- | 98:87 |  | South Korea | 91:55 |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Mon 19.09 | 11:45 |   Soviet Union | 91-62 |   Bulgaria | 50-26 |  | Mon 19.09 | 19:30 |   South Korea | 91-55 |   Australia | 41-20 |  | Thu 22.09 |   |   Soviet Union | 69-66 |   South Korea | 33-35 |  | Thu 22.09 |   |   Australia | 63-57 |   Bulgaria | 31-30 |  | Sun 25.09 |   |   Bulgaria | 98-87 |   South Korea | 48-51 |  | Sun 25.09 |   |   Australia | 60-48 |   Soviet Union | 30-30 |   
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| Group B | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio |  | 1. United States | 3 | 0 | 282: | 234 | +48 | 1.205 |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 199: | 211 | -12 | 0.943 |  | 3. China | 1 | 2 | 200: | 214 | -14 | 0.935 |  | 4. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 202: | 224 | -22 | 0.902 |   
    | Team | Unit | Yugo | Chin | Czec |  | United States | ----- | 101:74 | 94:79 | 87:81 |  | Yugoslavia |   | ----- | 56:53 | 69:57 |  | China |   |   | ----- | 68:64 |  | Czechoslovakia |   |   |   | ----- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Mon 19.09.88 | 09:45 |   United States | 87-81 |   Czechoslovakia | 37-39 |  | Mon 19.09.88 | 21:30 |   Yugoslavia | 56-53 |   China | 35-32 |  | Thu 22.09.88 |   |   United States | 101-74 |   Yugoslavia | 55-40 |  | Thu 22.09.88 |   |   China | 68-64 |   Czechoslovakia | 36-36 |  | Sun 25.09.88 |   |   Yugoslavia | 69-57 |   Czechoslovakia | 41-15 |  | Sun 25.09.88 |   |   United States | 94-79 |   China | 46-37 |   
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