Basketball at the Goodwill Games

Last updated January 01, 2026

Basketball at the Goodwill Games
Status	Inactive
Frequency	Quadrennially
Inaugurated	1986
Most recent	2001
Organized by	Goodwill Games

Basketball at the Goodwill Games began at the inaugural edition in Moscow, Soviet Union for women only. The men competition began at the 1990 edition in Seattle, United States.^[1]

Men's tournament
Top scorers
Women's tournament
See also
References
External links

Men's tournament

Goodwill Games
Years	Hosts	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
1990 Details	Seattle, USA	Yugoslavia ^[2]	United States	Soviet Union	Brazil
1994 Details	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Puerto Rico ^[3]	Italy	United States	Russia
1998 Details	New York City, USA	United States ^[4]^[5]	Australia	Lithuania	Puerto Rico
2001 Details	Brisbane, Australia	United States ^[6]	Argentina	Brazil	Australia

Top scorers

Points Per Game

Year	Player	Position	Team	Points Per Game
1990	Oscar Schmidt ^[7]	F	Brazil
1998	Eddie Casiano ^[8]	SG	Puerto Rico	24.7

Final

Year	Player	Position	Team	Points
1990	Billy Owens ^[9]	F	United States	23
1994	Jerome Mincy ^[10]	SG	Puerto Rico	20
1998	Shane Heal ^[11]	SG	Australia	38
2001	Jermaine O'Neal ^[12]^[13]	F	United States	14

Women's tournament

Pan American Games
Years	Hosts	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
1986 Details	Moscow, USSR	United States ^[14]	Soviet Union	Brazil	Bulgaria
1990 Details	Seattle, USA	United States ^[15]	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Brazil
1994 Details	Saint Petersburg, Russia	United States ^[16]	France	China	Russia

References

↑ "Yugoslavs Beat U.S. for Gold : Goodwill Games". LA Times. 30 July 1990.
↑ Men Basketball Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle (USA) - Winner Yugoslavia - todor66.com
↑ Men Basketball Goodwill Games 1994 - Winner Puerto Rico - todor66.com
↑ Men Basketball Goodwill Games 1998 - Winner United States - todor66.com
↑ "GOODWILL GAMES; United States and Australia To Meet". NY Times. 28 July 1998.
↑ Men Basketball Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane (AUS) 03-09.09 - Winner United States - todor66.com
↑ "GOODWILL GAMES : Anderson Finally Warms to Task for U.S. : Basketball: Americans beat Brazil, 112-95, and advance to Sunday's gold medal game against Yugoslavia". LA Times. 28 July 1998.
↑ "GOODWILL GAMES; Puerto Rico Stuns U.S." NY Times. 25 July 1998.
↑ "Goodwill Games; Yugoslavia Tops U.S. in Final". NY Times. 30 July 1990.
↑ "GOODWILL GAMES;Decathlon Mark Will Be Music to O'Brien's Ears". 29 July 1994.
↑ "GOODWILL GAMES; U.S. Turns Back Australia". 25 July 1998.
↑ "U.S. wins Goodwill basketball gold medal". NY Times. 10 September 2001.
↑ - Final de Juegos de la Buena Voluntad del 2001 - lanacion.com
↑ Women Basketball Goodwill Games 1986 Moscva (URS) - 05-10.07 Winner United States - todor66.com
↑ Women Basketball Goodwill Games 1990 Seatle (USA) - Winner United States - todor66.com
↑ Women Basketball Goodwill Games 1994 - Winner United States - todor66.com

External links

Media related to Goodwill Games at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Goodwill Games
Summer	1986 (Moscow) 1990 (Seattle) 1994 (St. Petersburg) 1998 (New York City) 2001 (Brisbane) ~~2005~~ (Phoenix)
Winter	2000 (Lake Placid) ~~2005~~ (Calgary)

v t e Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents
By year	1988 (winter) 2008 (summer) 2010 (winter) 2012 (summer) 2014 (winter) 2016 (summer) 2018 (winter) 2020 (summer) 2022 (winter) 2024 (summer)
Boycotts	1956 1964 1976 1980 1984 1988 2022
Alternative competitions	People's Olympiad (1936) Games of the New Emerging Forces (1963) Liberty Bell Classic (1980) Friendship Games (1984) Goodwill Games (1986–2001) World Friendship Games (2024, postponed)
Events	Stripped medals Doping (since 1968) Football match between Peru and Austria (1936) "Blood in the Water" water polo match (1956) Tlatelolco massacre (1968) Black Power salute (1968) Munich massacre (1972) Basketball gold medal match controversy (1972) Black Power salute (1972) Kozakiewicz's gesture (1980) Centennial Olympic Park bombing (1996) Winter Olympic bid scandal (1998) Figure-skating judging scandal (2002) Underage gymnasts controversy (2008) Death of Nodar Kumaritashvili (2010) One minute of silence campaign (2012) LGBT rights protests (2014) Sochi Ladies' singles judging controversy (2014) Russian doping scandal (2015–present) Ireland Summer Olympics ticket scandal (2016) Lochtegate (2016) Rule 40 (2016) Attempted repatriation of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (2021) COVID-19 cases at Tokyo 2020 (2021) COVID-19 cases at Beijing 2022 (2022) Canada Soccer drone spying scandal (2024)
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Multi-sport events

Global
Olympic Games	Olympic Games Summer Winter Paralympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
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Youth and students	FISU World University Games (Universiade) World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade) International Youth Green Games International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Intercommunity	Arab Games BRICS Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Polonia Games
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Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games African School Games West African University Games African Beach Games
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Europe	Black Sea Games ¹ European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games
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Historical¹
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games ¹ Commonwealth ¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial ¹ New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

v t e International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup World University Games U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-19 World Cup U-17 World Cup DBB U-18 Invitational TBF U-16 Invitational World Ranking
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 AfroCan African Games Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 Caribbean Championship Centrobasket U-17 U-15 Central American Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship U-21 (defunct) U-17 U-15 Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge Basketball Champions League Asia Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games (defunct) East Asia Super League (EASL) SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup ASEAN Basketball League (defunct)
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey) Basketball Champions League (BCL)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – Oceanian Championship (defunct) U-20 (defunct) U-17 U-15 Pacific Games Melanesian Cup Micronesian Cup Polynesian Cup
Other tournaments	FIBA Intercontinental Cup Arab Basketball Championship Arab Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games
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v t e Soviet Union–United States relations
Diplomatic posts	Embassy of the Soviet Union, Washington, D.C. Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United States Soviet ambassador's residence Embassy of the United States, Moscow Ambassadors of the United States to the Soviet Union Spaso House Consulate-General of the Soviet Union, New York City John Henry Hammond House Consulate-General of the Soviet Union, San Francisco Elmcroft Estate Lothrop Mansion Pioneer Point Permanent Mission of the Soviet Union to the United Nations Killenworth Russian Soviet Government Bureau Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Diplomacy	Lend-Lease Lend-Lease Sherman tanks Moscow Conference (1941) Moscow Conference (1942) Moscow Conference (1943) Declaration of the Four Nations Moscow Conference (1944) Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Tehran Conference Moscow Conference (1945) Stalin Note Berlin Conference (1954) Geneva Summit (1955) Lacy-Zarubin Agreement United States restitution to the Soviet Union State visit by Nikita Khrushchev to the United States United Nations Security Council Resolution 135 Dartmouth Conference Vienna summit Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament Moscow–Washington hotline Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Glassboro Summit Conference Détente Linkage Bion program Kosmos 782 Kosmos 936 Kosmos 1129 Kosmos 1514 Kosmos 1667 Kosmos 1887 Kosmos 2044 TOPAZ nuclear reactor Moscow Summit (1972) Washington Summit (1973) 1973 United States–Soviet Union wheat deal Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Geneva Conference (1973) Moscow Summit (1974) Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control NATO Double-Track Decision Zero Option Geneva Summit (1985) Reykjavík Summit Washington Summit (1987) Geneva Accords (1988) Moscow Summit (1988) Governors Island Summit US/USSR Joint Statement on Uniform Acceptance of Rules of International Law Governing Innocent Passage Malta Summit Helsinki Summit (1990) Madrid peace conference letter of invitation European Advisory Commission Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls Council for American–Soviet Trade Council of Foreign Ministers
Cold War	Origins Timeline 1947–1948 1948–1953 1953–1962 1962–1979 1979–1985 1985–1991 Espionage Cold War in Asia Cold War tensions and the polio vaccine Nuclear arms race Space Race Timeline United States war plans (1945–1950) U.S. Army Field Manual 30-31B American espionage in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation Active Measures Working Group Air-to-air combat losses between the Soviet Union and the United States CIA activities in the Soviet Union Containment Rollback Red Scare The Moscow rules Seven Days to the River Rhine Sheldon names Strategic Defense Initiative United States aerial reconnaissance of the Soviet Union Bomber gap Missile gap NSC 68 Smolensk Archive Soviet Military Power Operation Shocker Plan Totality Nitrophenyl pentadienal Venona project Operation Anadyr Operation Breakthrough Operation Cedar Operation Chrome Dome Operation Cyclone Operation Dropshot Operation Giant Lance Operation Gold Operation Denver Operation Ivy Bells Operation Keelhaul Operation Lincoln Operation Monopoly Operation RYAN Operation Safe Haven (1957) Operation Sunrise 7th Air Escadrille Project Azorian Project Coldfeet Project Dark Gene Project Genetrix Project Grab Bag Project HOMERUN Project Moby Dick Project Mogul Project Hula
Incidents	Sisson Documents Turkish Straits crisis Welles Declaration Gorin v. United States Atomic spies Baruch Plan Iran crisis of 1946 Niš incident Berlin Blockade Kasenkina Case Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Hollow Nickel Case Moscow Signal Capture of the Tuapse We will bury you Kuzma's mother Sputnik crisis Berlin Crisis of 1958–1959 1958 C-130 shootdown incident 1960 U-2 incident 1960 RB-47 shootdown incident Transfermium Wars Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett Martin and Mitchell defection Shoe-banging incident Berlin Crisis of 1961 1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incident Cuban Missile Crisis Crateology SS Metallurg Anosov Ich bin ein Berliner 1964 T-39 shootdown incident Pan Am Flight 708 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair Aeroflot Flight 244 Gambell incident Project Azorian Soviet submarine K-129 (1960) Feodor Fedorenko Siberian Seven United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Yellow rain Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline Evil Empire speech Korean Air Lines Flight 007 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident Able Archer 83 Autumn Forge 83 1984 Summer Olympics boycott We begin bombing in five minutes Arthur D. Nicholson John Anthony Walker 1986 Black Sea incident Soviet submarine K-219 Karl Linnas Tear down this wall! Yeniseysk-15 1988 Black Sea bumping incident Chicken Kiev speech
Military relations	Allied Control Council Allied Kommandatura Allied technological cooperation during World War II ALSIB Arctic convoys of World War II Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 Elbe Day Four Policemen Four Power Naval Commission Four-Power Authorities GIUK gap Line of Contact Military liaison missions Northwest Staging Route Pacific Route Persian Corridor Persian Gulf Command Warsaw airlift Tripartite Naval Commission Eisenhower Doctrine Truman Doctrine Reagan Doctrine Stimson Doctrine Bell P-63 Kingcobra Belorussia-class cargo ship SS Dakotan SS Indigirka SS Iowan Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-70 Tupolev Tu-80 USCGC Southwind USS West Bridge United States and the Russian Revolution American Expeditionary Force, North Russia American Expeditionary Force, Siberia North Russia intervention Siberian intervention
Legislation	Russian Famine Relief Act Executive Order 8484 Jackson–Vanik amendment Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992 FRIENDSHIP Act of 1993
Treaties	Moscow Declarations Potsdam Agreement Wanfried agreement McCloy–Zorin Accords Outer Space Treaty Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space Four Power Agreement on Berlin Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes U.S.–Soviet Incidents at Sea agreement Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War Threshold Test Ban Treaty Strategic Arms Limitation Talks National technical means of verification Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany START I Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Organizations	American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia Ark Project American National Exhibition Kitchen Debate American Peace Mobilization American Relief Administration American Russian Institute American University speech American–Soviet friendship movement American-Soviet Peace Walks Amerika (magazine) Amtorg Trading Corporation And you are lynching Negroes Androgynous Peripheral Attach System Anglo-American School of Moscow Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg Ansonia Clock Company Apollo–Soyuz Apollo-Soyuz (cigarette) Center for Citizen Initiatives Communist Party USA Dewey Commission Institute for US and Canadian Studies International Conference of Laser Applications International Cospas-Sarsat Programme International Publishers Kennan Institute Kersten Committee Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews Friends of Soviet Russia Foundation for Social Inventions Gennady Alferenko Friendship Flight '89 Friendship Flight (Alaska Airlines) Fund for Armenian Relief National Committee for a Free Europe National Council of American–Soviet Friendship Organization for Jewish Colonization in Russia Russian-American Industrial Corporation Russian War Relief Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia Soviet Government Purchasing Commission in the U.S. U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine U.S. Peace Council
Related	Russian Empire–United States relations Russia–United States relations Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. 1972 Olympic men's basketball final 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game 1989 visit by Boris Yeltsin to the United States Baltic Freedom Day Bush legs Captive Nations Captive Nations Week GAZ Goodwill Games Glasnost Bowl Little Joe Miracle on Ice New world order (politics) Pushinka Refusenik SAGE Self-propelled barge T-36 Shvetsov M-25 Super Series Sovereignty of Puerto Rico during the Cold War Sovfoto Triangular diplomacy U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge US vs. USSR radio chess match 1945 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet Series Uzel White Coke World Chess Championship 1972 X Article Yardymly Russian Life Soviet Interview Project Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 Bobby Fischer Georgi Bolshakov Samantha Smith Roswell Garst Suzanne Massie Who's Who in the CIA Eagles East The Admiral's Daughter Deep Black The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks Stalingrad Free to Be... a Family "In Soviet Georgia" Red Wave "Ordinary People"
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