 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Zvinosuruvarisa kuti, makwikwi makuru ebasketball evakadzi epasi rose akatevera akavhiringidzwa nhevedzano yezvematongerwo enyika zvakakonzerwa neHondo Yemashoko. Chokutanga, Soviet Union nedzimwe nyika ina dzeEastern Bloc dzakabva muWorld Championships inotevera iyo yakaitwa muna 1979kuSouth Korea. Pasinei nokurasikirwa nevatambi 8294, United States yakakunda mimwe mitambo yose ndokutora menduru dzendarama nemhaka yemusiyano uri nani pakati pemapoka matatu epamusoro. Yakanga iri zita rechitatu renyika nokuda kwechikwata cheU.S. uye rokutanga kubvira muna 1957. Gore rakatevera United States yakaramba mutambo weOlympic wa1980 wakaitwa muMoscow, Soviet Union. Mukusavapo kwavo, chikwata cheSoviet chakabata zita ravo rechipiri reOlympic nekukunda mitambo yese mitanhatu nepo Bulgaria neYugoslavia vakatora menduru dzesirivha nedzabhuronzi zvichiteerana. Nokudaro, World Championship inotevera iyo yakaitwa muna 1983 muBrazil yakava makwikwi makuru okutanga enyika yose kwamakore manomwe nokubatanidzwa kwamapoka ose epamusoro enyika. Soviet Union yakabata zita rayo rechitanhatu renyika kupfurikidza nokukunda mitambo yayo yose 10, asi rukundo urwu rwakanga rwuri rwakaoma zvikurusa. Mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka, chikwata cheSoviet chakakunda mutambo neUnited States nemuganhu wepoinzi imwe chete 8584 mushure mekurasikirwa ne4049 pakupera kwehafu yekutanga. Gare gare mumutambo wekupedzisira pakati pemapoka maviri aya maSoviet akarasikirwa nehafu yekutanga nemakumi matatu nemashanu nemakumi mana nemakumi mana, asi akakwanisawo kukunda nemusiyano wemapoinzi maviri chete 84-82. Mitambo yose iri miviri yakanga yapa mamwe mapoka zivo yokuti Soviet Union yakanga isati iri simba rinotyisa sezvaiva makore akanga apfuura. China yakawana menduru yavo yekutanga yeWorld Championship mushure mekukunda South Korea mumutambo wemenduru yebronze 7163. Gore rakatevera racho Soviet Union neHungary zvakaramba mutambo weOlympic wa1984 uyo wakaitirwa muLos Angeles, United States nokudaro zvichibvumira vagamuchiri vacho kukunda zita ravo rokutanga reOlympic. South Korea neChina dzakatora menduru dzesirivha nedzebronze dzeOlympic. 