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1998 FIBA World Championship

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The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and hosted in Greece from 29 July to 9 August 1998. It was contested by 16 nations, with matches held at two venues, in Athens and Piraeus.

1998 FIBA World Championship
Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ανδρών 1998
FIBA pankósmio protáthlima básket 1998
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
CityAthens
Piraeus
Dates29 July – 9 August
Officially opened byKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place United States
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Games played62
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga
Top scorerSpain Alberto Herreros
(17.9 points per game)
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Because of the National Basketball Association lockout and unlike in the previous championship, the USA Basketball Association was unable to send a team composed of NBA players, thus causing the American national team roster consisting of professional basketball players playing in Europe and two college players.[1] The tournament was won by FR Yugoslavia, in their first participation after the breakup of Yugoslavia, defeating Russia in the final 64–62.

Venues edit

Athens-Piraeus Greece
Marousi, Attica Piraeus, Attica
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,700 		Peace and Friendship Stadium
Capacity: 14,776
   

Squads edit

Main article: 1998 FIBA World Championship squads

Qualification edit

 
Competing teams

There were 16 teams taking part in the 1998 World Cup of Basketball. After the 1996 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 1998 World Cup.

Qualified teams edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Teams qualified
Host – 1   Greece
1996 Olympics July 20–August 3, 1996   Atlanta 1   United States
1997 FIBA Oceania Championship June 1–4, 1997   Wellington and Palmerston North 1   Australia
EuroBasket 1997 June 24–July 6, 1997   Badalona, Girona and Barcelona 5   Yugoslavia
  Italy
  Russia
  Spain
  Lithuania
FIBA Africa Championship 1997 July 25–August 3, 1997   Dakar 2   Nigeria
  Senegal
1997 Tournament of the Americas August 21-31, 1997   Montevideo 4   Puerto Rico
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Canada
1997 ABC Championship September 11-19, 1997   Riyadh 2   South Korea
  Japan
Total 16

Draw edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D

  Canada
  Greece
  Italy
  Senegal

  Japan
  Puerto Rico
  Russia
  Yugoslavia

  Brazil
  Lithuania
  South Korea
  United States

  Argentina
  Australia
  Nigeria
  Spain

Preliminary round edit

The top three teams in each group advance to the second round, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the 13th–16th classification.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Greece (H) 3 3 0 210 185 +25 6 Second round
2   Italy 3 2 1 211 199 +12 5
3   Canada 3 1 2 211 214 −3 4
4   Senegal 3 0 3 180 214 −34 3 13th–16th classification round
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
29 July
Senegal   66–76   Italy
Scoring by half: 35-36, 31-40
29 July
Greece   78–72   Canada
Scoring by half: 43-37, 35-35
30 July
Canada   70–57   Senegal
Scoring by half: 38-30, 32-27
30 July
Italy   56–64   Greece
Scoring by half: 39-35, 17-29
31 July
Canada   69–79   Italy
Scoring by half: 31-43, 38-36
31 July
Senegal   57–68   Greece
Scoring by half: 30-29, 27-39

Group Β edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 3 3 0 261 194 +67 6 Second round
2   Russia 3 2 1 243 213 +30 5
3   Puerto Rico 3 1 2 217 223 −6 4
4   Japan 3 0 3 169 260 −91 3 13th–16th classification round
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
29 July
Japan   58–83   Russia
Scoring by half: 27-44, 31-39
29 July
Yugoslavia   80–66   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 47-30, 33-36
30 July
Puerto Rico   78–57   Japan
Scoring by half: 39-32, 39-25
30 July
Russia   74–82 (OT)   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 40-33, 28-35 Overtime: 6-14
31 July
Japan   54–99   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 26-47, 28-52
31 July
Puerto Rico   73–86   Russia
Scoring by half: 41-34, 32-52

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 3 3 0 247 200 +47 6 Second round
2   United States 3 2 1 253 205 +48 5
3   Brazil 3 1 2 197 222 −25 4
4   South Korea 3 0 3 191 261 −70 3 13th–16th classification round
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
29 July
South Korea   56–97   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 36-42, 20-55
29 July
United States   83–59   Brazil
Scoring by half: 40-32, 43-27
30 July
Brazil   76–73   South Korea
Scoring by half: 45-40, 31-33
30 July
Lithuania   84–82   United States
Scoring by half: 47-34, 37-48
31 July
Brazil   62–66   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 39-28, 23-38
31 July
South Korea   62–88   United States
Scoring by half: 34-44, 28-44

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 225 211 +14 6 Second round
2   Argentina 3 2 1 201 181 +20 5
3   Australia 3 1 2 208 207 +1 4
4   Nigeria 3 0 3 183 218 −35 3 13th–16th classification round
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
29 July
Nigeria   68–80   Spain
Scoring by half: 33-39, 35-41
29 July
Australia   62–66   Argentina
Scoring by half: 34-33, 28-33
30 July
Argentina   68–51   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 38-31, 30-20
30 July
Spain   77–76   Australia
Scoring by half: 35-36, 42-40
31 July
Nigeria   64–70   Australia
Scoring by half: 28-33, 36-37
31 July
Argentina   67–68 (OT)   Spain
Scoring by half: 22-31, 39-30 Overtime: 6-7

Second round edit

First three teams in each group of the first group phase qualify to the second phase, creating two new groups of six teams. The final standings also take in account the results of previous round matches.

Group Ε edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 6 5 1 486 366 +120 11[a] Quarterfinals
2   Russia 6 5 1 455 388 +67 11[a]
3   Greece (H) 6 4 2 385 379 +6 10[b]
4   Italy 6 4 2 395 393 +2 10[b]
5   Puerto Rico 6 2 4 438 443 −5 8 9th–12th classification round
6   Canada 6 1 5 419 484 −65 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Russia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Greece 1–0 Italy
2 August
Yugoslavia   95–55   Canada
Scoring by half: 44-23, 51-32
2 August
Russia   71–55   Italy
Scoring by half: 30-30, 41-25
2 August
Puerto Rico   64–71   Greece
Scoring by half: 30-43, 34-28
3 August
Canada   81–94   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42-44, 39-50
3 August
Italy   61–60   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25-29, 36-31
3 August
Greece   48–60   Russia
Scoring by half: 24-28, 24-32
4 August
Russia   81–72   Canada
Scoring by half: 42-38, 39-34
4 August
Puerto Rico   63–68   Italy
Scoring by half: 31-34, 32-34
4 August
Yugoslavia   70–56   Greece
Scoring by half: 38-30, 32-26

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 6 5 1 511 430 +81 11[a] Quarterfinals
2   Spain 6 5 1 457 429 +28 11[a]
3   Lithuania 6 4 2 472 432 +40 10
4   Argentina 6 3 3 436 428 +8 9[b]
5   Australia 6 3 3 432 427 +5 9[b] 9th–12th classification round
6   Brazil 6 1 5 399 456 −57 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: United States 1–0 Spain
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Argentina 1–0 Australia
2 August
Australia   71–61   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 35-37, 36-24
2 August
Argentina   74–87   United States
Scoring by half: 38-47, 36-40
2 August
Spain   73–63   Brazil
Scoring by half: 31-24, 42-39
3 August
Lithuania   84–75   Argentina
Scoring by half: 41-33, 43-42
3 August
Brazil   63–75   Australia
Scoring by half: 35-31, 28-44
3 August
United States   75–73   Spain
Scoring by half: 31-42, 44-31
4 August
Spain   86–80 (OT)   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 43-40, 32-35 Overtime: 11-5
4 August
Argentina   86–76   Brazil
Scoring by half: 42-38, 44-38
4 August
Australia   78–96   United States
Scoring by half: 31-54, 37-42

Classification round edit

13th–16th classification edit

 
Thirteenth to sixteenthThirteenth place
 
      
 
2 August 1998
 
 
  Senegal55
 
3 August 1998
 
  Japan60
 
  Japan60
 
2 August 1998
 
  Nigeria70
 
  South Korea65
 
 
  Nigeria89
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
3 August 1998
 
 
  Senegal75
 
 
  South Korea72

Semifinals edit

2 August
Senegal   55–60   Japan
Scoring by half: 29-27, 26-33
2 August
South Korea   65–89   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 36-45, 29-44

Fifteenth place playoff edit

3 August
Senegal   75–72   South Korea
Scoring by half: 45-42, 30-30

Thirteenth place playoff edit

3 August
Japan   60–70   Nigeria
Scoring by half: 23-33, 37-37

9th–12th classification edit

 
Ninth to twelfthNinth place
 
      
 
7 August 1998
 
 
  Puerto Rico64
 
8 August 1998
 
  Brazil76
 
  Brazil75
 
7 August 1998
 
  Australia79
 
  Canada71
 
 
  Australia88
 
Eleventh place
 
 
8 August 1998
 
 
  Puerto Rico92
 
 
  Canada81

Semifinals edit

7 August
Puerto Rico   64–76   Brazil
Scoring by half: 27-38, 37-38
7 August
Australia   88–71   Canada
Scoring by half: 39-35, 49-36

Eleventh place playoff edit

8 August
Puerto Rico   92–81   Canada
Scoring by half: 60-33, 32-48

Ninth place playoff edit

8 August
Brazil   75–79   Australia
Scoring by half: 40-35, 35-44

5th–8th classification edit

 
5th–8th place5th place
 
      
 
8 August 1998
 
 
  Lithuania71
 
9 August 1998
 
  Italy76
 
  Italy61
 
8 August 1998
 
  Spain64
 
  Argentina64
 
 
  Spain77
 
7th place
 
 
9 August 1998
 
 
  Lithuania77
 
 
  Argentina76

Semifinals edit

8 August
Argentina   64–77   Spain
Scoring by half: 34-37, 30-40
8 August
Lithuania   71–76   Italy
Scoring by half: 42-46, 29-30

Seventh place playoff edit

9 August
Argentina   76–77   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 38-47, 38-30

Fifth place playoff edit

9 August
Spain   64–61   Italy
Scoring by half: 32-32, 32-29

Final round edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 August 1998
 
 
  Russia82
 
8 August 1998
 
  Lithuania67
 
  Russia66
 
7 August 1998
 
  United States64
 
  Italy77
 
9 August 1998
 
  United States80
 
  Russia62
 
7 August 1998
 
  Yugoslavia64
 
  Yugoslavia70
 
8 August 1998
 
  Argentina62
 
  Yugoslavia (OT)78
 
7 August 1998
 
  Greece73 Third place
 
  Greece69
 
9 August 1998
 
  Spain62
 
  United States84
 
 
  Greece61
 

Quarterfinals edit

7 August
Yugoslavia   70–62   Argentina
Scoring by half: 34-31, 36-31
7 August
Russia   82–67   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 35-38, 47-29
7 August
United States   80–77   Italy
Scoring by half: 38-41, 42-36
7 August
Spain   62–69   Greece
Scoring by half: 34-40, 28-29

Semifinals edit

8 August
Yugoslavia   78–73 (OT)   Greece
Scoring by half: 31-33, 26-24 Overtime: 21-16
8 August
Russia   66–64   United States
Scoring by half: 37-39, 29-25

Third place playoff edit

9 August
17:45
Greece   61–84   United States
Scoring by half: 27–48, 34–36
Pts: Papanikolaou 18
Rebs: Fasoulas 10
Asts: Fasoulas 3		 Pts: Sasser 23
Rebs: Amaya 7
Asts: Hawkins 5
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Marousi, Attica
Attendance: 20,000
Referees: Bill Mildenhall (AUS), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Final edit

9 August
20:00
Yugoslavia   64–62   Russia
Scoring by half: 30–35, 34–27
Pts: Rebrača 16
Rebs: Rebrača 11
Asts: Bodiroga 2		 Pts: Kudelin 14
Rebs: Kisurin 5
Asts: Kisurin 2
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Marousi, Attica
Attendance: 20,000
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Awards edit

 1998 World Championship winner 
 
Yugoslavia
First title
MVP
  Dejan Bodiroga

Final standings edit

 
1998 FIBA World Championship final rankings.
Rank Team Record
1   Yugoslavia 8–1
2   Russia 7–2
3   United States 7–2
4   Greece 5–4
5   Spain 7–2
6   Italy 5–4
7   Lithuania 5–4
8   Argentina 3–6
9   Australia 5–3
10   Brazil 2–6
11   Puerto Rico 3–5
12   Canada 1–7
13   Nigeria 2–3
14   Japan 1–4
15   Senegal 1–4
16   South Korea 0–5

All-Tournament Team edit

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers edit

Country Name Ppg
  Alberto Herreros 17.9
  Mohammed Acha 17.5
  Artūras Karnišovas 17.1
  Shane Heal 17.0
  Andrew Gaze 16.8
  José "Piculín" Ortiz 16.5
  Maikeru Takahashi 16.4
  Vasili Karasev 16.1
  Seo Jang-hoon 15.2
  Dejan Bodiroga 14.7

References edit

  1. ^ 1998 USA Basketball Archived 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

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