1998 FIBA World Championship
The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Greece from 29 July to 9 August 1998. The tournament was contested by 16 nations and the matches were played in two venues in Athens and Piraeus.
Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ανδρών 1998 Pankósmio Protáthlima Kalathosfaírisis Andrón 1998 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Greece |
City | Athens, Piraeus |
Dates | 29 July – 9 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | FR Yugoslavia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Russia |
Third place | United States |
Fourth place | Greece |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Dejan Bodiroga |
Top scorer | Alberto Herreros (17.9 points per game) |
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
Athens | Greece | |
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Marousi, Athens | Neo Faliro, Piraeus | |
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall Capacity: 18,700 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium Capacity: 14,776 | |
Squads
Competing nations
Greece and the United States qualified automatically, the first because of its status as host country, and the latter due to earning a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The remaining places were secured according to the different continental tournaments held in 1997.
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Preliminary round
Qualified for the second round groups I and II | |
Qualified for the second round groups III and IV |
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 185 | +25 | 6 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 199 | +12 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 214 | −3 | 4 |
Senegal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 214 | −34 | 3 |
Group Β
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 194 | +67 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 213 | +30 | 5 |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 223 | −6 | 4 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 260 | −91 | 3 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 200 | +47 | 6 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 253 | 205 | +48 | 5 |
Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 197 | 222 | −25 | 4 |
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 261 | −70 | 3 |
Second round
Qualified for the final round | |
Qualified for the 9th–12th classification |
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 387 | 312 | +75 | 9 | 1–0 |
Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 372 | 330 | +42 | 9 | 0–1 |
Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 317 | 322 | −5 | 8 | 1–0 |
Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 319 | 327 | −8 | 8 | 0–1 |
Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 360 | 386 | −26 | 6 | |
Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 349 | 427 | −78 | 5 |
Classification round
13th–16th classification
Thirteenth to sixteenth | Thirteenth place | |||||
2 August 1998 | ||||||
Senegal | 55 | |||||
3 August 1998 | ||||||
Japan | 60 | |||||
Japan | 60 | |||||
2 August 1998 | ||||||
Nigeria | 70 | |||||
South Korea | 65 | |||||
Nigeria | 89 | |||||
Fifteenth place | ||||||
3 August 1998 | ||||||
Senegal | 75 | |||||
South Korea | 72 |
Semifinals
15th place playoff
13th place playoff
9th–12th classification
Ninth to twelfth | Ninth place | |||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 64 | |||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||
Brazil | 76 | |||||
Brazil | 75 | |||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||
Australia | 79 | |||||
Canada | 71 | |||||
Australia | 88 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 92 | |||||
Canada | 81 |
Semifinals
11th place playoff
9th place playoff
5th–8th classification
5th–8th place | 5th place | |||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||
Lithuania | 71 | |||||
9 August 1998 | ||||||
Italy | 76 | |||||
Italy | 61 | |||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||
Spain | 64 | |||||
Argentina | 64 | |||||
Spain | 77 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
9 August 1998 | ||||||
Lithuania | 77 | |||||
Argentina | 76 |
Semifinals
7th place playoff
5th place playoff
Final round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||||||
Russia | 82 | |||||||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||||||
Lithuania | 67 | |||||||||
Russia | 66 | |||||||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||||||
United States | 64 | |||||||||
Italy | 77 | |||||||||
9 August 1998 | ||||||||||
United States | 80 | |||||||||
Russia | 62 | |||||||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 64 | |||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 70 | |||||||||
8 August 1998 | ||||||||||
Argentina | 62 | |||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 78 | |||||||||
7 August 1998 | ||||||||||
Greece | 73 | Third place | ||||||||
Greece | 69 | |||||||||
9 August 1998 | ||||||||||
Spain | 62 | |||||||||
United States | 84 | |||||||||
Greece | 61 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place playoff
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, Athens Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Bill Mildenhall (AUS), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU) |
Final standings
Rank | Team | Record |
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1 | FR 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
Top scorers
Country | Name | Ppg |
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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
- 1998 USA Basketball Archived 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine