1998 World Basketball Championship

FIBA World Championship 1998
13th basketball world championship
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Greece
Opening game	July 29, 1998
Endgame	August 9, 1998
Most basket points	Alberto Herreros (161 points)
Most valuable player	Dejan Bodiroga

The 14th World Basketball Championships the men took from July 29 to August 9, 1998 in Maroussi and Piraeus in Athens in Greece instead.

The national team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia became world champions when they participated for the first time after the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . The team from Russia became vice world champions . Third place went to the defending champion from the United States , who was due to a lockout without an NBA player . Germany, Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for participation in this World Cup.

Venues

The games were played in the Olympic Hall in Marousi and in the Stadium of Peace and Friendship in Piraeus .

Marousi	Piraeus
Olympia Hall	Stadium of Peace and Friendship
Capacity: 18,700	Capacity: 14,776
Opening: 1995	Opening: 1985

Participating states

The qualified teams were distributed to the various preliminary round groups by lot. The following draw was made:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Greece  Italy  Canada  Senegal	Yugoslavia  Russia  Puerto Rico  Japan	Lithuania  Brazil  United States  South Korea	Spain  Argentina  Australia  Nigeria

Preliminary round

Legend:

S.	Games played
G	Games won
V	Lost games
	Team qualified for the intermediate round
	Team played for 13-16th place

The preliminary round matches of groups A to D were played from July 29 to 31, 1998. The best three teams in each group reached the intermediate round . The fourth-placed team in each group reached the round for 13-16th place .

Group A

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Greece	3	3	0	210: 185	6th	+25
2	Italy	3	2	1	211: 199	5	+12
3	Canada	3	1	2	211: 214	4th	-3
4th	Senegal	3	0	3	180: 214	3	-34

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
01.	07/29/1998	Senegal	Italy	35:36	31:40		66:76
02.	07/29/1998	Greece	Canada	43:37	35:35		78:72
03.	07/30/1998	Canada	Senegal	38:30	32:27		70:57
04th	07/30/1998	Italy	Greece	39:35	17:29		56:64
05.	07/31/1998	Canada	Italy	31:43	38:36		69:79
06th	07/31/1998	Senegal	Greece	30:29	27:39		57:68

Group B

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	261: 194	6th	+67
2	Russia	3	2	1	243: 213	5	+30
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	217: 223	4th	–6
4th	Japan	3	0	3	169: 260	3	-91

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
07th	07/29/1998	Japan	Russia	27:44	31:39		58:83
08th.	07/29/1998	Yugoslavia	Puerto Rico	47:30	33:36		80:66
09.	07/30/1998	Puerto Rico	Japan	39:32	39:25		78:57
10.	07/30/1998	Russia	Yugoslavia	40:33	28:35	6:14	74:82
11.	07/31/1998	Japan	Yugoslavia	26:47	28:52		54:99
12.	07/31/1998	Puerto Rico	Russia	41:34	32:52		73:86

Group C

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	247: 200	6th	+47
2	United States	3	2	1	253: 205	5	+48
3	Brazil	3	1	2	197: 222	4th	-25
4th	South Korea	3	0	3	191: 261	3	-70

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
13.	07/29/1998	South Korea	Lithuania	36:42	20:55		56:97
14th	07/29/1998	United States	Brazil	40:32	43:27		83:59
15th	07/30/1998	Brazil	South Korea	45:40	31:33		76:73
16.	07/30/1998	Lithuania	United States	47:34	37:48		84:82
17th	07/31/1998	Brazil	Lithuania	39:28	23:38		62:66
18th	07/31/1998	South Korea	United States	34:44	28:44		62:88

Group D

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	3	3	0	225: 211	6th	+14
2	Argentina	3	2	1	201: 181	5	+20
3	Australia	3	1	2	208: 207	4th	+1
4th	Nigeria	3	0	3	183: 218	3	-35

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
19th	07/29/1998	Nigeria	Spain	33:39	35:41		68:80
20th	07/29/1998	Australia	Argentina	34:33	28:33		62:66
21st	07/30/1998	Argentina	Nigeria	38:31	30:20		68:51
22nd	07/30/1998	Spain	Australia	35:36	42:40		77:76
23.	07/31/1998	Nigeria	Australia	28:33	36:37		64:70
24.	07/31/1998	Argentina	Spain	22:31	39:30	6: 7	67:68

Intermediate round

The intermediate round matches of groups E and F were played from August 2 to 4, 1998. The results achieved in the preliminary round against the group opponents were adopted. The four best teams of the groups reached the quarter-finals , the last two reached the round for 9-12 place .

Group E

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Yugoslavia	6th	5	1	486: 366	11	+120
2	Russia	6th	5	1	455: 388	11	+67
3	Greece	6th	4th	2	395: 379	10	+16
4th	Italy	6th	4th	2	395: 408	10	-13
5	Puerto Rico	6th	2	4th	438: 443	8th	-5
6th	Canada	6th	1	5	419: 473	4th	-54

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
25th	08/02/1998	Yugoslavia	Canada	44:23	51:32		95:55
26th	08/02/1998	Russia	Italy	30:30	41:25		71:55
27.	08/02/1998	Puerto Rico	Greece	30:43	34:28		64:71
28.	08/03/1998	Canada	Puerto Rico	42:44	39:50		81:94
29	08/03/1998	Italy	Yugoslavia	25:29	36:31		61:60
30th	08/03/1998	Greece	Russia	24:28	24:32		48:60
31.	08/04/1998	Russia	Canada	42:38	39:34		81:72
32.	08/04/1998	Puerto Rico	Italy	31:34	32:34		63:68
33.	08/04/1998	Yugoslavia	Greece	36:30	34:26		70:56

Group F.

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	United States	6th	5	1	511: 430	11	+81
2	Spain	6th	5	1	431: 424	11	+7
3	Lithuania	6th	4th	2	472: 432	10	+40
4th	Argentina	6th	3	3	423: 405	9	+18
5	Australia	6th	2	4th	432: 439	8th	–7
6th	Brazil	6th	1	5	399: 456	7th	-57

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
34.	08/02/1998	Australia	Lithuania	35:37	36:24		71:61
35.	08/02/1998	Argentina	United States	38:47	36:40		74:87
36.	08/02/1998	Spain	Brazil	31:24	42:39		73:63
37.	08/03/1998	Lithuania	Argentina	41:33	43:42		84:75
38.	08/03/1998	Brazil	Australia	35:31	28:44		63:75
39.	08/03/1998	United States	Spain	31:42	44:31		75:73
40.	08/04/1998	Spain	Lithuania	43:40	32:35	11: 5	86:80
41.	08/04/1998	Argentina	Brazil	42:38	44:38		86:76
42.	08/04/1998	Australia	United States	31:54	47:42		78:96

Final round

The final round matches were played from August 2 to 9, 1998.

Round for 13-16th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
43.	08/02/1998	Senegal	Japan	29:27	26:33		55:60
44.	08/02/1998	South Korea	Nigeria	36:45	29:44		65:89
Play for 15th place
45.	08/03/1998	Senegal	South Korea	45:42	30:30		75:72
Game for 13th place
46.	08/03/1998	Japan	Nigeria	23:33	37:37		60:70

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
47.	08/07/1998	Russia	Lithuania	35:38	47:29		82:67
48.	08/07/1998	Italy	United States	41:38	36:42		77:80
49.	08/07/1998	Yugoslavia	Argentina	34:31	36:31		70:62
50.	08/07/1998	Greece	Spain	40:34	29:28		69:62

Round for 9th to 12th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
51.	08/07/1998	Puerto Rico	Brazil	27:38	37:38		64:76
52.	08/07/1998	Canada	Australia	35:39	36:49		71:88
Game for 11th place
53.	08/08/1998	Puerto Rico	Canada	60:33	32:48		92:81
Play for 9th place
54.	08/08/1998	Brazil	Australia	40:35	35:44		75:79

Round for places 5-8

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
55.	08/08/1998	Lithuania	Italy	42:46	29:30		71:76
56.	08/08/1998	Argentina	Spain	34:37	30:40		64:77
Game for 7th place
57.	08/09/1998	Lithuania	Argentina	47:38	30:38		77:76
Play for 5th place
58.	08/09/1998	Italy	Spain	32:32	29:32		61:64

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
59.	08/08/1998	Russia	United States	37:39	29:25		66:64
60.	08/08/1998	Yugoslavia	Greece	31:33	26:24	21:16	78:73

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
61.	08/09/1998	United States	Greece	48:27	36:34		84:61

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1. H.	2. H.	Loss	Result
62.	08/09/1998	Russia	Yugoslavia	35:30	27:34		62:64

Final score

1.  Yugoslavia (4th title)
2.  Russia
3.  United States
4.  Greece
5.  Spain
6.  Italy
7.  Lithuania
8.  Argentina
9.  Australia
10.  Brazil
11.  Puerto Rico
12.  Canada
13.  Nigeria
14.  Japan
15.  Senegal
16.  South Korea

Awards

Most valuable player

The Yugoslav Dejan Bodiroga was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament .

Team of the tournament

In addition to the Yugoslav Dejan Bodiroga, the Russian Vasily Karassjow , the Spaniard Alberto Herreros , the Italian Gregor Fučka and the Yugoslav Željko Rebrača were elected to the all-tournament team .

Web links

• FIBA archive entry for the 1998 World Basketball Championship (statistics, match results, team lineups) (English)
• Official website of FIBA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championship for Men - Preliminary Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2010. 
2. ↑ World Championship for Men - Eighth-Final Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ World Championship for Men - Eighth Classification Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ World Championship for Men - Quarter Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2010. 
5. ↑ World Championship for Men - Semi-Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ World Championship for Men - Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2010.