Basketball, Men

Competition 1998 World Men Basketball Championships
Venue Athina GRE
Held 29 July – 9 August 1998
Status Medal
Competitors 192
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 8 0 1
Dejan Bodiroga / Saša Obradović / Nikola Lončar / Miroslav Berić / Saša Đorđević / Zelly Rebrača / Dejan Tomašević / Milenko Topić / Vlado Šćepanović / Dragan Lukovski / Peja Drobnjak / Nikola Bulatović
🥈 Russia RUS 7 0 2
Igor Kurashov / Vasily Karasyov / Igor Kudelin / Zakhar Pashutin / Yevgeny Kisurin / Dmitry Domani / Nikita Morgunov / Valery Tikhonenko / Sergey Babkov / Mikhail Mikhaylov / Sergey Panov / Vitaly Nosov
🥉 United States USA 7 0 2
Trajan Langdon / Michael Hawkins / Kiwane Garris / Jason Sasser / Jimmy King / William Edwards / Jimmy Oliver / Wendell Alexis / Gerard King / David Wood / Ashraf Amaya / Bradley Miller
4 Greece GRE 5 0 4
Frankie Alvertis / Giorgos Balogiannis / Nikos Bountouris / Panagiotis Fasoulas / Giorgos Kalaitzis / Giorgos Karagkoutis / Evangelos Koronios / Nikos Oikonomou / Pap Papanikolaou / Efthymios Rentzias / Georgios Sigalas / Iakovos Tsakalidis
5 Spain ESP 7 0 2
Alberto Ángulo / Ignacio Azofra / Rodrigo de la Fuente / Ignacio de Miguel / Roberto Dueñas / Alberto Herreros / Carlos Jiménez / Juan Antonio Orenga / José Antonio Paraíso / Alfonso Reyes / José Ignacio Rodilla / Ignacio Rodríguez
6 Italy ITA 5 0 4
Alessandro Abbio / Gianluca Basile / Davide Bonora / Roberto Chiacig / Marcelo Damiao / Alessandro De Pol / Alessandro Frosini / Gregor Fucka / Jack Galanda / Andrea Meneghin / Carlton Myers / Gianmarco Pozzecco
7 Lithuania LTU 5 0 4
Dainius Adomaitis / Gintaras Einikis / Šarūnas Jasikevičius / Artūras Karnišovas / Darius Lukminas / Tomas Masiulis / Darius Maskoliūnas / Tomas Pačėsas / Virginijus Praškevičius / Saulius Štombergas / Eurelijus Žukauskas / Mindaugas Žukauskas
8 Argentina ARG 3 0 6
Esteban de la Fuente / Juan Espil Vanotti / Manu Ginóbili / Marcelo Milanesio / Alejandro Ariel Montecchia / Marcelo Nicola / Fabricio Oberto / Diego Osella / Pepe Sánchez / Hugo Ariel Sconochini / Patricio Simoni / Rubén Wolkowyski
9 Australia AUS 5 0 3
Chris Anstey / Frank Drmic / Simon Dwight / Scott Fisher / Andrew Gaze / Shane Heal / Sam MacKinnon / Brett Maher / Benjamin James Melmeth / Paul Rogers / Tony Ronaldson / Andrew Vlahov
10 Brazil BRA 2 0 6
Caio / Claudio Antônio Gomes Clemente / Josuel / Marco Aurélio Santos / Demétrius / Helinho Garcia / Ratto / Janjão / Rogério / Marcelinho Machado / Sandro Varejão / Pipoka
11 Puerto Rico PUR 3 0 5
James Carter / Eddie Casiano / Javier Colón / Rolando Hourruitiner / Edgar de León / Jerome Mincy / José Rafael Ortiz / Daniel Santiago / Orlando Santiago / Eugenio Soto / Carmelo Travieso / Orlando Vega
12 Canada CAN 1 0 7
Rowan Barrett, Sr. / David Daniels / Greg Francis / Pete Guarasci / Kory Hallas / Sherman Hamilton / Martin Keane / Todd MacCulloch / Michael Meeks / Greg Newton / William Njoku / Joseph Vickery
13 Nigeria NGR 2 0 3
Mohammed Acha / Peter Aluma / Tunji Awojobi / Oladipo Ayinla / Yinka Dare / Obinna Ekezie / Julius Nwosu / Kingsley Ogwudire / Emeka Okenwa / Dominic Okon / Daniel Okonkwo / Godwin Owinje
14 Japan JPN 1 0 4
Satoru Furuta / Makoto Hasegawa / Makoto Minamiyama / Hiroshi Nagano / Takehiko Orimo / Kenichi Sako / Satoshi Sakumoto / Takahiro Setsumasa / Michael Takahashi / Hiroyuki Tominaga / Akifumi Yamasaki / Takeshi Yuki
15 Senegal SEN 1 0 4
Boubacar Aw / Omar Ba / Raymond Carvalho / Vincent da Sylva / Mamadou Diouf / Kader Fall / Assane N'Diaye / Makhtar N'Diaye / Mamadou N'Diaye / Samba Niang / Mouhamadou Sow / Cheikh Yaya Dia
16 South Korea KOR 0 0 5
Kim Byeong-Cheol / Gang Dong-Hui / Mun Gyeong-Eun / Yang Gyeong-Min / Kim Hui-Seon / Seo Jang-Hun / Kim Ju-Seong / Hyeon Ju-Yeop / Jo Sang-Hyeon / Lee Sang-Min / Kim Seong-Cheol / Chu Seung-Gyun

Preliminary Round 1

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 3 0 0 6
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 5
3 Canada CAN 1 0 2 4
4 Senegal SEN 0 0 3 3

Matches

Greece GRE 78-72 Canada CAN
Italy ITA 76-66 Senegal SEN
Greece GRE 64-56 Italy ITA
Canada CAN 70-57 Senegal SEN
Greece GRE 68-57 Senegal SEN
Italy ITA 79-69 Canada CAN

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 3 0 0 6
2 Russia RUS 2 0 1 5
3 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 2 4
4 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3

Matches

Puerto Rico PUR 66-80 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Japan JPN 58-83 Russia RUS
Puerto Rico PUR 78-57 Japan JPN
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 68-68 (14-6)
After Extra Time
Russia RUS
Puerto Rico PUR 73-86 Russia RUS
Japan JPN 54-99 Serbia and Montenegro SCG

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Lithuania LTU 3 0 0 6
2 United States USA 2 0 1 5
3 Brazil BRA 1 0 2 4
4 South Korea KOR 0 0 3 3

Matches

Lithuania LTU 97-56 South Korea KOR
Brazil BRA 59-83 United States USA
Lithuania LTU 84-82 United States USA
Brazil BRA 76-73 South Korea KOR
Lithuania LTU 66-62 Brazil BRA
South Korea KOR 62-88 United States USA

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 3 0 0 6
2 Argentina ARG 2 0 1 5
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 4
4 Nigeria NGR 0 0 3 3

Matches

Spain ESP 80-68 Nigeria NGR
Argentina ARG 66-62 Australia AUS
Spain ESP 77-76 Australia AUS
Argentina ARG 68-51 Nigeria NGR
Spain ESP 61-61 (7-6)
After Extra Time
Argentina ARG
Australia AUS 70-64 Nigeria NGR

Preliminary Round 2

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 5 0 1 11
2 Russia RUS 5 0 1 11
3 Greece GRE 4 0 2 10
4 Italy ITA 4 0 2 10
5 Puerto Rico PUR 2 0 4 8
6 Canada CAN 1 0 5 7

Matches

Greece GRE 71-64 Puerto Rico PUR
Italy ITA 55-71 Russia RUS
Canada CAN 55-95 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Greece GRE 48-60 Russia RUS
Italy ITA 61-60 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Puerto Rico PUR 94-81 Canada CAN
Greece GRE 56-70 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Italy ITA 68-63 Puerto Rico PUR
Canada CAN 72-81 Russia RUS

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 5 0 1 11
2 Spain ESP 5 0 1 11
3 Lithuania LTU 4 0 2 10
4 Argentina ARG 3 0 3 9
5 Australia AUS 3 0 3 9
6 Brazil BRA 1 0 5 7

Matches

Spain ESP 73-63 Brazil BRA
Lithuania LTU 61-71 Australia AUS
Argentina ARG 75-87 United States USA
Spain ESP 73-75 United States USA
Lithuania LTU 84-75 Argentina ARG
Australia AUS 75-63 Brazil BRA
Spain ESP 75-75 (11-5)
After Extra Time
Lithuania LTU
Argentina ARG 86-76 Brazil BRA
Australia AUS 78-96 United States USA

Quarter-Finals

Greece GRE 69-62 Spain ESP
Italy ITA 77-80 United States USA
Lithuania LTU 67-82 Russia RUS
Argentina ARG 62-70 Serbia and Montenegro SCG

Semi-Finals

Greece GRE 57-57 (16-21)
After Extra Time
Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Spain ESP 77-64 Argentina ARG
Italy ITA 76-71 Lithuania LTU
Australia AUS 88-71 Canada CAN
Brazil BRA 76-64 Puerto Rico PUR
Nigeria NGR 89-65 South Korea KOR
Japan JPN 60-55 Senegal SEN
Russia RUS 66-64 United States USA

Finals

Greece GRE 61-84 United States USA
Spain ESP 64-61 Italy ITA
Lithuania LTU 77-76 Argentina ARG
Australia AUS 79-75 Brazil BRA
Puerto Rico PUR 92-81 Canada CAN
Nigeria NGR 70-60 Japan JPN
Senegal SEN 75-72 South Korea KOR
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 64-62 Russia RUS