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.

The tournament was won by FR Yugoslavia, in their first participation after the breakup of Yugoslavia, defeating Russia in the final 64–62.

Because of the National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout and unlike in the previous championship, USA Basketball 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.1998 USA Basketball

Venues Athens-Piraeus GreeceMarousi, AtticaPiraeus, Attica Athens Olympic Indoor HallCapacity: 18,700 Peace and Friendship StadiumCapacity: 14,776

Squads

Qualification

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.

Host nation: 1 berth 1996 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone. FIBA Oceania: 3 teams competing for 1 berth FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths FIBA Africa: 9 teams competing for 2 berths FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 2 berths

Qualified teams Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Teams qualifiedHost – 1 1996 OlympicsJuly 20–August 3, 1996 Atlanta 1 1997 FIBA Oceania Championship June 1–4, 1997 Wellington and Palmerston North 1 EuroBasket 1997 June 24–July 6, 1997 Badalona, Girona and Barcelona 5 FIBA Africa Championship 1997July 25–August 3, 1997 Dakar 2 1997 Tournament of the Americas August 21-31, 1997 Montevideo 4 1997 ABC ChampionshipSeptember 11-19, 1997 Riyadh 2 Total 16

Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Preliminary round

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

Group Β

Group C

Group D

Second round 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

Group F

Classification round

13th–16th classification

Semifinals

Fifteenth place playoff

Thirteenth place playoff

9th–12th classification

Semifinals

Eleventh place playoff

Ninth place playoff

5th–8th classification

Semifinals

Seventh place playoff

Fifth place playoff

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place playoff

Final

Awards

MVP Dejan Bodiroga

Final standings

RankTeam Record 1 8–1 2 7–2 3 7–2 4 5–4 5 7–2 6 5–4 7 5–4 8 3–6 9 5–3 10 2–6 11 3–5 12 1–7 13 2–3 14 1–4 15 1–4 16 0–5

All-Tournament Team

Vasili Karasev Alberto Herreros Dejan Bodiroga — MVP Gregor Fučka Željko Rebrača

Top scorers

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

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