XIII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (ATHÍNA 1998)

(From 29-07-1998 to 9-08-1998)
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PARTICIPANTS (16)

· Host nation: Greece.

· Olympic Tournament winner: USA.

· Top 5 qualified teams in the European Championship: Yugoslavia, Italy, Russia, Spain, Lithuania (ranked 6th in the 1997 Eurobasket, which took the place of 4th ranked Greece, already qualified as host).

· Top 4 qualified teams in the FIBA Americas Championship: Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, Canada (ranked 5th in the 1997 FIBA Americas Championship, which took the place of winner USA, already qualified as Olympic champion).

· Top 2 qualified teams in the Asian Championship: South Korea, Japan.

· Top 2 qualified teams in the African Championship: Senegal, Nigeria.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· In a Preliminary Round, the sixteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average.

· The top three teams from each group advance to the Semifinal Round, divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. The individual scores during the Preliminary Round are accumulated in this stage. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their particular basket average.

· The top four teams in the two Semifinal Round groups advance to the quarterfinals (played as an X-pairing). The four winners after this knock-out round qualify for the semifinals (places 1-4).

· The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A (Peiraiás / Athína)

 

GROUP B (Peiraiás / Athína)

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1998)

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1998)

Senegal - Italy

66-76 (35-36)

Japan - Russia

58-83 (27-44)

Greece - Canada

78-72 (43-37)

Yugoslavia - Puerto Rico

80-66 (47-30)

Competition Day 2 (30-07-1998)

Competition Day 2 (30-07-1998)

Canada - Senegal

70-57 (38-30)

Puerto Rico - Japan

78-57 (39-32)

Italy - Greece

56-64 (39-35)

Russia - Yugoslavia

74-82 (40-33;68-68)

Competition Day 3 (31-07-1998)

Competition Day 3 (31-07-1998)

Canada - Italy

69-79 (31-43)

Japan - Yugoslavia

54-99 (26-47)

Senegal - Greece

57-68 (30-29)

Puerto Rico - Russia

73-86 (41-34)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Greece (E)

3

3

0

210

185

6

2. Italy (E)

3

2

1

211

199

5

3. Canada (E)

3

1

2

211

214

4

4. Senegal

3

0

3

180

214

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Yugoslavia (E)

3

3

0

261

194

6

2. Russia (E)

3

2

1

243

213

5

3. Puerto Rico (E)

3

1

2

217

223

4

4. Japan

3

0

3

169

260

3

 

GROUP C (Athína / Peiraiás)

 

GROUP D (Athína / Peiraiás)

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1998)

Competition Day 1 (29-07-1998)

South Korea - Lithuania

56-97 (36-42)

Nigeria - Spain

68-80 (33-39)

USA - Brazil

83-59 (40-32)

Australia - Argentina

62-66 (34-33)

Competition Day 2 (30-07-1998)

Competition Day 2 (30-07-1998)

Brazil - South Korea

76-73 (45-40)

Argentina - Nigeria

68-51 (38-31)

Lithuania - USA

84-82 (47-34)

Spain - Australia

77-76 (35-36)

Competition Day 3 (31-07-1998)

Competition Day 3 (31-07-1998)

Brazil - Lithuania

62-66 (39-28)

Nigeria - Australia

64-70 (28-33)

South Korea - USA

62-88 (34-44)

Argentina - Spain

67-68 (22-31;61-61)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Lithuania (F)

3

3

0

247

200

6

2. USA (F)

3

2

1

253

205

5

3. Brazil (F)

3

1

2

197

222

4

4. South Korea

3

0

3

191

261

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain (F)

3

3

0

225

211

6

2. Argentina (F)

3

2

1

201

181

5

3. Australia (F)

3

1

2

208

207

4

4. Nigeria

3

0

3

183

218

3

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 13-16)

(Athína / Peiraiás)

Semifinals (2-08-1998)

A4-B4: Senegal - Japan

55-60 (29-27)

C4-D4: South Korea - Nigeria

65-89 (36-45)

Finals (3-08-1998)

15/16: Senegal - South Korea

75-72 (45-42)

13/14: Japan - Nigeria

60-70 (23-33)

 

 

SEMIFINAL ROUND

 

GROUP E (Athína / Peiraiás)

 

GROUP F (Peiraiás / Athína)

Competition Day 1 (2-08-1998)

Competition Day 1 (2-08-1998)

Yugoslavia - Canada

95-55 (44-23)

Australia - Lithuania

71-61 (35-37)

Russia - Italy

71-55 (30-30)

Argentina - USA

74-87 (38-47)

Puerto Rico - Greece

64-71 (30-43)

Spain - Brazil

73-63 (31-24)

Competition Day 2 (3-08-1998)

Competition Day 2 (3-08-1998)

Canada - Puerto Rico

81-94 (42-44)

Lithuania - Argentina

84-75 (41-33)

Italy - Yugoslavia

61-60 (25-29)

Brazil - Australia

63-75 (35-31)

Greece - Russia

48-60 (24-28)

USA - Spain

75-73 (31-42)

Competition Day 3 (4-08-1998)

Competition Day 3 (4-08-1998)

Russia - Canada

81-72 (42-38)

Spain - Lithuania

86-80 (43-40;75-75)

Puerto Rico - Italy

63-68 (31-34)

Argentina - Brazil

86-76 (42-38)

Yugoslavia - Greece

70-56 (36-30)

Australia - USA

78-96 (31-54)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Yugoslavia

5

4

1

387

312

9

2. Russia

5

4

1

372

330

9

3. Greece

5

3

2

317

322

8

4. Italy

5

3

2

319

327

8

5. Puerto Rico

5

1

4

360

386

6

6. Canada

5

0

5

349

427

5

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

5

4

1

423

368

9

2. Spain

5

4

1

377

361

9

3. Lithuania

5

3

2

375

376

8

4. Argentina

5

2

3

368

377

7

5. Australia

5

2

3

362

363

7

6. Brazil

5

0

5

323

383

5

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND (PLACES 9-12)

(Athína)

Semifinals (7-08-1998)

E5-F6: Puerto Rico - Brazil

64-76 (27-38)

F5-E6: Australia - Canada

88-71 (39-35)

Finals (8-08-1998)

11/12: Puerto Rico - Canada

92-81 (60-33)

9/10: Brazil - Australia

75-79 (40-35)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

(Athína)

 

1/4 FINAL

(7-08-1998)

E1-F4 (1): Yugoslavia - Argentina

70-62 (34-31)

E2-F3 (2): Russia - Lithuania

82-67 (35-38)

F1-E4 (3): USA - Italy

80-77 (38-41)

F2-E3 (4): Spain - Greece

62-69 (34-40)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (8-08-1998)

LOSER 1-LOSER 4: Argentina - Spain

64-77 (34-37)

LOSER 2-LOSER 3: Lithuania - Italy

71-76 (42-46)

Finals (9-08-1998)

7/8: Argentina - Lithuania

76-77 (38-47)

5/6: Spain - Italy

64-61 (32-32)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (8-08-1998)

WINNER 1-WINNER 4: Yugoslavia - Greece

78-73 (31-33;57-57)

WINNER 2-WINNER 3: Russia - USA

66-64 (37-39)

Finals (9-08-1998)

3/4: Greece - USA

61-84 (27-48)

1/2: Yugoslavia - Russia

64-62 (30-35)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: OAKA (Athína)

DATE: 9-08-1998 (20:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 20.000

REFEREES: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

FOULED OUT: Bodiroga (39’) / Kisurin (40’)

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Russia

Россия

64-62 (30-35)

 

Yugoslavia (coach: Željko Obradović)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Saša Obradović

4

1

3

1

2

2

2

1

-

2

3

1

4

31

7

# Miroslav Berić

1

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

2

17

2

# Dejan Bodiroga

9

5

2

-

2

1

3

2

-

-

4

2

5

36

11

# Dejan Tomašević

4

3

-

-

4

1

1

3

-

-

2

-

1

17

7

# Željko Rebrača

10

7

-

-

2

2

7

4

4

2

-

-

1

33

16

Vlado Šćepanović

1

1

3

1

-

-

1

-

-

1

3

1

2

21

5

Aleksandar Ðorđević

4

-

2

1

4

4

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

16

7

Milenko Topić

4

1

2

2

2

1

3

-

-

2

1

2

1

29

9

TOTAL

37

19

12

5

16

11

19

11

4

7

14

7

18

200

64

 

Russia (coach: Sergej Belov)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Vasilij Karasjov

8

3

3

-

4

3

1

1

1

3

3

2

2

40

9

# Sergej Babkov

3

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

2

18

4

# Sergej Panov

8

6

1

-

4

2

4

-

-

-

2

1

3

30

14

# Evgenij Kisurin

4

1

-

-

2

1

4

1

-

2

4

2

5

34

3

# Mikhail Mikhajlov

7

4

-

-

2

1

1

4

1

-

1

-

2

28

9

Igor’ Kudelin

4

3

4

2

2

2

2

-

-

1

2

2

2

25

14

Zakhar Pashutin

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

Dmitrij Domani

-

-

1

1

2

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

9

4

Vitalij Nosov

5

2

-

-

2

1

3

2

-

-

1

1

2

12

5

TOTAL

39

21

9

3

18

11

18

8

2

7

14

9

18

200

62

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Yugoslavia YUG

2.

Russia RUS

3.

USA USA

4.

Greece GRE

5.

Spain SPA

6.

Italy ITA

7.

Lithuania LIT

8.

Argentina ARG

9.

Australia AUS

10.

Brazil BRA

11.

Puerto Rico PUR

12.

Canada CAN

13.

Nigeria NGR

14.

Japan JAP

15.

Senegal SEN

16.

South Korea SKR

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Alberto Herreros (SPA)

161

9

17.9

2. Mohammed Acha (NGR)

70

4

17.5

3. Artūras Karnišovas (LIT)

154

9

17.1

4. Shane Heal (AUS)

136

8

17.0

5. Andrew Gaze (AUS)

135

8

16.9

6. José “Piculín” Ortiz (PUR)

132

8

16.5

7. Maikeru Takahashi (JAP)

82

5

16.4

8. Vasilij Karasjov (RUS)

145

9

16.1

9. Seo Jang-hoon (SKR)

76

5

15.2

10. Dejan Bodiroga (YUG)

132

9

14.7

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Dejan Bodiroga (YUG)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Vasilij Karasjov (RUS)

Alberto Herreros (SPA)

Dejan Bodiroga (YUG)

Gregor Fučka (ITA)

Željko Rebrača (YUG)

   

 

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