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The 1998 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Greece. The FIBA World Championship (also called the Basketball World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for mens national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The International Basketball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball), more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA (pronounced ), is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. ...


Competing nations

The following nations teams competed:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Canada Canada
Greece Greece
Italy Italy
Senegal Senegal
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Japan
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Russia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
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Brazil Brazil
South Korea
Lithuania Lithuania
United States United States
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Argentina Argentina
Australia Australia
Nigeria Nigeria
Spain Spain
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Preliminary rounds

Competing teams
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Competing teams

The top three teams in each group advance to the second preliminary rounds, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs.

Final standings

  1. Yugoslavia
  2. Russia
  3. USA
  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
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     Asia: FIBA AsiaAsian Championship
     Africa: FIBA AfricaAfrica Championship
     Americas: FIBA AmericasAmericas Championship
     Oceania: FIBA OceaniaOceania Championship
     Europe: FIBA EuropeEurobasket
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Argentina 1950 | Brazil 1954 | Chile 1959 | Brazil 1963 | Uruguay 1967 | Yugoslavia 1970 | Puerto Rico 1974 | Philippines 1978 | Colombia 1982 | Spain 1986 | Argentina 1990 | Canada 1994 | Greece 1998 | United States 2002 | Japan 2006 | Turkey 2010  FIBA Asia is a zone within the FIBA which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations Tournaments National Team: FIBA Asia Championships for Men and Women FIBA Asia U-20 Championships FIBA Asia U-18 Championships Asian Games basketball tournament Southeast Asia Basketball Association Southeast Asian Games basketball tournament East Asian... The FIBA Asia Championship for Men (formerly Asian Basketball Confederation Championship) is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. ... FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA association which contains all 53 national African FIBA federations, it was founded in 1961. ... African Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the African basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continents. ... FIBA Oceania is a zone within the FIBA association which contains all 21 national Oceania FIBA federations. ... Oceania Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Oceanian basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. ... FIBA Europe is a zone within the FIBA association which contains all 50 national European FIBA federations. ... Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the European basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1350x625, 46 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The FIBA World Championship (also called the Basketball World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for mens national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). ... The 2010 FIBA World Championship will be hosted by Turkey in 2010. ...

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