News from July 31.
 
World Championship results - at Athens, Greece
 
Group A
  Italy 79, Canada 69
  Andrea Meneghin (Ita) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-8 3-0pointers.
  Roberto Chiacig (Ita) had 15 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds.
  Sherman Hamilton (Can) had 17 points and 7 turnovers.
  Kory Hallas (Can) had 10 points.

  Greece 68, Senegal 57
  Dimitris Papanikolaou (Gre) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.
  Georgios Sigalas (Gre) had 11 points.
  Assane Ndiaye (Sen) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
  Mamadou Ndiaye (Sen) had 12 points on 6-9 FG and 11 rebounds.
  Gre shot 23-37 FT and Sen shot 7-9 FT.

Group B
  Yugoslavia 99, Japan 54 
  Sasa Obradovic (Yug) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 4-4 3-pointers.
  Dragan Lukovski (Yug) had 18 points including 9-9 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5
  turnovers.
  Maikeru Takahashi (Jap) had 15 points and 4 steals.
  Makoto Minamiyama (Jap) had 11 points.
  Yug shot 23-34 FT and Jap shot 9-16 FT.

  Russia 86, Puerto Rico 73
  Vassilij Karassev (Rus) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
  Valery Tikhonenko (Rus) had 13 points.
  Jose Ortiz (PR) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks,
  and 5 turnovers.
  Eddie Casiano (PR) had 16 points.

Group C
  USA 88, South Korea 62
  Jason Sasser (USA) had 17 points.
  Jimmy King (USA) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
  Wendell Alexis (USA) had 13 points including 5-6 FG.
  Kyung-Eun Moon (SK) had 15 points on 5-9 3-pointers and 3 steals.
  Jang-Hoon Seo (SK) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
  USA shot 13-19 FT and SK shot 4-8 FT.

  Lithuania 66, Brazil 62
  Saulius Stombergas (Lit) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds.
  Arturas Karnisovas (Lit) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds.
  Rogerio Klafke (Bra) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
  Aristides Josuel dos Santos (Bra) had 10 points.

Group D
  Australia 68, Nigeria 61
  Shane Heal (Aus) had 24 points including 5-13 3-pointers.
  Andrew Gaze (Aus) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
  Chris Anstey (Aus) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals.
  Kingsley Ogwudire (Nig) had 17 points.
  Tunji Awojobi (Nig) had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

  Spain 68, Argentina 67
  Ignacio Rodriguez (Spa) had 18 points and 7 assists.
  Alberto Herreros (Spa) had 21 points.
  Hugo Sconochini (Arg) had 17 points and 4 steals.
  Fabricio Oberto (Arg) had 12 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals.


First Round Results  (top three in each group advance)
 
Group A           W   L
  Greece          3   0
  Italy           2   1
  Canada          1   2
 xSenegal         0   3
 
Group B           W   L
  Yugoslavia      3   0
  Russia          2   1
  Puerto Rico     1   2
 xJapan           0   3
 
Group C           W   L
  Lithuania       3   0
  USA             2   1
  Brazil          1   2
 xSouth Korea     0   3
 
Group D           W   L
  Spain           3   0
  Argentina       2   1
  Australia       1   2
 xNigeria         0   3

x = does not advance