News from August 9.

World Championship results - at Athens, Greece

Finals
  Yugoslavia 64, Russia 62
  Zeljko Rebraca (Yug) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds.
  Dejan Bodiroga (Yug) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
  Serguei Panov (Rus) had 14 points including 6-9 FG.
  Igor Koudelin (Rus) had 14 points.
  Yugoslavia wins the World Championship tournament.  For winning the 
  tournament, Yugoslavia receives an automatic bid to the 2000 Olympic 
  mens basketball tournament.
  Dejan Bodiroga (Yug) was named as the tournament's MVP.

Classification Round
3rd Place Game
  USA 84, Greece 61
  Jason Sasser (USA) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds.
  Jimmy King (USA) had 14 points on 7-8 FG and 3 steals.
  Georgios Kalaitzis (Gre) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 3-4
  3-pointers.
  Dimitris Papanikolaou (Gre) had 18 points including 11-14 FT.
  USA shot 51.7% (31-60) FG and Gre shot 36.4% (20-55) FG.

5th Place Game
  Spain 64, Italy 61
  Alberto Herreros (Spa) had 17 points and 5 turnovers.
  Alfonso Reyes (Spa) had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
  Alessandro Abbio (Ita) had 13 points.
  Roberto Ciacig (Ita) had 12 points and 15 rebounds.

7th Place Game
  Lithuania 77, Argentina 76
  Gintaras Einikis (Lit) had 18 points and 7 rebounds.
  Dainius Adomaitis (Lit) had 16 points including 6-9 FG.
  Juan Alberto Espil (Arg) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 5-7
  3-pointers.
  Fabricio Oberto (Arg) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals.


Final Placement
   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