Preliminary Round (Group A) / Second Round, 1998 FIBA World Cup
July 29, 1998 · Athens / Piraeus, Greece
Preliminary Round (Group A) / Second Round, 1998 FIBA World Cup: Greece 78–72 Canada, at Athens / Piraeus, Greece on July 29, 1998.
This preliminary-round result was carried forward into the Second Round standings rather than replayed, since both teams advanced together into the same six-team Second Round group — the carry-forward mechanic first used at this site's 1974 edition, and last seen at 1986, returned at this edition after 1990 and 1994 had both dropped it. It counts once, as both a Preliminary Round Group result and a Second Round result.
Top performers
| Greece — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Fragkiskos Alvertis | 21 | 10 | 2 |
| Nikolaos Ekonomou | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| Panagiotis Fasoulas | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Evangelos Koronios | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| George Ballogannis | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Efthimios Rentzias | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Dimitris Papanikolaou | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Nikolaos Bountouris | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgios Sigalas | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Canada — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Joel Vickery | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| Sherman Hamilton | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Todd MacCulloch | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Michael Meeks | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Gregory Newton | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Rowan Barrett | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Martin Keane | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Guarasci | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kory Hallas | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Njoku | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Daniels | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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