Final Stage (Bronze medal game), 1998 FIBA World Cup
August 9, 1998 · Athens / Piraeus, Greece
Final Stage (Bronze medal game), 1998 FIBA World Cup: USA 84–61 Greece, at Athens / Piraeus, Greece on August 9, 1998.
The USA, fielding a roster of college players and Europe-based professionals after the 1998 NBA lockout barred any NBA player from competing, recovered from a tight semifinal loss to Russia to beat host Greece for bronze.
Top performers
| USA — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Jason Sasser | 23 | 5 | 2 |
| Jimmy King | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Wendell Alexis | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Jimmy Oliver | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Trajan Langdon | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Kiwane Garris | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Andrew Amaya | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Brad Miller | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Hawkins | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| William Edwards | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| David Wood | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Gerard King | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Greece — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Dimitris Papanikolaou | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| Georgios Kalaitzis | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Fragkiskos Alvertis | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Efthimios Rentzias | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Panagiotis Fasoulas | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Nikolaos Bountouris | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Nikolaos Ekonomou | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| George Ballogannis | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgios Karagkoutis | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Tsakalidis | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Georgios Sigalas | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Evangelos Koronios | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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