ATHENS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Yugoslavia beat Russia 64-62 in
the world basketball championship final on Sunday.


Results on the last day of the
world basketball championship on Sunday:
Playoff for 7/8th place
Lithuania beat Argentina 77-76 (halftime 47-38)
Leading scorers:
Lithuania - Gintaras Einikis 18, Dainius Adomaitis 16,
Darius Lukminas 12
Argentina - Juan Alberto Espil 23, Fabricio Oberto 18,
Emanuel Ginobli 12
Playoff for 5/6th place
Spain beat Italy 64-61 (32-32)
Leading scorers:
Spain - Alberto Herreros 17, Alfonso Reyes 13
Italy - Alessandro Abbio 13, Roberto Chiacig 12, Gregor
Fucka 10
3/4th playoff (for bronze medal)
U.S. beat Greece 84-61 (48-27)
Leading scorers:
U.S. - Jason Sasser 23, Jimmy King 14, Wendell Alexis 12
Greece - Dimitri Papanikolaou 18, Giorgios Kalaitzis 15,
Frangiskos Alvertis 9
Final:
Yugoslavia beat Russia 64-62 (30-35)
Leading scorers:
Yugoslavia - Zeljko Rebraca 16, Dejan Bodiroga 11, Milenko
Topic 9
Russia - Sergei Panov 14, Igor Koudelin 14, Mikhail
Mikhailov 9
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