SAITAMA (FIBA World Championship) - FIBA announced their new world rankings for men's national teams following Spain's triumph over Greece in the gold medal game of the FIBA World Championship.

Team USA claimed bronze and, as a consequence, defend their first position ahead of Argentina.

With their title, Spain moved up from fifth to third position while Greece, last year's EuroBasket winners, improved from eighth to sixth.

Team	Rank	Points
	1. USA	832.2
	2. ARG	720.0
	3. ESP	619.0
	4. YUG*	508.0
	5. LTU	460.0
	6. GRE	429.0
	7. ITA	418.0
	8. FRA	343.0
	9. GER	282.0
	10. AUS	279.0
	11. CHN	262.0
	12. NZL	228.0
	13. PUR	217.6
	14. ANG	206.0
	15. CAN	196.0
	16. TUR	194.0
	17. BRA	168.0
	18. RUS	162.0
	19. CRO	125.0
	20. SLO	121.0
	21. VEN	104.6
	22. NGR	100.8
	23. ISR	62.0
	24. LIB	57.1
	25. KOR	51.5
	26. QAT	45.2
	27. DOM	43.8
	28. JPN	39.2
	29. ALG	36.0
	30. PAN	34.6
	31. URU	34.4
	32. EGY	34.0
	33. LAT	33.0
	34. MEX	25.6
	35. SEN	20.8
	36. BIH	20.0
	37. IRI	18.1
	38. ISV	16.8
	39. UKR	14.0
	40. TPE	13.5
	41. KSA	12.3
	42. TUN	11.0
	43. SYR	10.8
	44. UZB	9.9
	44. KUW	9.9
	46. IND	8.7
	47. MAR	8.6
	48. CIV	7.8
	49. CAF	7.6
	50. CUB	7.2
	50. HKG	7.2
	52. CZE	7.0
	52. MAS	7.0
	52. MLI	7.0
	52. MOZ	7.0
	56. KAZ	6.3
	56. JOR	6.3
	58. RSA	6.2
	59. MKD	6.0
	59. BUL	6.0
	61. UAE	5.4
	62. EST	5.0
	62. HUN	5.0
	64. GUM	4.0
	65. PHI	3.6
	66. THA	3.3
	67. SWE	3.0
	67. POR	3.0
	69. BRN	2.1
	70. CPV	2.0
	70. GAB	2.0
	72. INA	1.5
	72. SIN	1.5
	74. MAD	1.4
*Unlisted Countries are ranked 75th