Sapporo and Sendai were among four cities that were named on Thursday to host preliminary-round matches at the 2006 Men's World Basketball Championship in Japan.
Along with Sapporo and Sendai, organizers also named Hiroshima and Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture as the cities that will stage group matches from Aug 19-24.
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