2010 FIBA World Championship
2010 FIBA Dünya Basketbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates28 August – 12 September
Officially opened byAbdullah Gül
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Turkey
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Games played80
MVPUnited States Kevin Durant
Top scorerArgentina Luis Scola
(27.1 points per game)

The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Turkish Basketball Federation and the 2010 Organising Committee. It was considered as prestigious a competition as the Olympic Basketball Tournament.[1] The tournament was hosted by Turkey.

For the third time (after the 1986 and 2006 tournaments), the World Championship had 24 competing nations. As a result, the group stage games were played in four cities, and the knockout round was hosted by Istanbul.

The United States won the tournament for their fourth time after going undefeated in the Opening Round and beating host Turkey in the final.

The draw for the Championship took place on 15 December 2009 in Istanbul.[2] Teams were drawn into four preliminary round groups of six teams each. Teams first played a round-robin schedule, with the top sixteen teams advancing to the knockout stage.[3]

Bid

2010 FIBA World Championship bidding results
Nations Round 1 Round 2
Turkey Turkey
7
10
France France
8
9
  Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia
4
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Three bids from six countries – France, Turkey, and a joint bid from former Yugoslav republics Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia – made their final presentation during the FIBA's 20-member Central Board in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 5 December 2004. Previously, Australia and New Zealand, Italy, Russia and Puerto Rico announced their intention to bid from the tournament, but withdrew their bids prior to the votes. France won the first round of voting, but Turkey eventually won the right to host after the joint bidders were knocked out in the first round.[4]

The tournament was the first time that Turkey has hosted the event and marked the first World Championship held in Europe since the 1998 FIBA World Championship was held in Greece.

Venues

Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in Kayseri (Group A), Istanbul (Group B), Ankara (Group C), and İzmir (Group D). The knockout phase then moved to Istanbul's Sinan Erdem Dome. Ankara Arena, completed in 2010, and Kadir Has Arena, completed in 2008, were built for the championships, while the other three arenas underwent renovations for the event.

Turkey Istanbul
2010 FIBA World Championship is located in Turkey
Ankara
Ankara
Istanbul (2)
Istanbul (2)
İzmir
İzmir
Kayseri
Kayseri
2010 FIBA World Championship is located in Istanbul
Abdi İpekçi Arena
Abdi İpekçi Arena
Sinan Erdem Dome
Sinan Erdem Dome
Preliminary round Knockout stage
Ankara İzmir Kayseri Istanbul
Ankara Arena
Capacity: 11,000[5]		 Halkapınar Sport Hall
Capacity: 10,000[6]		 Kadir Has Arena
Capacity: 7,500[7]		 Abdi İpekçi Arena
Capacity: 12,500[8]		 Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,500 (22,500)[9]

Qualifying

Qualified countries are in blue; those in yellow failed to qualify, and those in dark gray did not enter qualifying.

Turkey automatically qualified as the host country, and the United States also received an automatic berth for winning the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament.

Most other teams secured their places in continental qualifying tournaments (three from Africa, three from Asia, two from Oceania, four from the Americas, and six from Europe). FIBA invited four "wild card" teams to fill out the twenty-four team field.

Wild cards

The four wild cards were determined by FIBA through criteria. For example, a team must have played in the Zone's qualification tournament to receive recommendation.[10] Also, in order for every team to have an opportunity for a wild card, a maximum of three teams from any Zone can be allotted a wild card entry. Once these requirements are satisfied, FIBA then looks at other important factors. Those include popularity of basketball within the country, success of the team, and government support for the team's National Federation. As of 2009, FIBA now requires that wild card candidates pay a late registration fee to be considered.[11]

Fourteen teams paid the 500,000 € fee to apply for one of the four wild card spots. FIBA then whittled down the teams to eight semifinalists – Cameroon, Germany, Great Britain, Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Nigeria, and Russia.[12] On Saturday 12 December 2009, FIBA awarded Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania and Russia the four wild cards.[13]

List of qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament (FIBA World Ranking at start of tournament in parentheses):[14]

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Host nation 5 December 2004 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1  Turkey
2008 Olympics 10–24 August 2008 China Beijing 1  United States
AfroBasket 2009 4–14 August 2009 Libya Tripoli and Benghazi 3  Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia
2009 FIBA Asia Championship 6–16 August 2009 China Tianjin 3  Iran
 China
 Jordan
FIBA Oceania Championship 2009 23–25 August 2009 Australia Sydney
New Zealand Wellington		 2  New Zealand
 Australia
2009 FIBA Americas Championship 26 August–6 September 2009 Puerto Rico San Juan 4  Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Canada
EuroBasket 2009 7–20 September 2009  Poland 6  Spain
 Serbia
 Greece
 Slovenia
 France
 Croatia
Wild cards 12 December 2009 Turkey Istanbul 4  Russia
 Lebanon
 Lithuania
 Germany
TOTAL24

The draw for the championship took place in Istanbul on December 15, 2009.

Group Draw

The draw held on 15 December 2009 at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel in Istanbul, which divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D, as listed for the preliminary round.[15] Aside from the fact that those teams in the same line would not be in the same preliminary round groups, there were no other restrictions on how teams may be drawn.

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6

United States
 Argentina
 Spain
 Greece

 Serbia
 Slovenia
 France
 Turkey

 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
 Australia

 Croatia
 Russia
 Lithuania
 Germany

 China
 Iran
 Lebanon
 Angola

 Jordan
 Tunisia
 New Zealand
 Ivory Coast

Squads

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 with the livery of the 2010 FIBA World Championship at the Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul. The company was among the official sponsors of the tournament.

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on August 26, two days before the start of competition.[16]

Angola and the United States were the only teams made up of entirely domestic players (Jordan and Russia each had 11 domestic players). Slovenia was the only team composed entirely of individuals playing outside the domestic league. The Canada squad also consisted entirely of individuals playing outside the country, but at that time Canada had no professional league operating exclusively in the country (a minor professional league was scheduled to begin play in 2011). The National Basketball Association, based in the U.S., has a Canadian team, and several minor leagues operate on both sides of the U.S.—Canada border. Four Canadian squad members played in U.S.-based competitions—two with U.S.-based NBA teams, and two for Gonzaga University's team. Forty-one NBA players were selected to compete in the tournament, the most of any league.

Preparation matches

Acropolis tournament

Greece and Serbia both began the tournament shorthanded when each had two players suspended for their roles in a brawl at the World Championship tuneup Acropolis Tournament, held in mid-August. The two teams engaged in a chaotic brawl with 2:40 left when Greece's Antonis Fotsis threatened Serbia's Miloš Teodosić after Teodosić committed a foul.[17] The fight spilled off the floor and into the locker room tunnel; the game was thus terminated with final score the score at the time of the interruption (74–73 for Greece). Serbian center Nenad Krstić was arrested and held overnight for throwing a chair in the brawl.

For their roles in the melee, Krstić was suspended for the first three games of the tournament, while Teodosić, and Greece's Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis were suspended for the first two games. Both Greek coach Jonas Kazlauskas and Serbian coach Dušan Ivković criticized FIBA for waiting until less than 48 hours before the tournament – over a week after the brawl – to announce the suspensions, citing the unfairness of playing shorthanded for the first games.[18] Greece eventually won their first two games in spite of the suspensions, while Serbia won two of their first three games.

Bamberg Super Cup

Preliminary round

2010 FIBA World Championship final rankings.

The top four finishers in each of the four preliminary round groups advanced to the sixteen team, single-elimination knockout stage, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams and Group C would meet Group D. European teams proved the most successful in the first round, as nine of the ten teams advanced to the knockout stage (only Germany did not progress). Both Oceanian teams qualified for the next round, as did three of the five FIBA Americas teams. The three African and four Asian teams struggled, with only Angola and China reaching the knockout stage after each finished fourth place in their group.

There were few surprises in the early round; each team that advanced to the knockout stage was ranked in the top 20 of the FIBA World Ranking at the time of the tournament. Defending champions Spain struggled early, losing two of their first three games before recovering to finish second in Group D. Argentina and the United States, the two top teams in the FIBA rankings, both cruised to the knockout phase, as the United States went 5–0 and Argentina went 4–1, with their only loss coming to Number 5 ranked Serbia.

Tie-breaking procedure

At the end of the preliminary round, any ties will be broken by the following criteria, ordered from the one that will be applied first to the last:

  1. Game results between tied teams
  2. Goal average between games of the tied teams
  3. Goal average for all games of the tied teams
  4. Drawing of lots

Group A (Kayseri)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 5 4 1 465 356 +109 9[lower-alpha 1] Eighth–finals
2  Argentina 5 4 1 413 379 +34 9[lower-alpha 1]
3  Australia 5 3 2 381 341 +40 8
4  Angola 5 2 3 340 414 −74 7[lower-alpha 2]
5  Germany 5 2 3 378 402 −24 7[lower-alpha 2]
6  Jordan 5 0 5 361 446 −85 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Serbia 1–0 Argentina
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Angola 1–0 Germany
28 August 2010
Australia 76–75 JordanKadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Angola 44–94 SerbiaKadir Has Arena
Germany 74–78 ArgentinaKadir Has Arena
29 August 2010
Jordan 65–79 AngolaKadir Has Arena
Serbia 81–822OT GermanyKadir Has Arena
Argentina 74–72 AustraliaKadir Has Arena
30 August 2010
Jordan 69–112 SerbiaKadir Has Arena
Australia 78–43 GermanyKadir Has Arena
Angola 70–91 ArgentinaKadir Has Arena
1 September 2010
Serbia 94–79 AustraliaKadir Has Arena
Germany 88–92OT AngolaKadir Has Arena
Argentina 88–79 JordanKadir Has Arena
2 September 2010
Angola 55–76 AustraliaKadir Has Arena
Argentina 82–84 SerbiaKadir Has Arena
Jordan 73–91 GermanyKadir Has Arena

Group B (Istanbul)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 455 331 +124 10 Eighth–finals
2  Slovenia 5 4 1 393 376 +17 9
3  Brazil 5 3 2 398 354 +44 8
4  Croatia 5 2 3 395 407 −12 7
5  Iran 5 1 4 301 367 −66 6
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 300 407 −107 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
28 August 2010
Tunisia 56–80 SloveniaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
United States 106–78 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena
Iran 65–81 BrazilAbdi İpekçi Arena
29 August 2010
Slovenia 77–99 United StatesAbdi İpekçi Arena
Croatia 75–54 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil 80–65 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena
30 August 2010
Slovenia 91–84 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena
Tunisia 58–71 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena
United States 70–68 BrazilAbdi İpekçi Arena
1 September 2010
Croatia 84–64 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena
Iran 51–88 United StatesAbdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil 77–80 SloveniaAbdi İpekçi Arena
2 September 2010
United States 92–57 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena
Slovenia 65–60 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil 92–74 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena

Group C (Ankara)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey (H) 5 5 0 393 285 +108 10 Eighth–finals
2  Russia 5 4 1 365 346 +19 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 403 370 +33 8
4  China 5 1 4 360 422 −62 6[lower-alpha 1]
5  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 386 401 −15 6[lower-alpha 1]
6  Ivory Coast 5 1 4 334 417 −83 6[lower-alpha 1]
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: China 1–1 (1.0127 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.9939 GAvg), Ivory Coast 1–1 (0.9938 GAvg)
28 August 2010
Greece 89–81 ChinaAnkara Arena
Russia 75–66 Puerto RicoAnkara Arena
Ivory Coast 47–86 TurkeyAnkara Arena
29 August 2010
China 83–73 Ivory CoastAnkara Arena
Puerto Rico 80–83 GreeceAnkara Arena
Turkey 65–56 RussiaAnkara Arena
31 August 2010
Russia 72–66 Ivory CoastAnkara Arena
Puerto Rico 84–76 ChinaAnkara Arena
Greece 65–76 TurkeyAnkara Arena
1 September 2010
China 80–89 RussiaAnkara Arena
Ivory Coast 60–97 GreeceAnkara Arena
Turkey 79–77 Puerto RicoAnkara Arena
2 September 2010
Puerto Rico 79–88 Ivory CoastAnkara Arena
Greece 69–73 RussiaAnkara Arena
Turkey 87–40 ChinaAnkara Arena

Group D (Izmir)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 5 0 391 341 +50 10 Eighth–finals
2  Spain 5 3 2 420 356 +64 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  New Zealand 5 3 2 424 400 +24 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  France 5 3 2 351 339 +12 8[lower-alpha 1]
5  Lebanon 5 1 4 339 440 −101 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 330 379 −49 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Spain 1–1 (1.07 GAvg), New Zealand 1–1 (0.97 GAvg), France 1–1 (0.96 GAvg)
28 August 2010
New Zealand 79–92 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Canada 71–81 Lebanonİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
France 72–66 Spainİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
29 August 2010
Lithuania 70–68 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon 59–86 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Spain 101–84 New Zealandİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
31 August 2010
New Zealand 108–76 Lebanonİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
France 68–63 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Spain 73–76 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
1 September 2010
Canada 61–71 New Zealandİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon 57–91 Spainİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lithuania 69–55 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
2 September 2010
Spain 89–67 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon 66–84 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
New Zealand 82–70 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall

Final round (Istanbul)

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
September 4, 2010
 
 
 Serbia73
 
September 8, 2010
 
 Croatia72
 
 Serbia92
 
September 4, 2010
 
 Spain89
 
 Spain80
 
September 11, 2010
 
 Greece72
 
 Serbia82
 
September 5, 2010
 
 Turkey83
 
 Turkey95
 
September 8, 2010
 
 France77
 
 Turkey95
 
September 5, 2010
 
 Slovenia68
 
 Slovenia87
 
September 12, 2010
 
 Australia58
 
 Turkey64
 
September 6, 2010
 
 United States81
 
 United States121
 
September 9, 2010
 
 Angola66
 
 United States89
 
September 6, 2010
 
 Russia79
 
 Russia78
 
September 11, 2010
 
 New Zealand56
 
 United States89
 
September 7, 2010
 
 Lithuania74 Third place
 
 Lithuania78
 
September 9, 2010September 12, 2010
 
 China67
 
 Lithuania104 Serbia88
 
September 7, 2010
 
 Argentina85  Lithuania99
 
 Argentina93
 
 
 Brazil89
 

Round of 16

September 4
18:00
Serbia  73–72  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 15–9, 20–14, 19–22
Pts: Krstić 16
Rebs: Tepić 7
Asts: Tepić 4		 Pts: Popović 21
Rebs: Tomić 8
Asts: Popović 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 4
21:00
Spain  80–72  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–12, 15–20, 28–21
Pts: Navarro 22
Rebs: Reyes 10
Asts: Rubio 6		 Pts: Zisis 16
Rebs: Fotsis 7
Asts: Spanoulis 3
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 5
18:00
Slovenia  87–58  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 26–13, 29–24, 16–13
Pts: Lakovič 19
Rebs: Rizvić 5
Asts: Dragić 8		 Pts: Ingles 13
Rebs: Nielsen 8
Asts: Mills 3
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 5
21:00
Turkey  95–77  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 24–14, 28–17, 24–32
Pts: Türkoğlu 20
Rebs: İlyasova 5
Asts: Tunçeri 3		 Pts: Diaw 21
Rebs: Diaw 5
Asts: Piétrus 4
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 6
18:00
United States 121–66  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 32–25, 26–18, 30–10
Pts: Billups 19
Rebs: Odom 8
Asts: Rose, Westbrook 6		 Pts: Gomes 21
Rebs: Ambrosio 7
Asts: Morais 4
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
September 6
21:00
Russia  78–56  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–12, 20–13, 27–16
Pts: Vorontsevich 18
Rebs: Vorontsevich 11
Asts: Ponkrashov 7		 Pts: Penney 21
Rebs: Vukona 5
Asts: Penney 2
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 7
18:00
Lithuania  78–67  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 26–18, 21–11, 14–16
Pts: Kleiza 30
Rebs: Kleiza 9
Asts: Kalnietis 5		 Pts: Liu 21
Rebs: Yi 12
Asts: Wang S, Wang Z 3
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 7
21:00
Argentina  93–89  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 21–23, 20–18, 27–23
Pts: Scola 37
Rebs: Scola 9
Asts: Prigioni 8		 Pts: Huertas 32
Rebs: Splitter 5
Asts: Splitter 2
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Quarterfinals

September 8
18:00
Serbia  92–89  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–18, 18–23, 25–25
Pts: Veličković 17
Rebs: Krstić 9
Asts: Teodosić 8		 Pts: Navarro 27
Rebs: Garbajosa 6
Asts: Navarro 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 8
21:00
Turkey  95–68  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 23–17, 21–12, 24–25
Pts: İlyasova 19
Rebs: İlyasova 5
Asts: Türkoğlu 7		 Pts: Nachbar 16
Rebs: Brezec 5
Asts: Bečirovič 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 9
18:00
United States 89–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 19–14, 26–17, 19–23
Pts: Durant 33
Rebs: Odom 12
Asts: Billups 5		 Pts: Bykov 17
Rebs: Vorontsevich 12
Asts: Khvostov 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM), José Martín (ESP), Jakob Zamojski (POL)
September 9
21:00
Lithuania  104–85  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–12, 35–23, 19–32
Pts: Jasaitis 19
Rebs: Kleiza 9
Asts: Jankūnas 5		 Pts: Delfino 25
Rebs: Oberto 5
Asts: Prigioni 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

5th–8th classification

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
September 10, 2010
 
 
 Spain97
 
September 12, 2010
 
 Slovenia80
 
 Spain81
 
September 10, 2010
 
 Argentina86
 
 Russia61
 
 
 Argentina73
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 11, 2010
 
 
 Slovenia78
 
 
 Russia83

Semifinals

September 10
18:00
Spain  97–80  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 22–18, 26–21, 33–18
Pts: Navarro 26
Rebs: Reyes 10
Asts: Navarro 7		 Pts: Lakovič 19
Rebs: Brezec 9
Asts: Lakovič 4
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
September 10
21:00
Russia  61–73  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 22–21, 19–18, 9–19
Pts: Monia 17
Rebs: Mozgov 11
Asts: Ponkrashov 4		 Pts: Scola 27
Rebs: Delfino 7
Asts: Prigioni 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Seventh place playoff

September 11
15:00
7th place
Report
Slovenia  78–83  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 14–9, 22–22, 19–31
Pts: Nachbar 20
Rebs: Slokar 7
Asts: Dragić 7		 Pts: Mozgov 19
Rebs: Monia 7
Asts: Bykov 7
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Fifth place playoff

September 12
15:00
5th place
Report
Spain  81–86  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 30–16, 19–21
Pts: Fernández 31
Rebs: M.Gasol 10
Asts: Navarro 3		 Pts: Delfino 27
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 7
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Semifinals

September 11
19:00
United States 89–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21
Pts: Durant 38
Rebs: Odom 10
Asts: Billups, Rose, Westbrook 3		 Pts: Javtokas 15
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis, Pocius, Delininkaitis 2
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Marcos Fornies Benito (BRA)
September 11
21:30
Serbia  82–83  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–18, 21–25, 19–23
Pts: Kešelj 18
Rebs: Krstić 7
Asts: Teodosić 11		 Pts: Türkoğlu 16
Rebs: Aşık 7
Asts: Tunçeri 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Third place playoff

September 12
19:00
Serbia  88–99  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 16–24, 34–27
Pts: Veličković 18
Rebs: Krstić 8
Asts: Rašić 10		 Pts: Kleiza 33
Rebs: Jasaitis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000

Final

12 September
21:30
Turkey  64–81 United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–20, 16–19, 16–20
Pts: Türkoğlu 16
Rebs: İlyasova 11
Asts: Tunçeri 5		 Pts: Durant 28
Rebs: Odom 11
Asts: Rose 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Cristiano Jesus Maranho (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP)

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Individual game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points[25]United States Kevin Durant38 Lithuania (9/11)
Rebounds[26]Angola Joaquim Gomes
Russia Sasha Kaun
Iran Arsalan Kazemi
China Yi Jianlian		14 Germany (9/1) (OT)
 China (9/1)
 Slovenia (9/2)
 Greece (8/28)
Assists[27]Russia Anton Ponkrashov
Spain Ricky Rubio
Serbia Miloš Teodosić		11 Puerto Rico (8/28)
 New Zealand (8/29)
 Turkey (9/11)
Steals[28]Turkey Sinan Güler8 China (9/2)
Blocks[29]Iran Hamed Haddadi
Ivory Coast Herve Lamizana
Ivory Coast Herve Lamizana
Tunisia Salah Mejri		5 Brazil (8/28)
 Puerto Rico (9/2)
 Turkey (8/28)
 Brazil (8/29)
Field goal percentage[30]Spain Fran Vázquez100% (9/9) Canada (9/2)
3-point field goal percentage[31]Turkey Ersan İlyasova100% (6/6) Greece (8/31)
Free throw percentage[32]Russia Anton Ponkrashov100% (10/10) Puerto Rico (8/28)
Turnovers[33]United States Kevin Durant7 Brazil (8/30)

Team tournament highs

Team game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points[39] United States121 Angola (9/6)
Rebounds[40] United States
 Lithuania		50 Slovenia (8/29)
 China (9/7)
Assists[41] United States30 Angola (9/6)
Steals[42] Turkey
United States		15 Ivory Coast (8/28)
 Brazil (8/30)
Blocks[43] Spain9 Canada (9/2)
Field goal percentage[44] Turkey66.7% (32/48) Slovenia (9/8)
3-point field goal percentage[45] Argentina61.1% (11/18) Brazil (9/7)
Free throw percentage[46] United States100.0% (10/10) Tunisia (9/2)
Turnovers[47] Iran
 Jordan		25 United States (9/1)
 Angola (8/29)

Final standings

Flag of the top three teams at the medal ceremony

Method of breaking ties:

  • Result of classification game
  • Place in preliminary round group
  • Winning percentage
  • Overall points average
Rank Team Record
1 United States 9–0
2  Turkey 8–1
Eliminated in Semi-Finals
3  Lithuania 8–1
4  Serbia 6–3
Eliminated in Quarter-Finals
5  Argentina 7–2
6  Spain 5–4
7  Russia 6–3
8  Slovenia 5–4
Eliminated in Round of 16 Preliminary Round Points Average
9  Brazil 3–3 1.124
10  Australia 3–3 1.117
11  Greece 3–3 1.089
12  New Zealand 3–3 1.060
13  France 3–3 1.035
14  Croatia 2–4 0.971
15  Angola 2–4 0.821
16  China 1–5
5th place in Preliminary Round groups Preliminary Round Points Average
17  Germany 2–3
18  Puerto Rico 1–4 0.963
19  Iran 1–4 0.820
20  Lebanon 1–4 0.770
6th place in Preliminary Round groups Preliminary Round Points Average
21  Ivory Coast 1–4
22  Canada 0–5 0.871
23  Jordan 0–5 0.809
24  Tunisia 0–5 0.737

Awards

Kevin Durant was named MVP
 2010 FIBA World Championship winner 

United States
4th title
Most Valuable Player
United States Kevin Durant

All-Tournament Team

Referees

On August 18, 2010, FIBA named the forty referees that officiated at the tournament.[48] Below are the referees, along with the first round group that each was assigned to:

  • Group B
    •  TUR Recep Ankaralı
    •  LTU Romualdas Brazauskas
    •  FRA David Chambon
    •  GRC Christos Christodoulou
    •  JPN Yuji Hirahara
    •  AGO Carlos José Julio
    •  ESP José Martín
    •  COL José Hernán Melgarejo Pinto
    •  DOM Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sánchez
    •  CAN Stephen Seibel
  • Group C
    •  SRB Ilija Belošević
    •  AUS Scott Jason Butler
    •  LBN Marwan Egho
    •  ARG Pablo Alberto Estévez
    •  KEN Vitalis Odhiambo Gode
    •  FIN Carl Jungebrand
    •  BRA Cristiano Jesus Maranho
    •  SVN Saša Pukl
    •  PRT Fernando Rocha
    •  VEN Héctor Sánchez
  • Group D
    •  IRN Heros Avanessian
    •  AUS Michael Aylen
    •  USA Anthony Dewayne Jordan
    •  HRV Srđan Dožai
    •  ARG Juan José Fernández
    •  SRB Milivoje Jovčić
    •  ITA Luigi Lamonica
    •  UKR Borys Ryschyk
    •  PUR Jorge Vázquez
    •  POL Jakub Zamojski

Broadcasting

Rights

FIBA announced that the championship will be shown in 183 countries, beating the record set be the 2006 championship which was 132. Countries that aired the championship for the first time were India and the United Kingdom, while Canada covered the event for the first time since hosting the 1994 FIBA World Championship.[49]

TV ratings

According to FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann, the TV ratings for the 2010 championship exceeded the 2006 FIBA World Championship's and the FIBA EuroBasket 2009 numbers, with an expected audience close to 1 billion people in 200 countries, while 30 million people visited the official website.[50]

The preliminary round game between China and Greece was watched by around 65 million Chinese.

The U.S. TV ratings for the Final between the U.S. and Turkey, on the other hand, was watched by less than 900,000 viewers in American cable network ESPN, worse than the average audience of the broadcast of the 2009-10 NBA season, but double than the airing of the first game of the 2010 WNBA Finals on its sister terrestrial network ABC which was aired on the same timeslot.[51]

List of broadcasters

TV broadcasters[52]

See also

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