2010 FIBA World Championship

2010 FIBA World Championship
16th FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	August 28 – September 12
Teams	24 (from 213 federations)
Venues	5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	United States (4th title)
MVP	Kevin Durant
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Scola (27.1) United States (94.3) Rebounds Yi (10.2) United States (41.6) Assists Prigioni (6.4) United States  Spain (18.2)
Official website
2010 FIBA World Championship
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The 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Turkish Basketball Federation and the 2010 Organizing Committee. It was considered as prestigious a competition as the Olympic Basketball Tournament.^[1]

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 different 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 December 15, 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	7	10
France	8	9
Bosnia / Croatia / Serbia and Montenegro / Slovenia	4	—

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 December 5, 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
Ankara Istanbul (2) İzmir Kayseri			Abdi İpekçi Arena 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, December 12, 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]

FIBA Africa (3)  Angola (12)  Ivory Coast (41)  Tunisia (43) FIBA Asia (3+1)  China (9)  Iran (21)  Jordan (38)  Lebanon (24) (Wild card)

FIBA Americas (4+1)  Argentina (1)  Brazil (14)  Canada (19)  Puerto Rico (10)  United States (2) (Olympic Champions) FIBA Oceania (2)  Australia (11)  New Zealand (13)

FIBA Europe (6+4)  Croatia (t15)  France (t15)  Germany (7) (Wild card)  Greece (4)  Lithuania (6) (Wild card)  Russia (17) (Wild card)  Serbia (5)  Slovenia (20)  Spain (3)  Turkey (18) (Host nation)

Group Draw

The draw held on December 15 divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D, as listed for the preliminary round. 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.^[15]

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.^[16] 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.^[17] 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)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Serbia	5	4	1	465	356	+109	9	1–0
Argentina	5	4	1	413	379	+34	9	0–1
Australia	5	3	2	381	341	+40	8
Angola	5	2	3	340	414	−74	7	1–0
Germany	5	2	3	378	402	−24	7	0–1
Jordan	5	0	5	361	446	−85	5

28 August 2010
Australia		76–75		Jordan	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Angola		44–94		Serbia	Kadir Has Arena
Germany		74–78		Argentina	Kadir Has Arena
29 August 2010
Jordan		65–79		Angola	Kadir Has Arena
Serbia		81–82	2OT	Germany	Kadir Has Arena
Argentina		74–72		Australia	Kadir Has Arena
30 August 2010
Jordan		69–112		Serbia	Kadir Has Arena
Australia		78–43		Germany	Kadir Has Arena
Angola		70–91		Argentina	Kadir Has Arena
1 September 2010
Serbia		94–79		Australia	Kadir Has Arena
Germany		88–92	OT	Angola	Kadir Has Arena
Argentina		88–79		Jordan	Kadir Has Arena
2 September 2010
Angola		55–76		Australia	Kadir Has Arena
Argentina		82–84		Serbia	Kadir Has Arena
Jordan		73–91		Germany	Kadir Has Arena

Group B (Istanbul)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	455	331	+124	10
Slovenia	5	4	1	393	376	+17	9
Brazil	5	3	2	398	354	+44	8
Croatia	5	2	3	395	407	−12	7
Iran	5	1	4	301	367	−66	6
Tunisia	5	0	5	300	407	−107	5

28 August 2010
Tunisia		56–80		Slovenia	Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
United States		106–78		Croatia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Iran		65–81		Brazil	Abdi İpekçi Arena
29 August 2010
Slovenia		77–99		United States	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Croatia		75–54		Iran	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil		80–65		Tunisia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
30 August 2010
Slovenia		91–84		Croatia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Tunisia		58–71		Iran	Abdi İpekçi Arena
United States		70–68		Brazil	Abdi İpekçi Arena
1 September 2010
Croatia		84–64		Tunisia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Iran		51–88		United States	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil		77–80		Slovenia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
2 September 2010
United States		92–57		Tunisia	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Slovenia		65–60		Iran	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Brazil		92–74		Croatia	Abdi İpekçi Arena

Group C (Ankara)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Turkey	5	5	0	393	285	+108	10
Russia	5	4	1	365	346	+19	9
Greece	5	3	2	403	370	+33	8
China	5	1	4	360	422	−62	6	1−1, 1.0127
Puerto Rico	5	1	4	386	401	−15	6	1−1, 0.9939
Ivory Coast	5	1	4	334	417	−83	6	1−1, 0.9938

28 August 2010
Greece		89–81		China	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Russia		75–66		Puerto Rico	Ankara Arena
Ivory Coast		47–86		Turkey	Ankara Arena
29 August 2010
China		83–73		Ivory Coast	Ankara Arena
Puerto Rico		80–83		Greece	Ankara Arena
Turkey		65–56		Russia	Ankara Arena
31 August 2010
Russia		72–66		Ivory Coast	Ankara Arena
Puerto Rico		84–76		China	Ankara Arena
Greece		65–76		Turkey	Ankara Arena
1 September 2010
China		80–89		Russia	Ankara Arena
Ivory Coast		60–97		Greece	Ankara Arena
Turkey		79–77		Puerto Rico	Ankara Arena
2 September 2010
Puerto Rico		79–88		Ivory Coast	Ankara Arena
Greece		69–73		Russia	Ankara Arena
Turkey		87–40		China	Ankara Arena

Group D (Izmir)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Lithuania	5	5	0	391	341	+50	10
Spain	5	3	2	420	356	+64	8	1−1, 1.0705
New Zealand	5	3	2	424	400	+24	8	1−1, 0.9708
France	5	3	2	351	339	+12	8	1−1, 0.9595
Lebanon	5	1	4	339	440	−101	6
Canada	5	0	5	330	379	−49	5

28 August 2010
New Zealand		79–92		Lithuania	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Canada		71–81		Lebanon	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
France		72–66		Spain	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
29 August 2010
Lithuania		70–68		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon		59–86		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Spain		101–84		New Zealand	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
31 August 2010
New Zealand		108–76		Lebanon	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
France		68–63		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Spain		73–76		Lithuania	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
1 September 2010
Canada		61–71		New Zealand	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon		57–91		Spain	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lithuania		69–55		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
2 September 2010
Spain		89–67		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
Lebanon		66–84		Lithuania	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall
New Zealand		82–70		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall

Final round (Istanbul)

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

September 4, 2010

Serbia

73

September 8, 2010

Croatia

72

Serbia

92

September 4, 2010

Spain

89

Spain

80

September 11, 2010

Greece

72

Serbia

82

September 5, 2010

Turkey

83

Turkey

95

September 8, 2010

France

77

Turkey

95

September 5, 2010

Slovenia

68

Slovenia

87

September 12, 2010

Australia

58

Turkey

64

September 6, 2010

United States

81

United States

121

September 9, 2010

Angola

66

United States

89

September 6, 2010

Russia

79

Russia

78

September 11, 2010

New Zealand

56

United States

89

September 7, 2010

Lithuania

74

Third Place

Lithuania

78

September 9, 2010

September 12, 2010

China

67

Lithuania

104

Serbia

88

September 7, 2010

Argentina

85

Lithuania

99

Argentina

93

Brazil

89

Consolation bracket

	Classification round				Fifth place
	September 10, 2010
	Spain	97
	Slovenia	80
					September 12, 2010
					Spain	81
					Argentina	86
					Seventh place
	September 10, 2010			September 11, 2010
	Russia	61		Slovenia	78
	Argentina	73			Russia	83

Round of 16

September 4 18:00

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

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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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

September 10 18:00

Report

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

Report

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

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

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

Report

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

Report

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 game

September 12 19:00

Report

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

September 12 21:30

Report

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

Points[18] Pos. Name G Pts PPG 1 Luis Scola 9 244 27.1 2 Kirk Penney 6 148 24.7 3 Kevin Durant 9 205 22.8 4 Carlos Delfino 9 185 20.6 5 Yi Jianlian 5 101 20.2 6 Hamed Haddadi 5 100 20 7 Linas Kleiza 9 171 19 8 Juan Carlos Navarro 8 135 16.9 9 José Barea 5 84 16.8 10 Leandro Barbosa 6 97 16.2

Rebounds[19] Pos. Name G Reb. RPG 1 Yi Jianlian 5 51 10.2 2 Hamed Haddadi 5 43 8.6 3 Zaid Abbas 5 42 8.4 4 Luis Scola 9 71 7.9 5 Lamar Odom 9 69 7.7 6 Ersan İlyasova 8 61 7.6 7 Levon Kendall 5 38 7.6 8 Nenad Krstić 6 45 7.5 9 Arsalan Kazemi 5 37 7.4 David Andersen 5 37 7.4

Assists[20] Pos. Name G Ass. APG 1 Pablo Prigioni 9 58 6.4 2 Marcelinho Huertas 6 35 5.8 3 Miloš Teodosić 7 39 5.6 4 Osama Daghlas 5 28 5.6 5 José Barea 5 27 5.4 6 Ricky Rubio 9 46 5.1 Anton Ponkrashov 9 46 5.1 8 Mouloukou Diabate 5 22 4.4 9 Patrick Mills 6 25 4.2 10 Goran Dragić 9 37 4.1

Blocks[21] Pos. Name G Blks BPG 1 Mamadou Lamizana 5 16 3.2 2 Hamed Haddadi 5 13 2.6 3 Marc Gasol 9 21 2.3 4 Joel Anthony 5 11 2.2 Salah Mejri 5 11 2.2 6 Fran Vázquez 9 14 1.6 7 Sergey Monya 9 12 1.3 8 Ömer Aşık 9 11 1.2 9 Timofey Mozgov 9 9 1 10 Matthew Nielsen 6 6 1

Steals[22] Pos. Name G Stls SPG 1 Arsalan Kazemi 5 14 2.8 2 Ali Mahmoud 5 13 2.6 3 Mouloukou Diabate 5 12 2.4 4 Sinan Güler 8 17 2.1 5 Pablo Prigioni 9 18 2 Carlos Delfino 9 18 2 7 Leandro Barbosa 6 12 2 Sun Yue 6 12 2 9 Makrem Ben Romdhane 4 8 2 Olimpio Cipriano 4 8 2

Minutes[23] Pos. Name G Min. MPG 1 Carlos Delfino 9 327 36.3 2 Liu Wei 5 180 36 3 Luis Scola 9 323 35.9 4 Mouloukou Diabate 5 177 35.4 5 Yi Jianlian 5 175 35 6 Osama Daghlas 5 172 34.4 7 Rasheim Wright 5 169 33.8 8 Hamed Haddadi 5 163 32.6 9 Javad Davari 5 161 32.2 Fadi El Khatib 5 161 32.2

Individual game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points[24]	Kevin Durant	38	Lithuania (9/11)
Rebounds[25]	Joaquim Gomes Sasha Kaun Arsalan Kazemi Yi Jianlian	14	Germany (9/1) (OT)  China (9/1)  Slovenia (9/2)  Greece (8/28)
Assists[26]	Anton Ponkrashov Ricky Rubio Miloš Teodosić	11	Puerto Rico (8/28)  New Zealand (8/29)  Turkey (9/11)
Steals[27]	Sinan Güler	8	China (9/2)
Blocks[28]	Hamed Haddadi Herve Lamizana Herve Lamizana Salah Mejri	5	Brazil (8/28)  Puerto Rico (9/2)  Turkey (8/28)  Brazil (8/29)
Field goal percentage[29]	Fran Vázquez	100% (9/9)	Canada (9/2)
3-point field goal percentage[30]	Ersan İlyasova	100% (6/6)	Greece (8/31)
Free throw percentage[31]	Anton Ponkrashov	100% (10/10)	Puerto Rico (8/28)
Turnovers[32]	Kevin Durant	7	Brazil (8/30)

Team tournament highs

Offensive PPG[33] Pos. Name PPG 1 United States 92.8 2  Spain 88.9 3  Argentina 85.2 4  Lithuania 83.3 5  Serbia 82.9

Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 United States 65.9 2  Russia 68.2 3  Turkey 71.3 4  France 71.3 5  Australia 72.3

Rebounds[34] Pos. Name RPG 1 United States 41.7 2  Greece 40.4 3  Lithuania 37.8 4  Serbia 37.2 5  Puerto Rico 37

Assists[35] Pos. Name APG 1 United States 18.2  Spain 18.2 3  Russia 18.1 4  Turkey 16.6 5  Serbia 16

Steals[36] Pos. Name SPG 1 United States 10.4 2  Turkey 8.4 3  Brazil 8.2 4  Lebanon 8.1 5  Ivory Coast 7.8

Blocks[37] Pos. Name BPG 1 United States 4.9 2  Spain 4.8 3  Russia 4 4  Lebanon 3.8 5  Ivory Coast 3.4

Team game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points[38]	United States	121	Angola (9/6)
Rebounds[39]	United States  Lithuania	50	Slovenia (8/29)  China (9/7)
Assists[40]	United States	30	Angola (9/6)
Steals[41]	Turkey United States	15	Ivory Coast (8/28)  Brazil (8/30)
Blocks[42]	Spain	9	Canada (9/2)
Field goal percentage[43]	Turkey	66.7% (32/48)	Slovenia (9/8)
3-point field goal percentage[44]	Argentina	61.1% (11/18)	Brazil (9/7)
Free throw percentage[45]	United States	100.0% (10/10)	Tunisia (9/2)
Turnovers[46]	Iran  Jordan	25	United States (9/1)  Angola (8/29)

Final rankings

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 Eighth-Finals			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
Fifth 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
Sixth place in Preliminary Round groups			Preliminary Round Points Average
21	Ivory Coast	1–4	0.800
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
Kevin Durant

All-Tournament Team

• Luis Scola
• Linas Kleiza
• Kevin Durant – MVP
• Hedo Türkoğlu
• Milos Teodosic

Referees

On August 18, 2010, FIBA named the forty referees that officiated at the tournament.^[47] Below are the referees, along with the first round group that each was assigned to:

Group A  MAR Samir Abaakil  ESP Juan Arteaga  TUR Murat Biricik  PUR José Aníbal Carrión  ITA Guerrino Cerebuch  BRA Marcos Fornies Benito  USA Bill Kennedy  LVA Oļegs Latiševs  CHN Qiao Longsheng  FRA Eddie Viator

Group B  TUR Recep Ankaralı  LTU Romualdas Brazauskas  FRA David Chambom  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.^[48]

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 of 800 million people in 200 countries, while 30 million people visited the official website.^[49]

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.^[50]

List of broadcasters

TV broadcasters^[51]

Country Broadcaster  Albania Top Channel  Angola TPA  Argentina TV Pública TyC Sports DIRECTV Sports[52]  Australia Fox Sports  Belgium BeTV  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT  Brazil TV E+I SporTV ESPN Brasil BandSports  Bulgaria BNT  Canada TSN  China CCTV  Croatia HRT  Cyprus Lumiere TV Alfa TV  Czech Republic ČTV Sport 1  Denmark TV 2 Sport

Country Broadcaster  Estonia TV6 Viasat Sport  Finland Nelonen Sport Pro  France Sport+  Germany SPORT1  Greece ERT  Hong Kong iCable Sports  Hungary Sport 1  India TEN Sports  Italy RAI  Japan J Sports  Lebanon LBC  Lithuania TV3 Viasat Sport  Macau TDM  Malaysia Astro  Macedonia Sitel  Montenegro RTCG  Mongolia TV9  New Zealand Sky Sports

Country Broadcaster  Philippines Solar TV BTV  Poland TVP  Portugal Sport TV  Qatar Al Jazeera Sports  Romania Sport 1  South Africa SuperSport  Russia NTV Plus  Serbia RTS  Slovakia STV Sport 1  Slovenia RTVSLO Šport TV  Spain LaSexta MARCA TV  Sweden Viasat Sport  Taiwan Videoland  Turkey NTV NTV Spor HDen  United Kingdom ESPN  United States ESPN NBA TV

See also

• 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women
• 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

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External links

• Official website