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FIBA World Championship 2010 16th FIBA World Basketball Championship 
Official website 2010 FIBA World Championship Tournament details Host nation 
TurkeyDates August 28 – September 12 Teams 24 (from 213 federations) Venues 5 (in 4 host cities) Champions 
United States (4th title)MVP Kevin DurantTournament statistics Players Teams PPG 
Scola (27.1) United States (94.3)Rebounds 
Yi J.L. (10.2) United States (41.6)Assists Prigioni (6.4) United States/
Spain (18.2)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 after going undefeated in the Opening Round and beating host Turkey in the final. It was the fourth time the Americans have won the tournament.
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]
Contents
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, 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
AnkaraIstanbul (2)İzmirKayseriVenues MapBelow 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.
Preliminary round Knockout stage Ankara İzmir Kayseri Istanbul 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
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship qualification
Qualified countries are in green; those in red failed to qualify, those in purple did not enter qualifying.
Turkey automatically qualified as the host country, and the USA 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)
Côte d'Ivoire (41)
Tunisia (43)
- FIBA Asia (3+1)
- 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)
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 Squads
Turkish Airlines was an official partner of the championship, and painted a Boeing 737-800 in a livery reflecting this sponsorship.Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship squadsAt 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 of America 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 is 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 a U.S. college team. Forty-one NBA players were selected to compete in the tournament, the most of any league.
Preparation matches
Acropolis Tournament
See also: Acropolis International Tournament 2010Greece 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
See also: 2010 Bamberg Super CupPreliminary round
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 USA, the two top teams in the FIBA rankings, both cruised to the knockout phase, as the USA 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:
- Game results between tied teams
- Goal average between games of the tied teams
- Goal average for all games of the tied teams
- Drawing of lots
Group A (Kayseri)
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group ATeamPld W L PF PA PD Pts. Tiebreaker (Head-to-Head) 
Serbia5 4 1 465 356 +109 9 1–0 Argentina5 4 1 413 379 +34 9 0–1 Australia5 3 2 381 341 +40 8 Angola5 2 3 340 414 −74 7 1–0 
Germany5 2 3 378 402 −24 7 0–1 
Jordan5 0 5 361 446 −85 5 28 August 2010 Australia 76–75 JordanKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Angola 44–94 SerbiaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Germany 74–78 ArgentinaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri 29 August 2010 Jordan 65–79 AngolaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Serbia 81–82 2OT GermanyKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Argentina 74–72 AustraliaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri 30 August 2010 Jordan 69–112 SerbiaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Australia 78–43 GermanyKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Angola 70–91 ArgentinaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri 1 September 2010 Serbia 94–79 AustraliaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Germany 88–92 OT AngolaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Argentina 88–79 JordanKadir Has Arena, Kayseri 2 September 2010 Angola 55–76 AustraliaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Argentina 82–84 SerbiaKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Jordan 73–91 GermanyKadir Has Arena, Kayseri Group B (Istanbul)
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group BTeamPld W L PF PA PD Pts. United States5 5 0 455 331 +124 10 
Slovenia5 4 1 393 376 +17 9 Brazil5 3 2 398 354 +44 8 
Croatia5 2 3 395 407 −12 7 
Iran5 1 4 301 367 −66 6 Tunisia5 0 5 300 407 −107 5 28 August 2010 Tunisia 56–80 SloveniaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul United States 106–78 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Iran 65–81 BrazilAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul 29 August 2010 Slovenia 77–99 United StatesAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Croatia 75–54 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Brazil 80–65 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul 30 August 2010 Slovenia 91–84 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Tunisia 58–71 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul United States 70–68 BrazilAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul 1 September 2010 Croatia 84–64 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Iran 51–88 United StatesAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Brazil 77–80 SloveniaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul 2 September 2010 United States 92–57 TunisiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Slovenia 65–60 IranAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Brazil 92–74 CroatiaAbdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Group C (Ankara)
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group CTeamPld W L PF PA PD Pts. 1st Tiebreaker
(Head-to-Head)2nd Tiebreaker
(Goal Average) Turkey5 5 0 393 285 +108 10 
Russia5 4 1 365 346 +19 9 
Greece5 3 2 403 370 +33 8 China5 1 4 360 422 −62 6 1−1 1.0127 Puerto Rico5 1 4 386 401 −15 6 1−1 0.9939 Côte d'Ivoire5 1 4 334 417 −83 6 1−1 0.9938 28 August 2010 Greece 89–81 ChinaAnkara Arena, Ankara Russia 75-66 Puerto RicoAnkara Arena, Ankara Côte d'Ivoire 47–86 TurkeyAnkara Arena, Ankara 29 August 2010 China 83–73 Côte d'IvoireAnkara Arena, Ankara Puerto Rico 80–83 GreeceAnkara Arena, Ankara Turkey 65–56 RussiaAnkara Arena, Ankara 31 August 2010 Russia 72–66 Côte d'IvoireAnkara Arena, Ankara Puerto Rico 84–76 ChinaAnkara Arena, Ankara Greece 65–76 TurkeyAnkara Arena, Ankara 1 September 2010 China 80–89 RussiaAnkara Arena, Ankara Côte d'Ivoire 60–97 GreeceAnkara Arena, Ankara Turkey 79–77 Puerto RicoAnkara Arena, Ankara 2 September 2010 Puerto Rico 79–88 Côte d'IvoireAnkara Arena, Ankara Greece 69–73 RussiaAnkara Arena, Ankara Turkey 87–40 ChinaAnkara Arena, Ankara Group D (İzmir)
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group DTeamPld W L PF PA PD Pts. 1st Tiebreaker
(Head-to-Head)2nd Tiebreaker
(Goal Average)
Lithuania5 5 0 391 341 +50 10 Spain5 3 2 420 356 +64 8 1−1 1.0705 New Zealand5 3 2 424 400 +24 8 1−1 0.9708 
France5 3 2 351 339 +12 8 1−1 0.9595 
Lebanon5 1 4 339 440 −101 6 Canada5 0 5 330 379 −49 5 28 August 2010 New Zealand 79–92 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Canada 71–81 Lebanonİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir France 72–66 Spainİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir 29 August 2010 Lithuania 70–68 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Lebanon 59–86 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Spain 101–84 New Zealandİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir 31 August 2010 New Zealand 108–76 Lebanonİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir France 68–63 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Spain 73–76 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir 1 September 2010 Canada 61–71 New Zealandİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Lebanon 57–91 Spainİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Lithuania 69–55 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir 2 September 2010 Spain 89–67 Canadaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Lebanon 66–84 Lithuaniaİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir New Zealand 82–70 Franceİzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir Knockout stage (Istanbul)
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship knockout stageChampionship bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 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, 2010 September 12, 2010 China67 Lithuania104 Serbia88 September 7, 2010 Argentina85 Lithuania99 Argentina93 Brazil89 Consolation bracket
Classification round Fifth place September 10, 2010 Spain97 Slovenia80 September 12, 2010 Spain81 Argentina86 Seventh place September 10, 2010 September 11, 2010 Russia61 Slovenia78 Argentina73 Russia83 Eighth-finals
September 4
18:00Report Serbia 73–72 CroatiaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 15–9, 20–14, 19–22 September 4
21:00Report Spain 80–72 GreeceSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–12, 15–20, 28–21 September 5
18:00Report Slovenia 87–58 AustraliaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 26–13, 29–24, 16–13 September 5
21:00Report Turkey 95–77 FranceSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 24–14, 28–17, 24–32 September 6
18:00Report United States 121–66 AngolaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 32–25, 26–18, 30–10 September 6
21:00Report Russia 78–56 New ZealandSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–12, 20–13, 27–16 September 7
18:00Report Lithuania 78–67 ChinaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 26–18, 21–11, 14–16 September 7
21:00Report Argentina 93–89 BrazilSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 21–23, 20–18, 27–23 Quarterfinals
September 8
18:00Report Serbia 92–89 SpainSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–18, 18–23, 25–25 September 8
21:00Report Turkey 95–68 SloveniaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 23–17, 21–12, 24–25 September 9
18:00Report United States 89–79 RussiaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 19–14, 26–17, 19–23 September 9
21:00Report Lithuania 104–85 ArgentinaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–12, 35–23, 19–32 5th–8th classification
September 10
18:00Report Spain 97–80 SloveniaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 22-18, 26–21, 33–18 September 10
21:00Report Russia 61–73 ArgentinaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 22–21, 19–18, 9–19 September 11
15:007th place
ReportSlovenia 78–83 RussiaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 14–9, 22–22, 19–31 September 12
15:005th place
ReportSpain 81–86 ArgentinaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 30-16, 19-21 Semifinals
September 11
19:00Report United States 89–74 LithuaniaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21 September 11
21:30Report Serbia 82–83 TurkeySinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–18, 21–25, 19–23 Third–place game
September 12
19:00Report Serbia 88–99 LithuaniaSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 16–24, 34–27 Final
Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship FinalSeptember 12
21:30Report Turkey 64–81 United StatesSinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–20, 16–19, 16–20 Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
Points[18]
Pos. Name G Pts PPG 1 Luis Scola9 244 27.1 2 Kirk Penney6 148 24.7 3 Kevin Durant9 205 22.8 4 Carlos Delfino9 185 20.6 5 Yi Jianlian5 101 20.2 6 Hamed Haddadi5 100 20 7 Linas Kleiza9 171 19 8 Juan Carlos Navarro8 135 16.9 9 José Barea5 84 16.8 10 Leandro Barbosa6 97 16.2 Rebounds[19]
Pos. Name G Reb. RPG 1 Yi Jianlian5 51 10.2 2 Hamed Haddadi5 43 8.6 3 Zaid Abbas5 42 8.4 4 Luis Scola9 71 7.9 5 Lamar Odom9 69 7.7 6 Ersan İlyasova8 61 7.6 7 Levon Kendall5 38 7.6 8 Nenad Krstić6 45 7.5 9 Arsalan Kazemi5 37 7.4 David Andersen5 37 7.4 Assists[20]
Pos. Name G Ass. APG 1 Pablo Prigioni9 58 6.4 2 Marcelinho Huertas6 35 5.8 3 Miloš Teodosić7 39 5.6 4 Osama Daghlas5 28 5.6 5 José Barea5 27 5.4 6 Ricky Rubio9 46 5.1 Anton Ponkrashov9 46 5.1 8 Mouloukou Diabate5 22 4.4 9 Patrick Mills6 25 4.2 10 Goran Dragić9 37 4.1 Blocks[21]
Pos. Name G Blks BPG 1 Mamadou Lamizana5 16 3.2 2 Hamed Haddadi5 13 2.6 3 Marc Gasol9 21 2.3 4 Joel Anthony5 11 2.2 Salah Mejri5 11 2.2 6 Fran Vázquez9 14 1.6 7 Sergey Monya9 12 1.3 8 Ömer Aşık9 11 1.2 9 Timofey Mozgov9 9 1 10 Matthew Nielsen6 6 1 Steals[22]
Pos. Name G Stls SPG 1 Arsalan Kazemi5 14 2.8 2 Ali Mahmoud5 13 2.6 3 Mouloukou Diabate5 12 2.4 4 Sinan Güler8 17 2.1 5 Pablo Prigioni9 18 2 Carlos Delfino9 18 2 7 Leandro Barbosa6 12 2 Sun Yue6 12 2 9 Makrem Ben Romdhane4 8 2 Olimpio Cipriano4 8 2 Minutes[23]
Pos. Name G Min. MPG 1 Carlos Delfino9 327 36.3 2 Liu Wei5 180 36 3 Luis Scola9 323 35.9 4 Mouloukou Diabate5 177 35.4 5 Yi Jianlian5 175 35 6 Osama Daghlas5 172 34.4 7 Rasheim Wright5 169 33.8 8 Hamed Haddadi5 163 32.6 9 Javad Davari5 161 32.2 Fadi El Khatib5 161 32.2 Individual game highs
Department Name Total Opponent Points[24] Kevin Durant38 Lithuania (9/11)Rebounds[25] Joaquim Gomes
Sasha Kaun
Arsalan Kazemi
Yi Jianlian14 Germany (9/1) (OT)
China (9/1)
Slovenia (9/2)
Greece (8/28)Assists[26] Anton Ponkrashov
Ricky Rubio
Miloš Teodosić11 Puerto Rico (8/28)
New Zealand (8/29)
Turkey (9/11)Steals[27] Sinan Güler8 China (9/2)Blocks[28] Hamed Haddadi
Herve Lamizana
Herve Lamizana
Salah Mejri5 Brazil (8/28)
Puerto Rico (9/2)
Turkey (8/28)
Brazil (8/29)Field goal percentage[29] Fran Vázquez100% (9/9) Canada (9/2)3-point field goal percentage[30] Ersan İlyasova100% (6/6) Greece (8/31)Free throw percentage[31] Anton Ponkrashov100% (10/10) Puerto Rico (8/28)Turnovers[32] Kevin Durant7 Brazil (8/30)Team tournament highs
Offensive PPG[33]
Pos. Name PPG 1 United States92.8 2 Serbia88.9 3 Spain85.2 4 Argentina83.3 5 Lithuania82.9 Defensive PPG
Pos. Name PPG 1 Turkey65.9 2 United States68.2 3 Russia71.3 4 Australia71.3 5 France72.3 Rebounds[34]
Pos. Name RPG 1 United States41.7 2 Puerto Rico40.4 3 Lithuania37.8 4 Serbia37.2 5 Greece37 Assists[35]
Pos. Name APG 1 United States18.2 Spain18.2 3 Serbia18.1 4 Turkey16.6 5 Russia16 Steals[36]
Pos. Name SPG 1 United States10.4 2 Côte d'Ivoire8.4 3 Brazil8.2 4 Turkey8.1 5 Lebanon7.8 Blocks[37]
Pos. Name BPG 1 Spain4.9 2 Côte d'Ivoire4.8 3 United States4 4 Russia3.8 5 Turkey3.4 Team game highs
Department Name Total Opponent Points[38] United States121 Angola (9/6)Rebounds[39] United States
Lithuania50 Slovenia (8/29)
China (9/7)Assists[40] United States30 Angola (9/6)Steals[41] Turkey
United States15 Côte d'Ivoire (8/28)
Brazil (8/30)Blocks[42] Spain9 Canada (9/2)Field goal percentage[43] Turkey66.7% (32/48) Slovenia (9/8)3-point field goal percentage[44] Argentina61.1% (11/18) Brazil (9/7)Free throw percentage[45] United States100.0% (10/10) Tunisia (9/2)Turnovers[46] Iran
Jordan25 United States (9/1)
Angola (8/29)As of 2 September
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 United States9–0 2 Turkey8–1 Eliminated in Semi-Finals 3 Lithuania8–1 4 Serbia6–3 Eliminated in Quarter-Finals 5 Argentina7–2 6 Spain5–4 7 Russia6–3 8 Slovenia5–4 Eliminated in Eighth-Finals Preliminary Round Goal Average 9 Brazil3–3 1.124 10 Australia3–3 1.117 11 Greece3–3 1.089 12 New Zealand3–3 1.060 13 France3–3 1.035 14 Croatia2–4 0.971 15 Angola2–4 0.821 16 China1–5 Eliminated in Preliminary Round Preliminary Round Goal Average 17 Germany2–3 18 Puerto Rico1–4 0.963 19 Iran1–4 0.820 20 Lebanon1–4 0.770 21 Côte d'Ivoire1–4 22 Canada0–5 0.871 23 Jordan0–5 0.809 24 Tunisia0–5 0.737 
Kevin Durant was named MVP2010 FIBA World Championship 
United States
4th titleMost Valuable Player Kevin DurantAll-Tournament Team
- Luis Scola
- Linas Kleiza
- Kevin Durant
- Hedo Türkoğlu
- Miloš Teodosić
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:
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 EuroBasket 2009 numbers, with an expected audience of one billion 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, while the three games of Lithuania topped the annual ratings in Lithuania, beating the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.[50]
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
- 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women
- 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
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