2010 FIBA World Championship

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2010
16th FIBA Basketball World Cup
Official website
2010 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 statistics
	Players	Teams
Points	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 1 Bid 2 Venues 3 Qualifying 3.1 Wild cards 3.2 List of qualified teams 4 Group Draw 5 Squads 6 Preparation matches 6.1 Acropolis Tournament 6.2 Bamberg Super Cup 7 Preliminary round 7.1 Tie-breaking procedure 7.2 Group A (Kayseri) 7.3 Group B (Istanbul) 7.4 Group C (Ankara) 7.5 Group D (İzmir) 8 Knockout stage (Istanbul) 8.1 Championship bracket 8.2 Consolation bracket 8.3 Eighth-finals 8.4 Quarterfinals 8.5 5th–8th classification 8.6 Semifinals 8.7 Third–place game 8.8 Final 9 Statistical leaders 9.1 Individual tournament highs 9.2 Individual game highs 9.3 Team tournament highs 9.4 Team game highs 10 Final standings 10.1 All-Tournament Team 11 Referees 12 Broadcasting 12.1 Rights 12.2 TV ratings 12.3 List of broadcasters 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

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

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.

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

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)  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  Côte d'Ivoire

Squads

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 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

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

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:

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)

v t e Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.	Tiebreaker (Head-to-Head)
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, Kayseri
Germany		74–78		Argentina	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
29 August 2010
Jordan		65–79		Angola	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Serbia		81–82	2OT	Germany	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Argentina		74–72		Australia	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
30 August 2010
Jordan		69–112		Serbia	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Australia		78–43		Germany	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Angola		70–91		Argentina	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
1 September 2010
Serbia		94–79		Australia	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Germany		88–92	OT	Angola	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Argentina		88–79		Jordan	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
2 September 2010
Angola		55–76		Australia	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Argentina		82–84		Serbia	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri
Jordan		73–91		Germany	Kadir Has Arena, Kayseri

Group B (Istanbul)

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

Group C (Ankara)

v t e Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.	1st Tiebreaker (Head-to-Head)	2nd Tiebreaker (Goal Average)
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
Côte d'Ivoire	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, Ankara
Côte d'Ivoire		47–86		Turkey	Ankara Arena, Ankara
29 August 2010
China		83–73		Côte d'Ivoire	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Puerto Rico		80–83		Greece	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey		65–56		Russia	Ankara Arena, Ankara
31 August 2010
Russia		72–66		Côte d'Ivoire	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Puerto Rico		84–76		China	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Greece		65–76		Turkey	Ankara Arena, Ankara
1 September 2010
China		80–89		Russia	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Côte d'Ivoire		60–97		Greece	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey		79–77		Puerto Rico	Ankara Arena, Ankara
2 September 2010
Puerto Rico		79–88		Côte d'Ivoire	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Greece		69–73		Russia	Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey		87–40		China	Ankara Arena, Ankara

Group D (İzmir)

v t e Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.	1st Tiebreaker (Head-to-Head)	2nd Tiebreaker (Goal Average)
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, İzmir
France		72–66		Spain	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
29 August 2010
Lithuania		70–68		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon		59–86		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Spain		101–84		New Zealand	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
31 August 2010
New Zealand		108–76		Lebanon	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
France		68–63		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Spain		73–76		Lithuania	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
1 September 2010
Canada		61–71		New Zealand	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon		57–91		Spain	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lithuania		69–55		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
2 September 2010
Spain		89–67		Canada	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon		66–84		Lithuania	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
New Zealand		82–70		France	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir

Knockout stage (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

Eighth-finals

September 4 18:00	Report	Serbia	73–72	Croatia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 15–9, 20–14, 19–22

September 4 21:00	Report	Spain	80–72	Greece		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–12, 15–20, 28–21

September 5 18:00	Report	Slovenia	87–58	Australia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 26–13, 29–24, 16–13

September 5 21:00	Report	Turkey	95–77	France		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 24–14, 28–17, 24–32

September 6 18:00	Report	United States	121–66	Angola		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 32–25, 26–18, 30–10

September 6 21:00	Report	Russia	78–56	New Zealand		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–12, 20–13, 27–16

September 7 18:00	Report	Lithuania	78–67	China		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 26–18, 21–11, 14–16

September 7 21:00	Report	Argentina	93–89	Brazil		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 21–23, 20–18, 27–23

Quarterfinals

September 8 18:00	Report	Serbia	92–89	Spain		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 22–18, 18–23, 25–25

September 8 21:00	Report	Turkey	95–68	Slovenia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 23–17, 21–12, 24–25

September 9 18:00	Report	United States	89–79	Russia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 19–14, 26–17, 19–23

September 9 21:00	Report	Lithuania	104–85	Argentina		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–12, 35–23, 19–32

5th–8th classification

September 10 18:00	Report	Spain	97–80	Slovenia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 22–18, 26–21, 33–18

September 10 21:00	Report	Russia	61–73	Argentina		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 22–21, 19–18, 9–19

September 11 15:00	7th place Report	Slovenia	78–83	Russia		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 14–9, 22–22, 19–31

September 12 15:00	5th place Report	Spain	81–86	Argentina		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 30–16, 19–21

Semifinals

September 11 19:00	Report	United States	89–74	Lithuania		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21

September 11 21:30	Report	Serbia	82–83	Turkey		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–18, 21–25, 19–23

Third–place game

September 12 19:00	Report	Serbia	88–99	Lithuania		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 16–24, 34–27

Final

September 12 21:30	Report	Turkey	64–81	United States		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,000
		Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–20, 16–19, 16–20

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  Serbia 88.9 3  Spain 85.2 4  Argentina 83.3 5  Lithuania 82.9

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

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

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

Steals[36] Pos. Name SPG 1  United States 10.4 2  Côte d'Ivoire 8.4 3  Brazil 8.2 4  Turkey 8.1 5  Lebanon 7.8

Blocks[37] Pos. Name BPG 1  Spain 4.9 2  Côte d'Ivoire 4.8 3  United States 4 4  Russia 3.8 5  Turkey 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	Côte d'Ivoire (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)

As of 2 September

Final standings

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 Goal 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
Eliminated in Preliminary Round			Preliminary Round Goal Average
17	Germany	2–3
18	Puerto Rico	1–4	0.963
19	Iran	1–4	0.820
20	Côte d'Ivoire	1–4	0.800
21	Lebanon	1–4	0.770
22	Canada	0–5	0.871
23	Jordan	0–5	0.809
24	Tunisia	0–5	0.737

2010 FIBA World Championship
United States 4th title

Most Valuable Player
Kevin Durant

All-Tournament Team

• Luis Scola
• Linas Kleiza
• Kevin Durant
• Hidayet 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:

Group A  MAR Samir Abaakil  ESP Juan Arteaga  TUR Murat Biricik  PUR José Aníbal Carrión  ITA Guerrino Cerebuch  BRA Marcos Fornies Benito  USA William Gene 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 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]

Country Broadcaster  Albania Top Channel  Angola TPA  Argentina TV Pública TyC Sports DIRECTV Sports[53]  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  Kosovo[a] Kohavision  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 La Sexta 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

Notes:

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 90 UN member states.

References

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