# 2010 FIBA World Championship

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. 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. 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.

## Bid

2010 FIBA World Championship bidding results :
| Nations | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Turkey | 7 | 10 |
| France | 8 | 9 |
| Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and 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 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.
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 | Turkey | Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul |
| AnkaraIstanbul (2)İzmirKayseri | AnkaraIstanbul (2)İzmirKayseri | AnkaraIstanbul (2)İzmirKayseri | Abdi İpekçi ArenaSinan Erdem Dome | Abdi İpekçi ArenaSinan Erdem Dome |
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Knockout stage |
| Ankara | İzmir | Kayseri | Istanbul | Istanbul |
| Ankara Arena Capacity: 11,000 | Halkapınar Sport Hall Capacity: 10,000 | Kadir Has Arena Capacity: 7,500 | Abdi İpekçi Arena Capacity: 12,500 | Sinan Erdem Dome Capacity: 16,500 (22,500) |

## 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. 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.
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. On Saturday 12 December 2009, FIBA awarded Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania and Russia the four wild cards.

### List of qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament (FIBA World Ranking at start of tournament in parentheses):
| Event | Date | Location | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 5 December 2004 | Kuala Lumpur | 1 | Turkey |
| 2008 Olympics | 10–24 August 2008 | Beijing | 1 | United States |
| AfroBasket 2009 | 4–14 August 2009 | Tripoli and Benghazi | 3 | Angola Ivory Coast Tunisia |
| 2009 FIBA Asia Championship | 6–16 August 2009 | Tianjin | 3 | Iran China Jordan |
| FIBA Oceania Championship 2009 | 23–25 August 2009 | Sydney Wellington | 2 | New Zealand Australia |
| 2009 FIBA Americas Championship | 26 August–6 September 2009 | 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 | Istanbul | 4 | Russia Lebanon Lithuania Germany |
| TOTAL | | | 24 | |
The draw for the championship took place in Istanbul on 15 December 2009.

## Group draw

The draw was 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. 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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 465 | 356 | +109 | 9 | Eighth–finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 413 | 379 | +34 | 9 | Eighth–finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 381 | 341 | +40 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 4 | Angola | 5 | 2 | 3 | 340 | 414 | −74 | 7 | Eighth–finals |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 378 | 402 | −24 | 7 | |
| 6 | Jordan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 361 | 446 | −85 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Serbia 1–0 Argentina
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Angola 1–0 Germany
| 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)

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Eighth–finals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 398 | 354 | +44 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 407 | −12 | 7 | Eighth–finals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 4 | 301 | 367 | −66 | 6 | |
| 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)

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Eighth–finals |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 403 | 370 | +33 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 360 | 422 | −62 | 6 | Eighth–finals |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 386 | 401 | −15 | 6 | |
| 6 | Ivory Coast | 5 | 1 | 4 | 334 | 417 | −83 | 6 | |
* 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 | China | Ankara Arena |
| 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)

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Eighth–finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 424 | 400 | +24 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 4 | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 351 | 339 | +12 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 5 | Lebanon | 5 | 1 | 4 | 339 | 440 | −101 | 6 | |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 330 | 379 | −49 | 5 | |
* 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 | 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)

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 September 2010 | 4 September 2010 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 73 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 73 | 8 September 2010 | 8 September 2010 | | | | | |
| Croatia | 72 | 8 September 2010 | 8 September 2010 | | | | |
| Croatia | 72 | Serbia | 92 | | | | |
| 4 September 2010 | 4 September 2010 | | Serbia | 92 | | | | |
| 4 September 2010 | 4 September 2010 | Spain | 89 | | | | |
| Spain | 80 | Spain | 89 | | | | |
| Spain | 80 | | | | 11 September 2010 | 11 September 2010 | | |
| Greece | 72 | | | | 11 September 2010 | 11 September 2010 | |
| Greece | 72 | | | | Serbia | 82 | |
| 5 September 2010 | 5 September 2010 | | | | | Serbia | 82 | |
| 5 September 2010 | 5 September 2010 | | | | Turkey | 83 | |
| Turkey | 95 | | | | Turkey | 83 | |
| Turkey | 95 | 8 September 2010 | 8 September 2010 | | | | | |
| France | 77 | 8 September 2010 | 8 September 2010 | | | | |
| France | 77 | Turkey | 95 | | | | |
| 5 September 2010 | 5 September 2010 | | Turkey | 95 | | | | |
| 5 September 2010 | 5 September 2010 | Slovenia | 68 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 87 | Slovenia | 68 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 87 | | | | | | | 12 September 2010 | 12 September 2010 |
| Australia | 58 | | | | | | | 12 September 2010 | 12 September 2010 |
| Australia | 58 | | | | | | | Turkey | 64 |
| 6 September 2010 | 6 September 2010 | | | | | | | | Turkey | 64 |
| 6 September 2010 | 6 September 2010 | | | | | | | United States | 81 |
| United States | 121 | | | | | | | United States | 81 |
| United States | 121 | 9 September 2010 | 9 September 2010 | | | | | | |
| Angola | 66 | 9 September 2010 | 9 September 2010 | | | | | | |
| Angola | 66 | United States | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 September 2010 | 6 September 2010 | | United States | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 September 2010 | 6 September 2010 | Russia | 79 | | | | | | |
| Russia | 78 | Russia | 79 | | | | | | |
| Russia | 78 | | | | 11 September 2010 | 11 September 2010 | | | | |
| New Zealand | 56 | | | | 11 September 2010 | 11 September 2010 | | | |
| New Zealand | 56 | | | | United States | 89 | | | |
| 7 September 2010 | 7 September 2010 | | | | | United States | 89 | | | |
| 7 September 2010 | 7 September 2010 | | | | Lithuania | 74 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lithuania | 78 | | | | Lithuania | 74 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lithuania | 78 | 9 September 2010 | 9 September 2010 | | | | | 12 September 2010 | 12 September 2010 |
| China | 67 | 9 September 2010 | 9 September 2010 | | | | | 12 September 2010 | 12 September 2010 |
| China | 67 | Lithuania | 104 | | | | | Serbia | 88 |
| 7 September 2010 | 7 September 2010 | | Lithuania | 104 | | | | | Serbia | 88 |
| 7 September 2010 | 7 September 2010 | Argentina | 85 | | | | | Lithuania | 99 |
| Argentina | 93 | Argentina | 85 | | | | | Lithuania | 99 |
| Brazil | 89 | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

* 4 September 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
* 4 September 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
* 5 September 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
* 5 September 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)
* 6 September 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
* 7 September 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
* 7 September 21:00
* Report
| 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

* 8 September 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
* 8 September 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
* 9 September 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)
* 9 September 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

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

#### Semifinals

* 10 September 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
* 10 September 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

#### Seventh place playoff

* 11 September 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

* 12 September 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

* 11 September 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)
* 11 September 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 playoff

* 12 September 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

* 12 September 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

| 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 |
| 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 |
| 9 | David Andersen | 5 | 37 | 7.4 |
| 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| Pos. | Name | G | Blocks | 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 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 | Carlos Delfino | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| 5 | Pablo Prigioni | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | Leandro Barbosa | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun Yue | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 9 | Makrem Ben Romdhane | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | Olimpio Cipriano | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 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 |
| 9 | Fadi El Khatib | 5 | 161 | 32.2 |

### Individual game highs

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

### Team tournament highs

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | United States | 92.8 |
| 2 | Spain | 88.9 |
| 3 | Argentina | 85.2 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 83.3 |
| 5 | Serbia | 82.9 |
| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | United States | 65.9 |
| 2 | Russia | 68.2 |
| 3 | Turkey | 71.3 |
| 4 | France | 71.3 |
| 5 | Australia | 72.3 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | United States | 41.7 |
| 2 | Greece | 40.4 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 37.8 |
| 4 | Serbia | 37.2 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 37 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | United States | 18.2 |
| 1 | Spain | 18.2 |
| 3 | Russia | 18.1 |
| 4 | Turkey | 16.6 |
| 5 | Serbia | 16 |
| 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 |
| 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 | United States | 121 | Angola (9/6) |
| Rebounds | United States Lithuania | 50 | Slovenia (8/29) China (9/7) |
| Assists | United States | 30 | Angola (9/6) |
| Steals | Turkey United States | 15 | Ivory Coast (8/28) Brazil (8/30) |
| Blocks | Spain | 9 | Canada (9/2) |
| Field goal percentage | Turkey | 66.7% (32/48) | Slovenia (9/8) |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Argentina | 61.1% (11/18) | Brazil (9/7) |
| Free throw percentage | United States | 100.0% (10/10) | Tunisia (9/2) |
| Turnovers | Iran Jordan | 25 | United States (9/1) Angola (8/29) |

## Final standings

Method of breaking ties:
* Result of classification game
* Place in preliminary round group
* Winning percentage
* Overall points average
| Rank | Team | Record | |
| | United States | 9–0 | |
| | Turkey | 8–1 | |
| Eliminated in Semi-Finals | Eliminated in Semi-Finals | Eliminated in Semi-Finals | |
| | Lithuania | 8–1 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 6–3 | |
| Eliminated in Quarter-Finals | Eliminated in Quarter-Finals | 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 | Eliminated in Round of 16 | 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 | 5th place in Preliminary Round groups | 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 | 6th place in Preliminary Round groups | 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

* 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
* Miloš Teodosić

## Referees

On 18 August 2010, FIBA named the forty referees that officiated at the tournament. 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 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.

### 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.
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.

### List of broadcasters

TV broadcasters
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Albania | Top Channel |
| Angola | TPA |
| Argentina | TV Pública TyC Sports DIRECTV Sports |
| 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 | Czech Television 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 |