FIBA has announced the team seedings for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men draw that will take place in Istanbul on Tuesday. The draw, which will determine the six teams competing in each of the four preliminary round groups, will feature the USA,
Seedings For 2010 World Championship announced By FIBA
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2010 FIBA World Championship For Men
Dec. 14, 2009 - Istanbul, Turkey
FIBA has announced the team seedings for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men draw that will take place in Istanbul on Tuesday. The draw, which will determine the six teams competing in each of the four preliminary round groups, features the following seeding:
No. 1: USA, Argentina, Spain, Greece
No. 2: Serbia, Slovenia, France, Turkey
No. 3: Brazil, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia
No. 4: Croatia, Russia, Lithuania, Germany
No. 5: New Zealand, China, Iran, Angola
No. 6: Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Ivory Coast
The 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men that will be held Aug. 28-Sept. 12 in Turkey.
The seedings for FIBA competitions always follows the same basic principles, which are:
- The groups of the first round are balanced in terms of sporting competitiveness.
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The draw ensures that in each group, there is a balanced representation from the five continents. In the case of the draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, that will result in having a maximum of 3 European teams in any one group and a maximum of 2 Americas teams in any one group.
The draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship can be followed live (4:30 a.m. EST) on turkey2010.fiba.com.
During Saturday's meeting of the FIBA Central Board, Germany (No. 7 in FIBA's world rankings), Lebanon (No. 24 in FIBA's world rankings), Lithuania (No. 6 in FIBA's world rankings) and Russia (No. 17 in FIBA's world rankings) were awarded FIBA's wild card entries to next year's FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey.
The 24 teams qualified for the 2010 World Championship include host Turkey and 2008 Olympic champion USA. Qualifying through the FIBA Africa Zone qualifier were Angola (Africa Zone Qualifier #1), Cote D'Ivoire (Africa Zone Qualifier #2) and Tunisa (Africa Zone Qualifier #3). Advancing out of the FIBA Americas Zone qualifier were Brazil (Americas Zone Qualifier #1); Puerto Rico (Americas Zone Qualifier #2), Argentina (Americas Zone Qualifier #3) and Canada (Americas Zone Qualifier #4). FIBA Asia Zone qualifying teams include Iran (Asia Zone Qualifier #1), China (Asia Zone Qualifier #2) and Jordan (Asia Zone Qualifier #3). Six teams qualfied for Turkey through the FIBA Europe Zone qualifier, including Spain (European Zone Qualifier #1), Serbia (European Zone Qualifier #2), Greece (European Zone Qualifier #3), Slovenia (European Zone Qualifier #4), France (European Zone Qualifier #5) and Croatia (European Zone Qualifier #6). Advancing from the FIBA Oceania Zone were New Zealand (Oceania Zone Qualifier #1) and Australia (Oceania Zone Qualifier #2). The four FIBA wild card selections, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania and Russia rounded out the field.
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