2010 FIBA World Championship Schedule

The defending 2006 FIBA World Champions, the Spain national basketball team is back on the this year’s tournament. Can they get the World Championship title again?

The 16th FIBA World Championship will be held at Turkey.

Most of the 24 teams that will play in this year’s tourney were determined by securing their places in continental qualifying tournaments (three from Africa, three from Asia, two from Oceania, four from the Americas, and six from Europe) and FIBA invited four “wild card” teams to fill out the twenty-four team field.

While Turkey automatically qualified as the host country of the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the USA also received an automatic berth for winning the 2008 Olympic Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Follow your favorite basketball team’s games by checking the 2010 FIBA World Championship schedule and key dates regularly as well as the 2010 FIBA World Championship bracket.

Participating basketball teams will undergo exciting rounds, Preliminary, Eight-Finals, Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals. Preliminary round begins on Saturday, August 28, 2010.

Make sure to mark your calendar for the 2010 FIBA World Championship Schedule and Key Dates:

Preliminary Round starts on August 28, 2010. Check each 24 FIBA team’s schedules below:

August 28 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 1 Results

16h00 (GMT+3) – Greece vs. China
16h00 (GMT+3) – New Zealand vs. Lithuania
16h30 (GMT+3) – Australia vs. Jordan
16h30 (GMT+3) – Tunisia vs. Slovenia
18h30 (GMT+3) – Russia vs. Puerto Rico
18h30 (GMT+3) – Canada vs. Lebanon
19h00 (GMT+3) – Angola vs. Serbia
19h00 (GMT+3) – USA vs. Croatia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Cote d’Ivoire vs. Turkey
21h00 (GMT+3) – France vs. Spain
21h30 (GMT+3) – Germany vs. Argentina
21h30 (GMT+3) – Iran vs. Brazil

August 29 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 2 Results

16h00 (GMT+3) – China vs. Cote d’Ivoire
16h00 (GMT+3) – Lithuania vs. Canada
16h30 (GMT+3) – Jordan vs. Angola
16h30 (GMT+3) – Slovenia vs. USA
18h30 (GMT+3) – Puerto Rico vs. Greece
18h30 (GMT+3) – Lebanon vs. France
19h00 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs. Germany
19h00 (GMT+3) – Croatia vs. Iran
21h00 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs. Russia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs. New Zealand
21h30 (GMT+3) – Argentina vs. Australia
21h30 (GMT+3) – Brazil vs. Tunisia

August 30 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 3 Results

16h30 (GMT+3) – Jordan vs. Serbia
16h30 (GMT+3) – Slovenia vs. Croatia
19h00 (GMT+3) – Tunisia vs. Iran
19h00 (GMT+3) – Australia vs. Germany
21h30 (GMT+3) – USA vs. Brazil
21h30 (GMT+3) – Angola vs. Argentina

August 31 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 4 Results

16h00 (GMT+3) – Russia vs. Cote d’Ivoire
16h00 (GMT+3) – New Zealand vs. Lebanon
18h30 (GMT+3) – Puerto Rico vs. China
18h30 (GMT+3) – France vs. Canada
21h00 (GMT+3) – Greece vs. Turkey
21h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs. Lithuania

September 1 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 5 Results

16h00 (GMT+3) – China vs. Russia
16h00 (GMT+3) – Canada vs. New Zealand
16h30 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs. Australia
16h30 (GMT+3) – Croatia vs. Tunisia
18h30 (GMT+3) – Cote d’Ivoire vs. Greece
18h30 (GMT+3) – Lebanon vs. Spain
19h00 (GMT+3) – Germany vs. Angola
19h00 (GMT+3) – Iran vs. USA
21h00 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs. Puerto Rico
21h00 (GMT+3) – Lithuania vs. France
21h30 (GMT+3) – Argentina vs. Jordan
21h30 (GMT+3) – Brazil vs. Slovenia

September 2 – FIBA World 2010 Prelims Day 6 Results

16h00 (GMT+3) – Puerto Rico vs. Cote d’Ivoire
16h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs. Canada
16h30 (GMT+3) – Angola vs. Australia
16h30 (GMT+3) – USA vs. Tunisia
18h30 (GMT+3) – Greece vs. Russia
18h30 (GMT+3) – Lebanon vs. Lithuania
19h00 (GMT+3) – Argentina vs. Serbia
19h00 (GMT+3) – Slovenia vs. Iran
21h00 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs. China
21h00 (GMT+3) – New Zealand vs. France
21h30 (GMT+3) – Jordan vs. Germany
21h30 (GMT+3) – Brazil vs. Croatia

Eight-Finals Round starts on September 4, 2010. Check each 16 FIBA team’s schedules below:

September 4

18h00 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs Croatia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs Greece

September 5

18h00 (GMT+3) – Slovenia vs Australia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs France

September 6

18h00 (GMT+3) – USA vs Angola
21h00 (GMT+3) – Russia vs New Zealand

September 7

18h00 (GMT+3) – Lithuania vs China
21h00 (GMT+3) – Argentina vs Brazil

Quarter-Finals Round starts on September 8, 2010. Check each 8 FIBA team’s schedules below:

September 8

18h00 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs Spain
21h00 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs Slovenia

September 9

18h00 (GMT+3) – USA vs Russia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Lithuania vs Argentina

September 10 – Classification (5th to 8th Place)

18h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs Slovenia
21h00 (GMT+3) – Russia vs Argentina

September 11 – Classification (7th and 8th Place)

15h00 (GMT+3) – Slovenia vs Russia

Semi-Finals Round is on September 11, 2010. Check each 4 FIBA team’s schedules below:

September 11

19h00 (GMT+3) – USA vs Lithuania
21h30 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs Turkey

September 12 – Classification (5th and 6th Place)

15h00 (GMT+3) – Spain vs Argentina

Finals is on September 12, 2010 as well as battle for 3rd.

3rd Place Game

19h00 (GMT+3) – Serbia vs Lithuania

Finals

21h30 (GMT+3) – Turkey vs USA

On this 2010 FIBA World Championship schedule, which team will win it all and crowned World Cup Champions?

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