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FIBA NAMES FOUR WILD CARDS FOR WORLDS



The highest executive body of the International Basketball Federation, the FIBA Central Board, awarded wild card entries to next year’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey overnight.

The successful recipient nations were: Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania and Russia.

Great Britain, which hoped its hosting of London 2012 would see it gain entry to next year’s World Championship, was perhaps the biggest loser along with South Korea and Cameroon.

The wild card system was first introduced for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, following the decision to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24.

With the four wild cards joining the 20 qualified teams, the following nations are in the draw that will take place on Tuesday night (8:30pm AEDT) in Istanbul:

Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USA.

The draw will be broadcast live online at www.turkey2010.fiba.com

The 2010 FIBA World Championship will be played in Turkey in the cities of Ankara, Kayseri, Istanbul and Izmir between 28th August and 12th September 2010.


2010 FIBA World Championship schedule:


First Round

Saturday 28th August 2010

A1 Angola vs Serbia Kayseri

A2 Germany vs Argentina Kayseri

A3 Australia vs Jordan Kayseri

B1 USA vs Croatia Istanbul

B2 Iran vs Brazil Istanbul

B3 Tunisia vs Slovenia Istanbul

C1 Greece vs China Ankara

C2 Cote d'Ivoire vs Turkey Ankara

C3 Russia vs Puerto Rico Ankara

D1 New Zealand vs Lithuania Izmir

D2 Canada vs Lebanon Izmir

D3 France vs Spain Izmir


Sunday 29th August 2010

A4 Serbia vs Germany Kayseri

A5 Jordan vs Angola Kayseri

A6 Argentina vs Australia Kayseri

B4 Croatia vs Iran Istanbul

B5 Slovenia vs USA Istanbul

B6 Brazil vs Tunisia Istanbul

C4 China vs Cote d'Ivoire Ankara

C5 Puerto Rico vs Greece Ankara

C6 Turkey vs Russia Ankara

D4 Lithuania vs Canada Izmir

D5 Spain vs New Zealand Izmir

D6 Lebanon vs France Izmir


Monday 30th August 2010

A7 Jordan vs Serbia Kayseri

A8 Australia vs Germany Kayseri

A9 Angola vs Argentina Kayseri

B7 Slovenia vs Croatia Istanbul

B8 Tunisia vs Iran Istanbul

B9 USA vs Brazil Istanbul


Tuesday 31th August 2010

C7 Puerto Rico vs China Ankara

C8 Russia vs Cote d'Ivoire Ankara

C9 Greece vs Turkey Ankara

D7 Spain vs Lithuania Izmir

D8 France vs Canada Izmir

D9 New Zealand vs Lebanon Izmir


Wednesday 1st Sept 2010

A10 Serbia vs Australia Kayseri

A11 Argentina vs Jordan Kayseri

A12 Germany vs Angola Kayseri

B10 Croatia vs Tunisia Istanbul

B11 Brazil vs Slovenia Istanbul

B12 Iran vs USA Istanbul

C10 China vs Russia Ankara

C11 Turkey vs Puerto Rico Ankara

C12 Cote d'Ivoire vs Greece Ankara

D10 Lithuania vs France Izmir

D11 Lebanon vs Spain Izmir

D12 Canada vs New Zealand Izmir


Thursday 2nd September 2010

A13 Argentina vs Serbia Kayseri

A14 Angola vs Australia Kayseri

A15 Jordan vs Germany Kayseri

B13 Brazil vs Croatia Istanbul

B14 USA vs Tunisia Istanbul

B15 Slovenia vs Iran Istanbul

C13 Turkey vs China Ankara

C14 Greece vs Russia Ankara

C15 Puerto Rico vs Cote d'Ivoire Ankara

D13 Lebanon vs Lithuania Izmir

D14 New Zealand vs France Izmir

D15 Spain vs Canada Izmir


Saturday 4th September 2010

Eight-Finals

61 A1 vs B4 Istanbul

62 D2 vs C3 Istanbul


Sunday 5th September 2010

Eight-Finals

63 C1 vs D4 Istanbul

64 B2 vs A3 Istanbul


Monday 6th September 2010

Eight-Finals

65 B1 vs A4 Istanbul

66 C2 vs D3 Istanbul


Tuesday 7th September 2010

Eight-Finals

67 D1 vs C4 Istanbul

68 A2 vs B3 Istanbul


Wednesday 8th Sept 2010

Quarter Finals

69 Winner 61 vs Winner 62 Istanbul

70 Winner 63 vs Winner 64 Istanbul


Thursday 9th September 2010

Quarter Finals

71 Winner 65 vs Winner 66 Istanbul

72 Winner 67 vs Winner 68 Istanbul


Friday 10th September 2010

Classification (5-8)

73 Loser 69 vs Loser 70 Istanbul

74 Loser 71 vs Loser 72 Istanbul


Saturday 11th September 2010

Classification (7-8)

75 Loser 73 vs Loser 74 Istanbul

Semi-Finals

76 Winner 69 vs Winner 70 Istanbul

77 Winner 71 vs Winner 72 Istanbul


Sunday 12th September 2010

Finals

5th-6th Place (5-6)

78 Winner 73 vs Winner 74 Istanbul

Bronze Medal Game (3-4)

79 Loser 76 vs Loser 77 Istanbul

Gold Medal Game (1-2)

80 Winner 76 vs Winner 77 Istanbul


Four pools of six nations were decided at the draw as follows:

Group A: (To be played in Kayseri)
2 Argentina
1 Serbia
3 Australia
5 Germany
6 Angola
4 Jordan

Group B: (to be played in Istanbul)
6 USA
4 Slovenia
2 Brazil
1 Croatia
5 Iran
3 Tunisia

Group C: (To be played in Ankara)
6 Greece
2 Turkey
4 Puerto Rico
3 Russia
1 China
5 Ivory Coast

Group D: (To be played in Izmir)
4 Spain
3 France
5 Canada
1 Lithuania
6 New Zealand
2 Lebanon

Nb. Numbers next to nations are not seedings. Nations were drawn against a number to determine scheduling, after the initial draw.

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Australia has been seeded in ‘Line 3’ alongside Brazil, Puerto Rico and Canada, meaning the Boomers will face one of the top seeded nations in pool play.

The draw will be carried out according to the following seedings:

Line 1 USA, Argentina, Spain, Greece
Line 2 Serbia, Slovenia, France, Turkey
Line 3 Brazil, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia
Line 4 Croatia, Russia, Lithuania, Germany
Line 5 New Zealand, China, Iran, Angola
Line 6 Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Ivory Coast

The groups of the first round are balanced in terms of sporting competitiveness, according to FIBA, the world governing body of basketball.

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 three European teams in any one group and a maximum of two Americas teams in any one group.

The 2010 FIBA World Championship for men will take place in Turkey from August 28 to September 12 next year and will be played in Ankara, Kayseri, Istanbul and Izmir.

Australia’s best placing at a World Championship for men is fifth; achieved in 1982 in Colombia and again in 1994 in Canada.

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Draw Results for the 2010 FIBA World Championship

Rewatch the draw ceremony l View photo gallery l View video interviews

ISTANBUL (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Today's draw has begun the countdown to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. The 24 participating teams were drawn into four groups of 6 teams each.

Here are draw results for the groups for the First Round:

Group A (Kayseri): Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Jordan, Germany, Angola
Group B (Istanbul): Croatia, Brazil, Tunisia, Slovenia, Iran, USA
Group C (Ankara): China, Turkey, Russia, Puerto Rico, Ivory Coast, Greece
Group D (Izmir): Lithuania, Lebanon, France, Spain, Canada, New Zealand

The draw was held at the the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel, Istanbul, on Tuesday, 15th December 2009 at 11:30AM local time (10:30AM CET). It was jointly conducted by FIBA and the LOC in the presence of participating team delegations, National Federation members, prominent public figures and members of the international media.

Stars present at the draw included 1996 Olympic gold medallist Hakeem Olajuwon, Daniel "El Gigante" Santiago from Puerto Rico, Germany team record holder Patrick Femerling and Turkish monument Efe Aydan.

The tournament will be played in Turkey in the cities of Ankara, Kayseri, Istanbul and Izmir between 28th August and 12th September 2010.

Competition Format

The First Round will see a total of 60 games, in which each team faces the other 5 teams in its respective group. The four top placed teams from each group will advance to the Eighth Final Round, at which point the Championship continues in a standard knock-out format.

For more information visit turkey2010.fiba.com.

Quick Facts about the FIBA World Championship

Held every 4 years, the FIBA World Championship determines the world's top nation in men's basketball. The tournament was first held in 1950 in Argentina and the sixteenth edition will be played next year Turkey.

Seven different teams have been crowned World Champions. Leading the medal table are the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the USA, all having won the Championship three times. Spain are defending the title they won in Japan in 2006, while Argentina are currently the world's best ranked basketball nation. The 2010 FIBA World Champion will automatically qualify for the 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament in London.

[South01]

Man us Aussies got a tough draw,we can probably beat a few teams with Bogut and Anderson and if Mills is fit,Newley always rips it up..

Still a very tough draw..

[marriard]

I actually think we got a very favorable draw full of teams we match up very well with. We also missed a number of teams that are harder match ups for the Boomers.

Initial Group Teams
Legitimately we should beat Jordan and Angola - although we always struggle with Angola for no apparent reason.

Argentina we can play tough. It is almost certain Ginobili will not play and the rest of their team are on the down side of their careers rather than the upside.

Germany is Dirk and possibly Chris Kaman. We match up extremely well against Kamen and as long as Andersen and Neilsen play we match up reasonably well with Dirk. The rest of their team are all solid role player but as long as Dirk doesn't go for 40 that is a very winnable game.

Serbia isn't really all that star filled. Kristic is probably their best player. Jaric will be healthy and wanting to put on a show since he is deep in the bench at the moment. There is really no reason we shouldn't be able to beat them.

Cross Over
The USA will be tough of course. At the same time we should be putting on the floor legitimately 4 NBA players (assuming Mills gets a game this year and is healthy), 2 players who are legitimately not that far away from getting a game (Newley and Ingles), 2 potential draft picks (Ogilivy and Dellavedova) and a couple of guys who could have been there and have a lot of experience in Neilsen and Worthington. That is not all that different to the Spainish team and Argentinian teams that have played the USA fairly even in the very near future. The USA may also suffer with a boat load of free agents who may or may not play based on their contract status.

The rest of Group B is definitely beatable - Iran and Tunisia would struggle in the NBL. We have beaten Croatia recently. Brazil have some decent players but really it is Barbosa that determines whether they play well or not.Slovenia is a typically tough Euro team full of fringe NBA players and Euro League guys. They will be a tough matchup but seriously again this is a game you go into with the expectation you can win it.

After that, things fall where they fall.

Forget what position we actually achieve in the end - I will be very disappointed if a full strength Boomers team does not advance out of the group stage, and position themselves to win at least 5-6 games at this Championship. For the first time in several years we have the players to make a deep run.

[marriard]

I'd hate to be in Group D like poor New Zealand is - France, Spain, Lithuania and Canada... Ugh... If they field full strength teams all of those teams are tough.

Group C is no picnic either - Turkey have never been able to play well as a team but individually their line up is all NBA quality - even the players who aren't in the NBA yet. Puerto Rico has several NBA players, Russia has a bunch of young talent, and Greece is unbelievable tough.

With the exception of the USA I really think we are on the right side of the draw.

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COACH BROWN RATES BOOMERS’ WORLD OPPOSITION



Australia’s men’s basketball head coach Brett Brown has weighed in on the Boomers’ selection in Group A for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Australia was drawn in Group A alongside Athens Gold Medallists Argentina and re-emerging European powerhouse Serbia as well as Germany, Angola and Jordan.

Brown told Basketball Australia today that he regarded each of the pools as equal in talent and that last night’s draw in Istanbul was the starting point for a new period of preparation for the Boomers’ coaching staff.

“I don’t know if happy is the word,” Brown said. “Each of the pools has different positives and negatives and overall the draw just gives you more clarity on how to prepare.”

Brown went on to assess Australia’s World Championship opposition as follows:

Re: Argentina

“A lot of their players I know just from my experience here in the NBA. You know their team is stacked with NBA talent and it reeks of a very veteran and mature team that has gone through a lot of experiences on the international stage together for some time now. I know Spain has recently emerged as the team outside the United States to be at the forefront, but you can never underestimate a team with Manu Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, Luis Scola, Carlos Delfino and Andres Nocioni in it. You’re not going to get a more formidable starting five than the experience they have in that team that they can roll out. I know a lot about Argentina and it all amounts to a tremendous amount of respect,” Brown said.

Re: Serbia

“We know a fair bit about Serbia because their coach [Dusan Ivkovic] is a very good friend of [San Antonio Spurs Head Coach] Coach Popovich’s and he has visited us in San Antonio for the past few years on a repetitive basis to spend time with our staff. Coach Ivkovic is a European coaching legend and that country, when it started to be on the decline from the level that they had been used to, reached out to him and really sought his advice on how to fix it. A year and a half ago they opted to go with youth and with people that truly wanted to be there, they were not influenced by NBA resumes, and they streamlined their approach with a youthful team that really had a passion for being part of the world stage again. They have rebuilt their program and their result over in Europe recently [2nd in European Championship] confirms that their decision was an accurate one and an intelligent one. He’s a hell of a coach that has put together that program they’re on the up and up. To have achieved that success in Europe with a very, very young group in the infant stages of a new philosophy is extremely impressive, so you have to expect that team to continue to get better,” Brown said.

Re: Germany

“Any team that has an NBA MVP on the floor is dangerous and Dirk Nowitzki is as difficult a player to guard as we face here in the NBA. I put him in the same category as a Kobe Bryant or a LeBron James; he’s a very unusual defensive assignment because of his seven foot frame and his skill package that goes along with it, highlighted by his shooting ability which really is remarkable for a man of his size. And when you have somebody who is that good it tends to do a few things; it’s a weapon for an up and coming country obviously but it produces a confidence level amongst the other players when that type of a teammate is on the floor, so they are extremely dangerous because they are good in their own right and then you add Dirk. It really changes the landscape when somebody of that talent can come into the group,” Brown said.

Re: Angola

“They are always dangerous, always somebody that you can’t take your eye off, always somebody that’s extremely athletic, that can score in the blink of an eye. History says you can’t overlook them; they had a massive win against Australia years ago and that type of situation is one that at all costs you want to try to avoid,” Brown said.

Re: Jordan

“I don’t really know much about them at this stage. During my experience with the Boomers in Atlanta and Sydney or even at the World Championship in Greece in 1998 I have never come across that team and we’re going to start to do our homework on them now. Obviously the fact that they are in the tournament suggests that they can’t be taken for granted and we’re going to have to do our homework and study them to see what their style of play is,” Brown said.

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marriard, on 16 December 2009 - 12:42 PM, said:

I'd hate to be in Group D like poor New Zealand is - France, Spain, Lithuania and Canada... Ugh... If they field full strength teams all of those teams are tough.

Group C is no picnic either - Turkey have never been able to play well as a team but individually their line up is all NBA quality - even the players who aren't in the NBA yet. Puerto Rico has several NBA players, Russia has a bunch of young talent, and Greece is unbelievable tough.

With the exception of the USA I really think we are on the right side of the draw.

fair enough after that analysis its not as bad as it seems,i see Argentina and USA and think OMG

We will field a decent team,Mills,Newley,Bogut,Anderson and Ogilvy then we need some Aussie based talent like Gibson and Harvey/Wortho..

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south01, on 16 December 2009 - 05:06 PM, said:

fair enough after that analysis its not as bad as it seems,i see Argentina and USA and think OMG

We will field a decent team,Mills,Newley,Bogut,Anderson and Ogilvy then we need some Aussie based talent like Gibson and Harvey/Wortho..

If we field a team with more than 2 NBL players included I will be very disappointed. On a full strength team I would believe only Worthington is pretty much a lock if healthy and Harvey is a player right in the mix after his Boomers play last off season. I'd be taking Dellavedova over Gibson based on what I have seen on Dellavedova this season versus what I say with Gibson at the end of his college career.

To be fair I have not seen Gibson play in the NBL so I have no idea how he has progressed as a player since he came back to Australia but his stats aren't exactly saying 'Boomers' backup point guard to Patty Mills. Mills health and status undetermined of course at this stage.

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marriard, on 17 December 2009 - 08:06 AM, said:

south01, on 16 December 2009 - 05:06 PM, said:

fair enough after that analysis its not as bad as it seems,i see Argentina and USA and think OMG

We will field a decent team,Mills,Newley,Bogut,Anderson and Ogilvy then we need some Aussie based talent like Gibson and Harvey/Wortho..

If we field a team with more than 2 NBL players included I will be very disappointed. On a full strength team I would believe only Worthington is pretty much a lock if healthy and Harvey is a player right in the mix after his Boomers play last off season. I'd be taking Dellavedova over Gibson based on what I have seen on Dellavedova this season versus what I say with Gibson at the end of his college career.

To be fair I have not seen Gibson play in the NBL so I have no idea how he has progressed as a player since he came back to Australia but his stats aren't exactly saying 'Boomers' backup point guard to Patty Mills. Mills health and status undetermined of course at this stage.

I get your drift hey,Gibson has been good last season and the last 4 games back into form,id rather Dellavedova start after his performance for Boomers i guess,Harvey and Wortho will be the only other 2 involved.

Gibson got defensive player of the year last season but on a world stage Dellavedova has more ommmpfhhh.

[South01]

What about Majok,i dont know much on him but he debuts in 4 days will he be a Boomer soon ?



Majok debuts in 4 days for UCONN; http://blogs.courant...-ater-majo.html

[marriard]

south01, on 17 December 2009 - 10:00 AM, said:

What about Majok,i dont know much on him but he debuts in 4 days will he be a Boomer soon ?

Majok debuts in 4 days for UCONN; http://blogs.courant...-ater-majo.html

Technically he already is a Boomer having played on the Boomers team in China. But as a first choice or even second choice player - probably not.

He is really, really raw and hasn't played organized basketball in almost 3 years now. When you look at him he looks really athletic, but in reality he is just really, really long - he doesn't jump all that well. Or at least not what I have seen anyway.

He also should be playing the 4/5 position and we are loaded in that position. He would need to beat out Bogut, Jawai, Ogilvy, Andersen, Nevill, Maric, Baynes and Senscher before he got a look in and at the current time that is not going to happen.

On the upside, the UConn coach and coaching staff is excellent and if he is ever going to be a player he is in pretty good hands.

You can guarantee I'lll be watching his first game to see how he does.

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marriard, on 17 December 2009 - 11:20 AM, said:

south01, on 17 December 2009 - 10:00 AM, said:

What about Majok,i dont know much on him but he debuts in 4 days will he be a Boomer soon ?

Majok debuts in 4 days for UCONN; http://blogs.courant...-ater-majo.html

Technically he already is a Boomer having played on the Boomers team in China. But as a first choice or even second choice player - probably not.

He is really, really raw and hasn't played organized basketball in almost 3 years now. When you look at him he looks really athletic, but in reality he is just really, really long - he doesn't jump all that well. Or at least not what I have seen anyway.

He also should be playing the 4/5 position and we are loaded in that position. He would need to beat out Bogut, Jawai, Ogilvy, Andersen, Nevill, Maric, Baynes and Senscher before he got a look in and at the current time that is not going to happen.

On the upside, the UConn coach and coaching staff is excellent and if he is ever going to be a player he is in pretty good hands.

You can guarantee I'lll be watching his first game to see how he does.

Thanks man for that,yeah ill be waiting to see what you say on his first game,he has some big names to knock out if he is to play as a Boomer in a first team.

[South01]

I updated the first post with the Draw.

[South01]

OK so draw has been announced,

STANBUL (2010 FIBA World Championship) http://turkey2010.fiba.com/ – With less than six months to go before the tournament gets underway, the schedule for the First Round of the 2010 FIBA World Championship has now been finalized.

The full tournament schedule is available here. http://turkey2010.fi...e/PR_5-2010.pdf

All times are given in local time (CET +1, GMT +2).

Please note that beyond the First Round, the order of the games has not been established and will be finalized after each respective previous round.


28th August 2010
Group A (Kayseri)
Game A 1: 16:30 Australia vs Jordan
Game A 2: 19:00 Angola vs Serbia
Game A 3: 21:30 Germany vs Argentina
Group B (Istanbul, Abdi Ipekci Arena)
Game B 1: 16:30 Tunisia vs Slovenia
Game B 2: 19:00 USA vs Croatia
Game B 3: 21:30 Iran vs Brazil
Group C (Ankara)
Game C 1: 16:00 Greece vs China
Game C 2: 18:30 Russia vs Puerto Rico
Game C 3: 21:00 Ivory Coast vs Turkey
NO 05/2010 DATE: 05.03.2010
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Go Aussies Go!

Bogut and Anderson with Mills should be good,the only NBL players most likely will be James Harvey and Adam Gibson.

We have Andrew Ogilvy from Vanderbelt as well,we should have some impact.

Will Jawai play,also Delluva is having a massive season.

[Sydneyguy]

So is anyone going to go support the boomers? i got a email about a organised trip but they only gave you one week to make up your mind, thats not enough time!!

[nomisg]

I must say the fact it is in Turkey does turn me off a little bit, not saying I have not been to some weird places in my life. Outside of the major cities it does become quite different from what I have heard.

If the games were in Istanbul, I'd feel a little better about it.

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Sydneyguy, on 12 March 2010 - 11:40 PM, said:

So is anyone going to go support the boomers? i got a email about a organised trip but they only gave you one week to make up your mind, thats not enough time!!

one week is a bit much,it would take 10 days to get my Holidays approved.

[South01]

Argentina take on Boomers - http://goo.gl/m7cl article has a few spelling mistakes there haha Great news

[OZBBallDream]

I won't be going, I would love to get to the next one being held ..I think it's Spain ?, is that correct ?


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