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Four wildcards named for Turkey 2010
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.
