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2010 World Championships Draw
The draw for the 2010 World championships in Turkey is set to be undertaken on Tuesday, 15th December at 11:30am (10:30 CET) - Turkey time (never thought I weould put those two words together!).
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 seedings for FIBA competitions always follow the same basic principles, which are as follows:
- The groups of the first round are balanced in terms of sporting competitiveness.
- 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 on turkey2010.fiba.com