2010 FIBA World Championship

2010 edition of the FIBA World Championship

Key facts

Host country: Turkey
Dates: 28 August – 12 September
Officially opened by: Abdullah Gül
Teams: 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue: 5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions: United States (4th title)
Runners up: Turkey
Third place: Lithuania
Fourth place: Serbia
Mvp: Kevin Durant
Top scorer: Luis Scola , (27.1 points per game )

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The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Turkish Basketball Federation and the 2010 Organising Committee. It was considered as prestigious a competition as the Olympic Basketball Tournament. The tournament was hosted by Turkey.

For the third time (after the 1986 and 2006 tournaments), the World Championship had 24 competing nations. As a result, the group stage games were played in four cities, and the knockout round was hosted by Istanbul.