The Official 2010 FIBA World Championship Thread

[zex]

Keeping with the WC wave, now it's time for basketball

This is just info about the fixture, stolen shamelessly from the wiki page, and can be safely ignored

Group A (Kayseri)
Teams
Argentina
Serbia
Australia
Germany
Angola
Jordan


28 August 2010
Australia vs. Jordan Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Angola vs. Serbia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Germany vs. Argentina Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
29 August 2010
Jordan vs. Angola Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Serbia vs. Germany Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Argentina vs. Australia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
30 August 2010
Jordan vs. Serbia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Australia vs. Germany Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Angola vs. Argentina Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
1 September 2010
Serbia vs. Australia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Germany vs. Angola Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Argentina vs. Jordan Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
2 September 2010
Angola vs. Australia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Argentina vs. Serbia Kayseri Arena, Kayseri
Jordan vs. Germany Kayseri Arena, Kayseri



Group B (Istanbul)
Teams
USA
Slovenia
Brazil
Croatia
Iran
Tunisia

28 August 2010
Tunisia vs. Slovenia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
USA vs. Croatia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Iran vs. Brazil Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
29 August 2010
Slovenia vs. USA Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Croatia vs. Iran Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Brazil vs. Tunisia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
30 August 2010
Slovenia vs. Croatia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Tunisia vs. Iran Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
USA vs. Brazil Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
1 September 2010
Croatia vs. Tunisia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Iran vs. USA Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Brazil vs. Slovenia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
2 September 2010
USA vs. Tunisia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Slovenia vs. Iran Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Brazil vs. Croatia Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul



Group C (Ankara)
Teams
Greece
Turkey
Puerto Rico
Russia
China
Côte d'Ivoire

28 August 2010
Greece vs. China Ankara Arena, Ankara
Russia vs. Puerto Rico Ankara Arena, Ankara
Côte d'Ivoire vs. Turkey Ankara Arena, Ankara
29 August 2010
China vs. Côte d'Ivoire Ankara Arena, Ankara
Puerto Rico vs. Greece Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey vs. Russia Ankara Arena, Ankara
31 August 2010
Russia vs. Côte d'Ivoire Ankara Arena, Ankara
Puerto Rico vs. China Ankara Arena, Ankara
Greece vs. Turkey Ankara Arena, Ankara
1 September 2010
China vs. Russia Ankara Arena, Ankara
Côte d'Ivoire vs. Greece Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey vs. Puerto Rico Ankara Arena, Ankara
2 September 2010
Puerto Rico vs. Côte d'Ivoire Ankara Arena, Ankara
Greece vs. Russia Ankara Arena, Ankara
Turkey vs. China Ankara Arena, Ankara


Group D (İzmir)
Teams
Spain
France
Canada
Lithuania
New Zealand
Lebanon

28 August 2010
New Zealand vs. Lithuania İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Canada vs. Lebanon İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
France vs. Spain İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
29 August 2010
Lithuania vs. Canada İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon vs. France İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Spain vs. New Zealand İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
31 August 2010
New Zealand vs. Lebanon İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
France vs. Canada İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Spain vs. Lithuania İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
1 September 2010
Canada vs. New Zealand İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon vs. Spain İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lithuania vs. France İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
2 September 2010
Spain vs. Canada İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
Lebanon vs. Lithuania İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir
New Zealand vs. France İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, İzmir


Top 4 each group qualify, and all that...

So, I'll be rooting for us, we don't have Ginobili but otherwise we have a very strong team, we should qualify 1st or fight the 2nd with Serbia, but no lower than that.

[Mako]

My predictions: (Also, Serbia will win the whole thing)

Group A
1 Serbia
2 Argentina
3 Germany
4 Australia

Group B
1 USA
2 Slovenia
3 Croatia
4 Brazil

Group C
1 Greece
2 Russia
3 Turkey
4 China

Group D
1 Spain
2 Lithuania
3 France
4 Canada

[zex]

Brazil 4th? I'll have what he's smoking

Mine:

Group A
1 Argentina
2 Serbia
3 Australia
4 Germany

Group B
1 USA
2 Brazil
3 Slovenia
4 Croatia

Group C
1 Greece
2 Puerto Rico
3 Turkey
4 China

Group D
1 Spain
2 Lithuania
3 Canada
4 New Zealand (I don't trust France for WCs)

[Mako]

Brazil 4th? I'll have what he's smoking

I'm not going to go against former Yugoslav countries. You should know that. So, that makes Brazil go down to 4th.

[c03n3nj0]

I never even heard of this.

[zex]

Brazil 4th? I'll have what he's smoking

I'm not going to go against former Yugoslav countries. You should know that. So, that makes Brazil go down to 4th.

Well, but just with that you're throwing all your bet to waste...

[invisible29]

I never even heard of this.

same here D:

[zex]

78-74 for us...had it totally controlled and they fell asleep in the last quarter, had to suffer. Still, winning is what matters, and well, we did.

I can't believe France beat Spain

[Sonix]

Croatia was leading the whole first half, then we struck back and won in the end. Great game

Didn't get to see Slovenia - Tunisia, but I heard we killed them. Watched the game vs US on the ship and it well, thats one terrible performance.

[zex]

Today with Angola...if we don't win by over 20 I'll consider it a failure, it's bad enough that we beat two inferior teams only in the last ball

[Mako]

I can't believe USA almost lost to Brazil. But, I guess this isn't the USA we are used to with Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Anthony, Paul, and Howard not playing.... That team is unbeatable, just saying. Serbia is playing pretty good.

[zex]

Yeah, against Germany you played sooo good

And I told you about Brazil.

We barely got any rotation, can't believe we were only 5 points ahead against Angola in the 4th -_-

[Mako]

Yeah, against Germany you played sooo good

Lets see now that all our players are back from that incident.

[Sonix]

Yay, we beat Brazil!!

Pretty much secured 2nd place in our group

[zex]

Tomorrow is THE game...let's see if we can avoid USA

Yay, we beat Brazil!!

Pretty much secured 2nd place in our group

Not pretty much, you DID secure it, no matter what happens

[Sonix]

Tomorrow is THE game...let's see if we can avoid USA

Yay, we beat Brazil!!

Pretty much secured 2nd place in our group

Not pretty much, you DID secure it, no matter what happens

Oh yea, first tiebreaker is the result between the teams. You, you are right. Hooray!

[zex]

It was close, but oh well, it was a great match, let's hope Brazil loses and we have to face Croatia

[Mako]

It was close, but oh well, it was a great match, let's hope Brazil loses and we have to face Croatia

Told you. No backing out of the bet now.

[zex]

It was close, but oh well, it was a great match, let's hope Brazil loses and we have to face Croatia

Told you. No backing out of the bet now.

I never back out of a bet. But please, don't act as if you owned the game, could easily have gone either way

[Mako]

Serbia played a lot worse than I thought they would. Still got the win though.

Spain winning was not really that big of a surprise.

[zex]

Now I wanna see you, let's see if you Serbians can beat those arrogant bastards and send them back home crying...ÑBA my ass

[zex]

Beautiful, amazing match, a pleasure to watch, so entertaining, changing and dynamic, prolly the best basketball match I've ever seen.

Scola, you're truly amazing

Now time for Lithuania!

[zex]

Whoa at that Teodosić triple

Spain out!!!

[Mako]

I'll post the link to the bracket in this thread as well: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/p/brackets.html

Sucks that I didn't get to watch Serbia win. I was stuck at college all day. Hopefully they have it on espn3.com.

[zex]

I can't complain...we played worse than horrible, we were totally, absolutely, completely owned.

Sucks

Go Lithuania, win this WC

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