Turkey 2010 World Basketball

In all sports, one of the most important events is undoubtedly the World Cup, bringing together the best athletes in each category, sorted from different countries and compete for a place to show who the best team in the World .

We have seen what has happened to football , and now comes the turn of basketball, with the World Turkey 2010 is scheduled to kick off next August 28, 2010, and will keep us abreast of all the details until 12 September.

It was organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation with FIBA, and will have the participation of 24 teams, of which two of them made a direct classification: Turkey, as an organizer of the tournament, and the United States, being the champion of the Games 2008 Olympic .

The tournament format includes four groups of six teams each, to race the robin format, after which the top four from each group advance to the knockout stage, facing as follows: The first of a group will face another room, while the second will play their third match against another group.

Then you will advance to the quarterfinals, where the four be competing to be located removed from the fifth to the eighth position, having also a game involving the losers in the semifinal to decide who will be the third.