Posts belonging to Category 'FIBA-World Championship'
September 17, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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2010 FIBA-World Championship final rankings (Asian Teams)
Date: August 28 – September 12
Host Nation: Turkey
No. of Teams: 24
Rank Team
16 China
19 Iran
20 Lebanon
23 Jordan
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Tags: Asia, Asian, China, Turkey | 
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September 13, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Team USA beat host Turkey 81-64 for the crown in the 2010 FIBA-World Championship in Istanbul last night. The Americans have now won two straight major international tournaments, with the gold medal feat in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
I was proven wrong once again. I never thought they could reach the finals of this [...]
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September 12, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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In my previous post dated August 14, 2010, I made a bold prediction that Team USA would have to survive a knockout quarterfinal game via a close margin and eventually lose in the semis of the ongoing FIBA-World Championship in Turkey. It turned out to be the other way around.
In the Americans’ Round-of-8 [...]
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September 3, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Oh, I missed a couple of days in updating how the Asian teams fare in this world tourney. By now, we have known the cast for the Last 16. Unfortunately, only China survived and managed to make it to the next round. In the preliminaries, Iran won only once, against Tunisia. Like Iran, [...]
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August 31, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Iran and Jordan were the only Asian teams that played on the third day of this 24-nation championship. Iran finally captured their first victory with a 71-58 thrashing of Tunisia. The Iranians, however, cannot celebrate this victory as they are scheduled to meet Team USA on their next game on September 1. Jordan, [...]
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August 31, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Team USA escaped a nail-biting 70-68 thriller over reigning FIBA-Americas champion Brazil in the ongoing preliminaries of the 2010 FIBA-World Champiosnhip in Turkey. It was a very tough night for the Americans that the game went through the last tick of the clock. Early on, the Brazilians taught the Americans neat basketball fundamentals. [...]
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August 30, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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On the second day of the tournament, China defeated last year’s FIBA-Africa finalist Cote d’Ivoire, 83-73. The three other Asian teams Iran, Jordan and Lebanon succumbed to their respective opponents. Iran dropped to Croatia, 54-75. Jordan, likewise, bowed to Angola 65-79. Angola was formerly handled by Mario Palma, now the head coach of [...]
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August 29, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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I’d like to keep abreast of how the Asian teams fare in the ongoing FIBA-World Championship in Turkey. Four out of twenty four entries come from Asia namely Iran, China, Jordan and Lebanon. The performances of the Asian teams in this competition are crucial to their request to add one more slot for [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Asia, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, Turkey | 2 Comments »
August 14, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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The 2010 FIBA-World Championship starts on the 28th of August in Turkey and this early I could see Team USA heading for another shameful exit. It’s not because I’m subjective but realistically speaking, the current US squad is not at par with the best teams out there at this point in time. Gone [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Brazil, Carmelo Anthony, France, Greece, Lithuania, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Team USA, Turkey | 1 Comment »
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