2010 FIBA World Championship final
(Redirected from
2010 FIBA World Championship Final
) | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | September 12, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Cristiano Jesus Maranho, Luigi Lamonica, Juan Arteaga | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 FIBA World Championship final was a
Turkey and the United States that took place on September 12, 2010, at Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The US team won the world title after defeating Turkey 81–64.[1]
This was the first match-up in any major international competition between the United States and Turkey. The last time the two teams faced each other in a match was at an exhibition game before the 2008 Summer Olympics. At that meeting, the U.S. won 114–82.[2]
Route to the final
Both teams qualified to the tournament automatically,
Turkey as hosts.[3]
Historically, the teams were polar opposites. America had 16 FIBA World Cup medals, while Turkey's only previous international medal of any kind was a silver at the EuroBasket 2001. The US brought the top scoring offense into the final, averaging 94.3 points and 18.5 assists per game. Nevertheless, Turkey's vaunted 2–1–2 zone made it the top defensive team (64 points per game) in the tournament heading into the final,[4] and a commentator on NBA.com wrote that the European crowd would "be the most hostile crowd most of these [U.S.] players, with the exception of maybe Chauncey Billups and Lamar Odom, have ever seen."[4]
The U.S. had an easier route to the final, winning all of their games in runaway fashion, with the sole exception of their preliminary round game against
Hedo Türkoğlu's fumble, to give Turkey the 83–82 win. Both teams were undefeated going into the final.[3]
| Turkey | Round | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ivory Coast
|
86–47 | Match 1 |  Croatia
|
106–78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Russia
|
65–56 | Match 2 |  Slovenia
|
99–77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Greece
|
76–65 | Match 3 |  Brazil
|
70–68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Puerto Rico
|
79–77 | Match 4 |  Iran
|
88–51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 China
|
87–40 | Match 5 |  Tunisia
|
92–57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Final standing |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 France
|
95–77 | Round of 16 |  Angola
|
121–66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia
|
95–68 | Quarter-finals | Russia
|
89–79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Serbia
|
83–82 | Semifinals |  Lithuania
|
89–74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match details
The game was close for the first half — Turkey even led at one point during the first quarter — but the American athleticism was too much for the Turks, and the U.S. was able to pull away on easy baskets.[5]
three-point field goals. Durant scored 20 of his points in the first half. Lamar Odom came up big when it mattered most, scoring all fifteen of his points in the second half, and grabbing eleven rebounds overall. Hedo Türkoğlu was Turkey's leading scorer with 16 points, despite suffering a knee injury during the first half.[6] Ersan İlyasova had seven points and eleven rebounds.[5]
With the win, Mike Krzyzewski became the first U.S. national basketball head coach to win an Olympic Gold Medal and a FIBA World Cup.[5] The U.S. also clinched an automatic berth in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
12 September
21:30 |
Turkey  |
64–81 |  United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–20, 16–19, 16–20 | ||
| 5 | Pts: Durant 28 Rebs: Odom 11 Asts: Rose 6 | |
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Cristiano Jesus Maranho (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP) |
    Turkey
|
  United States
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "USA beat hosts Turkey to land first World Championship title since 1994". The Telegraph. 2010-08-13. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic basketball team beats Turkey by 32 points". Full Court Press – A Detroit Pistons Blog. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ a b "Last Day Preview". FIBA. 2010-09-12. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ NBA.com. 2010-09-11. Archived from the originalon 15 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ a b c d "FIBA World Championships: USA-Turkey Live Blog". SI.com. 2010-09-12. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "FIBA world championship final: USA defeats Turkey". USA Today. September 12, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
