Congratulations go out this morning to Germany, Russia, Lithuania and – whoa, really? – Lebanon, for their bestowal of a “wild card” bid to the 2010 FIBA World Championship by the organization’s central board.
The draw for placement into pools will be upon on Wednesday. Official FIBA press release follows.
(FIBA) — During today’s meeting of the FIBA Central Board – the highest executive body of the International Basketball Federation – the following teams were awarded wild card entries to next year’s FIBA World Championship in Turkey:
- Germany
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Russia
The decisions were made in accordance with the criteria outlined by the FIBA Central Board. The wild card system was first introduced for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, following the decision to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24.
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