2010 FIBA World Championship Group B

Group B of the 2010 FIBA World Championship commenced on August 28 and ended on September 2. The group played all of its games at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The group was composed of Brazil, Croatia, Iran, Slovenia, Tunisia and the United States. Their average FIBA World Ranking at the start of the tournament was 19; excluding Tunisia, the lowest in the rankings, it was 14.4. Tunisia, which finished third at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, and the Asian champion Iran, both made their tournament debuts, while Croatia returned for the first time since 1994. The four teams with the best records in group play – USA, Slovenia, Brazil, and Croatia – advanced to the knockout stage. Standings main WL Standings complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F USA United States 5 0 455 331 SLO 4 1 393 376 BRA 3 2 398 354 CRO 2 3 395 407 IRI 1 4 301 367 TUN 0 5 300 407 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Eighth–finals All times local (UTC+3) August 28 Group B began play on August 28 with three consecutive blowouts. Slovenia scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed in an 80–56 victory over Tunisia. Goran Dragić scored 16 points and dished out eight assists for Slovenia in the victory.https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jIHhxqqqJdQg3staV1udJ-iBk1hg https://web.archive.org/web/20100831025113/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jIHhxqqqJdQg3staV1udJ-iBk1hg dead August 31, 2010 Dragic leads Slovenia to 80-56 victory over Tunisia in opener at Worlds 28 August 2010 AP Google News 3 September 2010 In the second game of the day, the United States handled Croatia in a 28-point victory. The Croatians hung with the United States for the first quarter before the Americans outscored them 26–6 in the second quarter.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/chris_mannix/08/28/us.croatia/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100830231941/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/chris_mannix/08/28/us.croatia/ dead August 30, 2010 Fast Breaks: USA-Croatia 28 August 2010 Sports Illustrated SI.com 3 September 2010 Eric Gordon scored 16 points to lead the Americans; all twelve players scored, including five in double figures for the United States. Asian champions Iran made their World Championship debut in the final game of the day against Brazil. The Iranians never seriously mounted a challenge in a 16-point loss. Four players scored in double digits for the Brazilians, led by Leandro Barbosa's 21.http://www.nba.com/2010/news/08/28/brazil-iran.ap/index.html Iran loses to Brazil inWorld Championship debut 28 August 2010 AP NBA.com 3 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100902011412/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/08/28/brazil-iran.ap/index.html 2 September 2010 dead dmy-all Tunisia vs. Slovenia main TUN vs SLO #eee August 28 16:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul TUN 56 SLO 80 14–22 14–17 12–24 16–17 Report Slimane 11 Dragić 16 Mejri 6 Vidmar 7 Slimane, Kechrid 2 Dragić 8 12,500 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL), Stephen Seibel (CAN) USA vs. Croatia main USA vs CRO #eee md August 28 19:00 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul United States USA 106 CRO 78 22–20 26–6 30–22 28–30 Report Gordon 16 Bogdanović 17 Love 10 Tomić 8 Billups, Curry, Westbrook 4 Ukić 4 12,500 Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) Iran vs. Brazil main IRI vs BRA #eee August 28 21:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul IRI 65 BRA 81 12–22 17–17 17–22 19–20 Report Haddadi 16 Giovannoni 17 Haddadi 9 Marquinhos 8 Kamrani 4 Huertas 9 12,500 Recep Ankarali (TUR), José Martín (ESP), David Chambon (FRA) August 29 Day 2 in Group B play featured another three straight blowouts. In the first game, the United States jumped out to a 10–2 lead and never looked back in a 22-point victory over Slovenia. After Slovenia had cut the lead to five late in the first half, the Americans went on a 31–9 run stretching into the third quarter to blow the game open.http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/10_mwc_game_2.html USA Defense Shuts Down Slovenia 29 August 2010 USA Basketball USABasketball.com 3 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100902005431/http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/10_mwc_game_2.html 2010-09-02 dead Kevin Durant led the United States with 22 points, while five Americans reached double figures for the second consecutive game. Croatia rebounded from a Day One loss to the United States by beating winless Iran 75–54. The Croatians opened up a 22-point first half lead and were never seriously challenged, despite Hamed Haddadi's game-high 27 points and 9 rebounds.https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-worlds-croatia-iran Croatia withstands Haddadi, easily beats Iran 29 August 2010 AP Yahoo.com 3 September 2010 Roko Ukić and Bojan Bogdanović each had 13 points for Croatia in the victory. Brazil remained undefeated by beating Tunisia 80–65 in the day's final game. Leandro Barbosa scored 21 points – 16 in the first quarter alone – and grabbed 6 rebounds while Tiago Splitter added 16 points.http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Brazil-stays-unbeaten-at-worlds-faces-US-next-636603.php Brazil stays unbeaten at worlds, faces US next 29 August 2010 Times Union.com TimesUnion.com 3 September 2010 October 2010 H3llBot Slovenia vs. USA main SLO vs USA #eee md August 29 16:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul SLO 77 USA United States 99 11–23 17–19 18–25 31–32 Report Nachbar 13 Durant 22 Nachbar 4 Love 11 Dragić, Bečirović 4 Rose, Billups 5 12,500 José Martín (ESP), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN) Croatia vs. Iran main CRO vs IRI #eee August 29 19:00 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul CRO 75 IRI 54 Report 22–13 22–11 9–16 22–14 Ukić, Bogdanović 13 Haddadi 27 Tomić, Banić 7 Haddadi 9 Ukić 4 Davari 4 12,500 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Recep Ankarali (TUR), Carlos José Julio (ANG) Brazil vs. Tunisia main BRA vs TUN #eee August 29 21:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul BRA 80 TUN 65 26–16 17–14 16–18 21–17 Report Barbosa 21 Kechrid 15 Barbosa 6 Slimane 8 Huertas, Giovannoni 3 Kechrid 3 12,500 Yuji Hirahara (JPN), David Chambon (FRA), Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM) August 30 Day 3 of Group B action finally brought three competitive games. The two former Yugoslav republics faced off in the day's first game in a rematch of the Eurobasket 2009 quarterfinal. Like the Eurobasket quarterfinal, Slovenia again prevailed, this time with a 91–84 victory over the Croatians. Slovenia quickly erased a five-point halftime deficit, taking the lead for good on Miha Zupan's three-pointer with 6:33 remaining in the game.https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/article/854445--slovenia-beats-croatia-91-84-at-world-tourney Slovenia beats Croatia 91-84 at world tourney 30 August 2010 The Star thestar.com 3 September 2010 Poor free-throw shooting proved to be Croatia's undoing, as they shot only 15 of 26 from the foul line. Uroš Slokar and Jaka Lakovič each scored 15 points for the Slovenians, while Roko Ukić scored a game-high 20 points for Croatia in the losing effort. Tournament debutants Iran and Tunisia faced off in the second game of the day, each looking for their first ever World Championship victory. The Iranians came away with the victory after Hamed Haddadi turned in another strong performance (23 points, 13 rebounds).http://jet7basket.com/Internationnal-Basketball-NBA/iran-evades-tunisia-sweats-out-inaugural-worlds-victory.html Iran evades Tunisia, sweats out inaugural worlds victory 30 August 2010 AP NBA.com 3 September 2010 Iran opened up a 24-point second half lead as Tunisia struggled to shoot the ball, scoring only 36 points in the first three quarters. The Tunisians used a furious 21–2 run to pull to within three with five minutes left before Iran pulled away for the victory. Unbeaten Brazil and United States met in the day's final game in a match that would determine the group winner, in all likelihood. Brazil was again without the services of Anderson Varejão, who rested with a sprained right ankle after expecting to be ready for the game.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2010-08-30-usa-brazil-world-championship_N.htm Team USA survives Brazil, leaps to 3-0 at basketball worlds 30 August 2010 AP USAToday.com 3 September 2010 Brazil led for much of the first three quarters in a tight game before Derrick Rose made a shot that gave the USA a 52–50 lead that they would not relinquish until the fourth quarter. After Brazil tied the game in the fourth, Lamar Odom's dunk with 7:13 left that gave the Americans a 64–62 lead that they would not relinquish. Brazil had two chances to send the game to overtime in the final seconds, but Marcelo Huertas missed two free throws and Leandro Barbosa's shot clanged off the rim as time expired. Kevin Durant led the Americans with 27 points and 10 rebounds as most of the Americans struggled in their first real challenge of the tournament. Slovenia vs. Croatia main SLO vs CRO #eee August 30 16:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul SLO 91 CRO 84 16–18 23–26 26–15 26–25 Report Slokar, Lakovič 15 Ukić 20 Brezec 8 Žorić 9 Dragić, Lakovič 4 Ukić 7 12,500 Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), David Chambon (FRA) Tunisia vs. Iran main TUN vs IRI #eee August 30 19:00 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul TUN 58 IRI 71 11–23 12–10 13–22 22–16 Report Romdhane, Mejri 10 Haddadi 23 Mejri 9 Haddadi 13 Slimane, Hdidane 3 Kamrani 3 12,500 José Martín (ESP), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL), Carlos José Julio (ANG) USA vs. Brazil main USA vs BRA #eee md August 30 21:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul USA United States 70 BRA 68 22–28 21–18 18–13 9–9 Report Durant 27 Marquinhos 16 Durant 10 Splitter 10 Billups 3 Huertas 5 12,500 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN) August 31 Rest day. September 1 Group B was back in action on September 1 following a rest day. In the first game of the day, Tunisia continued to struggle as Croatia jumped out to a 20-point halftime lead en route to an 84–64 victory.http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=63367 Croatia defeats Tunisia at basketball worlds 2 September 2010 World Bulletin worldbulletin.net 3 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100904083936/http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=63367 2010-09-04 usurped Bojan Bogdanović led the Croatians with 19 points while Makrem Ben Romdhane was the only Tunisian in double figures, with a game-high 23 points. The victory, coupled with Iran's loss, clinched a spot in the knockout round for Croatia. Tunisia, meanwhile, was eliminated with the loss. The Americans clinched first place in the group with an 88–51 victory over Iran in the day's second game. Iran provided some resistance for the lethargic Americans, trailing by single digits for much of the first half before being outscored by 23 in the second half.http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/usa-sleepwalks-past-iran-88-51-at-world-championships.php USA sleepwalks past Iran 88-51 at World Championships 1 September 2010 NBCSports NBCSports.com 3 September 2010 Kevin Love led the Americans with 13 points in only 11 minutes of action, while Hamed Haddadi again led the Iranians with 19 points. In the battle for second place in the group, Slovenia beat Brazil 80–77 despite Anderson Varejão making his tournament debut for the Brazilians. Primož Brezec hit his first seven shots to help Slovenia take a 14-point halftime lead.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38962163/ns/sports/ Slovenia hangs on to edge Brazil at worlds 1 September 2010 NBCSports NBCSports.com 3 September 2010 October 2010 H3llBot Brazil cut the lead to two with 4 minutes remaining but could come no closer as Slovenia clinched second place in the group. Slovenia's loss also eliminated Iran from contention, sending Croatia and Brazil to the knockout round. Croatia vs. Tunisia main CRO vs TUN #eee September 1 16:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul CRO 84 TUN 64 23–12 20–11 22–17 19–24 Report Bogdanović 19 Romdhane 23 Tomić 9 Slimane 9 Planinić, Popović 5 Knioua 4 12,500 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Carlos José Julio (ANG) Iran vs. USA main IRI vs USA #eee md September 1 19:00 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul IRI 51 USA United States 88 13–19 15–23 11–20 12–26 Report Haddadi 19 Love 13 Kazemi, Haddadi 5 Love, Chandler 6 Davoudi 2 Curry 5 12,500 David Chambon (FRA), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL) Brazil vs. Slovenia main BRA vs SLO #eee September 1 21:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul BRA 77 SLO 80 18–20 12–24 21–23 26–13 Report Machado 20 Lakovič 20 Varejão, Splitter 4 Bečirovič 9 Huertas 10 Bečirovič 4 12,500 José Martín (ESP), Recep Ankarali (TUR), Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM) September 2 There was little to play for on Day 5 of Group B play, as only Brazil and Croatia had positions to play for. The United States sleepwalked to a six-point halftime lead before taking over in the second half in a 92–57 victory over Tunisia.http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/usa-basketball-remains-unimpressive-undefeated-with-92-57-win-over-tunisia.php USA Basketball remains unimpressive, undefeated with 92-57 win over Tunisia 2 September 2010 NBCSports.com NBCSports.com 3 September 2010 5 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905002421/http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/usa-basketball-remains-unimpressive-undefeated-with-92-57-win-over-tunisia.php dead Eric Gordon scored 21 points as the United States finished group play undefeated for the second consecutive World Championship. Tunisia ended their first World Championship appearance without a win. In the day's second game, Slovenia held off a late charge by Iran in a 65–60 victory.https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-worlds-slovenia-iran Slovenia tops Iran, meets Australia in round of 16 2 September 2010 AP Yahoo.com 3 September 2010 Hamed Haddadi scored 15 points to conclude a strong tournament for the Iranian team. The only game of the day with implication in the standings had little drama as Brazil rebounded from two straight losses dominated Croatia in a 92–74 victory.https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-worlds-brazil-croatia Brazil beats Croatia to take 3rd in Group B 2 September 2010 AP Yahoo.com 3 September 2010 With the victory, Brazil clinched third place in the group to set up a quarterfinal match with rivals and Group A runner-up Argentina. USA vs. Tunisia main USA vs TUN #eee md September 2 16:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul United States USA 92 TUN 57 19–13 20–20 24–13 29–13 Report Gordon 21 Kechrid 15 Iguodala 6 Mejri 8 6 tied with 2 Dhifallah 2 12,500 Recep Ankarali (TUR), Carlos José Julio (ANG), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL) Slovenia vs. Iran main SLO vs IRI #eee September 2 19:00 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul SLO 65 IRI 60 19–6 9–17 24–11 13–26 Report Dragić 18 Haddadi 15 Dragić 6 Kazemi 14 Bečirovič 3 Davari 4 12,500 Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM) Brazil vs. Croatia main BRA vs CRO #eee September 2 21:30 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul BRA 92 CRO 74 22–19 26–16 24–15 20–24 Report Machado 18 Popović 15 Varejão 12 Bogdanović, Lončar 6 Huertas 6 Tomas 3 12,500 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Stephen Seibel (CAN), David Chambon (FRA) References 30em External links Official website Group B Group Category:2010–11 in Brazilian basketball Category:2010–11 in Slovenian basketball Category:2010–11 in Croatian basketball Category:2010–11 in Iranian basketball Category:Basketball in Tunisia 2010