The Central Board of the World Basketball Federation ( FIBA ) awarded the event to the Czech Republic during its meeting on December 10, 2007 in Chicago , after the also candidate associations from Australia, France and Latvia withdrew their applications.
In the preliminary round four teams play against each other in four groups. The winner of a game receives two points, the loser one point. If a game is tied at the end of regular time, there is extra time. The first three teams in these groups qualify for the intermediate round.
Group A - Ostrau
space
team
Games
Victories
Dutch
baskets
Points
Diff.
1
Australia Australia
3
3
0
246: 174
6th
+72
2
Belarus 1995 Belarus
3
2
1
188: 189
5
-1
3
Canada Canada
3
1
2
161: 194
4th
-33
4th
China People's Republic China
3
0
3
186: 224
3
-38
game
date
Team 1
Team 2
1st Q.
2nd Q.
3rd Q.
4th Q.
Loss
Result
A1
09/23/2010
Belarus 1995Belarus
China People's Republic China
11:10
20:17
21:21
16: 09
68:57
A2
09/23/2010
Canada Canada
AustraliaAustralia
12:20
11:14
15:18
09:20
47:72
A3
09/24/2010
China People's Republic China
CanadaCanada
23:18
14:12
13:22
11:13
61:65
A4
09/24/2010
AustraliaAustralia
Belarus 1995 Belarus
24:21
18:11
13:11
28:16
83:59
A5
09/25/2010
China People's Republic China
AustraliaAustralia
19:32
17:19
16:22
16:18
68:91
A6
09/25/2010
Canada Canada
Belarus 1995Belarus
16:20
06:11
11:15
16:15
49:61
Group B - Ostrau
space
team
Games
Victories
Dutch
baskets
Points
Diff.
1
United States United States (USA)
3
3
0
288: 185
6th
+103
2
France France
3
2
1
212: 181
5
+31
3
Greece Greece
3
1
2
211: 236
4th
-25
4th
Senegal Senegal
3
0
3
165: 274
3
-109
game
date
Team 1
Team 2
1st Q.
2nd Q.
3rd Q.
4th Q.
Loss
Result
B1
09/23/2010
Greece Greece
United StatesUnited States
18:32
17:20
15:15
23:32
73:99
B2
09/23/2010
Senegal Senegal
FranceFrance
13:22
03:22
16:11
13:28
45:83
B3
09/24/2010
United StatesUnited States
Senegal Senegal
30:11
28:14
28:11
22:16
108: 52
B4
09/24/2010
FranceFrance
Greece Greece
20:12
20:11
11:17
18:15
69:55
B5
09/25/2010
United StatesUnited States
France France
13:10
23:19
25:19
20:12
81:60
B6
09/25/2010
Senegal Senegal
GreeceGreece
13:22
16:18
18:19
21:24
68:83
Group C - Brno
space
team
Games
Victories
Dutch
baskets
Points
Diff.
1
Spain Spain
3
3
0
233: 162
6th
+71
2
Korea South South Korea
3
2
1
198: 210
5
-12
3
Brazil Brazil
3
1
2
197: 203
4th
–6
4th
Mali Mali
3
0
3
175: 228
3
-53
game
date
Team 1
Team 2
1st Q.
2nd Q.
3rd Q.
4th Q.
Loss
Result
C1
09/23/2010
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Brazil Brazil
21:19
12:10
15:22
13: 09
61:60
C2
09/23/2010
Mali Mali
SpainSpain
07:15
06:26
10:24
13:15
36:80
C3
09/24/2010
SpainSpain
Korea South South Korea
23:23
13: 07
21:18
27:21
84:69
C4
09/24/2010
BrazilBrazil
Mali Mali
14:12
22:19
22:23
22:19
80:73
C5
09/25/2010
Mali Mali
Korea SouthSouth Korea
09:26
21:11
14:13
18:12
04: 06
66:68
C6
09/25/2010
Brazil Brazil
SpainSpain
15:15
08:22
15:23
19: 09
57:69
Group D - Brno
space
team
Games
Victories
Dutch
baskets
Points
Diff.
1
Russia Russia
3
3
0
218: 174
6th
+44
2
Czech Republic Czech Republic
3
2
1
185: 168
5
+17
3
Japan Japan
3
1
2
182: 210
4th
-28
4th
Argentina Argentina
3
0
3
170: 203
3
-33
game
date
Team 1
Team 2
1st Q.
2nd Q.
3rd Q.
4th Q.
Loss
Result
D1
09/23/2010
Japan Japan
RussiaRussia
14:21
24:22
15:27
10:16
63:86
D2
09/23/2010
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Argentina Argentina
20:12
13:13
15: 06
19:22
67:53
D3
09/24/2010
Argentina Argentina
JapanJapan
18:17
13:17
11:14
16:11
58:59
D4
09/24/2010
RussiaRussia
Czech Republic Czech Republic
12: 09
21:13
09:14
13:16
55:52
D5
09/25/2010
Argentina Argentina
RussiaRussia
12:23
22:21
09:17
16:16
59:77
D6
09/25/2010
Japan Japan
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
19:22
11:16
16:15
14:13
60:66
Intermediate round
The top four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. All results from the preliminary round are carried over to this round.