Spain will be facing a challenging Group D for the 2010 World Championships in Turkey. Rivals are France, New Zealand, Lebanon and Canada.
The Groups for the 2010 Championship are as follow:
- Group A (Kayseri): Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Jordan, Germany, Angola
- Group B (Istanbul): Croatia, Brazil, Tunisia, Slovenia, Iran, USA
- Group C (Ankara): China, Turkey, Russia, Puerto Rico, Ivory Coast, Greece
- Group D (Izmir): Lithuania, Lebanon, France, Spain, Canada, New Zealand
The first game will be complicated as Spain will debut against France who is normally strong during all World Games. The full Fiba World Championship 2010 schedule will be posted when available
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!