2010 FIBA World Championship final

2010 FIBA World Championship final
	USA's Billups and Odom holding the trophy
81	64
Date	September 12, 2010
Venue	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Referees	Cristiano Jesus Maranho, Luigi Lamonica, Juan Arteaga
Attendance	15,000
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The 2010 FIBA World Championship final was a basketball game between the men's national teams of 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]

^ "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.

[1] "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.

[2] "U.S. Olympic basketball team beats Turkey by 32 points". Full Court Press – A Detroit Pistons Blog. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-12.

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