It has been a long way for all the countries and now we welcome you all to the round of 16 where each team has only one chance of winning towards the championship. In this elimination round a single loss spell an immediate elimination from the FIBA World Championship. Yesterday, Spain and Serbia already moved up towards the quarter finals and today, Slovenia and Australia will show all their might to stay on and survive to move in the quarterfinals.

We are now here at Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul to give you live coverage of the anticipated clash between the second strongest team in Group B, Slovenia and the third strongest team in Group A, Australia.

This is a battle to the end and this will be an exciting match-up as both teams are of similar strength. The Slovenian team already nudged an average score of 78.6 in the preliminary round while the Australian hit 76.2 points per game. The only difference is with regards to the win to loss ratio of both teams. Slovenia won 4 of its 5 matches succumbing to the might of the USA team while Australia won 3 of its 2 games. Australia loss to both Argentina and Serbia in its last game at Group A.

Let us move to the court as the players are already preparing for this round of 16 special.

Keep it here at fiint for more of the live action on the court as it happens.

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FIBA World Championship 2010 Group Table and Day 1 Results - The FIBA World Champioship live game schedules is finally set and now bringing the best of basketball players. The much awaited basketball tournament officially tipoff yesterday together with the first 12 nations to play. The FIBA World Championship 2010 is consists of 24 nations that will battle for the 2010 title. The FIBA World Championship 2010 will tip-off today, August 28, 2010 hosted by Turkey. The basketball tournament will run from August 28 to September 12, 2010 for the championship match.

The basketball tournament will have 24 nations, the third time after 1986 and 2006 tournaments. Group battle will be held on their respective venues: Group A in Kayseri, Group B in Instanbul, Group C in Ankara and Group D in Izmir.

Group A consists of Argentina, Serbia, Australia, Germany, Angola and Jordan.
Group B: USA, Slovenia, Brazil, Croatia, Iran, Tunisia,
Group C: Greece, Turkey, Puerto Rico, RUssia, China and Côte d’Ivoire.
Group D: Spain, France, Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand and Lebanon.

Here is the FIBA World Champioship Game results held yesterday for the opening game:

Group A: Australia 76 – Jordan 75; Serbia 94 -Angola 44; Argentina 78 – Germany 74
Group B: Slovenia 80 – Tunisia 56; USA 106 – Croatia 78; Brazil 81 – Iran 65
Group C: Greece 89 – China 81, Russia 75 – Puerto Rico 66, Turkey 86 – Cote d’Ivoire 47
Group D : Lithuania 92 – New Zealand 79: Lebanon 81 – Canada 71: France 72 – Spain 66