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FIBA holds draw for 2010 basketball worldsskip to main content (press enter)Your weather location has not been setSet weather locationCBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK FIBA holds draw for 2010 basketball worlds Last Updated Tuesday December 15 2009 1101 AM ET Comments5Recommend3The Canadian Press Canada has been drawn in a group with defending champion Spain France Lebanon Lithuania and New Zealand at the world mens basketball championship in Turkey next year (Michael ConroyAssociated Press)Canada has been drawn in a group with defending champion Spain France Lebanon Lithuania and New Zealand at the world mens basketball championship in Turkey next yearThe draw held Tuesday in an Istanbul hotel divided 24 teams into four groups of six with each team playing the other five in their group After that the top four teams in each group head into a knockout stageSpain is currently third in the world while Canada is 19th Lithuania is No 6 New Zealand No 13 and Lebanon No 24Spain Greece Argentina and the United States head the four groupsSpain won the last championship in Japan in 2006 Argentina is currently the topranked basketball country and the US won the Olympics in BeijingThe championship will be played Aug 28Sept 12 in Ankara Kayseri Istanbul and Izmir The Canadian Press 2009This story is now closed to commentingNote The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted Please note that comments are published according to our submission guidelinesStory Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Story comments (5)Sort Most recent First to last Agreedellas1 wrotePosted 20091218at 1054 AM ETGo Greece Go!030Agree 3DisagreePolicy Report abuseboatguy1 wrotePosted 20091217at 941 AM ETThe reason our Mens Nats are ranked so low on the world list is we havent attended a Worlds or Olympics with our mens team since the late 80s Its all about perception with FIBA The reason we cant get into the Worlds or Olympics each go round is there are only 2...