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2009-10-13 16:52
FIBAThe criteria for the wild cards set FIBA might be not the only factor to decide which countries are given the opportunity to play in World Championship next year. Vladas Garastas, LKF president, told to lrytas.lt that FIBA unofficially revealed that they are willing to give wild cards to those countries that are prepared to pay for them.

Going even further Garastas said that Russians declared that they will send a money bag to FIBA in case they don't qualify directly for the World Championship Turkey 2010 and that's what happened in Eurobasket 2009.

These are the official criteria for the wild cards available for everyone to see on FIBA's website :

The criteria for the wild cards

    * In order to be invited, a team must have participated in its 2009 FIBA Zone Qualifying Championship.
    * There can be a maximum number of three teams from a given FIBA Zone.

In addition to the two above-mentioned requirements, FIBA shall take into consideration the following aspects:

Sporting Aspects

    * Popularity of basketball in the country
    * Quality and sporting results of the country's national team
    * Quality of work by the National Federation

Economic Aspects

    * Involvement of local television station(s) and/or competition(s) in domestic and international basketball
    * Importance of the country to FIBA's marketing and television partners
    * Importance of the country to the Organizers of the FIBA World Championship

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wild card
chadi chami (Unregistered) 2009-10-22 13:30:47
i wish to get lebanon, russia ,germany ,lituhania the wild card
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wild card
mireille makary (Unregistered) 2009-10-22 13:32:24
i wish to get lebanon the wild cardb and russia......
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wild card
chadi chami (Unregistered) 2009-10-29 06:02:55
lebanon is so close to turkey, many lebnanese would travel in turkey,13 december wild card,ger
germany
russia
lithiania
lebanon
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Wild card
Haydar (Unregistered) 2009-11-11 15:14:32
lebanon must get a wild card because it is injustice in the game with china
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wild card
daivid el jamal (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 12:58:47
lebanon deserves the wild card
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Lebanon deserves a wildcard
Ali (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 13:20:34
LEBANON - Lithuania - Germany - Russia
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wild card
chris (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 13:22:26
lebanon deserves the wild card !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wild card
housam (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 13:22:28
i wish that fiba would look at us and give us a card since we really deserve it
go lebanon
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Rony (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 13:27:30
Lebanon -On mérite vraiment l'invitation après avoir perdu contre la Chine (mal arbitré le match).
Moi je dis LIBAN merite vraiment !!!
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ralph (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 15:16:43
lebanon deserves the wild card !!!!!
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Lebanon
Khaled (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 17:34:14
Lebanon deserve a wild card GOOO LEBANON
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lebanon
BIG S (Unregistered) 2009-11-20 18:56:20
lebanon desereve the wc and being in turkey next summer
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ali karaki (Unregistered) 2009-11-21 00:00:31
go lebanon!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lebanon deserves a wildcard
Aloush (Unregistered) 2009-11-22 18:03:09
Please give Lebanon a chance and im sure that Lebanon will play very good in the world championship
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Lebanon
Geoffrey (Unregistered) 2009-11-28 09:47:46
Lebanon deserve the wild cardd !!!!!1
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fiba wild cards
chadi chami (Unregistered) 2009-12-01 04:57:48
i wish to vote for lebanon and russia and germany and lithuiania to gives the wild cards
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