Qualifying
Turkey automatically qualified as the host country, and the USA also received an automatic berth for winning the 2008 Olympic Men's Basketball Tournament.
Most other teams secured their places in continental qualifying tournaments (three from Africa, three from Asia, two from Oceania, four from the Americas, and six from Europe). FIBA invited four "wild card" teams to fill out the twenty-four team field.
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