2010 FIBA World Championship qualification

The final ranking of each continental championship determines which teams go to Turkey for the world championship, with FIBA allocating slots partly based on a zone's strength.

Teams that failed to crack the top positions in their respective continental championships may still be selected as wild cards to fill out the 24-team cast.

A total of 106 countries participated in qualification to the world championship.

The USA also received an automatic berth for winning the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament.

Certain peculiarities include: Qualifying tournaments: The draw for the championship took place in Istanbul on December 15, 2009.