World Military Basketball Championship

World Military Basketball Championship is a championship annually held in the beginning of summer between men and women serving in the military from around the world.

2009

Preliminary round

The 2009 championship was held in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Ten nations participated in this event in Taikos 61 Sports Center in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The arrival of the teams occurred on June 6, 2009. The nations were divided into two groups of five. In the preliminary round, nations would battle each other once for a total of 4 games. Then, the top two teams would qualify to the finals (1st-4th place), and the next two teams would qualify to relegation round (5th-8th place). Teams will depart on June 15, 2009.

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lithuania	4	4	0	352	245	+107
2.	Kazakhstan	4	3	1	302	305	– 3
3.	Latvia	4	2	2	298	283	+15
4.	Italy	4	1	3	221	270	–49
5.	Cyprus	4	0	4	222	292	–70

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Greece	4	3	1	333	291	+42
2.	United States	4	2	2	355	332	+23
3.	China	4	2	2	316	347	–31
4.	Germany	4	2	2	339	340	– 1
5.	South Korea	4	1	3	341	362	–21

Finals

Semi-finals		Final

13 June - Taikos 61

Greece	93
		14 June – Taikos 61
Kazakhstan	73
		Greece	86
13 June - Taikos 61
		Lithuania	69
Lithuania	76

United States	72
		Third place

		14 June - Taikos 61

		Kazakhstan	90

		United States	97

5th - 8th place

Semi-finals		Final

13 June - Taikos 61

China	83
		14 June – Taikos 61
Italy	68
		China	73
13 June - Taikos 61
		Germany	86
Germany

Latvia
		Third place

		14 June - Taikos 61

		Italy	62

		Latvia	72

Standings

Greece
Lithuania
United States
Kazakhstan
Germany
China
Latvia
Italy
South Korea
Cyprus

Source: Delfi News.

External links

WMBC Main Page

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