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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

1. Greece
2. Lithuania
3. United States
4. Kazakhstan
5. Germany
6. China
7. Latvia
8. Italy
9. South Korea
10. Cyprus

Source: Delfi News.

See also

• International Military Sports Council
• Military World Games

External links

• WMBC Main Page