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2010 FIBA World Championship for Women

2010 FIBA World Championship for Women

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIBA World Championship for Women
year2010
other_titlesMistrovství světa v basketbalu žen 2010
image2010 FIBA World Championship for Women logo.png
size150px
cityOstrava
Brno
Karlovy Vary
country
datesSeptember 23 – October 3
num_teams16
confederations5
venues3
cities3
champion_other
count8
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
mvpCZE Hana Horáková
top_scorerJPN Yuko Oga
(19.1 points per game)
prevseason[2006](2006-fiba-world-championship-for-women)
nextseason[2014](2014-fiba-world-championship-for-women)

Brno Karlovy Vary (19.1 points per game)

The 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 16th edition of FIBA's premier tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held from September 23 to October 3, 2010 in the Czech Republic. Three cities, Ostrava, Brno and Karlovy Vary, hosted games. Four countries initially bid for the event but Australia, France and Latvia withdrew during the bidding process.

The USA won its eighth title, extending its own record for the most wins in tournament history. The other medalists—the Czech Republic with silver and Spain with bronze—had not previously medaled at a World Championship. The Czechoslovakia women's team had won six medals in previous World Championships, but FIBA considers the Czech Republic and Slovakia to be separate teams from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic's Hana Horáková was chosen as the tournament's most valuable player.

Pre-tournament favourites USA, Russia, and Australia dominated play in the first two rounds, with the Russia and the USA going undefeated and Australia only losing to the USA in the second round after both teams had guaranteed progression to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, however, Russia and Australia suffered shock defeats to Belarus and the Czech Republic respectively. Meanwhile, the USA cruised into the final with easy wins over injury-ridden South Korea and Spain. After knocking out the defending World Champions, the Czechs defeated Belarus in overtime to set up the final with the USA.

In the final the USA were heavy favourites but the Czechs were supported by a partisan crowd of over 6000 that included Czech president Václav Klaus. The USA led for most of the match, but the Czechs were able to keep it close in the first half, trailing only 40-35 at the break. The USA pulled away in the second half to win 89-69.

Venues

Participating nations.

The tournament was held in three cities. The Preliminary Round and the Eighth-final Round was played at Brno and Ostrava, while the Final Round was played at Karlovy Vary.

Karlovy VaryOstravaBrno
KV Arena
Capacity: 6,000ČEZ Aréna
Capacity: 9,000Arena Vodova
Capacity: 3,200
[[File:Kvarena-2.jpg150px]][[File:CEZ arena.JPG150px]][[File:Sideview of City gym Vodova in Brno, Brno District.jpg150px]]

Qualification

16 teams participated in the 2010 World Championship for Women. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, they automatically qualified for the 2010 World Championship.

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedTotal16
Host Nation1
2008 Summer Olympics9–23 August 2008CHN Beijing1
EuroBasket Women 20097–20 June 2009LAT Latvia5
[2009 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women](2009-fiba-oceania-championship-for-women)31 August – 2 September 2009New Zealand
Australia1
[2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Women](2009-fiba-africa-championship-for-women)9–18 October 2009MAD Antananarivo2
[2009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women](2009-fiba-americas-championship-for-women)23–27 September 2009BRA Cuiabá3
[2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women](2009-fiba-asia-championship-for-women)17–24 September 2009IND Chennai3

Squads

Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

Preliminary round

:Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
330246174+72**6**
321188189−1**5**
312161194−33**4**
303186224−38**3**

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
330288185+103**6**
321212181+31**5**
312211236−25**4**
303165274−99**3**

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
330233162+71**6**
321198210−12**5**
312197203−6**4**
303175228−53**3**

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
330218174+44**6**
321185168+17**5**
312182210−28**4**
303170203−33**3**

Eighth-final round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
660565367+198**12**
651476363+113**11**
642371338+33**10**
633371424−53**9**
624392455−63**8**
615306387−81**7**

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
660451342+109**12**
651463354+109**11**
642422380+42**10**
633376451−75**9**
624413454−41**8**
615396454−58**7**

Knockout round

Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women knockout stage

Championship Bracket

|October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||106||44 |October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||71| (OT)|74 |October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||68||79 |October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||70||53 |October 2 – Karlovy Vary ||106||70 |October 2 – Karlovy Vary | (OT)|81||77 |October 3 – Karlovy Vary ||89||69 |October 3 – Karlovy Vary ||77||68

13th–16th playoffs

|September 28 – Karlovy Vary ||71||69 |September 28 – Karlovy Vary | (OT)|74||69 |September 29 – Karlovy Vary ||86||60 |September 29 – Karlovy Vary ||67| (OT)|69

13th–16th semifinals

15th place playoff

13th place playoff

9th–12th playoffs

|October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||59||63 |October 1 – Karlovy Vary ||58||64 |October 2 – Karlovy Vary ||79||84 |October 2 – Karlovy Vary ||71||55

9th–12th semifinals

11th place playoff

9th place playoff

5th–8th playoffs

|October 2 – Karlovy Vary ||46||61 |October 2 – Karlovy Vary ||78||73 |October 3 – Karlovy Vary ||62||74 |October 3 – Karlovy Vary ||76||87

5th–8th semifinals

7th place playoff

5th place playoff

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women Final

Statistical leaders

Points

NamePPG
JPN Yuko Oga19.1
ESP Sancho Lyttle18.4
GRE Evanthia Maltsi17.9
ESP Amaya Valdemoro17.7
BRA Erika de Souza16.6

Rebounds

NameRPG
BRA Erika de Souza12.0
ESP Sancho Lyttle11.5
MLI Nagnouma Coulibaly10.4
BLR Yelena Leuchanka8.8
JPN Asami Yoshida8.1

Assists

NameAPG
JPN Asami Yoshida4.6
CZE Hana Horáková3.9
FRA Céline Dumerc
JPN Yuko Oga3.8
BRA Adriana Moisés Pinto
CHN Miao Lijie3.4

Blocks

NameBPG
CZE Petra Kulichová1.8
BLR Anastasiya Verameyenka1.7
BRA Erika de Souza1.5
FRA Emmeline Ndongue
CHN Chen Nan1.2

Steals

NameSPG
CZE Hana Horáková2.9
USA Angel McCoughtry2.7
GRE Evanthia Maltsi2.4
JPN Asami Yoshida2.1
CAN Teresa Gabriele1.9

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
19–0
26–3
37–2
44–5
57–2
65–4
77–2
83–6
94–4
102–6
113–5
121–7
132–3
141–4
151–4
160–5

Awards

Most Valuable Player
CZE Hana Horáková

All-Tournament Team

  • CZE Hana Horáková
  • USA Diana Taurasi
  • CZE Eva Vítečková
  • ESP Sancho Lyttle
  • BLR Yelena Leuchanka

References

References

  1. (2007-12-10). "FIBA Central Board - 2010 Women's World Championships for Czech Republic". AIPS.
  2. "CZE - FIBA considers lowering rim for women's basketball". FIBA.COM.
  3. (October 2, 2010). "Hosts shock Australia as Russia lose to Belarus". BBC News.
  4. "KOR - Derailed by injuries {{!}} FIBA.COM".
  5. (October 3, 2010). "Czechs steal thrilling OT win at basketball worlds". BBC News.
  6. (2010-10-04). "US women beat Czechs for gold at basketball worlds". USA Today.
  7. "2010 FIBA Women's World Championship: United States beats Czech Republic for gold medal". ESPN.com.
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