The 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 16th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship, 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 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
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 Vary Ostrava Brno KV Arena ČEZ Aréna Arena Vodova Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 3,200
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.
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation 12008 Summer Olympics9–23 August 2008 Beijing1EuroBasket Women 20097–20 June 2009 Latvia52009 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women31 August – 2 September 200912009 FIBA Africa Championship for Women9–18 October 2009 Antananarivo22009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women23–27 September 2009 Cuiabá32009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women17–24 September 2009 Chennai3 Total 16
Squads
Preliminary round
Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 246 174 +72 6 3 2 1 188 189 −1 5 3 1 2 161 194 −33 4 3 0 3 186 224 −38 3
Group B
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 288 185 +103 6 3 2 1 212 181 +31 5 3 1 2 211 236 −25 4 3 0 3 165 274 −99 3
Group C
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 233 162 +71 6 3 2 1 198 210 −12 5 3 1 2 197 203 −6 4 3 0 3 175 228 −53 3
Group D
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 218 174 +44 6 3 2 1 185 168 +17 5 3 1 2 182 210 −28 4 3 0 3 170 203 −33 3
Eighth-final round Qualified for the quarterfinals
Group E
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 6 6 0 565 367 +198 12 6 5 1 476 363 +113 11 6 4 2 371 338 +33 10 6 3 3 371 424 −53 9 6 2 4 392 455 −63 8 6 1 5 306 387 −81 7
Group F
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 6 6 0 451 342 +109 12 6 5 1 463 354 +109 11 6 4 2 422 380 +42 10 6 3 3 376 451 −75 9 6 2 4 413 454 −41 8 6 1 5 396 454 −58 7
Knockout round Championship Bracket
13th–16th playoffs
13th–16th semifinals
15th place playoff
13th place playoff
9th–12th playoffs
9th–12th semifinals
11th place playoff
9th place playoff
5th–8th playoffs
5th–8th semifinals
7th place playoff
5th place playoff
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistical leaders
Points Name PPG Yuko Oga 19.1 Sancho Lyttle 18.4 Evanthia Maltsi 17.9 Amaya Valdemoro 17.7 Erika de Souza 16.6
Rebounds Name RPG Erika de Souza 12.0 Sancho Lyttle 11.5 Naîgnouma Coulibaly 10.4 Yelena Leuchanka 8.8 Asami Yoshida 8.1
Assists Name APG Asami Yoshida 4.6 Hana Horáková 3.9 Céline Dumerc Yuko Oga 3.8 Adriana Moisés Pinto Miao Lijie 3.4
Blocks Name BPG Petra Kulichová 1.8 Anastasiya Verameyenka 1.7 Erika de Souza 1.5 Emmeline Ndongue Chen Nan 1.2
Steals Name SPG Hana Horáková 2.9 Angel McCoughtry 2.7 Evanthia Maltsi 2.4 Asami Yoshida 2.1 Teresa Gabriele 1.9
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 9–0 2 6–3 3 7–2 4 4–5 5 7–2 6 5–4 7 7–2 8 3–6 9 4–4 10 2–6 11 3–5 12 1–7 13 2–3 14 1–4 15 1–4 16 0–5
Awards
Most Valuable Player Hana Horáková
All-Tournament Team Hana Horáková Diana Taurasi Eva Vítečková Sancho Lyttle Yelena Leuchanka
See also 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
References
External links
2010 FIBA World Championship for Women official website