The 2010
FIBA World Championship for Women, the 16th edition of
FIBA
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's premier tournament for women's national
basketball
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teams, was held from September 23 to October 3, 2010 in the
Czech Republic
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. Three cities,
Ostrava
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,
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
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with silver and
Spain
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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
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and
Slovakia
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to be separate teams from the former
Czechoslovakia
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. The
Czech Republic
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's
Hana Horáková
Hana Horáková ( Machová, ; born 11 September 1979 in Bruntál) is a basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for BK Brno. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final. ...
was chosen as the tournament's most valuable player.
Pre-tournament favourites
USA,
Russia
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, and
Australia dominated play in the first two rounds, with the
Russia
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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
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and
Australia suffered shock defeats to
Belarus
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and the
Czech Republic
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respectively. Meanwhile, the
USA cruised into the final with easy wins over injury-ridden
South Korea
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and
Spain
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. After knocking out the defending World Champions, the Czechs defeated
Belarus
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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
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. 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
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four riv ...
, while the Final Round was played at
Karlovy Vary.
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.
Squads
Preliminary round
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Eighth-final round
Group E
Group F
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
Rebounds
Assists
Blocks
Steals
Final standings
Awards
All-Tournament Team
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Hana Horáková
Hana Horáková ( Machová, ; born 11 September 1979 in Bruntál) is a basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for BK Brno. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final. ...
*
Diana Taurasi
*
Eva Vítečková
Eva Vítečková (; born 26 January 1982) is a Czech basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...
*
Sancho Lyttle
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Yelena Leuchanka
Alena Leuchanka ( be, Алена Сцяпанаўна Леўчанка; born April 30, 1983) is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos.
Biography
Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 seas ...
See also
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2010 FIBA World Championship for Men
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2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
References
External links
2010 FIBA World Championship for Women official website
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2010 in women's basketball
International women's basketball competitions hosted by the Czech Republic
2010 in Czech women's sport
September 2010 sports events in Europe
October 2010 sports events in Europe
2010–11 in Czech basketball