2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

The 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held in Birmingham, Great Britain from 7 to 17 July 2010. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held. The Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.[1]

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
VenueNational Indoor Arena
LocationBirmingham
Start date7 July
End date17 July
Competitors12 teams (men)
10 teams (women) from 16 nations
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The Championship was staged at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.
#9 Vincenzo Di Bennardo, Italy vs USA, Men's Bronze Medal Game

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team   Australia (AUS)

Dylan Alcott
Jeremy Doyle
Justin Eveson
Michael Hartnett
Tristan Knowles
Bill Latham
John Mcphail
Grant Mizens
Brad Ness
Shaun Norris
Tige Simmons
Brett Stibners
Coach: Ben Ettridge

  France (FRA)

Laurent Blasczak
Audrey Cayol
Jerome Courneil
Roger Deda
Jerome Duran
Franck Etavard
Frederic Guyot
Nicolas Jouanserre
David Levrat
Bertrand Libman
Sofyane Mehiaoui
Ludovic Sarron
Coach: Franck Belen

  United States (USA)

Eric Barber
Joseph Chambers
Jacob Counts
Nathan Hinze
Jeremy Lade
Matthew Lesperance
Jason Nelms
Michael Paye
Paul Schulte
Matthew Scott
Steve Serio
William Waller
Coach: James Glatch

Women's team   United States (USA)

Sarah Castle
Jennifer Chew
Carlee Hoffman
Darlene Hunter
Mary Allison Milford
Caitlin Mcdermott
Desiree Miller
Rebecca Murray
Christina Ripp
Natalie Schneider
Stephanie Wheeler
Andrea Woodson-Smith
Coach: David Kiley

  Germany (GER)

Mareike Adermann
Silke Bleifuß
Annabel Breuer
Heike Friedrich
Simone Kues
Maria Kühn
Maya Lindholm
Birgit Meitner
Marina Mohnen
Edina Müller
Gesche Schünemann
Annika Zeyen
Coach: Holger Glinicki

  Canada (CAN)

Marni Abbott-Peter
Elaine Allard
Chantal Benoit
Tracey Ferguson
Tara Feser
Katie Harnock
Nancy Lafleche
Janet McLachlan
Kendra Ohama
Cindy Ouellet
Jessica Vliegenthart
Elisha Williams
Coach: Bill Johnson

Squads

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Each of the 12 men's and 10 women's teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability.[2] The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Preliminary round

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All times local (UTC)

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
  Great Britain 5 5 0 379 272 +107 10
  United States 5 4 1 412 264 +148 9
  Italy 5 3 2 308 327 −19 8
  Poland 5 2 3 316 346 −30 7
  Japan 5 1 4 297 377 −80 6
  South Korea 5 0 5 269 395 −126 5
7 July 2010
Great Britain   87–43   South Korea National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
8 July 2010
Italy   74–69   Poland National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan   59–74   Great Britain National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
South Korea   67–92   United States National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
United States   83–34   Poland National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan   71–55   South Korea National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Great Britain   65–45   Italy National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Poland   82–61   Japan National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States   82–39   Italy National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan   46–89   United States National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Italy   73–51   South Korea National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Poland   59–75   Great Britain National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain   78–66   United States National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Italy   77–60   Japan National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
South Korea   53–72   Poland National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
  Australia 5 5 0 381 253 +128 10
  Canada 5 4 1 339 287 +52 9
  Turkey 5 2 3 337 327 +10 7
  France 5 2 3 302 303 −1 7
  Mexico 5 2 3 229 347 −118 7
  Algeria 5 0 5 264 409 −145 5
8 July 2010
Turkey   83–52   Algeria National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada   68–45   Mexico National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia   75–63   France National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
France   54–57   Mexico National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey   54–66   Australia National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Algeria   61–87   Canada National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Australia   92–44   Algeria National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada   67–55   France National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Mexico   75–83   Turkey National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Algeria   47–69   France National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia   81–43   Mexico National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey   60–69   Canada National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Mexico   79–61   Algeria National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
France   61–57   Turkey National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada   49–67   Australia National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 July 2010
 
 
  Australia68
 
15 July 2010
 
  Poland34
 
  Australia68
 
14 July 2010
 
  United States58
 
  United States92
 
17 July 2010
 
  Turkey50
 
  Australia79
 
14 July 2010
 
  France69
 
  Canada47
 
15 July 2010
 
  Italy63
 
  Italy58
 
14 July 2010
 
  France63 Third place
 
  Great Britain50
 
17 July 2010
 
  France59
 
  Italy42
 
 
  United States71
 

9th–12th playoffs

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9th–12th semifinals
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14 July
9:30
Mexico   64–57   South Korea
14 July
10:00
Japan   82–36   Algeria
11th place playoff
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16 July
10:00
Algeria   51–64   South Korea
9th place playoff
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16 July
11:45
Japan   59–63   Mexico

5th–8th playoffs

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5th–8th semifinals
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15 July
14:15
Turkey   49–62   Poland
15 July
16:15
Great Britain   67–51   Canada
7th place playoff
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16 July
14:15
Canada   71–61   Turkey
5th place playoff
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16 July
16:30
Great Britain   82–68   Poland

Quarterfinals

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14 July
11:45
Australia   68–34   Poland
14 July
12:15
Canada   47–63   Italy
14 July
16:15
Great Britain   50–59   France
14 July
16:30
United States   92–50   Turkey

Semifinals

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15 July
12:15
Italy   58–63   France
15 July
16:30
Australia   68–58   United States

Bronze medal game

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17 July
11:45
Italy   42–71   United States

Final

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17 July
16:15
Australia   79–69   France


 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 
 
Australia
1st title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Australia
2   France
3   United States
4   Italy
5   Great Britain
6   Poland
7   Canada
8   Turkey
9   Mexico
10   Japan
11   South Korea
12   Algeria

Women

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Preliminary round

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All times local (UTC)

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
  Australia 4 3 1 233 187 +46 7
  Canada 4 3 1 233 206 +27 7
  Netherlands 4 2 2 197 196 +1 6
  Great Britain 4 1 3 184 191 −7 5
  Mexico 4 1 3 188 255 −67 5
7 July 2010
Great Britain   38–39   Netherlands National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
8 July 2010
Mexico   38–82   Australia National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada   54–49   Great Britain National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
Netherlands   54–58   Canada National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Netherlands   47–56   Mexico National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia   48–40   Great Britain National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Australia   44–57   Netherlands National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Mexico   37–51   Canada National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain   57–50   Mexico National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada   52–59   Australia National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
  United States 4 4 0 268 152 +116 8
  Germany 4 3 1 273 192 +81 7
  Japan 4 2 2 223 184 +39 6
  China 4 1 3 198 277 −79 5
  Brazil 4 0 4 112 269 −157 4
8 July 2010
Brazil   25–73   Germany National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States   56–35   Japan National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
China   50–88   Germany National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Brazil   24–66   United States National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
United States   81–40   China National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan   69–22   Brazil National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan   52–59   Germany National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Brazil   41–61   China National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Germany   53–65   United States National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
China   47–67   Japan National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 July 2010
 
 
  United States53
 
15 July 2010
 
  Great Britain37
 
  United States68
 
14 July 2010
 
  Canada58
 
  Canada62
 
17 July 2010
 
  Japan39
 
  United States55
 
14 July 2010
 
  Germany53
 
  Australia77
 
15 July 2010
 
  China38
 
  Australia47
 
14 July 2010
 
  Germany66 Third place
 
  Germany63
 
17 July 2010
 
  Netherlands40
 
  Australia49
 
 
  Canada59
 

9th place playoff

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16 July
12:15
Mexico   73–33   Brazil

5th–8th playoffs

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5th–8th semifinals
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15 July
10:00
Netherlands   69–48   China
15 July
11:45
Japan   31–46   Great Britain
7th place playoff
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16 July
14:00
Japan   58–41   China
5th place playoff
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Quarterfinals

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14 July
14:15
Germany   63–40   Netherlands
14 July
18:30
Australia   77–38   China
14 July
18:45
Canada   62–39   Japan

Semifinals

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15 July
14:00
Australia   47–66   Germany
15 July
18:30
United States   68–58   Canada

Bronze medal game

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17 July
9:30
Australia   49–59   Canada

Final

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17 July
14:00
United States   55–53   Germany


 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 
 
United States
2nd title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   United States
2   Germany
3   Canada
4   Australia
5   Netherlands
6   Great Britain
7   Japan
8   China
9   Mexico
10   Brazil

See also

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References

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