2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
Venue	National Indoor Arena
Location	Birmingham
Start date	7 July
End date	17 July
Competitors	12 teams (men) 10 teams (women) from 16 nations

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]

Medalists[]

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	(FRA) Coach:	United States (USA) Joseph Chambers Nathan Hinze Jeremy Lade Matthew Lesperance Jason Nelms Michael Paye Paul Schulte Matthew Scott Steve Serio Coach:
Women's team	United States (USA) Sarah Castle Jennifer Chew Carlee Hoffman Darlene Hunter Desiree Miller Rebecca Murray Christina Ripp Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Coach:	(GER) Mareike Adermann Annabel Breuer Heike Friedrich Simone Kues Maria Kühn Maya Lindholm 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 Janet McLachlan Kendra Ohama Cindy Ouellet Elisha Williams Coach:

Squads[]

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.

Men[]

Preliminary round[]

All times local (UTC)

Group A[]

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
	5	3	2	308	327	−19	8
	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
		74–69			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			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan		71–55		South Korea	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Great Britain		65–45			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
		82–61		Japan	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States		82–39			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan		46–89		United States	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		73–51		South Korea	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		59–75		Great Britain	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain		78–66		United States	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		77–60		Japan	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
South Korea		53–72			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B[]

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
	5	2	3	302	303	−1	7
	5	2	3	229	347	−118	7
	5	0	5	264	409	−145	5

8 July 2010
Turkey		83–52			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada		68–45			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia		75–63			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
		54–57			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey		54–66		Australia	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		61–87		Canada	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Australia		92–44			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada		67–55			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		75–83		Turkey	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
		47–69			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia		81–43			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey		60–69		Canada	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
		79–61			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		61–57		Turkey	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada		49–67		Australia	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 July 2010
	Australia	68
					15 July 2010
		34
					Australia	68
	14 July 2010
					United States	58
	United States	92
									17 July 2010
	Turkey	50
									Australia	79
	14 July 2010
										69
	Canada	47
					15 July 2010
		63
						58
	14 July 2010
						63			Third place
	Great Britain	50
									17 July 2010
		59
										42
									United States	71

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[]

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
Australia 1st title

Final standings[]

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

Women[]

Preliminary round[]

All times local (UTC)

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.
Australia	4	3	1	233	187	+46	7
Canada	4	3	1	233	206	+27	7
	4	2	2	197	196	+1	6
Great Britain	4	1	3	184	191	−7	5
	4	1	3	188	255	−67	5

7 July 2010
Great Britain		38–39			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
8 July 2010
		38–82		Australia	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada		54–49		Great Britain	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
		54–58		Canada	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
		47–56			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia		48–40		Great Britain	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Australia		44–57			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		37–51		Canada	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain		57–50			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada		52–59		Australia	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.
United States	4	4	0	268	152	+116	8
	4	3	1	273	192	+81	7
Japan	4	2	2	223	184	+39	6
China	4	1	3	198	277	−79	5
	4	0	4	112	269	−157	4

8 July 2010
		25–73			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States		56–35		Japan	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
China		50–88			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		24–66		United States	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
United States		81–40		China	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan		69–22			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan		52–59			National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
		41–61		China	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
		53–65		United States	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
China		47–67		Japan	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 July 2010
	United States	53
					15 July 2010
	Great Britain	37
					United States	68
	14 July 2010
					Canada	58
	Canada	62
									17 July 2010
	Japan	39
									United States	55
	14 July 2010
										53
	Australia	77
					15 July 2010
	China	38
					Australia	47
	14 July 2010
						66			Third place
		63
									17 July 2010
		40
									Australia	49
									Canada	59

9th place playoff[]

5th–8th playoffs[]

5th–8th semifinals[]

7th place playoff[]

5th place playoff[]

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Bronze medal game[]

Final[]

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
United States 2nd title

Final standings[]

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

See also[]

• 2010 FIBA World Championship
• 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women

References[]

• Official site of the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)

External links[]

• Official site