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
The Championship was staged at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.
#9 Vincenzo Di Bennardo, Italy vs USA, Men's Bronze Medal Game

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

  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
Main article: 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 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 550379272+10710
 United States 541412264+1489
 Italy 532308327−198
 Poland 523316346−307
 Japan 514297377−806
 South Korea 505269395−1265
7 July 2010
Great Britain 87–43 South KoreaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
8 July 2010
Italy 74–69 PolandNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan 59–74 Great BritainNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
South Korea 67–92 United StatesNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
United States 83–34 PolandNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan 71–55 South KoreaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Great Britain 65–45 ItalyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Poland 82–61 JapanNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States 82–39 ItalyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan 46–89 United StatesNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Italy 73–51 South KoreaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Poland 59–75 Great BritainNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain 78–66 United StatesNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Italy 77–60 JapanNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
South Korea 53–72 PolandNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
 Australia 550381253+12810
 Canada 541339287+529
 Turkey 523337327+107
 France 523302303−17
 Mexico 523229347−1187
 Algeria 505264409−1455
8 July 2010
Turkey 83–52 AlgeriaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada 68–45 MexicoNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia 75–63 FranceNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
France 54–57 MexicoNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey 54–66 AustraliaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Algeria 61–87 CanadaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Australia 92–44 AlgeriaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada 67–55 FranceNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Mexico 75–83 TurkeyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Algeria 47–69 FranceNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia 81–43 MexicoNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Turkey 60–69 CanadaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Mexico 79–61 AlgeriaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
France 61–57 TurkeyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada 49–67 AustraliaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage
 
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 semifinals
14 July
9:30
Mexico  64–57  South Korea
14 July
10:00
Japan  82–36  Algeria
11th place playoff
16 July
10:00
Algeria  51–64  South Korea
9th place playoff
16 July
11:45
Japan  59–63  Mexico
5th–8th semifinals
15 July
14:15
Turkey  49–62  Poland
7th place playoff
16 July
14:15
Canada  71–61  Turkey
5th place playoff
16 July
16:30
Great Britain  82–68  Poland

Quarterfinals
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

Semifinals
15 July
12:15
Italy  58–63  France

Bronze medal game
17 July
11:45
Italy  42–71  United States

Final
17 July
16:15
Australia  79–69  France


 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 

Australia
1st title

Final standings
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

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC)

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
 Australia 431233187+467
 Canada 431233206+277
 Netherlands 422197196+16
 Great Britain 413184191−75
 Mexico 413188255−675
7 July 2010
Great Britain 38–39 NetherlandsNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
8 July 2010
Mexico 38–82 AustraliaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada 54–49 Great BritainNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
Netherlands 54–58 CanadaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
Netherlands 47–56 MexicoNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Australia 48–40 Great BritainNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Australia 44–57 NetherlandsNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Mexico 37–51 CanadaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Great Britain 57–50 MexicoNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Canada 52–59 AustraliaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts.
 United States 440268152+1168
 Germany 431273192+817
 Japan 422223184+396
 China 413198277−795
 Brazil 404112269−1574
8 July 2010
Brazil 25–73 GermanyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
United States 56–35 JapanNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
9 July 2010
China 50–88 GermanyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Brazil 24–66 United StatesNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
10 July 2010
United States 81–40 ChinaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Japan 69–22 BrazilNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
11 July 2010
Japan 52–59 GermanyNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Brazil 41–61 ChinaNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
12 July 2010
Germany 53–65 United StatesNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham
China 47–67 JapanNational Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Knockout stage
 
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
16 July
12:15
Mexico  73–33  Brazil
5th–8th semifinals
15 July
10:00
Netherlands  69–48  China
7th place playoff
16 July
14:00
Japan  58–41  China
5th place playoff

Quarterfinals
14 July
18:30
Australia  77–38  China
14 July
18:45
Canada  62–39  Japan

Semifinals
15 July
14:00
Australia  47–66  Germany

Bronze medal game
17 July
9:30
Australia  49–59  Canada

Final


 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 

United States
2nd title

Final standings
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

References
  1. Qualification Criteria - Wheelchair Basketball Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  2. Wheelchair Basketball, Australian Paralympic Committee
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