2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

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 Championship was staged at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.

#9 Vincenzo Di Bennardo, Italy vs USA, Men's Bronze Medal Game

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	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

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
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

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

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

14 July 2010

Australia	68
		15 July 2010
Poland	34
		Australia	68
14 July 2010
		United States	58
United States	92
				17 July 2010
Turkey	50
				Australia	79
14 July 2010
				France	69
Canada	47
		15 July 2010
Italy	63
		Italy	58
14 July 2010
		France	63	Third place
Great Britain	50
				17 July 2010
France	59
				Italy	42

				United States	71

9th–12th playoffs

9th–12th semifinals

14 July
9:30

Mexico

64–57

Medalists

Squads