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
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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]

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

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.

All times local (UTC)

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

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

	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

14 July 9:30

Mexico

64–57

South Korea

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 10:00

Japan

82–36

Algeria

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 10:00

Algeria

51–64

South Korea

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 11:45

Japan

59–63

Mexico

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 14:15

Turkey

49–62

Poland

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 16:15

Great Britain

67–51

Canada

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 14:15

Canada

71–61

Turkey

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 16:30

Great Britain

82–68

Poland

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 11:45

Australia

68–34

Poland

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 12:15

Canada

47–63

Italy

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 16:15

Great Britain

50–59

France

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 16:30

United States

92–50

Turkey

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 12:15

Italy

58–63

France

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 16:30

Australia

68–58

United States

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

17 July 11:45

Italy

42–71

United States

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

17 July 16:15

Australia

79–69

France

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
Australia 1st title

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

All times local (UTC)

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

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

	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
									Germany	53
	Australia	77
					15 July 2010
	China	38
					Australia	47
	14 July 2010
					Germany	66			Third place
	Germany	63
									17 July 2010
	Netherlands	40
									Australia	49
									Canada	59

16 July 12:15

Mexico

73–33

Brazil

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 10:00

Netherlands

69–48

China

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 11:45

Japan

31–46

Great Britain

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 14:00

Japan

58–41

China

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

16 July 16:15

Netherlands

58–43

Great Britain

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 14:00

United States

53–37

Great Britain

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 14:15

Germany

63–40

Netherlands

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 18:30

Australia

77–38

China

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

14 July 18:45

Canada

62–39

Japan

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 14:00

Australia

47–66

Germany

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

15 July 18:30

United States

68–58

Canada

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

17 July 9:30

Australia

49–59

Canada

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

17 July 14:00

United States

55–53

Germany

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
United States 2nd title

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

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