2010 FIVB Women's World Championship

2010 World Championship
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2010 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	October 29 - November 14
Teams	24
Venues	6 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Russia (7th title)
MVP	Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)
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The 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the 16th edition of the FIVB World Championship. Like the previous 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship, the 2010 edition also was held in Japan, from October 29, 2010 to November 14, 2010, though the range of venues and locations was modified slightly (Matsumoto and Hamamatsu replaced Sapporo and Kobe in 2010). Twenty-four teams participated in the tournament.

The tournament was won by Russia, who finished with a perfect record, defeating Brazil in the intense final game.^[1][2] Japan defeated the United States for the third place, winning their first bronze medal in the tournament history, and the first medal since 1978, having so far three gold and three silver already to their name.^[3] Russia won its second straight title,^[4] while Brazil was prevented from achieving a volleyball double of winning both the men's championship and the women's championship in the same year.

Russia's towering outside hitter Yekaterina Gamova was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.^[5]

Qualification

Africa (CAVB)	Asia & Oceania (AVC)	North America (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)	Europe (CEV)
Pool C Win:  Kenya Pool D Win:  Algeria	Host Nation:  Japan Pool D Win:  China Pool D 2nd:  Thailand Pool E Win:  South Korea Pool E 2nd:  Kazakhstan	Pool F Win:  Cuba Pool G Win:  United States Pool H Win:  Dominican Republic Pool I Win:  Puerto Rico Playoffs Win:  Canada Playoffs 2nd:  Costa Rica	Pool B Win:  Brazil Pool B 2nd:  Peru	2006 World Champion:  Russia Pool H Win:  Italy Pool H 2nd:  Czech Republic Pool I Win:  Serbia Pool I 2nd:  Croatia Pool J Win:  Turkey Pool J 2nd:  Poland Pool K Win:  Germany Pool K 2nd:  Netherlands

Squads

Venues

First round

Pool A

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	10	5	0	461	351	1.313	15	4	3.750
2	Serbia	9	4	1	441	378	1.167	13	5	2.600
3	Poland	8	3	2	429	336	1.277	12	6	2.000
4	Peru	7	2	3	379	398	0.952	8	10	0.800
5	Costa Rica	6	1	4	282	381	0.740	4	12	0.333
6	Algeria	5	0	5	227	375	0.605	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	Peru	3–0	Algeria	25–16	25–12	25–18			75–46	[1]
29 Oct	Serbia	3–0	Costa Rica	25–15	25–18	25–14			75–47	[2]
29 Oct	Poland	2–3	Japan	28–26	25–21	20–25	23–25	12–15	108–112	[3]
30 Oct	Costa Rica	3–0	Algeria	25–18	25–21	25–10			75–49	[4]
30 Oct	Serbia	3–1	Poland	19–25	27–25	26–24	25–22		97–96	[5]
30 Oct	Japan	3–1	Peru	25–15	25–17	22–25	25–14		97–71	[6]
31 Oct	Peru	1–3	Serbia	21–25	25–16	21–25	18–25		85–91	[7]
31 Oct	Poland	3–0	Costa Rica	25–14	25–12	25–15			75–41	[8]
31 Oct	Algeria	0–3	Japan	18–25	7–25	14–25			39–75	[9]
02 Nov	Serbia	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–12	25–21			75–48	[10]
02 Nov	Poland	3–0	Peru	25–10	25–15	25–16			75–41	[11]
02 Nov	Costa Rica	0–3	Japan	9–25	13–25	8–25			30–75	[12]
03 Nov	Peru	3–1	Costa Rica	25–18	25–18	32–34	25–19		107–89	[13]
03 Nov	Algeria	0–3	Poland	17–25	16–25	12–25			45–75	[14]
03 Nov	Japan	3–1	Serbia	28–26	29–27	18–25	27–25		102–103	[15]

Pool B

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	410	294	1.395	15	2	7.500
2	Netherlands	8	3	2	386	316	1.222	11	6	1.833
3	Italy	8	3	2	417	389	1.072	11	8	1.375
4	Czech Republic	8	3	2	428	402	1.065	11	8	1.375
5	Puerto Rico	6	1	4	268	362	0.740	3	12	0.250
6	Kenya	5	0	5	229	375	0.611	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–16	25–11			75–42	[16]
29 Oct	Czech Republic	0–3	Netherlands	24–26	20–25	14–25			58–76	[17]
29 Oct	Puerto Rico	0–3	Italy	20–25	11–25	18–25			49–75	[18]
30 Oct	Czech Republic	2–3	Brazil	25–22	22–25	25–23	20–25	9–15	101–110	[19]
30 Oct	Kenya	0–3	Puerto Rico	20–25	23–25	19–25			62–75	[20]
30 Oct	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	25–18	21–25	23–25	28–26	12–15	109–109	[21]
31 Oct	Puerto Rico	0–3	Czech Republic	14–25	14–25	17–25			45–75	[22]
31 Oct	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–9	25–7	25–21			75–37	[23]
31 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–18	25–14			75–51	[24]
02 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–20			75–58	[25]
02 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	25–8	25–14	25–11			75–33	[26]
02 Nov	Czech Republic	3–2	Italy	25–27	27–29	25–23	25–22	17–15	119–116	[27]
03 Nov	Puerto Rico	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	13–25	16–25			41–75	[28]
03 Nov	Kenya	0–3	Czech Republic	20–25	15–25	20–25			55–75	[29]
03 Nov	Italy	0–3	Brazil	16–25	19–25	7–25			42–75	[30]

Pool C

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	0	426	350	1.217	15	2	7.500
2	Germany	9	4	1	366	293	1.249	12	3	4.000
3	Cuba	7	2	3	430	433	0.993	7	11	0.636
4	Thailand	7	2	3	360	375	0.960	7	10	0.700
5	Croatia	7	2	3	320	356	0.899	6	9	0.667
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	335	430	0.779	3	15	0.200

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	Germany	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–14	25–16			75–51	[31]
29 Oct	United States	3–1	Thailand	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–21		98–80	[32]
29 Oct	Croatia	3–0	Cuba	25–23	34–32	25–21			84–76	[33]
30 Oct	United States	3–0	Croatia	25–16	25–13	25–23			75–52	[34]
30 Oct	Thailand	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–18	20–25	25–16		95–75	[35]
30 Oct	Cuba	0–3	Germany	24–26	17–25	23–25			64–76	[36]
31 Oct	Kazakhstan	2–3	Cuba	25–20	15–25	25–27	25–23	10–15	100–110	[37]
31 Oct	Croatia	0–3	Thailand	15–25	14–25	17–25			46–75	[38]
31 Oct	Germany	0–3	United States	23–25	24–26	17–25			64–76	[39]
02 Nov	Croatia	0–3	Germany	24–26	18–25	21–25			63–76	[40]
02 Nov	Thailand	0–3	Cuba	19–25	27–29	25–27			71–81	[41]
02 Nov	United States	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–19			75–55	[42]
03 Nov	Kazakhstan	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	18–25			54–75	[43]
03 Nov	Germany	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–15	25–10			75–39	[44]
03 Nov	Cuba	1–3	United States	28–30	23–25	25–22	23–25		99–102	[45]

Pool D

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	10	5	0	440	329	1.337	15	3	5.000
2	South Korea	9	4	1	411	389	1.057	13	5	2.600
3	Turkey	8	3	2	493	464	1.063	12	11	1.091
4	China	7	2	3	352	336	1.048	7	9	0.778
5	Dominican Republic	6	1	4	377	445	0.847	6	13	0.462
6	Canada	5	0	5	318	428	0.743	3	15	0.200

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	21–25	25–9	25–17	25–11		96–62	[46]
29 Oct	Canada	0–3	South Korea	19–25	19–25	14–25			52–75	[47]
29 Oct	Turkey	3–1	China	19–25	25–14	25–20	25–17		94–76	[48]
30 Oct	Russia	3–1	Turkey	25–27	25–22	25–11	25–17		100–77	[49]
30 Oct	Dominican Republic	0–3	South Korea	27–29	23–25	20–25			70–79	[50]
30 Oct	China	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–19	25–10			75–45	[51]
31 Oct	Turkey	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–14	23–25	23–25	17–15	113–99	[52]
31 Oct	Canada	0–3	Russia	13–25	16–25	21–25			50–75	[53]
31 Oct	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–23	25–23			75–68	[54]
02 Nov	Turkey	3–2	Canada	19–25	20–25	25–14	25–17	15–8	104–89	[55]
02 Nov	Russia	3–1	South Korea	25–18	25–17	19–25	25–22		94–82	[56]
02 Nov	Dominican Republic	0–3	China	12–25	21–25	14–25			47–75	[57]
03 Nov	Canada	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	26–28	11–25	20–25		82–99	[58]
03 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Turkey	16–25	25–21	25–21	19–25	15–13	100–105	[59]
03 Nov	China	0–3	Russia	22–25	17–25	19–25			58–75	[60]

Second round

Pool E

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	14	7	0	600	448	1.339	21	3	7.000
2	Japan	12	5	2	644	616	1.045	17	11	1.545
3	Serbia	11	4	3	556	577	0.964	13	12	1.083
4	Turkey	10	3	4	598	583	1.026	14	13	1.077
5	Poland	10	3	4	612	604	1.013	12	15	0.800
6	China	10	3	4	543	549	0.989	11	13	0.846
7	South Korea	10	3	4	569	600	0.948	12	15	0.800
8	Peru	7	0	7	442	587	0.753	3	21	0.143

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Nov	Serbia	0–3	Turkey	19–25	16–25	20–25			55–75	[61]
06 Nov	Peru	0–3	Russia	15–25	15–25	20–25			50–75	[62]
06 Nov	Poland	3–2	South Korea	12–25	25–17	25–18	22–25	17–15	101–100	[63]
06 Nov	Japan	1–3	China	23–25	23–25	29–27	12–25		87–102	[64]
07 Nov	Peru	1–3	South Korea	26–24	15–25	18–25	23–25		82–99	[65]
07 Nov	Serbia	3–1	China	21–25	25–20	25–22	25–22		96–89	[66]
07 Nov	Poland	0–3	Russia	17–25	21–25	31–33			69–83	[67]
07 Nov	Japan	3–1	Turkey	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–13		98–76	[68]
09 Nov	Serbia	0–3	Russia	19–25	8–25	12–25			39–75	[69]
09 Nov	Peru	0–3	Turkey	15–25	18–25	20–25			53–75	[70]
09 Nov	Poland	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75	[71]
09 Nov	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58	[72]
10 Nov	Peru	0–3	China	17–25	22–25	21–25			60–75	[73]
10 Nov	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–22	25–16			75–55	[74]
10 Nov	Poland	3–1	Turkey	25–23	24–26	27–25	25–22		101–96	[75]
10 Nov	Japan	1–3	Russia	21–25	14–25	25–23	13–25		73–98	[76]

Pool F

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	7	0	607	461	1.317	21	4	5.250
2	United States	12	5	2	605	555	1.090	17	8	2.125
3	Germany	11	4	3	514	475	1.082	13	10	1.300
4	Italy	11	4	3	668	629	1.062	16	13	1.231
5	Cuba	10	3	4	604	660	0.915	12	15	0.800
6	Netherlands	9	2	5	553	573	0.965	10	16	0.625
7	Thailand	9	2	5	470	577	0.815	7	17	0.412
8	Czech Republic	8	1	6	555	646	0.859	7	20	0.350

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Nov	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	25–12	22–25	25–12	25–20		97–69	[77]
06 Nov	Czech Republic	0–3	United States	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	[78]
06 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	[79]
06 Nov	Italy	3–1	Germany	22–25	32–30	25–8	25–15		104–78	[80]
07 Nov	Netherlands	1–3	Thailand	15–25	23–25	25–15	24–26		87–91	[81]
07 Nov	Czech Republic	0–3	Germany	8–25	17–25	16–25			41–75	[82]
07 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	23–25	25–20	25–13	25–18		98–76	[83]
07 Nov	Italy	3–1	United States	25–16	24–26	27–25	27–25		103–92	[84]
09 Nov	Czech Republic	1–3	Cuba	22–25	30–28	22–25	23–25		97–103	[85]
09 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–13	25–21			75–50	[86]
09 Nov	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–13	25–12	25–19			75–44	[87]
09 Nov	Netherlands	0–3	United States	17–25	22–25	18–25			57–75	[88]
10 Nov	Czech Republic	1–3	Thailand	25–16	18–25	20–25	23–25		86–91	[89]
10 Nov	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–19	24–26	25–19	25–23		99–87	[90]
10 Nov	Netherlands	1–3	Germany	12–25	14–25	25–19	25–27		76–96	[91]
10 Nov	Italy	2–3	Cuba	25–16	24–26	25–21	23–25	22–24	119–112	[92]

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Russia	3
	United States	1
					14-11-2010 – Tokyo
					Russia	3
					Brazil	2
					3rd place
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo			14-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Brazil	3		United States	2
	Japan	2			Japan	3

5th–8th places bracket

	Semifinals				5th place
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Serbia	0
	Italy	3
					14-11-2010 – Tokyo
					Italy	3
					Turkey	0
					7th place
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo			14-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Germany	2		Serbia	1
	Turkey	3			Germany	3

9th–12th places bracket

	Semifinals				9th place
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Poland	3
	Netherlands	2
					14-11-2010 – Tokyo
					Poland	3
					China	0
					11th place
	13-11-2010 – Tokyo			14-11-2010 – Tokyo
	Cuba	1		Netherlands	3
	China	3			Cuba	0

9th–12th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	Poland	3–2	Netherlands	24–26	25–22	25–22	19–25	15–9	108–104	[93]
13 Nov	Cuba	1–3	China	25–16	22–25	19–25	22–25		88–91	[94]

5th–8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	Serbia	0–3	Italy	20–25	15–25	22–25			57–75	[95]
13 Nov	Germany	2–3	Turkey	23–25	18–25	25–14	25–20	11–15	102–99	[96]

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	Russia	3–1	United States	25–16	13–25	25–19	25–21		88–81	[97]
13 Nov	Brazil	3–2	Japan	22–25	33–35	25–22	25–22	15–11	120–115	[98]

11th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	Cuba	32–30	25–23	25–17			82–70	[99]

9th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	Poland	3–0	China	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66	[100]

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	Serbia	1–3	Germany	25–20	21–25	22–25	23–25		91–95	[101]

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64	[102]

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	United States	2–3	Japan	25–18	23–25	25–21	19–25	8–15	100–104	[103]

Final

The final was a repeat of the 2006 final, between Russia and Brazil. Both teams had cruised through the group stages undefeated, though Brazil got to the final after winning a tough five-set semifinal match with Japan the day before.^[6]

Russia was forced to rally from a set down twice, winning in five sets (21–25, 25–17, 20–25, 25–14, 15–11). Russia's 2.02 meter tall Yekaterina Gamova led all scorers with a tournament-high 35 points, while Sheilla Castro led Brazil with 26.^[6]

The match was played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo in front of a crowd of 12,000.^[7]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	Russia	3–2	Brazil	21–25	25–17	20–25	25–14	15–11	106–92	[104]

Final standing

Rank Team 1 !  Russia 2 !  Brazil 3 !  Japan 4  United States 5  Italy 6  Turkey 7  Germany 8  Serbia 9  Poland 10  China 11  Netherlands 12  Cuba 13  South Korea  Thailand 15  Czech Republic  Peru 17  Costa Rica  Croatia  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico 21  Algeria  Canada  Kazakhstan  Kenya

2010 FIVB Women's World Champions  Russia 7th title Team Roster: Maria Borodakova, Lesya Makhno, Maria Perepelkina, Elena Murtazaeva, Lioubov Shashkova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Nataliya Goncharova, Olga Fateeva, Ekaterina Gamova, Vera Ulyakina, Evgeniya Startseva, Ekaterina Kabeshova, Tatiana Kosheleva, Yulia Merkulova. Head Coach: Vladimir Kuzyutkin

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Yekaterina Gamova
• Best Scorer: Neslihan Darnel
• Best Spiker: Tatiana Kosheleva
• Best Blocker: Christiane Fürst
• Best Server: Maret Grothues
• Best Digger: Stacy Sykora
• Best Receiver: Logan Tom
• Best Setter: Wei Qiuyue
• Best Libero: Stacy Sykora

See also

• 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship

References

External links

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