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2010 FIBA World Championship for Women
Mistrovství světa v basketbalu žen 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Ostrava; Brno; Karlovy Vary
Dates	September 23 – October 3
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
MVP	Hana Horáková
Top scorer	Yuko Oga; (19.1 points per game)
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The 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 16th edition of FIBA's premier tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held from September 23 to October 3, 2010 in the Czech Republic. Three cities, Ostrava, Brno and Karlovy Vary, hosted games. Four countries initially bid for the event but Australia, France and Latvia withdrew during the bidding process.^[1]

The USA won its eighth title, extending its own record for the most wins in tournament history. The other medalists—the Czech Republic with silver and Spain with bronze—had not previously medaled at a World Championship. The Czechoslovakia women's team had won six medals in previous World Championships, but FIBA considers the Czech Republic and Slovakia to be separate teams from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic's Hana Horáková was chosen as the tournament's most valuable player.^[2]

Pre-tournament favourites USA, Russia, and Australia dominated play in the first two rounds, with the Russia and the USA going undefeated and Australia only losing to the USA in the second round after both teams had guaranteed progression to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, however, Russia and Australia suffered shock defeats to Belarus and the Czech Republic respectively.^[3] Meanwhile, the USA cruised into the final with easy wins over injury-ridden South Korea^[4] and Spain. After knocking out the defending World Champions, the Czechs defeated Belarus in overtime to set up the final with the USA.^[5]

In the final the USA were heavy favourites but the Czechs were supported by a partisan crowd of over 6000 that included Czech president Václav Klaus. The USA led for most of the match, but the Czechs were able to keep it close in the first half, trailing only 40-35 at the break.^[6] The USA pulled away in the second half to win 89-69.^[7]

Venues

The tournament was held in three cities. The Preliminary Round and the Eighth-final Round was played at Brno and Ostrava, while the Final Round was played at Karlovy Vary.

Karlovy Vary	Ostrava	Brno
KV Arena Capacity: 6,000	ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 9,000	Arena Vodova Capacity: 3,200

Qualification

16 teams participated in the 2010 World Championship for Women. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, they automatically qualified for the 2010 World Championship.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Czech Republic
2008 Summer Olympics	9–23 August 2008	Beijing	1	United States
EuroBasket Women 2009	7–20 June 2009	Latvia	5	Belarus Spain France Greece Russia
2009 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women	31 August – 2 September 2009	New Zealand Australia	1	Australia
2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Women	9–18 October 2009	Antananarivo	2	Mali Senegal
2009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women	23–27 September 2013	Cuiabá	3	Argentina Brazil Canada
2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women	17–24 September 2009	Chennai	3	China Japan South Korea
Total			16