2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, 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.

2010 FIVB Women's World Championship

バレーボール女子世界選手権 日本 2010
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	29 October - 14 November
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Officially opened by	Akihito
Champions	Russia (7th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Ekaterina Gamova
Best Setter	Wei Qiuyue
Best OH	Tatiana Kosheleva
Best MB	Christiane Fürst
Best Libero	Stacy Sykora
Best Scorer	Neslihan Darnel
Best Server	Maret Grothues
Best Digger	Stacy Sykora
Best Receiver	Logan Tom
Official website
2010 Women's World Championship
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The tournament was won by Russia, who finished with a perfect record, defeating Brazil in the intense final game.^[1] 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.^[2] Russia won its second straight title,^[3] 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.^[4]

Qualification

Main article: 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearance in finals
Japan	AVC	Host	0116 November 2006	14th
Russia	CEV	2006 World Championship Winner	0216 November 2006	15th1
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool H Winner	0314 June 2009	6th
Cuba	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool F Winner	0423 June 2009	11th
China	AVC	AVC Pool D Winner	054 July 2009	12th
Thailand	AVC	AVC Pool D Runner-up	064 July 2009	3rd
United States	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool G Winner	078 July 2009	14th
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool I Winner	089 July 2009	5th
Kenya	CAVB	CAVB Pool C Winner	0912 July 2009	5th
Germany	CEV	CEV Pool K Winner	1018 July 2009	13th2
Netherlands	CEV	CEV Pool K Runner-up	1118 July 2009	12th
Turkey	CEV	CEV Pool J Winner	1218 July 2009	2nd
Poland	CEV	CEV Pool J Runner-up	1318 July 2009	10th
Serbia	CEV	CEV Pool I Winner	1418 July 2009	3rd3
Croatia	CEV	CEV Pool I Runner-up	1518 July 2009	2nd
Italy	CEV	CEV Pool H Winner	1619 July 2009	9th
Czech Republic	CEV	CEV Pool H Runner-up	1719 July 2009	11th4
Algeria	CAVB	CAVB Pool D Winner	1824 July 2009	1st
Brazil	CSV	CSV Pool B Winner	1925 July 2009	14th
Peru	CSV	CSV Pool B Runner-up	2025 July 2009	12th
South Korea	AVC	AVC Pool E Winner	2130 August 2009	11th
Kazakhstan	AVC	AVC Pool E Runner-up	2230 August 2009	2nd
Canada	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool J Winner	2330 August 2009	7th
Costa Rica	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool J Runner-up	2430 August 2009	2nd

1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 5th appearance as Russia.

2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 5th appearance as Germany.

3.^ Competed as Yugoslavia for 1978 and Serbia and Montenegro for 2006; 1st appearance as Serbia.

4.^ Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986; 3rd appearance as Czech Republic.

Squads

Main article: 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship squads

Venues

The tournament was played at six venues in five cities.^[5]

Pool C	Pool A, E, Final round	Final round	Yoyogi Metropolitan Host venues in Tokyo
Matsumoto	Tokyo
Matsumoto City Gymnasium	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 10,000
Pool D	Pool F	Pool B	Hamamatsu Matsumoto Nagoya Osaka Tokyo Host cities in Japan
Osaka	Nagoya	Hamamatsu
Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Nippon Gaishi Hall	Hamamatsu Arena
Capacity: 8,200	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 8,000

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the four best teams of each group (total of 16 teams) progressed to the next round.

In the Second round, the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the First round were counted in this round. The six best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round.

In the Final round, the 12 teams were allocated to semifinals for placement matches according to their Second round group positions. First and second of each group played the semifinals, third and fourth played the 5th-8th semifinals and fifth and sixth played the 9th-12th semifinals. Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 12th places.

Source:FIVB^[6]

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The drawing was held in November 2009.^[7] The rankings displayed in this table are from August 2010.^[8]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan (5) Host	Brazil (1)	United States (2)	China (3)
Serbia (8)	Italy (4)	Cuba (6)	Russia (7)
Poland (9)	Netherlands (10)	Germany (15)	South Korea (21)
Peru (17)	Kenya (35)	Kazakhstan (16)	Dominican Republic (11)
Algeria (14)	Puerto Rico (13)	Thailand (12)	Turkey (22)
Costa Rica (31)	Czech Republic (38)	Croatia (45)	Canada (24)

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round

Pool A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	461	351	1.313	Second round
2	Serbia	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	441	378	1.167
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	12	6	2.000	429	336	1.277
4	Peru	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	379	398	0.952
5	Costa Rica	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	282	381	0.740
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	227	375	0.605

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	12:30	Peru	3–0	Algeria	25–16	25–12	25–18			75–46	P2 P3
29 Oct	15:00	Serbia	3–0	Costa Rica	25–15	25–18	25–14			75–47	P2 P3
29 Oct	18:45	Poland	2–3	Japan	28–26	25–21	20–25	23–25	12–15	108–112	P2 P3
30 Oct	12:30	Costa Rica	3–0	Algeria	25–18	25–21	25–10			75–49	P2 P3
30 Oct	15:00	Serbia	3–1	Poland	19–25	27–25	26–24	25–22		97–96	P2 P3
30 Oct	19:00	Japan	3–1	Peru	25–15	25–17	22–25	25–14		97–71	P2 P3
31 Oct	12:30	Peru	1–3	Serbia	21–25	25–16	21–25	18–25		85–91	P2 P3
31 Oct	15:00	Poland	3–0	Costa Rica	25–14	25–12	25–15			75–41	P2 P3
31 Oct	18:00	Algeria	0–3	Japan	18–25	7–25	14–25			39–75	P2 P3
2 Nov	13:00	Serbia	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–12	25–21			75–48	P2 P3
2 Nov	15:30	Poland	3–0	Peru	25–10	25–15	25–16			75–41	P2 P3
2 Nov	18:45	Costa Rica	0–3	Japan	9–25	13–25	8–25			30–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	12:30	Peru	3–1	Costa Rica	25–18	25–18	32–34	25–19		107–89	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Poland	17–25	16–25	12–25			45–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Serbia	28–26	29–27	18–25	27–25		102–103	P2 P3

Pool B

Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	410	294	1.395	Second round
2	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	386	316	1.222
3	Italy	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	417	389	1.072
4	Czech Republic	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	428	402	1.065
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	268	362	0.740
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	229	375	0.611

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–16	25–11			75–42	P2 P3
29 Oct	16:15	Czech Republic	0–3	Netherlands	24–26	20–25	14–25			58–76	P2 P3
29 Oct	18:45	Puerto Rico	0–3	Italy	20–25	11–25	18–25			49–75	P2 P3
30 Oct	13:00	Czech Republic	2–3	Brazil	25–22	22–25	25–23	20–25	9–15	101–110	P2 P3
30 Oct	15:35	Kenya	0–3	Puerto Rico	20–25	23–25	19–25			62–75	P2 P3
30 Oct	18:00	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	25–18	21–25	23–25	28–26	12–15	109–109	P2 P3
31 Oct	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Czech Republic	14–25	14–25	17–25			45–75	P2 P3
31 Oct	15:30	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–9	25–7	25–21			75–37	P2 P3
31 Oct	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–18	25–14			75–51	P2 P3
2 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–20			75–58	P2 P3
2 Nov	16:15	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	25–8	25–14	25–11			75–33	P2 P3
2 Nov	18:45	Czech Republic	3–2	Italy	25–27	27–29	25–23	25–22	17–15	119–116	P2 P3
3 Nov	13:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	13–25	16–25			41–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:30	Kenya	0–3	Czech Republic	20–25	15–25	20–25			55–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:00	Italy	0–3	Brazil	16–25	19–25	7–25			42–75	P2 P3

Pool C

Venue: Matsumoto City Gymnasium, Matsumoto

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	426	350	1.217	Second round
2	Germany	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	366	293	1.249
3	Cuba	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	430	433	0.993
4	Thailand	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	360	375	0.960
5	Croatia	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	320	356	0.899
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	335	430	0.779

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	13:30	Germany	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	25–14	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
29 Oct	16:15	United States	3–1	Thailand	23–25	25–17	25–17	25–21		98–80	P2 P3
29 Oct	19:00	Croatia	3–0	Cuba	25–23	34–32	25–21			84–76	P2 P3
30 Oct	13:00	United States	3–0	Croatia	25–16	25–13	25–23			75–52	P2 P3
30 Oct	15:30	Thailand	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–18	20–25	25–16		95–75	P2 P3
30 Oct	18:00	Cuba	0–3	Germany	24–26	17–25	23–25			64–76	P2 P3
31 Oct	13:00	Kazakhstan	2–3	Cuba	25–20	15–25	25–27	25–23	10–15	100–110	P2 P3
31 Oct	15:45	Croatia	0–3	Thailand	15–25	14–25	17–25			46–75	P2 P3
31 Oct	18:00	Germany	0–3	United States	23–25	24–26	17–25			64–76	P2 P3
2 Nov	13:30	Croatia	0–3	Germany	24–26	18–25	21–25			63–76	P2 P3
2 Nov	16:15	Thailand	0–3	Cuba	19–25	27–29	25–27			71–81	P2 P3
2 Nov	18:45	United States	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–17	25–19	25–19			75–55	P2 P3
3 Nov	13:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:30	Germany	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–15	25–10			75–39	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:00	Cuba	1–3	United States	28–30	23–25	25–22	23–25		99–102	P2 P3

Pool D

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	440	329	1.337	Second round
2	South Korea	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	411	389	1.057
3	Turkey	5	3	2	8	12	11	1.091	493	464	1.063
4	China	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	352	336	1.048
5	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	6	6	13	0.462	377	445	0.847
6	Canada	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	318	428	0.743

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Oct	13:30	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	21–25	25–9	25–17	25–11		96–62	P2 P3
29 Oct	16:15	Canada	0–3	South Korea	19–25	19–25	14–25			52–75	P2 P3
29 Oct	18:45	Turkey	3–1	China	19–25	25–14	25–20	25–17		94–76	P2 P3
30 Oct	13:00	Russia	3–1	Turkey	25–27	25–22	25–11	25–17		100–77	P2 P3
30 Oct	15:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	South Korea	27–29	23–25	20–25			70–79	P2 P3
30 Oct	18:00	China	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–19	25–10			75–45	P2 P3
31 Oct	13:00	Turkey	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–14	23–25	23–25	17–15	113–99	P2 P3
31 Oct	15:45	Canada	0–3	Russia	13–25	16–25	21–25			50–75	P2 P3
31 Oct	18:00	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–23	25–23			75–68	P2 P3
2 Nov	13:30	Turkey	3–2	Canada	19–25	20–25	25–14	25–17	15–8	104–89	P2 P3
2 Nov	16:15	Russia	3–1	South Korea	25–18	25–17	19–25	25–22		94–82	P2 P3
2 Nov	28:45	Dominican Republic	0–3	China	12–25	21–25	14–25			47–75	P2 P3
3 Nov	13:00	Canada	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	26–28	11–25	20–25		82–99	P2 P3
3 Nov	15:30	South Korea	3–2	Turkey	16–25	25–21	25–21	19–25	15–13	100–105	P2 P3
3 Nov	18:00	China	0–3	Russia	22–25	17–25	19–25			58–75	P2 P3

Second round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.

Pool E

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	7	7	0	14	21	3	7.000	600	448	1.339	Finals
2	Japan	7	5	2	12	17	11	1.545	644	616	1.045
3	Serbia	7	4	3	11	13	12	1.083	556	577	0.964	5th–8th places
4	Turkey	7	3	4	10	14	13	1.077	598	583	1.026
5	Poland	7	3	4	10	12	15	0.800	612	604	1.013	9th–12th places
6	China	7	3	4	10	11	13	0.846	543	549	0.989
7	South Korea	7	3	4	10	12	15	0.800	569	600	0.948
8	Peru	7	0	7	7	3	21	0.143	442	587	0.753

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Nov	10:30	Serbia	0–3	Turkey	19–25	16–25	20–25			55–75	P2 P3
6 Nov	12:45	Peru	0–3	Russia	15–25	15–25	20–25			50–75	P2 P3
6 Nov	15:00	Poland	3–2	South Korea	12–25	25–17	25–18	22–25	17–15	101–100	P2 P3
6 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	China	23–25	23–25	29–27	12–25		87–102	P2 P3
7 Nov	10:30	Peru	1–3	South Korea	26–24	15–25	18–25	23–25		82–99	P2 P3
7 Nov	12:45	Serbia	3–1	China	21–25	25–20	25–22	25–22		96–89	P2 P3
7 Nov	15:00	Poland	0–3	Russia	17–25	21–25	31–33			69–83	P2 P3
7 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Turkey	25–19	23–25	25–19	25–13		98–76	P2 P3
9 Nov	11:15	Serbia	0–3	Russia	19–25	8–25	12–25			39–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	13:30	Peru	0–3	Turkey	15–25	18–25	20–25			53–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	15:45	Poland	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	18:45	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58	P2 P3
10 Nov	11:15	Peru	0–3	China	17–25	22–25	21–25			60–75	P2 P3
10 Nov	13:30	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–22	25–16			75–55	P2 P3
10 Nov	15:45	Poland	3–1	Turkey	25–23	24–26	27–25	25–22		101–96	P2 P3
10 Nov	18:45	Japan	1–3	Russia	21–25	14–25	25–23	13–25		73–98	P2 P3

Pool F

Venue: Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	7	7	0	14	21	4	5.250	607	461	1.317	Finals
2	United States	7	5	2	12	17	8	2.125	605	555	1.090
3	Germany	7	4	3	11	13	10	1.300	514	475	1.082	5th–8th places
4	Italy	7	4	3	11	16	13	1.231	668	629	1.062
5	Cuba	7	3	4	10	12	15	0.800	604	660	0.915	9th–12th places
6	Netherlands	7	2	5	9	10	16	0.625	553	573	0.965
7	Thailand	7	2	5	9	7	17	0.412	470	577	0.815
8	Czech Republic	7	1	6	8	7	20	0.350	555	646	0.859

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Nov	11:00	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	25–12	22–25	25–12	25–20		97–69	P2 P3
06 Nov	13:15	Czech Republic	0–3	United States	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	P2 P3
06 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–19	25–16			75–54	P2 P3
06 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–1	Germany	22–25	32–30	25–8	25–15		104–78	P2 P3
07 Nov	11:00	Netherlands	1–3	Thailand	15–25	23–25	25–15	24–26		87–91	P2 P3
07 Nov	13:15	Czech Republic	0–3	Germany	8–25	17–25	16–25			41–75	P2 P3
07 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	23–25	25–20	25–13	25–18		98–76	P2 P3
07 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–1	United States	25–16	24–26	27–25	27–25		103–92	P2 P3
09 Nov	11:45	Czech Republic	1–3	Cuba	22–25	30–28	22–25	23–25		97–103	P2 P3
09 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–13	25–21			75–50	P2 P3
09 Nov	16:15	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–13	25–12	25–19			75–44	P2 P3
09 Nov	18:30	Netherlands	0–3	United States	17–25	22–25	18–25			57–75	P2 P3
10 Nov	11:45	Czech Republic	1–3	Thailand	25–16	18–25	20–25	23–25		86–91	P2 P3
10 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–19	24–26	25–19	25–23		99–87	P2 P3
10 Nov	16:15	Netherlands	1–3	Germany	12–25	14–25	25–19	25–27		76–96	P2 P3
10 Nov	18:30	Italy	2–3	Cuba	25–16	24–26	25–21	23–25	22–24	119–112	P2 P3

Final round

9th–12th place

Venues: Yoyogi National Gymnasium (YNG) and Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (TMG), both in Tokyo

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place
	13 November
	Poland	3
					14 November
	Netherlands	2
					Poland	3
	13 November
					China	0
	Cuba	1
	China	3
					11th place
					14 November
					Netherlands	3
					Cuba	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	12:30	YNG	Poland	3–2	Netherlands	24–26	25–22	25–22	19–25	15–9	108–104	108–104
13 Nov	13:00	TMG	Cuba	1–3	China	25–16	22–25	19–25	22–25		88–91	88–91

11th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	13:00	TMG	Netherlands	3–0	Cuba	32–30	25–23	25–17			82–70	82–70

9th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	14:00	YNG	Poland	3–0	China	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66	75–66

5th–8th place

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	13 November
	Serbia	0
					14 November
	Italy	3
					Italy	3
	13 November
					Turkey	0
	Germany	2
	Turkey	3
					7th place
					14 November
					Serbia	1
					Germany	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	15:30	Germany	2–3	Turkey	23–25	18–25	25–14	25–20	11–15	102–99	P2 P3
13 Nov	18:00	Serbia	0–3	Italy	20–25	15–25	22–25			57–75	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	15:30	Serbia	1–3	Germany	25–20	21–25	22–25	23–25		91–95	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–20	25–21			75–64	P2 P3

Finals

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

	Semifinals				Final
	13 November
	Russia	3
					14 November
	United States	1
					Russia	3
	13 November
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3
	Japan	2
					3rd place
					14 November
					United States	2
					Japan	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–1	United States	25–16	13–25	25–19	25–21		88–81	P2 P3
13 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–2	Japan	22–25	33–35	25–22	25–22	15–11	120–115	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	17:00	United States	2–3	Japan	25–18	23–25	25–21	19–25	8–15	100–104	P2 P3

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.^[9]

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.^[9]

The match was played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo in front of a crowd of 12,000.^[10]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	19:45	Russia	3–2	Brazil	21–25	25–17	20–25	25–14	15–11	106–92	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Brazil  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 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

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

References

1. Russia repeat as world champions fivb.org
2. Japan upset USA to win bronze^{[permanent dead link]} fivb.org
3. Gamova powers Russia over Brazil to capture second straight world championship fivb.org
4. "2010 FIVB Volleyball World Championship - Italy".
5. "Venue information". FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Japan 2010 Media Guide. FIVB. pp. 16–19. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
6. "Competition format". FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Japan 2010 Media Guide. FIVB. pp. 4–7. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
7. "Pools Composition as per Drawing of lots". FIVB. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
8. "FIVB World Ranking". FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Japan 2010 Media Guide. FIVB. pp. 202–205. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
9. Russia beats Brazil in final at volleyball worlds USA Today
10. Russia repeat as world champions fivb.org

External links

• Official website
• FIVB