The 2010

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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

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, though the range of venues and locations was modified slightly (

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and

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replaced

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and

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in 2010). Twenty-four teams participated in the tournament. The tournament was won by

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, who finished with a perfect record, defeating

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in the intense final game.

defeated the

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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. Russia won its second straight title, while Brazil was prevented from achieving a

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double of winning both the men's championship and the women's championship in the same year. Russia's towering outside hitter

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was named the tournament

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Qualification

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at six venues in five cities.

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the , 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 , 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 were counted in this round. The six best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round. In the , the 12 teams were allocated to semifinals for placement matches according to their 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

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the

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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. The rankings displayed in this table are from August 2010.

Results

All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

First round

Pool A

Venue:

Yoyogi National Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming ...

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Pool B

Venue:

Hamamatsu Arena is a　multipurpose indoor sporting arena located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is a 15-minute walk from Tenryūgawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway, or a 10-minute drive from the Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tōmei Expressway. ...

Pool C

Venue:

Matsumoto City Gymnasium Matsumoto City Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Matsumoto, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered ...

Pool D

Venue:

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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:

Pool F

Venue:

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Final round

9th–12th place

Venues:

(YNG) and

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(TMG), both in

=9th–12th semifinals

=11th place match

=9th place match

5th–8th place

Venue:

=5th–8th semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

Venue:

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

= The final was a repeat of the 2006 final, between

and

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led all scorers with a tournament-high 35 points, while

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led Brazil with 26. The match was played at the

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in front of a crowd of 12,000.Russia repeat as world champions
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Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

* Best Scorer :

Neslihan Darnel Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the ...

* Best Spiker :

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (''russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева'', born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at ...

* Best Blocker :

Christiane Fürst Christiane Fürst (born 29 March 1985 in Dresden) is a retired Germany, German female volleyball player. She plays for Turkey, Turkish side Eczacıbaşı VitrA. Career She won a bronze medal at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship. ...

* Best Server :

Maret Grothues Maret Balkestein-Grothues, ''née'' Maret Grothues (, born 16 September 1988) is a Dutch volleyball player who plays as a wing spiker. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, and is the current team captain. On 6 Ma ...

* Best Digger :

Stacy Sykora Stacy Denise Sykora (born June 24, 1977) is a retired American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team. She mad ...

* Best Receiver :

Logan Tom Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) was an American indoor volleyball, beach volleyball player, and is current head coach of the Israel women's national volleyball team. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, ...

* Best Setter :

Wei Qiuyue Wei Qiuyue (; born 26 September 1988) is a retired Chinese volleyball player. She was the captain of China women's national volleyball team between 2008-2012. Career She was part of the bronze medal winning teams at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Ga ...

* Best Libero :

References

External links

Official website

FIVB
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