2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Preliminary round
In Group D the opening game saw the first major upset. Germany in front of a record crowd of over 77,000 persons defeated the United States in overtime, 2–1. This group proved to be full of upsets; in the next match Denmark beat the fourth-seeded Finns, followed by the Danes defeating the Americans. Finland came up with two wins to top the group and move on to the qualification round, along with Germany in second place and Denmark in third. The final match between the U.S. and Finland determined the United States' last-place finish, and they were sent to the relegation round for the first time since 2003.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Qualification round
Group E action first saw Denmark handing favored Slovakia a blowout upset, 6–0. In the next match Finland defeated Belarus, 2–0, after outshooting them 32 to 18. Russia narrowly defeated Germany 3–2, in which Alexander Ovechkin scored the winner. Russia continued with two more wins over Denmark and Finland to propel them to the group win, making them the only team to go undefeated into the playoff round. Belarus defeated Germany in overtime, and then defeated Denmark 2–1, but this was not enough to qualify and they ended in fifth place.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Qualification round
In yet another upset, the host Germans defeated Slovakia 2–1 to win a qualifying spot in third place, much to the delight of the German fans and coach Uwe Krupp. Finland finished in second-place after Russia, followed by Germany and Denmark. Denmark managed to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time in the history of the tournament. Slovakia finished a disappointing last, marking the third straight year in which they did not qualify for the quarter-finals in the lead up to their hosting of the 2011 IIHF World Championship.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Qualification round
Group F opened with Canada flexing its offense against Norway in a 12–1 blowout. Sweden then defeated Latvia 4–2, followed by Switzerland continuing its winning streak with an upset 3–2 win against the Czechs. Latvia defeated Norway but later lost to the Czech Republic, which resulted in their last placement in the group and their failure to qualify. Sweden beat Canada after an impressive performance by Swedish goaltender Jonas Gustavsson. In another upset, Norway managed to beat the in-form Swiss 3–2, but they would end in fifth place.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Qualification round
The Czech Republic won against Canada 3–2 to lead them to finish ahead of the Canadians in the group. Sweden capped off the round with a convincing 5–0 win over Switzerland to finish as group winners. Switzerland finished in second after Sweden, followed by the Czech Republic. Canada, somewhat surprisingly as the second seed, grabbed the last qualifying spot in fourth place.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Relegation round
In the relegation round (Group G) the teams from the U.S., France, the newly promoted Italy and Kazakhstan faced each other after they had ended their respective preliminary groups in fourth and last place. The U.S. beat Kazakhstan in the first game 10–0, while France won against Italy in the decisive match for second place. There were no surprises on the second game-day, with the U.S. defeating France and Italy winning against Kazakhstan. The U.S. then defeated Italy in a shootout and France beat Kazakhstan 5–3. The final relegation results saw Kazakhstan and Italy go directly back down to Division I. Group-winners U.S. and second-placed France both qualified for the 2011 World Championships.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The playoff round saw the top eight teams competing for the title of 2010 world champions. The quarter-finals began with a close match between Finland and the Czech Republic. After Petri Kontiola's early goal in the first minute, the game remained scoreless all the way into the third period. Jakub Klepiš scored the equalizer shortly after the final period started. No further goals were scored, so the game went into a scoreless overtime followed by a shootout. Jan Marek scored the decisive goal to put the Czechs into the semifinals.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
In the second quarter-final, Sweden faced Denmark. This was Denmark's first appearance in the playoff round. After Sweden established a comfortable 3–0 lead, the Danes scored a goal in the second period. Seven minutes before the end Linus Omark scored a goal which restored the three-goal lead for Sweden. A late power play goal by Dane Morten Madsen was to no avail and Sweden won 4–2.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The third quarter-final featured a storied and contentious rivalry. Russia played against Canada in a repeat of the quarter-finals at the 2010 Olympics, in which Canada embarrassed the Russians 7–3. The opening period was a dead heat until a late goal by Maxim Afinogenov. Russia, still undefeated at the tournament, immediately overtook Canada in the second period, and led at one point in the third period by 4–0. Ilya Kovalchuk had a three-assist game and was a big boost for the Russians who won 5–2, following two late Canadian goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The final quarter-final was an evening game between the host Germany and their traditional rival, Switzerland. The first period was scoreless but not without chances, as the Swiss hit the post twice. Midway through the second period Philip Gogulla scored on the power play to give Germany the lead, and this goal would turn out to be the game winner. The Swiss outshot the Germans 41 to 27, and Dennis Endras is credited with keeping Germany in the game by preserving the one-goal lead.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The win put Germany in the semifinals for the first time since 1953 and the match was dubbed by the IIHF as The Miracle at Mannheim. At the end of the match there was a brawl between the teams, which included German assistant coach Ernst Höfner getting into an altercation with Swiss defenceman Timo Helbling. Both were handed match suspensions.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
After one day off the semifinals started with Sweden versus the Czech Republic. The first period was equal with both teams scoring one goal. Andreas Engqvist scored midway through the second period to put Sweden up 2–1. This lead held into very late in the third period. With 1:13 left in the third period the Czechs pulled their goalie to get a six on five opportunity and Karel Rachůnek scored the 2–2 equalizer with just 7.5 seconds left, putting the game into overtime. The overtime period stayed scoreless and it came down to the shootout. In a repeat of the quarter-final the Czechs won by a goal from Jan Marek.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The other semifinal between Germany and Russia was a close match, much like their qualification round game. The Germans started off the scoring with a goal from Marcel Goc during a two-man power play. At the midway point of the match Evgeni Malkin scored to tie up the game for the Russians. The remainder of the game was very close, and the tie was only broken with 1:50 minutes left, when Pavel Datsyuk scored the game-winning goal. The Germans pressed in the final minutes but the score held for a 2–1 Russian victory, putting them in the final for the third straight year.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Playoff round
The bronze medal game was between Sweden and the surprise semifinalists, hosts Germany. Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson scored an early goal to put up Sweden 1–0. The game then went scoreless until late in the second period when on a 4–3 rush Alexander Barta managed to retrieve his own rebound and put it top-shelf past Jonas Gustavsson, tying up the game for Germany. Early in the third period Jonas Andersson fired a shot from a very tight angle which managed to beat Dennis Endras on the five hole. The score held until Andersson netted an empty-net goal to ensure Sweden's 3–1 victory, giving them their second straight bronze medal at the worlds.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
The final was played between Russia and the Czech Republic for the first time in the history of the tournament, although the predecessors of both these nations, the USSR and Czechoslovakia, had met several times in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. It was Russia's third consecutive finals appearance, and the Czech Republic's first appearance since 2006.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
The match began with a goal after just 20 seconds, scored by Jakub Klepiš from a pass by Jaromír Jágr. The goal was seemingly the result of a defensive mistake which led to a Czech offensive possession with Russian defensemen out of position. For the remainder of the period the Russians held almost complete possession of the puck, and veteran Sergei Fedorov hit the post after an odd man rush.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
Very late in the period the Russians put the puck in the net on a power play, but it was determined to be after the clock had run out and was ruled as no goal. There was some brief confusion however, as the buzzer sounds after the clock on the scoreboard runs out.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
In the second period Russia pressed once again but the Czech Republic slowed the game down and forced Russia to regroup, resulting in an error in the Russian defensive zone when Alexander Ovechkin collided with teammate Fedorov. This led to a 3-on-2 rush for the Czechs and Karel Rachůnek centered the puck while Tomáš Rolinek crashed the net. The puck was redirected off Rolinek's skates, and it was ruled a good goal because there was no kicking motion visible.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
The third period began with more Russian pressure, including a close chance off the post by Evgeni Malkin, but at the midway point of the period Russian Alexei Emelin was given a five-minute major and thrown out of the game for clipping Jaromír Jágr, who did not return for the remainder of the game. This was followed by more penalty trouble for both teams. In the final minutes after pulling goaltender Semyon Varlamov, Pavel Datsyuk buried a goal on a 5-on-3 with 35 seconds left, bringing Russia within one goal of the Czechs. Under pressure the Czech goalie Tomáš Vokoun managed to stave off the final Russian assault and the Czechs held on to win the game 2–1.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Summary, Final
The president of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus handed out the gold medals alongside IIHF president René Fasel.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Rosters
Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF World Championship consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 May 2010.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Host selection
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2010 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:


2010 IIHF World Championship, Host selection
Slovakia and Sweden withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2011 World Championship. All four nations to bid on the 2010 World Championship later received winning bids. Slovakia won the bid to host the 2011 IIHF World Championship, Sweden won its bid to host in 2012, but this decision was later switched to be the joint host of the 2012, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions (both with Finland), and Belarus to host the 2014 IIHF World Championship.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Host selection
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel on 15 May 2005, from Zürich, Switzerland. Belarus' bidding cities Minsk and Zhodzina received 18 votes to Germany's 89, thus finalizing Germany's successful bid.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Promotions, Official song
The official song of the tournament is "Stuck on Replay" by the German electronic dance band Scooter. It is the fourth single from their album Under the Radar Over the Top. It was released on 12 March 2010, on the day of the Hamburg concert, the biggest show of their Under the Radar Over the Top tour.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Promotions, Mascot
Urmel on Ice (German: Urmel auf dem Eis) is the official mascot of the tournament. A character created by Max Kruse and known by the German public from the Augsburger Puppenkiste and the Impy's Island (Urmel aus dem Eis (English: Urmel from the ice)) film was previously the mascot of the Deutsche Eishockey-Bund and the German national team. He wears number 10 on his jersey.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Promotions, Motto
The official motto of the tournament was unveiled on 2 September 2009, in Lanxess Arena and is "Germany on Ice" (German: Deutschland auf Eis).


2010 IIHF World Championship, Promotions, Ambassadors
The World Championship Ambassadors for 2010 included; Canadian legend Wayne Gretzky, Soviet ice hockey goaltender and ten time World champion Vladislav Tretiak, and "Germany's ice hockey player of the century" Erich Kühnhackl. They are all members of the IIHF Hall of Fame, and have all played in the IIHF World Championship previously. They were special members, alongside; Zdeno Chára, Peter Forsberg, Sergei Kostitsyn, Jari Kurri, Kim Martin, Mark Streit, Hayley Wickenheiser and Henrik Zetterberg, of a campaign called "The Green Puck campaign", which was an anti-doping initiative in association with the World Anti- Doping Agency.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Venues, Attendance world record
The opening game of the 74th IIHF World Championship took place at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on 7 May between Germany and the United States. On this occasion, the stadium's planned configuration would allow for a capacity of 76,152. This figure is higher than the past ice hockey attendance World Record held by Michigan State University, which was 74,554.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Venues, Attendance world record
It was announced at the second intermission by Guinness World Records spokesman Christian Teufe, that not only had the Gelsenkirchen game passed the world record, but had exceeded it by over 3,000 individuals. The official attendance according to the IIHF, and confirmed by the Guinness World records, was 77,803. Both Eric Nystrom and David Moss, who were playing for the United States, had also played in the Michigan State game in 2001, making them the only people to have played both world record games.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Venues, Attendance world record
The noise inside the stadium was considerably loud, due to the German ice hockey chants, whistles and drums, which according to Ryan Carter of Team USA left the Americans frustrated at the inability to communicate. Carter also said that the "crowd was definitely the seventh man in this game for Germany". Also notable about the game was that it was the first time in over 17 years of international hockey competition that Germany had defeated the United States, with Felix Schütz scoring the game winner in overtime, on Scott Clemmensen, for a 2–1 final score. The previous win was on 25 April 1993, also in Germany in Dortmund, during the 1993 World Championship when Germany beat the United States 6–3.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Venues, Attendance world record
The President of Germany, Horst Köhler, along with other politicians were present for the match.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Venues, Attendance world record
The overall attendance record was broken in December 2010 by The Big Chill at the Big House, though the crowd still remains the largest ever for an indoor hockey game.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. One nation from Asia, 13 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Seeding and grouping
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2009 IIHF World Ranking, which ends at the conclusion of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. The 2010 Olympics were therefore not included. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking):


2010 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team in each group competes in the Relegation Round.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
Groups A and D played in Cologne, with one game in Gelsenkirchen, and groups B and C played in Mannheim.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Qualification round
The top three teams from each group of the Preliminary Round advanced to the Qualifying Round. They were placed into two groups: teams from Groups A and D were placed into Group E, while teams from Groups B and C were placed into Group F.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Qualification round
Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. The teams played a single round robin, but did not play against teams which they had already met in preliminary groups.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Qualification round
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the Playoff Round.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Relegation round
The bottom team in the standings from each group of the Preliminary Round played in the Relegation Round. The bottom two teams in the Relegation Round moved down to Division 1 for the 2011 World Championship.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Playoff round, Quarter-finals
Quarterfinals in Cologne were scheduled to be the pairs 1E–4F and 2E–3F, and in Mannheim the pairs 1F–4E and 2F–3E.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Playoff round, Semi-finals
Pairs were the winner of 1E–4F vs. the winner of 2F–3E and 1F–4E vs. 2E–3F.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource: 02:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


2010 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: Updated: 02:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


2010 IIHF World Championship, Officials
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2010 IIHF World Championship. They are the following:


2010 IIHF World Championship, IIHF broadcasting rights
The IIHF sold the rights for the broadcast of 2010 IIHF World Championship to the following countries.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I
The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 17–25, 2010. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands. Group B's games were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Austria won the Group A tournament while Slovenia won the Group B tournament to earn promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Serbia and Croatia finished last in each group and will be relegated to Division II at the 2011 World Championships. Spain and Estonia earned promotion from the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II and replaced Serbia and Croatia in Division I in 2011.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goalkeepers
Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goalkeepers
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goalkeepers
Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goalkeepers
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II
The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 10–17, 2010. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Naucalpan, Mexico. Group B's games were played in Narva, Estonia. Spain and Estonia won Group A and Group B, respectively, to earn promotion to Division I at the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Meanwhile, Turkey and Israel finished last in Group A and B and were relegated to Division III for 2011. The four teams were replaced by Serbia and Croatia, which were relegated from Division I, and Ireland and North Korea which earned promotion from Division III.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III
The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 13–18, 2010. For the first time, the IIHF allowed eight teams, rather than six, to compete in Division III, which was handled by separating the teams into two groups. Group A was played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, while Group B's games took place in Yerevan, Armenia. The process reverted to the single group of six teams the following year.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III
The IIHF announced on February 5, 2010 that the Division III Group A championship would be moved from Athens, Greece to Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg after the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation announced they would not able to host the tournament after problems with government funding. Ireland and North Korea were both promoted to Division II for the 2011 World Championships. According to the IIHF, due to eligibility issues all games involving Armenia's became 5–0 wins for the opposing teams and Armenia was excluded from the final ranking.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III, Group A Tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III, Group A Tournament, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III, Group A Tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top four goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Championship Division III, Group A Tournament, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2010 IIHF World Championship Final was the gold medal match at the 2010 IIHF World Championship. The match was played in Lanxess Arena in Cologne on 23 May. The Czech Republic defeated the favored Russian team 2–1.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
The final was the first gold medal game between Russia and the Czech Republic in the history of the tournament. Before, they faced each other at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Czechs defeated the Russians in the Gold Medal game. In addition, the predecessors of both these nations, the USSR and Czechoslovakia, had met several times in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
It was Russia's third consecutive finals appearance, and the Czech Republic's first appearance since 2006.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue
The Lanxess Arena in Cologne was determined to host the finalists of the tournament. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals, and the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 19,132.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
The match began with a goal after just 20 seconds, scored by Jakub Klepiš from a pass by Jaromír Jágr. The goal was seemingly the result of a defensive mistake which led to a Czech offensive possession with Russian defensemen out of position. For the remainder of the period the Russians held almost complete possession of the puck, and veteran Sergei Fedorov hit the post after an odd man rush.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
Very late in the period the Russians put the puck in the net on a power play, but it was determined to be after the clock had run out and was ruled as no goal. There was some brief confusion however, as the buzzer sounds after the clock on the scoreboard runs out.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
In the second period Russia pressed once again but the Czech Republic slowed the game down and forced Russia to regroup, resulting in an error in the Russian defensive zone when Alexander Ovechkin collided with teammate Fedorov. This led to a 3-on-2 rush for the Czechs and Karel Rachůnek centered the puck while Tomáš Rolinek crashed the net. The puck was redirected off Rolinek's skates, and it was ruled a good goal because there was no kicking motion visible.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, The match, Summary
The third period began with more Russian pressure, including a close chance off the post by Evgeni Malkin, but at the midway point of the period Russian Alexei Emelin was given a five-minute major and thrown out of the game for clipping Jaromír Jágr, who did not return for the remainder of the game. This was followed by more penalty trouble for both teams. In the final minutes after pulling goaltender Semyon Varlamov, Pavel Datsyuk buried a goal on a 5-on-3 with 35 seconds left, bringing Russia within one goal of the Czechs. Under pressure the Czech goalie Tomáš Vokoun managed to stave off the final Russian assault and the Czechs held on to win the game 2–1.


2010 IIHF World Championship Final, Aftermath
The president of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus handed out the gold medals alongside IIHF president René Fasel. It was the sixth title for the Czech Republic, and first after 2005.


2010 IIHF World Championship rosters
The 2010 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 395 players from 16 national ice hockey teams. Run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the 2010 IIHF World Championship, held in Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Mannheim, Germany, was the 74th edition of the tournament. The Czech Republic won the championship for the sixth time after defeating Russia 2–1 in the final.


2010 IIHF World Championship rosters
Before the start of the championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of fifteen skaters and two goaltenders and a maximum of twenty skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. A country that had selected fewer than the maximum allowed were required to choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to add an additional two players to their roster, for a maximum of 25. Once players were registered to the team, they could not be removed from the roster.


2010 IIHF World Championship rosters
To have qualified for the national team under IIHF rules, a player must have met several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player was required to have played two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country without playing in another country. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch countries if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may happen only once in the player's life.


2010 IIHF World Championship rosters
Dennis Endras of Germany led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.961, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Russian Pavel Datsyuk was named top forward and Petteri Nummelin of Finland was selected as top defenceman. Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division I tournaments made up the second level of the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Herning, Denmark, and the Group B tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Norway and Germany won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A
The Group A tournament was played in Herning, Denmark, from 12 to 18 April 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A
Norway was promoted to Top Division  for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships  Austria was relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B
The Group B tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, from 11 to 17 April 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B
Germany was promoted to Top Division  for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships  Lithuania was relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division II tournaments made up the third level of the IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Narva, Estonia, and the Group B tournament was played in Kiev, Ukraine. Italy and Slovenia won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Division I of the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A
The Group A tournament was played in Narva, Estonia, from 13 to 19 March 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A
Italy was promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iceland was relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B
The Group B tournament was played in Kiev, Ukraine, from 22 to 28 March 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B
Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Australia was relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B
All times are local (EET - UTC+02:00) / 28.03.2010 (EEST - UTC+03:00).


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of the IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, and the Group B tournament was played in Monterrey, Mexico. China and New Zealand won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Division II of the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A
The Group A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, from 8 to 14 March 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group A
China is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group B
The Group B tournament was played in Monterrey, Mexico, from 14 to 20 March 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Group B
New Zealand is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships was the 12th edition of the IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was held in Minsk and Babruysk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 23, 2010. Tournament games were played at the Minsk Sports Palace in Minsk and the Babruysk Arena in Babruysk. The United States won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–1 victory over Sweden in the championship game. The gold medal was the fifth for the United States since the tournament began in 1999; Sweden matched their best ever performance with a silver medal.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Preliminary Round, Group A
The Group A games took place in Bobruisk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Preliminary Round, Group B
The Group B games took place in Minsk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Relegation round, Results
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Final standings
Belarus and  Latvia were relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I
Group A was played in Herning, Denmark, between April 12 and April 18, 2010. Group B was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, between April 11 and April 17, 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group A
Norway was promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Austria was relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Group B
Germany was promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Lithuania was relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II
Group A was played in Narva, Estonia, between March 13 and March 19, 2010. Group B was played in Kiev, Ukraine, between March 22 and March 28, 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group A
Italy was promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iceland was relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Group B
Slovenia was promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III
Group A was played in Erzurum, Turkey, between March 8 and March 14, 2010. Group B was played in Monterrey, Mexico, between March 14 and March 20, 2010.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III, Group A
China was promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III, Group B
New Zealand was promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the third junior female world ice hockey championships. It was held from March 27 through April 3, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Eight teams will play in the top division, and six teams play in Division I.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Preliminary round, Group A
Japan's 3–1 victory over Finland is the first time in IIHF history that any Japanese national team had ever beaten a Finnish national team.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Relegation Round
The relegation round was played as a best-of-three playoff. The Czech Republic sweep hence rendered the last game unnecessary.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Relegation Round
This is the first time any Russian national team has ever been officially relegated since the country began international competition in 1954 as part of the Soviet Union. (The senior Russian women's team finished the 2005 World Championships in a relegation position, but an expansion of the 2007 tournament to nine teams in 2007 granted them a reprieve.)


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Relegation Round
Russia is relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Division I
The tournament was held in Piešťany, Slovakia, from April 3 to April 9, 2010.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Division I
Switzerland is promoted to Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I
The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I tournament was held in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 3 to 9 April 2010. Switzerland won the tournament and after a year they returned to the top division.


2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, Final standings
Switzerland is promoted to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship


2010 IMSA Prototype Lites season
The 2010 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites season was the fourth season of the series. It consisted of eight rounds which started on March 20 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 2 at Road Atlanta. This was one of the support series of the American Le Mans Series.


2010 IMSA Prototype Lites season
CORE Autosport's Charlie Shears was champion in the Lites 1 class, clinching the title with a round to spare. Despite winning only three races, Shears finished every race in the points and won the championship title by 45 points from his nearest rival. Brothers Antonio and Matt Downs finished in second and third places; Antonio winning races at Miller Motorsports Park and Road America, and Matt at Millville. Three-time race winner Gary Gibson and Jon Brownson, another winner at Road America completed the top five in the championship.


2010 IMSA Prototype Lites season
Shears' performances helped CORE Autosport clinch the Lites 1 teams' championship, six points clear of the Downs' Eurosport Racing outfit. In Lites 2, BERG Racing's John Weisberg and Factory 48 Motorsports' Lee Alexander dominated the class, taking 13 of the 15 wins available. Weisberg's nine wins gave him the championship title by seven points on dropped scores, from four-time winner Alexander. BERG Racing also took the teams title by six points from Factory 48. Other race wins were taken by Rick Bartuska and Eric Vassian.


2010 IMSA Prototype Lites season, Schedule
All races supported the 2010 American Le Mans Series season apart from round three which was a stand-alone event. All rounds consisted of two 30 minute races.


2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships
The 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships was a competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and ran from 25 to 31 July 2010.


2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships
Vietnamese powerlifter Lê Văn Công was the winner of the silver medal in the men's 48 kg event but he was stripped of his medal after anti-doping rule violation.


2010 IPC Swimming World Championships
The 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2008 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands and lasted from 14 to 21 August.


2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Venue
The Championship was staged at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium located in the south of Eindhoven. The complex contains three outdoor swimming pools.


2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Events, Classification
Athletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are:


2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Events, Classification
Classifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.


2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Participating nations
Below is the list of countries which participated in the Championships.


2010 IPP Open
The 2010 IPP Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Helsinki, Finland between 22 and 28 November 2010.


2010 IPP Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 IPP Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2010 IPP Open, Champions, Doubles
Dustin Brown /  Martin Emmrich def. Henri Kontinen /  Jarkko Nieminen, 7–6(17), 0–6, [10–7]


2010 IPP Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but were ineligible compete this year, due to the ATP rules. Dustin Brown and Martin Emmrich won in the final 7–6(17), 0–6, [10–7], against Henri Kontinen and Jarkko Nieminen.


2010 IPP Open – Singles
Michał Przysiężny was the defending champion, but had to retire in the final. As a result, Ričardas Berankis won this tournament.


2010 IPP Trophy
The 2010 IPP Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland between 23 and 29 August 2010.


2010 IPP Trophy, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 IPP Trophy, Champions, Doubles
Gero Kretschmer /  Alex Satschko def. Philipp Oswald /  Martin Slanar, 6–3, 4–6, [11–9]


2010 IPP Trophy – Doubles
Diego Álvarez and Juan-Martín Aranguren were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Gero Kretschmer and Alex Satschko won in the final 6–3, 4–6, [11–9], against Philipp Oswald and Martin Slanar.


2010 IPP Trophy – Singles
Dominik Meffert was the defending champion but decided not to participate this year. Grigor Dimitrov won the final against Pablo Andújar 6–2, 4–6, 6–4.


2010 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The competition was contested by 12 men's junior national teams and was held in June 2010 and hosted by Argentina. The competition was won by New Zealand.


2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the third time that the event run in this second-tier world championship for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). This competition, which contested by eight men's junior national teams and was held in Moscow, Russia from May 18 to May 30.


2010 IRB Nations Cup
The 2010 IRB Nations Cup was the fifth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).


2010 IRB Nations Cup
For the fourth consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. Scotland A returned to defend their title, but Namibia were the overall winners of the tournament.


2010 IRB Nations Cup
The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.


2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The 2010 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Tonga. The competition was won by Samoa.


2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The Junior All Blacks, the defending title holder, decided not to take part in this year's competition. The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament began on June 12 and ended on June 26, 2010, with most of the matches hosted by Samoa. All matches except for a match between Fiji and Asian 5 Nations champion, Japan were played at Apia Park in Samoa.


2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The tournament was a round-robin where each team played all of the other teams once. The standard bonus points system was used to determine the overall winner—four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat, plus single bonus points offered for scoring four or more tries in a match and losing by 7 points or fewer.


2010 ISSA Basketball Tournament
2010 ISSA Basketball Tournament was the basketball tournament of the Iloilo Schools Sports Association in 2007. Six schools in group A and five schools in group B of the high school division were participating and the tournament was hosted by the Central Philippine University. Games were held at the De Paul College gym, CPU gym and Iloilo Sports Complex Basketball center. The tournament was held from August 10 through September 14 or 17th, 2007. The champion of group B will go up to group A for the next tournament, while the last place team in group A will be relegated to group B.


2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships
The 50th ISSF World Shooting Championships was held in Munich, Germany from July 29, 2010 to August 10, 2010.


2010 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2010 ITF Men's Circuit consisted of 502 'Futures' tournaments played year round, around the world.


2010 ITF Men's Circuit, Top 25 players of the season
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player, within all the tournaments of the 2010 ITF Futures series. The players are sorted by: 1) total number of titles; 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2010 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The 2010 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2010 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. During the months of April 2010 and June 2010 over 150 tournaments were played with the majority being played in the month of May.


2010 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The 2010 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2010 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. During January/March 2010 over 80 tournaments were played with the majority being played in January.


2010 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The 2010 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2010 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. During the months of July and September more than 179 tournaments were played with the majority being played in the month of August.


2010 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The 2010 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2010 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and was a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. During the months of October and December were played 91 tournaments with the majority being played in the month of October.


2010 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2010 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2010 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and was a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000. The list of tournaments is split into January–March, April–June, July–September and October–December due to the number of tournaments.


2010 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June)
This is the April–June part of the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit.


2010 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The 2010 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2010 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. During the months of January 2010 and March 2010 over 50 tournaments were played with the majority being played in the month of March.


2010 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
This is the July–September part of the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit.


2010 ITF Women's Circuit (October–December)
This is the October–December part of the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit.


2010 ITM Cup
The 2010 ITM Cup season was the fifth season since the competition reconstruction in 2006. For the ITM Cup competition it involved the top 14 provincial unions of New Zealand. The tournament was won by Canterbury, who defeated Waikato 33–13 in the competition final. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was currently the first season under the new sponsor. Including the defunct National Provincial Championship, this is the 34th season of New Zealand's premier domestic competition. The regular season matches took place from 29 July until 24 October – followed by the semi-finals that culminated in the final on 5 November.


2010 ITM Cup, Competition format
Covering fifteen weeks, the schedule featured a total of 91 matches. The competition was the decider for the top seven sides that will become part of the top table of New Zealand domestic table via the Premiership, whilst the bottom seven sides will form the Championship. The regular season consisted of two types of matches:


2010 ITM Cup, Competition format
The four teams, moved on to the finals. The top two winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the first-placed winner hosted the fourth-placed winner and the second-placed winner hosted the third-placed winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400
The 2010 ITM Hamilton 400 was the fourth event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the third running of the Hamilton 400. It was held on the weekend of 16–18 April on the inner city streets of Hamilton, in New Zealand.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
An even start saw pole sitter Jamie Whincup take the lead from Garth Tander at the first corner ahead of Michael Caruso, Craig Lowndes, Tony D'Alberto as Holdens dominated the start. Steven Johnson was the first Ford ahead of Rick Kelly, Fabian Coulthard, James Courtney and Mark Winterbottom.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
Yellows were waved on the opening lap after Shane van Gisbergen hit the wall over the back section of the circuit with both Russell Ingall and Dean Fiore striking glancing blows on the now limping Ford with Todd Kelly and Jason Bargwanna ending up spun backwards to the field in the ensuing chaos.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
Tander forced his way into the lead in the early running, but once in front could not get away from Whincup. Light rain began in the opening laps, becoming more noticeable by about lap ten. A mechanical flag was waved at D'Alberto, ruining his best ever early race start, with flapping bodywork in the rear diffuser. Russell Ingall pitted on lap 12 with a misfire, diagnosed as a broken rocker. Cars began stopping for tyres on lap 16. Courtney the first of the leaders to pit along with Lee Holdsworth with Lowndes and Rick Kelly following on lap 17.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
The round of pitstops completed saw Tander drop to third behind Whincup and Courtney. Daniel Gaunt hit the wall on lap 26 with Steven Richards pitting the following lap with mechanical issues. Both continued. After the second round of stops Tander settled back into second ahead of Courtney. Safety car was called for when Tim Slade stopped with his Ford unable to restart.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
At the restart on lap 49 Whincup led from Tander, Courtney, Lowndes, Caruso, Steven Johnson, Mark Winterbottom, Rick Kelly and Paul Dumbrell. Fabian Coulthard turned Todd Kelly into a spin and Jonathon Webb also punting Greg Murphy into a spin. Alex Davison came to a halt with his portion of track blocked. All continued. Coulthard received a drive-through penalty. Top four pulled steadily away. Will Davison retired with an engine misfire after having climbed to the edge of the top ten after his qualifying accident left him buried in the grid.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 7
Whincup pulled clear to claim his fifth race win of the year ahead of Tander, Courtney in the first Ford, Lowndes, Caruso, Johnson, Winterbottom, Rick Kelly, Dumbrell and Lee Holdsworth.


2010 ITM Hamilton 400, Report, Race 8
Qualifying was marred by a heavy collision with a wall by Andrew Thompson, his second consecutive street circuit crash after damaging his car sufficiently at the 2010 Clipsal 500 to miss the entire meeting. The Walkinshaw Racing team assessed the damage as to extensive to repair for the race. Garth Tander secured pole position after a last minute effort by Race 7 polesitter Jamie Whincup fell afoul traffic. Behind Whincup was Michael Caruso in a strong performance in the Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with Rick Kelly and Craig Lowndes completing a clean sweep of the top five for Holden. First Fords were the Dick Johnson Racing pair of James Courtney and Steven Johnson in sixth and seventh with Will Davison, Rick Kelly and Mark Winterbottom completing the top ten positions. In a disappointing session for the strong New Zealand contingent Shane van Gisbergen represented their best in twelfth.


2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships
The 2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships was a duathlon competition held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 3 to 5 September 2010 and organized by the International Triathlon Union (ITU). The championship course included a 10k run, a 38.4k bike, and a 5k run around the areas of Holyrood Park, Arthur’s Seat and the Scottish Parliament Building. General Electric was the title sponsor of the championship. Titles for amateur duathletes, elite paraduathletes, and elite duathletes were awarded during the three days of competition.


2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships, Results
Scotland native Catriona Morrison captured the overall women's elite title, her second following her 2006 win. Bart Aernouts took the men's elite title, leading the Belgium sweep of the podium spots.


2010 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships
The 2010 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon race organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) held in Lausanne, Switzerland on August 21. The event hosted both elite-level and amateur triathletes. This marked the inaugural year for the ITU World Triathlon Series sprint distance championship race. The sprint race replaced the ITU Triathlon World Cup event held in Lausanne in previous years. The race was held over a distance of 750 m swim, 20 km cycle, 5 km run. A prize purse of $50,000 was awarded for the sprint event.


2010 ITU Triathlon World Cup
The 2010 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes held during the 2010 season. Eight races were announced as part of the 2010 World Cup series. Each race was held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall 2010 ITU Triathlon World Championships point totals.


2010 ITU World Championship Series
The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2010 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon Events leading to a Grand Final held in Budapest, Hungary in September 2010. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon – the International Triathlon Union (ITU) – and was sponsored by Dextro Energy.


2010 ITU World Championship Series, Series events
The series touched down on three continents, stopping in some locations used in the 2009 series, as well as some new ones. Budapest was a successful new venue for the ITU World Cup/World Championships.


2010 ITU World Championship Series, Results, Overall world championship
Points were distributed at each World Championship Event to the top 40 finishers in the men's and women's elite races, and to the top 50 finishers at the Grand Final. Points towards the ITU World Championship ranking could also be obtained at the World Cup events. The sum of each athlete's best four points scores in the World Championship and World Cup Events (maximum of two World Cup scores) and the points score from the World Championship Grand Final determined the final ranking.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain from 4–6 June. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. A total of 459 athletes from 29 nations participated in the championships. Twelve championships records were set at the fourteenth edition of the competition.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Cuba topped the medal table with 15 golds and 25 medals in total. The hosts, Spain, were runners-up with 11 golds and 31 medals overall, while Brazil took third place in the final tally. The event was held to coincide with the city's celebration of the 200th anniversary of the meetings of the Cortes of Cádiz, which paved the way towards the liberation of Spanish America.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Brazil's Fabiana Murer provided the highlight of the championships by winning the pole vault with a South American record of 4.85 m – placing her in fourth on the all-time lists. Nilson André scored a sprint double by taking the men's 100 and 200 metres titles. The men's 4×400 metre relay provided Cubans Yeimer López and Omar Cisneros with their second gold medals of the competition, after having won the 800 metres and 400 metres hurdles, respectively. Jessica Augusto of Portugal set a championship record of 8:46.59 in the 3000 metres, along with winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participating nations
The participation of all twenty-nine members Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo was a new record high for the championships. The level of athlete participation was also high: 449 athletes competed at the event, which was the second highest in history after the 1992 championships.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the official results of the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on June 4–6, 2010 in San Fernando, Spain.


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results, Men's results, 110 meters hurdles
Heats – June 5Wind:Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 100 meters
Heats – June 4Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 200 meters
Heats – June 5Wind:Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.5 m/s


2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results, Women's results, 100 meters hurdles
Heats – June 5Wind:Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s


2010 Iceland power outages
The Iceland Power outages 2010 was a massive, widespread power outage that occurred nationwide in Iceland, on Wednesday, September 1 to 21, 2010, at approximately 21:00 UTC. At the time, it was one of the most widespread electrical outages in Icelandic history. The three largest aluminium smelters in Iceland were hit by the outage, leaving Century Aluminum Grundartangi and Rio Tinto Alcan Straumsvík totally off-grid. The third aluminium smelter, Alcoa Fjarðarál, was forced to reduce its operations to a bare minimum. Hot water became immediately scarce in some of the neighborhoods in Reykjavík, the capital, 20 days fully restored.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Iceland on 27 November 2010. The Supreme Court of Iceland invalidated the results of the election on 25 January 2011 following complaints about several faults in how the election was conducted. However, it was decided on 25 February 2011 that the elected assembly members would instead be appointed to a Constitutional Council with effectively the same role. The proposed changes to the constitution were approved in a referendum in October 2012.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Background
This would be the first time in Iceland's history that a body had reviewed broad areas of the constitution. It was given the mandate to examine:


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Background
The Constitutional Assembly was also empowered to address additional matters beyond "reviewing the Constitution of the Republic".


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Background
The Assembly was required to convene by 15 February 2011 and finish its work no later than 15 April 2011. The 25 members were to be elected using the single transferable vote system under the Weighted Inclusive Gregory Method. Over 500 candidates filed to run in the election, more than double the most optimistic estimates.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Results
Turnout in the election was only 36%. 15 men and 10 women were elected, fulfilling the quota of 40% women required; had fewer women been elected, up to six women closest to being elected under the regular method would have been declared elected to fulfill the quota. The full list of the 25 members elected to the Constitutional Assembly was:


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Iceland ruled the election to the Constitutional Assembly null and void with a decision on 25 January 2011. Six Supreme Court Justices examined complaints about the election process. The Justices were: Garðar Gíslason, Árni Kolbeinsson, Gunnlaugur Claessen, Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson, Páll Hreinsson and Viðar Már Matthíasson.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
The court received complaints from Óðinn Sigþórsson, Skafti Harðarson and Þorgrímur S. Þorgrímsson. The complaints regarded various faults of the election process, according to the complainants. The court found five separate faults on the election process. It considered two of them to be serious.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court referred to the fact that it was the role of the legislature to establish clear and unambiguous rules for the conduct of public elections which take into account the circumstances resulting from their special nature. It was however not lawful for the government to deviate from the clear provisions of the laws concerning elections, because of the number of candidates or because of new procedures thought suitable for electronic tallying of votes.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
The Court further pointed to case law supporting its decision. The Court referred to the fact that in Icelandic jurisprudence there was precedent for declaring elections null and void when the election process was in breach of law and suited to violate election secrecy. For example, elections in Helgafellssveit regarding the unification of municipalities had been declared null and void. That judgement was reached because the ballot paper was of such a make that it was possible to see writing though it, even though it was folded. In its reasoning in that case the Supreme Court said:


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
Another precedent from jurisprudence where elections have been declared null and void because of faults in election secrecy is the election to a Municipal Commission in Geithellnahreppur 25 June 1978. Like the precedent the Supreme Court referred to in its decision on the Constitutional Assembly, the ballot papers were of such a make that it was possible to see writing through them when folded. The Supreme Court stated:


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
According to Þorvaldur Gylfason (the most popular candidate in the election) this was 'a bizarre technical complaint about the way the election to the constituent assembly had been conducted'.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Election deemed null and void by the Supreme Court
After receiving their election certificate (kjörbréf) on 2 December 2010, the elected delegates were informed on 27 January 2011, that the election certificates had been revoked by the National Election Commission. The following day, all of the Commission members tendered their resignation citing the circumstances that had arisen and the harmony necessary for the Commission to carry out its functions.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Parliament appoints the candidates
Parliament began the same day to deliberate whether and how to continue the process. It was decided on 25 February 2011 that the elected assembly members would be appointed by Parliament to a Constitutional Council with basically the same role. A resolution passed which appointed most of the delegates that had been elected. The Parliament voted thus:


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Parliament appoints the candidates
All members of Parliament for the Independence Party were against this solution. Six of the seven who abstained were members of the governing coalition.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Proposed constitutional amendments changes
The constitution draft was finished on 29 July 2011 and presented to the Althing on the same day.


2010 Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, Aftermath, Referendum
The proposed changes were approved in a referendum on 20 October 2012.


2010 Icelandic Cup
2010 Visa-Bikar was the 51st season of the Icelandic national football cup. It began on 7 May 2010 and ended with the final on 14 August 2010 at Laugardalsvöllur. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.


2010 Icelandic Cup, First round
The First Round consisted of 38 teams from the lower Icelandic divisions and eight teams from the third division. The matches were played between 7 and 9 May 2010.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Second round
The Second Round included the 23 winners from the previous round as well as one team from the lower Icelandic divisions (Höfrungur), four teams from the third division and all 12 teams from the second division. The matches were played between 17 and 19 May 2010.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Third round
The Third round included the 20 winners from the previous round and the 12 teams from the Úrvalsdeild. These matches were played on 2 and 3 June 2010. The round saw the demise of the reigning champions Breiðablik come to an end at the hands of FH and a penalty shoot out which saw Breiðablik miss 3 penalty kicks in a row. The round also saw the progression of two 2. deild karla teams to the fourth round, BÍ/Bolungarvík and Vikingur Ó.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Fourth round
This round consisted of the 16 winners of the previous round. These matches were drawn on 7 June at the Football Association of Iceland headquarters in Reykjavík. The draw consisted of 8 teams from the Pepsi-deild karla, 6 from the 1. deild karla and 2 from the 2. deild karla. All matches were played between 23 and 24 June 2010.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Quarter-finals
This round consisted of the 8 winners of the previous round. These matches were drawn on 25 June at the Football Association of Iceland headquarters in Reykjavík. The draw consisted of five teams from the Pepsi-deild karla, two from the 1. deild karla and one from the 2. deild karla. All matches were played between 1 and 12 July 2010.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches involve the four winners from the previous quarter-final round on 28 and 29 July 2010. The draw took place at the Football Association of Iceland headquarters in Reykjavík on 13 July 2010.


2010 Icelandic Cup, Final
The final took place at Laugardalsvöllur on 14 August 2010 and was contested between the winners of the previous semi-final matches.


2010 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
2010 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 15th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 20 February 2010 and concluded on 1 May 2010. KR Reykjavík beat Breiðablik 2–1 in the final and won their fourth League Cup title.


2010 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 24 teams were divided into 3 groups of 8 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. Top 2 teams from each group and the two best third-placed qualified for the quarter-finals.


2010 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Group stage
The games were played from 20 February to 18 April 2010.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum
The 2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, also known as the Icesave referendum (Icelandic: Þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla um Icesave), was held in Iceland on 6 March 2010.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum
The referendum was held to approve the terms of a state guarantee on the obligation of the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund (Tryggingarsjóður innstæðueigenda og fjárfesta), in particular a €3.8 billion loan (€11,964 per person) from the governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to cover deposit insurance obligations in those countries. The referendum was held under article 26 of the Constitution of Iceland after President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson refused to counter-sign the corresponding Act of Parliament (known as the second Icesave bill) into law on 5 January 2010. The proposal was resoundingly defeated, with 98% voting against and less than 2% in favor.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum
The referendum was the first to be held in Iceland since 1944, and required special legislation. The Althing (Iceland's parliament) approved a motion on 8 January 2010 which called for the referendum to be held by 6 March at the latest. The motion passed by 49–0 with 14 abstentions. The date of the referendum was later set for 6 March.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background
The liabilities of the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund arise from the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis, which saw Iceland's three main commercial banks collapse within the space of a week. One of those banks, Landsbanki, had taken retail deposits from more than 400,000 British and Dutch customers through its branches in London and Amsterdam, through a product known as "Icesave".


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background
At the time of the economic collapse, the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund had equity of only 10.8 billion krónur, about €68 million at the exchange rates of the time and far from sufficient to cover the Dutch and British claims. The initial reaction of the Icelandic authorities was to disclaim state responsibility for the shortfall in the insurance fund, pointing out that both the Guarantee Fund and Landsbanki were private corporations (although the Guarantee Fund was set up and operated under a specific Act of Parliament).


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background
One of the governors of the Central Bank of Iceland, former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson, was interviewed on Icelandic public service broadcaster RÚV and stated that "we [the Icelandic State] do not intend to pay the debts of the banks that have been a little heedless". This led to a diplomatic dispute, and the unprecedented (and controversial) freezing of Landsbanki assets in the United Kingdom through the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background
An outline agreement was reached on 16 November 2008, after mediation by France and the European Union. Iceland agreed to guarantee the liabilities of the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund to British and Dutch savers, while the UK and the Netherlands would effectively lend the Guarantee Fund the necessary money. However, the exact terms of the repayment of the loan were not finalized at the time, and negotiations continued into 2009, held up somewhat by the collapse of the Icelandic government in January 2009 and the subsequent elections in April.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background, Loan agreement
Iceland finally reached bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom and the Netherlands on 5 June 2009. The liabilities of the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund were £2.35 billion in the UK and €1.2 billion in the Netherlands. The governments agreed that the money would be paid back between 2017 and 2023, so that repayments on the deposit insurance loan would not coincide with the repayment of loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to whom Iceland had to turn during the financial crisis.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background, First Icesave bill
On 28 August 2009, the Althing (Iceland's parliament) voted 34–15 (with 14 abstentions) to approve a bill (commonly referred to as the Icesave bill) to regulate the repayments. Initially opposed in June, the bill was passed after amendments were added which set a ceiling on the repayment based on the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Under the measure, up to 4% of Iceland's GDP growth (in sterling terms, from a 2008 base) would be paid to Britain from 2017–2023 while the Netherlands would receive up to 2% of Iceland's GDP growth for the same period.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Background, First Icesave bill
Opponents of the bill argued that Icelanders, already reeling from the crisis, should not have to pay for mistakes made by private banks under the watch of other governments. However, the government argued that if the bill failed to pass, the UK and the Netherlands might retaliate by blocking disbursements from the IMF.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill
The British and Dutch governments did not accept the amendments to the negotiated deal that had been placed into the first Icesave bill, and without a mutually agreed deal continued opposition to payment of the second tranche of the IMF loans. Revised loan agreements negotiations, including the cap on repayments, were concluded on 19 October 2009 and the issue went back to the Althing on the same day. A second Icesave bill was passed on 30 December by 33–30 (no abstentions).


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill
The bill was presented to President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at a routine meeting of the government the next morning. Grímsson refused to sign the bill immediately, pointing out that it was less than 24 hours since it had been passed by the Althing, and asked for more time to consider it. Article 26 of the Constitution of Iceland states that bills passed by the Althing must be counter-signed by the President within fourteen days or face a national referendum.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill
The President had previously scheduled a meeting for 2 January 2010 with campaigners from the "Indefence" movement, which opposes the bill. At the meeting Indefence presented a petition bearing 56,089 signatures (nearly 25% of the Icelandic electorate) urging Grímsson not to sign the bill. By 4 January, the number of signatories had risen to 62,000. However, the leaders of the Confederation of Labor (ASÍ), the Federation of State and Municipal Employees (BSRB), the Confederation of Employers (SA) and the Federation of Icelandic Industries (SI) all urged the President to pass the legislation.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill
Grímsson announced his decision not to sign the bill at a press conference in his official residence (Bessastaðir) on the morning of 5 January 2010.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill, Reactions before the referendum
The Icelandic government, led by Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, immediately expressed its "disappointment" with the President's decision and stressed that "the government of Iceland remains fully committed to implementing the bilateral loan agreements and thus the state guarantee provided for by the law."


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill, Reactions before the referendum
The UK Financial Services Secretary, Lord Myners, responded saying that "The Icelandic people, if they took that decision [not to accept the bill], would effectively be saying that Iceland doesn't want to be part of the international financial system," while Dutch Minister of Finance Wouter Bos called such a decision "unacceptable", saying that, whatever the outcome of the referendum, Iceland would still be "compelled to pay back the money". A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown reacted in similar terms: "The Government expects the loan to be repaid. We are obviously very disappointed by the decision by the Icelandic President, but we do expect Iceland to live up to its legal obligations and repay the money."


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill, Reactions before the referendum
Norway announced that its promised loan to Iceland would not be paid out before the national referendum has been settled. The Norwegian loan is part of a €1.775bn package agreed between Iceland and the four other Nordic countries on 1 July 2009.


2010 Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, Second Icesave bill, Reactions before the referendum
Credit rating agency Fitch lowered its rating on Icelandic sovereign debt from BBB− to BB+ (junk-bond grade).


2010 Icelandic municipal elections
The Icelandic municipal elections of 2010 were held on 29 May in that year to elect the municipal councils of Iceland.


2010 Icelandic municipal elections, Reykjavík
A new political party called The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn) won the most seats on the council, defeating the established parties.


2010 Icelandic municipal elections, Reykjavík, Campaign
The Best Party led in the polls in the run up to the election with one survey showing they could win a majority on their own. Among the policies in the party's "best manifesto" were plans for a polar bear for the city's zoo, a Disneyland at Reykjavík Airport, palm trees on the waterfront and free towels at swimming pools. However the leader of the Best Party, comedian Jón Gnarr, said that his party, which had only been founded in November 2009, was serious and his campaign manager said they wanted "to take a stand against a system that is completely ruined".


2010 Icelandic municipal elections, Reykjavík, Campaign
Political analysts saw the strong support for the Best Party being due to the economic crisis that had taken place since 2008, which had led voters to lose confidence in the traditional political parties. Meanwhile, other politicians called on voters to get serious and avoid putting the city in the "hands of clowns" during a time of economic difficulty. As the election neared a poll showed the Best Party dropped slightly while remaining ahead, with the Independence Party rising, making it unlikely that the Best Party would win a majority.


2010 Icelandic municipal elections, Reykjavík, Results
The results saw the Best Party become the largest party on the council with 6 of the 15 seats, but short of a majority. They defeated the Independence Party of incumbent mayor Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir into second place with 33.6% of the vote, compared to 34.7% for the Best Party. The results were described as "a shock" by the Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, with the leader of the Best Party, Jón Gnarr saying he should now become mayor of Reykjavík.


2010 Icelandic municipal elections, Reykjavík, Results
Gnarr has since formed a coalition with the Social Democrats and was mayor until June 16, 2014.


2010 Idaho Secretary of State election
The 2010 Idaho Secretary of State election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Secretary of State of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ben Ysursa won the election for a third term.


2010 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2010 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals, led by fourth-year head coach Robb Akey, were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. They finished the season 6–7 overall and 3–5 in WAC play.


2010 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule
Idaho's home attendance in 2010 was 76,379 for six games, an average of 12,730 per game. The maximum was 16,453 for the Boise State game on November 12, the minimum was 8,011 for San Jose State game on December 4.


2010 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Three Vandals were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft, the most taken in one draft since 1972. In that 1972 NFL Draft,which lasted 17 rounds (442 selections), three Vandals were taken from the 1971 Vandal team that went 8-3.The third Vandal went in the 17th round at #428; the 2011 Draft was just seven rounds (254 selections).


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election
The 2010 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Idaho. Incumbent Republican Governor Butch Otter won re-election, defeating his Democratic opponent Keith G. Allred.


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election
A former Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Representative, Otter won an open seat race in 2006 against Democratic Party nominee Jerry Brady with 52.67% of the vote.


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
Both Rammell and Ullman sought support from followers of the Tea Party movement by criticizing Otter's 2009 attempt to raise Idaho's gas tax.


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
In August 2009, Rammell drew criticism for joking about buying a license to hunt President Barack Obama.


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Between January 1 and May 9, 2010, Allred led Otter in fundraising, having raised $241,000 to Otter's $193,000. Allred said, "We are picking up momentum and are right where we want to be." However, Otter limited his fundraising activity while the Idaho Legislature was in session.


2010 Idaho gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Allred has criticized Otter for backing cuts to public education spending, which led the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry to launch a website attacking Allred.


2010 Iditarod
The 38th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race saw 71 participating teams from the United States, Jamaica, Canada and United Kingdom. The ceremonial start was held in Anchorage on March 6. The official restart was held one day later in Willow.


2010 Iditarod
On March 16, 2:59 pm, Lance Mackey arrived at the burled arch in Nome, taking the championship with a time of 8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 9 seconds. He became the first musher to achieve four consecutive Iditarod victories, and the second musher to complete the trail under 9 days.


2010 Iditarod
Hans Gatt arrived at 4:04 pm. He had overtaken third-place finisher Jeff King near the final stretch, after Elim. Four-time champion Jeff King was the third to finish at 5:22 pm. While King had initially held the lead in the middle stages of the race, he was overtaken by Mackey at the Kaltag checkpoint — King had stopped to rest while Mackey pushed on. If King had won, he would have tied the record set by Rick Swenson for most Iditarod races won. King has said that this would be his final Iditarod.


2010 Iditarod, Incidents
On March 9, rookie musher Pat Moon collided with a tree and was knocked unconscious. Musher Sam Deltour arrived shortly after and checked on Moon and his dogs, whereupon Moon regained consciousness. Moon was flown to Lake Hood and taken to Providence Alaska Medical Center. His dogs were in good condition.


2010 Iditarod, Incidents
On March 10, Justin Savidis lost one of his dogs, Whitey, between Nikolai and McGrath checkpoints. He scratched in McGrath to assist in the search by volunteers and the Iditarod Air Force. Whitey was later found by McGrath residents in good health.


2010 Idol Star Athletics Championships
The 2010 Idol Star Championships in Athletics (Hangul: 아이돌스타 육상 선수권 대회) was held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul, South Korea on September 14, 2010   and was broadcast on MBC from September 25 to 26, 2010. At the championships a total number of 10 events in athletics were contested: 5 by men and 5 by women. There were a total number of 130 participating K-pop singers and celebrities from 15 management companies, divided into 16 teams.


2010 If Stockholm Open
The 2010 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known this year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from October 18 through October 24, 2010.


2010 If Stockholm Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Eric Butorac /  Jean-Julien Rojer defeated  Johan Brunström /  Jarkko Nieminen, 6–3, 6–4


2010 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions. Ullyett retired from professional tennis in 2009. As a result, Soares partnered up with his compatriot Marcelo Melo, but they lost in semifinals against Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer. Butorac and Rojer won their second doubles title in this year (last win in Tokyo). They defeated Johan Brunström and Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2010 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Marcos Baghdatis was the defending champion, but chose to participate in the Kremlin Cup instead. Roger Federer won this event, by defeating Florian Mayer 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2010 If Stockholm Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini, led by sixth-year head coach Ron Zook, are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play and were invited to the Texas Bowl where they defeated Baylor 38–14.


2010 Illinois House of Representatives election
The 2010 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years.


2010 Illinois House of Representatives election, Notable races, District 54
Long-time Republican incumbent Suzanne Bassi, a moderate, lost in the primary to conservative Tom Morrison (, ), co-owner of a Servpro franchise with his brother, in an upset. Morrison is facing Democratic nominee Matt Flamm (, ), senior partner in a business and real estate law practice in Chicago. The Pioneer Press endorsed Flamm on October 14, 2010.


2010 Illinois House of Representatives election, Notable races, District 54
The 54th District includes portions of Palatine, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and Rolling Meadows.


2010 Illinois Senate election
The 2010 elections for the Illinois Senate was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Senators elected this year sat for two year terms, all of which expired at the beginning of the next General Assembly.


2010 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2010 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Redbirds were led by second-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They played as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in fifth place.


2010 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010.


2010 Illinois elections, Election information
2010 was a midterm election year in the United States.


2010 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 23.14%, with 1,758,489 votes cast.


2010 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 50.53%, with 3,792,770 votes cast.


2010 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Democrat Roland Burris, appointed in 2009 by then-Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat that Barack Obama had vacated after being elected President of the United States, did not seek reelection.


2010 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
U.S. Congressman Mark Kirk (Republican Party) won against State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (Democratic Party), Mike Labno (Libertarian Party), and football coach LeAlan Jones (Green Party) in both a regular election for the Senate seat and a coinciding special election to fill the remainder of Barack Obama's unexpired term.


2010 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.


2010 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
The Republican Party flipped four Democratic-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 11 Republicans and 8 Democrats.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Governor Pat Quinn, who became governor after Rod Blagojevich was removed from office, was elected outright to his first full term.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan won reelection to a third term in office


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White won reelection to a fourth term in office.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Comptroller
Incumbent Comptroller Daniel Hynes, a Democrat, did not seek a fourth term. Republican Judy Baar Topinka was elected to succeed him.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat, did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to run for United States Senate. Republican Dan Rutherford was elected to succeed him.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2010.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
One measure, the Governor recall amendment, was certified for the 2010 statewide election.


2010 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Governor Recall Amendment
Voters approved the Illinois Governor Recall Amendment, allowing voters to hold recall elections of Illinois Governors. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections. The 60% support threshold was exceeded.


2010 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 2010 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn was elected to a full term in office, having become governor in 2009 following the impeachment and removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich. Quinn was elected as the Democratic nominee, the Illinois Green Party nominee was attorney and 2006 nominee Rich Whitney, the Republican nominee was State Senator Bill Brady, the Libertarian Party nominee was Lex Green, and Scott Lee Cohen ran as an independent.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election
Quinn was elected to a full term in a very close race, defeating Brady by only about 32,000 votes, even though Brady carried 98 of the state's 102 counties. With a margin of 0.5%, this election was one of the two closest races of the 2010 gubernatorial election cycle, the other being the election in Minnesota.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election
Prior to the general election, the primary election in February 2010 featured extremely close races between candidates for the two largest parties' nominations. Quinn warded off a challenge by Comptroller Dan Hynes by a margin of about 8,300 votes, while Brady won the Republican nomination on the strength of less than 200 votes in a fractured seven-way race.


2010 Illinois gubernatorial election
The election marked the first time since 1852 that the Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Illinois. This is also the first gubernatorial election since 1990 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.