2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Seeding and draw, Seeding controversy
Seeding using FIFA ranks was used at a similar stage in the 2006 qualification. However, it was claimed that FIFA had indicated that there would be no seeding this time. At the time of the decision, countries in play-off positions included Russia, France and Portugal, and Germany also had not yet qualified (their last remaining match was away to Russia). The lack of a decision on seeding until late in the tournament led some to suggest that FIFA were waiting to see which teams were in the play-offs before declaring the rules of the tournament. Commenting on this matter, Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given said:


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Seeding and draw, Seeding controversy
Sports Illustrated's Gabriele Marcotti gave the opinion that "FIFA is pretty much changing the rules halfway through the qualifying tournament.


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Seeding and draw, Seedings
The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below).


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Seeding and draw, Seedings
Ukraine (22) Republic of Ireland (34) Bosnia and Herzegovina (42) Slovenia (49)


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Matches
France won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Ireland officially asked FIFA for the second leg to be replayed after Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball twice during the build-up to the French goal. This request was denied. Ireland eventually pursued legal action against FIFA over the decision until ultimately receiving a 5 million Euros settlement.


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Matches
Portugal won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Matches
Greece won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round, Matches
2–2 on aggregate; Slovenia qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on the away goals rule. After the game Russian fans followed the Republic of Ireland's lead. They demanded a replay of their World Cup qualification play-off against Slovenia on the official site of FIFA. However, there was not any reaction from FIFA on this event.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding
The draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup occurred in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009, at 19:00 local time (UTC+2). In preparation for the draw, the qualified teams were seeded and organised into pots.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, Seeding
The criteria for the seeding was released on 2 December and was, in contrast to previous World Cup seeding criteria, based solely upon the  FIFA World Rankings. Use of the most recent rankings prior to the draw (November 2009) was thought to unfairly benefit those nations who had played competitive fixtures in qualification playoffs during that month, at the expense of those who had already booked their place in the tournament.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, Seeding
The seven highest seeded teams according to the ranking criteria were placed in Pot 1, alongside the host nation South Africa (who were predetermined to be in Group A).


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
Teams were organized into four pots of eight teams. The seeded teams were placed in Pot 1 and the remaining teams were placed into Pots 2-4 on a geographical basis, as below.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
South Africa (hosts)   Argentina  Brazil  England  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Spain


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
Australia  Japan  North Korea  South Korea  Honduras  Mexico  United States  New Zealand


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
The basic draw procedure was to draw out the pots starting from Pot 1. One team from each pot would be placed, in order of being drawn, into one of eight groups from A to H. After each team was allocated to a group, its position in the group was also drawn. This determined the team's placement in the predetermined fixture schedule. This was with the exception of the seeded teams, who were automatically placed in their group's Position 1.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
In order to maintain geographical separation of teams, the basic draw procedure had to be modified for the drawing of Pot 3. No South American teams could be placed into Brazil or Argentina's groups, and no African team could be placed in South Africa's group. In order to accommodate this, the first two African teams drawn would be placed immediately into Brazil and Argentina's groups. South Africa's group (predetermined to be Group A) was to be left vacant until filled by the first South American team drawn. Beyond these considerations, the principle of filling from A to H applied.


2010 FIFA World Cup seeding, The draw
In the event, the first two teams drawn from Pot 3 were Nigeria and Ivory Coast, who were placed in Argentina's Group B and Brazil's Group G respectively. Algeria were then placed in Group C so that a South American team, Uruguay, could be placed with South Africa in Group A.


2010 FIFA World Cup squads
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2010 FIFA World Cup squads
Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad.


2010 FIFA World Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day.


2010 FIFA World Cup squads
For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.


2010 FIFA World Cup squads, Player statistics, Player representation by league
The English, German, and Italian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigerian squad was made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. Although Russia, Turkey, and Scotland failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 14, 14, and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 52 national leagues that had players in the tournament.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics
The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The statistics include a list of players who were successful in scoring at least one goal during the tournament, players who assisted in scoring goals, overall team statistics, the most significant information regarding winning and losing teams, match awards, disciplinary measures, overall results and stadiums involved in the tournament.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics
The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial tournament of men's national football teams. All teams compete in groups of four, and play a round robin tournament at the end of which, the top two teams from each group enter the knockout round of 16. The winners of the 2010 World Cup were Spain, defeating the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time in the final to claim their first title.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Goalscorers
The winner of the Golden Boot was Germany's Thomas Müller. Of all players to have scored five goals during the tournament, Müller had the most assists (three); the other three players had one assist each. In total, 145 goals were scored by 98 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Assists
Brazil's Kaká finished first in the assists table with three in 337 minutes played, fewer than any of the other four players with three assists.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Match awards, Man of the Match
Wesley Sneijder received four Man of the Match awards, more than any other player.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Discipline
28 players were suspended after being shown two consecutive yellow cards (13 players), a single red card (8 players), or a yellow card followed by a red card (7 players).


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Overall results, By team
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2010 FIFA World Cup statistics, Overall results, By confederation
Host nation(s) are situated in the region(s) rendered in italics. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2010 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2010 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics were contested.


2010 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series
The 2010 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics includes six category A events and two category B events. With stopovers in North America and Europe, the competitions took place on January 30–31 in Montreal (CAN), March 6–7 in Debrecem (HUN), March 11–14 in Portimão (POR), March 26–28 in Kalamata (GRE), April 3–4 in Saint Petersburg (RUS), May 7–9 in Corbeil-Essonnes (FRA), May 21–23 in Minsk (BLR) and August 27–29 in Pesaro (ITA). Two events were open only to individual athletes (Montreal and Corbeil-Essonnes), while six were open to both individual athletes and groups.


2010 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series
In all of the events, all-around competitions served as qualifications for the finals by apparatus. The world ranking points collected by the competitors at their best four World Cup events added up to a total, and the top scorers in each event were crowned winners of the overall series at the final event in Pesaro, Italy.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 2010 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 54th season of World Championship motocross competition. It consisted of three different classes; MX1 and MX2 classes over 15 events beginning on April 4 in Sevlievo, Bulgaria and ending on September 12 in Fermo, Italy, and MX3 over 12 events also beginning on April 4 in Cortelha, Portugal and ending on September 5 in Geneva, Switzerland.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Antonio Cairoli dominated the MX1 class, taking exactly half of the victories on offer; 15 victories and 23 podiums in total allowed him to claim his second successive championship title by 88 points, scoring points in all bar two races. Clément Desalle took a career-best second-place finish in the standings, riding for the Teka Suzuki team. Desalle took victories at Mantova, Ķegums and Fermo as he finished 35 points clear of the top-placed Yamaha rider in the championship, David Philippaerts of the Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
Philippaerts won just two races during the season – at Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Campo Grande – but finished each of the season's 30 races within the points-awarding placings as he held off Cairoli's team-mate Maximilian Nagl, a four-time race-winner, by four points. The top five was completed by Fermo race-winner Steve Ramon, seven points behind Nagl. Other victories were taken by Honda's Tanel Leok at Bellpuig and Loket, Yamaha's Ken De Dycker who took a double at Teutschenthal and Ben Townley, who made a one-off appearance for Honda at Glen Helen. KTM won the Manufacturers' Championship by 67 points ahead of Suzuki.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
MX2 was also won by a rider from the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team, as Marvin Musquin repeated the feat of Cairoli in MX1, by defending the season-end red plate for the championship winner. Musquin started the season with consecutive doubles at Sevlievo and Mantova before adding further doubles at Águeda, Glen Helen and Saint-Jean-d'Angély en route to a grand total of 14 victories, 23 podiums and a championship-winning margin of 61 points over runner-up Ken Roczen of the Teka Suzuki team.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
Roczen took ten victories during the season, eight of which coming during the final eleven races of the season. Third place went to Kawasaki Team CLS rider Steven Frossard, who claimed ten podium places but only had one win to show from it, coming at Uddevalla in Sweden. The top five was rounded out by Yamaha UK's Zach Osborne and JM Racing Team KTM's Joel Roelants, who took several podiums each but failed to win a race.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
Only two other riders took victories during the season; KTM's Jeffrey Herlings took four but slipped to sixth in the championship after missing the final three events due to a shoulder injury, and Yamaha's Gautier Paulin, who took a sole victory at Lierop during a part-season. KTM won the Manufacturers' Championship by 88 points ahead of Suzuki.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship
MX3 was between two riders, who did battle for the title on their respective machinery. Yamaha's Carlos Campano and Husqvarna's Alex Salvini shared 18 of the season's 24 race wins between them, but it was Campana that prevailed for the championship, by 24 points. Campano's advantage over another Husqvarna rider and third place championship finisher Matevz Irt was 150 points; Irt having claimed seven podium finishes without success. The top five was completed by Martin Zerava and Milko Potisek, with Potisek claiming a race win at Schwedt in Germany, during the season. Other victories were taken by riders during one-off appearances; Mickaël Pichon and Julien Bill claimed doubles at their respective home events at Castelnau-de-Lévis and Geneva, while Toni Eriksson took one win at Vantaa. Yamaha won the Manufacturers' Championship by just 15 points over Husqvarna.


2010 FIM Motocross World Championship, 2010 Calendar
The 2010 calendars of the FIM Motocross World Championships promoted by Youthstream were finalised on 29 October 2009. In February 2010, there was some changes in the calendar.


2010 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The 2010 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup was the twelfth season of the FIM Superstock 1000 championship, the sixth held under this name. The FIM Superstock 1000 championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, with the exception that it did not venture outside of Europe, leaving the schedule at ten rounds.


2010 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
BMW joined the Superstock grid to bolster the regular manufacturers, and eventually claimed the riders' championship with Ayrton Badovini and the manufacturers' championship as well. Badovini won the first nine races before being beaten by Maxime Berger in the final round.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup
The 2010 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China from June 2 to June 6, 2010. It was the 17th FINA Diving World Cup competition. 146 divers from 33 countries and regions competed in this World Cup. The 2010 FINA Diving World Cup is held one year after the 2009 FINA Diving World Championships which was held in Rome.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup
The “Team Event”, which combines both male and female divers competing side by side, was included for the first time. This event was held on a trial basis.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup, Participating Countries
The number beside each nation represents the number of athletes who competed for each country at the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup, Participating Countries
Australia (8) Austria (1) Belarus (2) Brazil (4) Canada (8) China (12) Chinese Taipei (1) Colombia (4) Cuba (4) France (4) Germany (8) Great Britain (10) Greece (3) Iran (5) Italy (2) Malaysia (8) Mexico (10) New Zealand (1) Russia (13) South Korea (8) Spain (1) Sweden (3) Thailand (2) Ukraine (4) United States (12)


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Men's 10 m platform
The competition of the men's 10 metre platform  was held on June 6, the fifth and last day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Men's 10 m synchro platform
The finals competition of the men's 10 metre platform synchronized was held on June 5, the fourth day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Men's 3 m springboard
The competition of the men's 3 metre springboard was held on June 4, the third day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Men's 3 m synchro springboard
The competition of the men's 3 metre springboard synchronized was held on June 2, the first day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Team Event
The 2010 FINA Diving World Cup presented a new event in the sport of diving which is team event. This event replaced the traditional men and women's 1 metre springboard. The team event was contested on June 2, the first day of  the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform
The competition of the women's 10 metre platform  was held on June 3, the second day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m synchro platform
The finals competition of the women's 10 metre platform synchronized was held on June 4, the third day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 m springboard
The competition of the women's 3 metre springboard  was held on June 5, the fourth day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 m synchro springboard
The finals competition of the women's 3 metre springboard synchronized was held on June 6, the fifth and last day of the 2010 FINA Diving World Cup.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, Format
8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, Format
The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, Final standings
1. Slobodan Soro (GK), 2. Marko Avramović, 3. Živko Gocić, 4. Vanja Udovičić, 5. Boris Vapenski, 6. Duško Pijetlović, 7. Slobodan Nikić, 8. Milan Aleksić, 9. Miloš Miličić, 10. Filip Filipović, 11. Andrija Prlainović, 12. Stefan Mitrović, and 13. Gojko Pijetlović (GK). Head Coach: Dejan Udovičić.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the ninth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round organized by continent, the Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18, 2010. Serbia won this year's edition after a final victory over Montenegro 14–12.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Africa
The African tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia from June 17–20. One team from the group of four advanced.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Americas
The American tournament was held in Los Alamitos, California, United States from May 5–8. One team from the group of three advanced.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Asia/Oceania
The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Osaka, Japan (May 19–23) and Tianjin, China (May 26–30). The four teams was play a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. The top two teams from the group of six advanced.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe
Europe is divided into three groups of four teams, with qualifying spots for the winner of each group as well as Super Final host Serbia. Rather than the condensed tournament style competition of the other continents, the European matches was played in a home-and-away format over five months.


2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Super Final
The Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18.


2010 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2010 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven short-course meters (25m) meets, held from September-early November 2010. The 2010 series was again titled sponsored by Arena.


2010 FINA Swimming World Cup, Meets
The 2010 World Cup featured 7 meets (one more than 2009), which were divided into 3 segments: the first meet (Brazil, in September), an Asian leg (October), and a European leg (late October–November). Meet dates and locations are:


2010 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2010, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then be awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded was doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Stockholm.


2010 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 400 m individual medley
Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum


2010 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup
The 12th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 16–19, 2010 in Changshu, China. It featured swimmers from 23 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination.


2010 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup, Participating nations
23 nations swam at the 2010 Synchronized Swimming World Cup:


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 17 to 22 August 2010.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Australia 6–3 in the final. China captured bronze, beating Russia 11–9.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, Format
8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, Format
The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, Final standings
Betsey Armstrong, Anne Belden, Brenda Villa, Maggie Steffens, Juliet Moss, Courtney Mathewson, Lolo Silver, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Melissa Seidemann, Emily Feher. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in La Jolla, California from June 28 to July 3, 2010.


2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Super Final, Final ranking
Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Erika Figge, Brenda Villa (C), Lauren Wenger, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Lolo Silver, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Emily Feher, Melissa Seidemann, Maggie Steffens. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.


2010 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships
The 12th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships was held August 9–15, 2010 in Indianapolis, USA. The synchronised swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old, from 25 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free combination.


2010 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships, Participating nations
25 nations swam at the 2010 World Junior Championships were:


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 in Lac Saint-Jean near Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometre (5K), 10-kilometre (10K) and 25-kilometre (25K). Schedule for the championships was:


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The 2010 edition of the Open Water Worlds were the last stand-alone "open" (meaning no age limit) championships, and a Junior Open Water Worlds is to be created in its place. However, the Open Water events will remain in the biennial World Championships. This change brings the open water discipline closer to matching FINA's other disciplines in championships structuring.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Participating countries
On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships. Countries entered are:


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Participating countries
*Syria and the UAE are both listed in the overview of teams attending; however, neither have entries on the athlete roster for the Championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Overall standings, Points
Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are:


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The Men's 10K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, July 18, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The race began at 11:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city centre. 37 men swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The 10-kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The Men's 25K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The race began at 9 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city centre. 21 men swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The 25 kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 10 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The Men's 5K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The race began at 2 p.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city centre. 29 men swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The 5 kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The Women's 10K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. It was the first event of the 2010 Open Water Worlds.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The race began at 11:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center. 37 women swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The 10 kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K, Results, Gorman disqualification
During the race Australia's Melissa Gorman was disqualified (DQ'd) for unsportsmanlike conduct. Three days later, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, following a protest of her DQ by Swimming Australia, FINA overturned Gorman's DQ, reinstating her result which placed her in third. This moved China's FANG Yanqiao (and the rest of the finishers below them) down one place; Fang moving from third to fourth. France's Aurelie Muller's similar DQ for unsportsmanlike conduct was also reviewed; however, her disqualification was not overturned.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The Women's 25K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The race began at 9:15 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city centre. 14 women swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The 25 kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 10 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The Women's 5K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The race began at 10:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city centre. 35 women swam the event.


2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The 5 kilometre distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometre course set up for the championships.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)  was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
FINA announced on April 9, 2006 that Dubai had defeated the only other bidder Istanbul, Turkey, 11 votes to 10, after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Shanghai, China.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The USA topped the medal standings with a total of 25 medals. A total of 57 Championship Records were set, and 4 World Records. American Ryan Lochte and Spaniard Mireia Belmonte were named swimmers of the competition. Lochte became the first individual ever to win 7 medals at a Short Course Worlds, and became the first individual to swim a World Record since suits-rule changes went into effect in January 2010. Belmonte won a total of four medals, tied for the most with American Rebecca Soni.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Participating nations
The entry list released on the FINA website before the championships contained 153 countries.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Highlights
For a list of day-by-day highlights from the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Records
For a list of records set at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see this entry:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Controversy
At the time of the event, Israel and the United Arab Emirates had no diplomatic relations; however, UAE officials said they would issue visas to the Israeli delegation attending the competition. As such, the Israeli delegation was eventually let into the country and were able to get to the Championships before racing actually started, but it was not without difficulties and several delays. Among the reported issue were that the Israelis were not issued visas nor were their passports stamped, and their arrival was delayed to just before competition started.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights
Below are daily summaries of the 2010 Short Course Worlds, which occurred December 15–19, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 1 (15th)
In the morning session on the first day of competition, three championships records were broken. The first record came in the men's 200 m freestyle where America's Ryan Lochte went under Ian Thorpe's championship record of 1:43.28 with a time of 1:42.38. In the 100 m breaststroke, Italian swimmer Fabio Scozzoli broke Igor Borysik's championship record of 57.74 with a time of 57.60. In the heats of the 4x100 m freestyle, the championship mark of 3:08.44, set by the U.S. in 2008, was downed in 3:07.78 by the B team of the Russian Federation.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 1 (15th)
The first evening session of the competition saw five finals. Ryan Lochte won the first gold in the competition in the 200 m freestyle in a championship record time of 1:41.08, bettering his own record. Danila Izotov of Russia took silver while Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia took the bronze. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain won two gold medals, one in the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley, both times were championship records.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 1 (15th)
In the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay, France won with a time of 3:04.78, which was four hundredth of a second faster than the second placed Russian team. Brazil won the bronze and the United States finished a surprising fourth. The first world record was broken by the Chinese team in the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay in 7:35.94. Australia finished far back in 7:37.57, while France won the bronze.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 1 (15th)
Several semifinals were scheduled and Gao Chang of China broke the championship record in the women's 100 m backstroke race in 56.58, while Mihail Alexandrov from the United States did the same in the men's 100 m breaststroke in 57.18. Stanislav Donets from Russia broke the championship record in the men's 100 m backstroke with a time of 49.62.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 2 (16th)
The morning session of day 2 saw some more championship records. Ryan Lochte marked his third one with a 4:01.76 in the 400 m individual medley, Therese Alshammar from Sweden followed him with a championship record in the 50 m butterfly. Ariana Kukors from the United States also set the championship record in the 100 m individual medley.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 2 (16th)
During the evening session two more world records were broken. Lochte was the first individual to break a world record and did it in the 400 m individual medley final en route to winning gold. Oussama Mellouli finished second and American Tyler Clary won the bronze. In the men's 4x200 m freestyle relay, Russia smashed the previous world record held by Canada with a time of 6:49.04. The United States finished second and France finished third.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 2 (16th)
Another seven championship records were broken in the evening session. Stanislav Donets, after breaking the championship record in the men's 100 m backstroke semifinal, recorded his second championship record with a time of 49.07 during the 100 m backstroke final, just missing Nick Thoman's world record of 48.94. In the women's 50 m butterfly semifinals, Felicity Galvez from Australia broke Alshammar's championship record she set in the morning. But in the semifinal right after, Alshammar regained her record with a time of 25.19.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 2 (16th)
Brazilian César Cielo Filho then broke the championship record  in the 50 m freestyle semifinals with the time of 20.61. Natalie Coughlin served another record during the women's 100 m backstroke final in 56.08, while Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa also recorded a championship record in a time of 56.80 at the men's 100 m breaststroke final. The last championship record came from Kukors, who was with 58.65 faster than her earlier record which she swum in the morning session.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 3 (17th)
Ryan Lochte continued his stellar performance on the third competition day. He sets a new World record over 200 m individual medley in 1:50.08, which is 1 and a half second faster than the earlier record and won his fourth medal of the championship. This was the only world record that was set on this day 3.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 3 (17th)
A total of 12 Championship records were set, which six of them coming in finals. Ranomi Kromowidjojo started the hunt for records with a time of 51.45 over 100 m freestyle. Naoya Tomita from Japan was the next one up for a new record over 200 m breaststroke final in 2:03.12, Therese Alshammar was not outdone when she set another championship record in 24.87 over 50 m butterfly.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 3 (17th)
Katie Hoff from the United States recorded another one with a time of 3:57.07 in the 400 m freestyle final, while César Cielo Filho won the fastest event of the competition in 20.51. The Women's 4x100 m medley relay from China was the last one to put up a new record in 3:48.29.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 4 (18th)
Day 4 saw no World records but a bunch of Championship records, 10 to be exact. Half of them came in finals, where Rebecca Soni set the first one over 100 m breaststroke in 1:03.98.Stanislav Donets recorded his next record in a time of 22.93 over 50 m backstroke, Albert Subirats from Venezuela set a new record in the 50 m butterfly final with a time of 22.40. Mireia Belmonte swum in the 200 m individual medley final a new record in 2:05.73, while the Dutch Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay was the last one with a championship record at Day 4 in 3:28.54.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 5 (19th)
The last day of the competition saw 12 finals. Nine champions records were broke in those finals. César Cielo Filho won his second gold medal over Men's 100 m freestyle in 45.74, Zhao Jing from China set a new record in 26.27 at the Women's 50 m backstroke final. Later on, Ryan Lochte broke his fifth record over Men's 200 m backstroke in a time of 1:46.68, while his teammate Rebecca Soni also recorded another bestmark over Women's 200 m breaststroke in 2:16.39.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights, Highlights, Day 5 (19th)
Felicity Galvez set a new record over Women's 100 m butterfly in 55.43, Felipe Silva followed in a time of 25.95 over Men's 50 m breaststroke. In the last single event Camille Muffat broke the championship record over Women's 200 m freestyle with 1:52.29. In the last event of the competition the Men's 4x100 m medley relay of the United States set a new record in 3:20.99, during this race Stanislav Donets from Russia set a new record over the Men's 100 m backstroke in 48.95.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The Men's 100 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 – 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 15 December, 73 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing on to the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers in the Semifinals then advanced on to the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke, Records
A the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The Men's 100 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 – 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 15 December, 85 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing to swim again in the Semifinals that night. The top-8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to swim in the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly
The Men's 100 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 – 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 15 December, 92 individuals swam the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing to the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers from the Semifinal then advanced to the Final then next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The Men's 100 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 18 – 19 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 18 December 125 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 advancing onto Semifinals that evening. The top-8 from Semifinals then advanced to the final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Records
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley
The Men's 100 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 18 December, 83 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing to the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers from Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The Men's 1500 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 19 December 2010. 30 individuals swam the event, which was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remain swimmers swam in the morning session.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The Men's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 19 December 2010 in Dubia, United Arab Emirates. 51 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the Final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The Men's 200 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 December. 57 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the Final in the evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The Men's 200 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was swum on 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 44 individuals swam in the preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The Men's 200 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 78 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advanced to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The Men's 200 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 57 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, from which the top-8 finishers advanced to swim again in the Final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The Men's 4×100 Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 17 nations swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The Men's 4×100 Medley Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 21 nations swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, from which the top-8 finishers advanced to the Final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Results, Final
The USA won the event in a Championship Record 3:20.99, ahead of Russia at 3:21.61. Stanislav Donets lead-off the Russia relay with a 48.95, a new Championship Record for the 100 backstroke and within one-hundredth-of-a-second of the World Record. At the 100, Russia was in first place with the USA second. On the second leg (breaststroke), the USA's Alexandrov swam a 56.52, which caught-up the Russia's Lakhtyukhov, so that at the 200, the USA trailed Russia 1:46.40 to 1:46.22. During the third leg (butterfly), the USA's Lochte pulled ahead of Russia's Korotyshkin, giving the USA a slim lead over Russia, 2:35.57 to 2:35.61. For the final leg (freestyle), the USA extended its lead.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 16 nations swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, from which the top-8 finishers advanced to the Final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The Men's 400 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 51 individuals swam in the preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening to swim again.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The Men's 400 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 35 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats of the event in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing on the Final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre individual medley
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke
The Men's 50 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 – 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the morning session of 17 December, 76 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats, with the top-16 swimmers advancing to swim again in the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers in the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke, Records
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
The Men's 50 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 18 – 19 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 92 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats on 18 December, with the top 16 finishers advancing to the Semifinals that evening. The top 8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre butterfly
The Men's 50 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 – 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 17 December 119 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing to swim again in the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 from the Semifinals then advanced to swim the Final the next evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre butterfly
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The Men's 50 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Preliminary heats and semifinals of the event were on 16 December; the final on 17 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Results, Preliminary heats
* Kishida scratched the semifinals, so Dotto (17th) advanced to the semifinals in his place.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Records
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2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Records
The following world and championship records swum at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, which were held December 15–19, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Records, Championship Records
It is also possible for the swimmers in the first leg of the relays to break records. In the final of the women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay, Camille Muffat of France broke the championship record in the 200 metre freestyle. In the men's 4×100 metre medley relay, Russian swimmer Stanislav Donets broke the championship record in the 100 metre backstroke. Split times for swimmers not swimming the first leg are ineligible because the incoming swimmer can lean over in front of the blocks and be diving as the preceding swimmer is coming in, whereas the leadoff swimmer is timed from a stationary start.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The Women's 100 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 – 16 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 15 December; the final was 16 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The Women's 100 Breaststroke at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 – 18 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Preliminary heats and semifinals were on 17 December, the final on 18 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
55 swimmers swam the race. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The Women's 100 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 18 December; the final on 19 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The Women's 100 metre Freestyle at the 10th Short Course World Swimming Championships took place 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 16 December; the final was 17 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
* Ottesen and Seppälä scratched semifinals; therefore Pang advanced on.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre individual medley
The Women's 100 Individual Medley (or I.M.) at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The preliminary heats and semifinals were swum on 16 December; the final on 17 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The Women's 200 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 36 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The Women's 200 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 41 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to finals that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Records
At the start of the event, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The Women's 200 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 30 swimmers swam the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The Women's 200 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 72 individuals swam in the preliminary heats of the event, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The Women's 200 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 38 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The Women's 4×100 Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 17 nations had teams swims the preliminary heats, from which the top-8 advanced to the evenings final to swim again.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Records
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The Women's 4×100 Medley Relay  at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 21 nations swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to swim again in the final.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The Women's 4×200 Freestyle Relay  at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 13 nations swam in the prelims, with the top-8 finishers swimming again in the final.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
In the final, the top-4 teams all swam under the existing World Record in the event.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Records
At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship records (CR) was:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The Women's 400 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 47 swimmers raced in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 advancing to a final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The Women's 400 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 28 swimmers swam in the morning preliminary heats, from which the top-8 advanced to the final that evening.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke
The Women's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th Short Course World Swimming Championships took place 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 18 December; the final was 19 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
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2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
The Women's 50 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 – 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 15 December; the final on 16 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
64 swimmers swam the race. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly
The Women's 50 Butterfly event at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 16 December; the final on 17 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly, Results, Preliminary heats
* Schreuder scratched the semifinals; therefore 17th-place finisher Schweiger advanced to the semifinals.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The Women's 50 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 18 December; the final on 19 December.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Records
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The Women's 800 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 28 individuals swam the event, which was a timed-final where the top-8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening and the rest of the field swam in the morning session. All times were then ranked for final placings.


2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:


2010 FIRA Women's European Trophy
The 2010 FIRA tournament included all the continent's major teams who did not qualify for the World Cup, plus Sweden (who did qualify) and a France "A" team. Prior to the tournament Jean-Claude Baqué, Chairman of the FIRA-AER, explained the philosophy of the European Trophy. "The European Trophy is an important tournament for the development of women 15's rugby within Europe. The European Championship takes place each four years (Note: next edition in 2012) but the FIRA-AER must propose games to emerging unions through a serious competition and with the help of the big nations" Unusually, and for no published reason, all games were only 35 minutes per half.


2010 FIRA Women's European Trophy, Point scorers, Other point scorers
14 points: Marina Bravo (Spain)10 points: Ana María Aigneren (Spain), Joyce van Altena (Netherlands), Lía Bailán (Spain), Lusan Beijens (Netherlands), Nadège Casenave (France A), Chiara Castellarin (Italy), Koumiba Djossouvi (France A), Dorien Eppink (Netherlands), Camille Grassineau (France A), Jennifer Lindholm (Sweden), Cyndia Mansard (France A), Elizabeth Martínez (Spain), Alexandra Pertus (France A), Bárbara Pla (Spain), Sandra Rabier (France A), Pien Selbeck (Netherlands), Tatiana Sokolova (Russia), Maike Tetz (Germany)9 points: Lina Norman (Sweden)8 points: Michela Tondinelli (Italy)5 points: Sara Åkerman (Sweden), Sylvie Bernard (France A), Hayate Chrouky (France A), Maria Grazia Cioffi (Italy), Elisa Cucchiella (Italy), Cathy de Geyther (Belgium), Ángela Del Pan (Spain), Ninja Duri (Germany), Clarisse Fell (France A), Berta García (Spain), Patricia García (Spain), Anne Hielckert (Netherlands), Henriette Högberg (Sweden), Ninni Giebat Johansson (Sweden), Anna Larsson (Sweden), Lisa Maral (Germany), Jennie Öhman (Sweden), Elisabeth Österberg (Sweden), Jaqueline Peisker (Germany), Julia Pla (Spain), Anna Rambaud (France A), Germana Raponi (Italy), Vanessa Rial (Spain), Elisa Rochas (Italy), García Rocío (Spain), Frida Ryberg (Sweden), Claudia Tedeschi (Italy), Sofia Torstensson (Sweden), Inge Visser (Netherlands), Rita Wiri (Netherlands), Nadezda Yarmotskaya (Russia)2 points: Natalia Alexeeva (Russia)


2010 FIRS Intercontinental Cup
The 2010 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the twelfth edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played on March 21, 2010 at Reus, Spain. Reus Deportiu won the cup, defeating CD Petroleros YPF.


2010 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup
The 2010 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup or 2010 B-World Cup was the 14th edition of the Roller Hockey B World Championship, held from 23 to 30 October, in Dornbirn, Austria. This was an Official competition organized by CIRH.


2010 FIRS Men's B-Roller Hockey World Cup, Final Classification
The three first classified are qualified to 2011 CIRH World Cup, in San Juan, Argentina.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
The 2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships was the 16th FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, an annual international inline hockey tournament organised by the International Roller Sports Federation. It took place between 12 and 17 July 2010 in Beroun, Czech Republic. The United States team was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
The tournament was won by the United States, who claimed their 12th world championship title by defeating Switzerland 6–1 in the World Championship final. The Czech Republic won against France 5–2 for the bronze medal. Spain won the World Cup tournament defeating Australia 1–0. The United States' Travis Fudge was named MVP of the tournament. Australia's Dean Dunstan and Michael Smart were the tournament's leading scorer and goaltender in save percentage respectively.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Participating nations
The following 14 nations qualified for the tournament. One nation from Oceania, seven nations from Europe, three nations from North America, and three nations from South America were represented.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group stage
Fourteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams from Group A and Group B advanced to World Championship round. The last team in Group A and B advanced to the World Cup round. Teams in Group C also competed in a round-robin with the top two teams advancing to the World Championship round. The teams who finished third and fourth advanced to the World Cup round and the two teams who finished fifth and sixth are sent to compete in the 13th-14th placement game.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, World Championship
The World Championship round is the top level playoff where the winning team finishes first overall for the tournament and wins the gold medal. It comprises the top three teams from Group A and B and the top two teams from Group C. The winning teams in the quarter-finals move on to compete in the semi-finals, while the losing teams are sent to the 5th-8th placement round. The two winning teams in the semi-finals advance to the gold medal game leaving the losing teams to compete for the bronze medal and third and fourth spot overall.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, 5th-8th placement round
The 5th-8th placement round comprises the four teams who lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championship round. The teams play a qualifier against one other team, with the winners advancing to play-off for the fifth place and the losers compete against each other for seventh place.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, World Cup
The World Cup round is the second level playoff in the tournament where the winner finishes ninth overall and wins the World Cup gold medal. It also acts as a placement round for the places nine to twelve. The teams compete in a semi-final with the winners moving on to compete for the World Cup gold medal and the losers competing for the World Cup bronze.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, 13th-14th place game
The 13th-14th placement game consists of the two teams who finished last and second last in Group C. A single game is played with the winner receiving 13th place in the overall standings and the loser receiving 14th.


2010 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2010 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup
The 2010 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup or Alcobendas 2010 was the 10th edition of the CIRH Women's World Cup. It was held in September and October 2010 in Alcobendas, Spain.


2010 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
The 2010 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 17th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on 7 August 2010 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 3 October 2010 in Klingenthal.


2010 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.


2010 FIU Panthers football team
The 2010 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mario Cristobal and played their homes games at the on-campus FIU Stadium in Miami.


2010 FIU Panthers football team
On November 27, 2010, the FIU Panthers won a share of their first ever Sun Belt Conference championship and became eligible to compete in a post-season bowl game for the first time in school history. The Panthers had the opportunity to win the Sun Belt Conference outright but faltered against the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders in the final game of regular season, 27–28. At the end of the regular season, FIU accepted an invitation to play in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl on December 26, 2010, where they faced Toledo of the Mid-American Conference. FIU defeated Toledo 34–32, and clinched the school's first ever bowl game victory on the final play of the game with a 34-yard field goal by kicker Jack Griffin. FIU finished the 2010 season with a record of 7–6 (6–2 Sun Belt) and first winning season in school history.


2010 FIU Panthers football team
The Rutgers University home opener game on September 11, 2010 broke attendance records at FIU Stadium for the season, with a record crowd of 19,872.


2010 FIU Panthers football team, NFL Draft
7th Round, 222nd Overall Pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Sr. CB Anthony Gaitor


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 6th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 15 to 21 December 2010.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Italy from 25 September to 10 October 2010. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to 2006 champion Brazil and host nation Italy, 22 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in ten venues across ten Italian cities, with the final being held at the PalaLottomatica, Rome.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Cuba in final. Brazil won their third straight world championship having won previously in 2002 and 2006. The podium was completed by Serbia who defeated Italy in the 3rd place match. Brazilian wing-spiker Murilo Endres was named the tournament MVP.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
Brazil's victory continued their eight-year period of domination of world volleyball. Brazil has now won 15 of 17 major competitions since 2002. Brazil's third straight world championship equals the record for consecutive titles set by Italy in the 1990s.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Host
Finals hosts Italy. The tournament was held in ten Italy cities.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Qualification
The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Two spots were guaranteed to the host country Italy and 2006 champions Brazil. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 22 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia and Oceania four, Europe eight, North America five and South America two places. Qualification competitions took place ranging from January to August 2009.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Pools composition, First round
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 28 July 2009. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Rome, Italy on 28 October 2009. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 6th.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool A
Pool A featured host country Italy, as well as Egypt, Japan and Iran. Italy defeated all three teams, while the remaining teams each finished with a 1–2 record. Iran were eliminated by virtue of scoring the fewest points during the three-game schedule.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool B
Pool B featured reigning  champions Brazil, as well as Cuba, Spain and Tunisia. Cuba won all three of their matches. Tunisia were defeated in every match and eliminated from the competition. Brazil and Cuba would face each other again in the tournament final, where Brazil would repeat as world champions.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool C
Pool C featured Russia, Puerto Rico, Cameroon and Australia. Russia won all their matches, while Australia were eliminated after going 0–3.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool D
Pool D featured the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela. Venezuela were eliminated after not winning a single set.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool E
Pool E featured France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and China. China were eliminated after not winning a match.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, First round, Pool F
Pool F featured Poland, who won the silver medal in the last edition. The pool also featured Serbia, Germany and Canada.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool G
Pool G featured host Italy, as well as Germany and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico were eliminated after losing both matches.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool H
Pool H featured Serbia, Cuba and Mexico. Mexico were eliminated after being defeated in both matches.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool I
Pool I featured Spain, Russia and Egypt. Egypt were eliminated after not winning a match.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool L
Pool L featured the Czech Republic, United States and Cameroon. Cameroon did not win a match and were eliminated from the competition.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool M
Pool M featured Argentina, France and Japan. Japan did not win a match and were eliminated.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Second round, Pool N
Pool N featured Bulgaria, Brazil and Poland. Bulgaria swept eventual champion Brazil in three sets. Poland did not win a match and were eliminated.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Third round, Pool O
In pool O, Italy moved on to the semifinal match, the USA advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and France moved on to the ninth to twelfth place competition.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Third round, Pool P
Pool P saw Serbia advance to the semifinal. Russia advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and Argentina to the ninth to twelfth place event.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Third round, Pool Q
In pool Q, Cuba advanced to the semifinal. Bulgaria moved on to the fifth to eighth place bracket and Spain to the ninth to twelfth.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Third round, Pool R
In pool R, Brazil advanced to the semifinal. Germany to the fifth to eighth bracket and the Czech Republic to the ninth to twelfth bracket.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Final round, Final four, 3rd place match
In the bronze medal match, Serbia defeated hosts Italy, three sets to one. It was the country's first medal since they were runners-up in 1998 (then as Yugoslavia).


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Final round, Final four, Final
The final was a rematch of Brazil and Cuba, who had met earlier in the first round with Cuba winning 3 sets to 2 in an upset. The final was a different story however, with Brazil winning easily in straight sets 25–22, 25–14, 25–22; one Xinhua journalist called it a 'practice match' for Brazil. Brazil took advantage of a large number of Cuban mistakes, perhaps resulting from the young age of the Cuban team. Leandro Vissotto led Brazil in points with 19 and closed the match with a spike. The match was played before a crowd of 11,605 which included a number of Brazilian football stars based in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Marketing, Symbol
Volly was the name chosen by Internet users and students of the 10 host cities of the World Championship (Ancona, Catania, Florence, Milan, Modena, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Turin, Trieste and Verona), after months of voting. The second most popular name for the mascot was "Fly," while "Mimmo," "Italo" and "Gump" finished further down the list.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification
24 teams competed in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, with two places allocated for the hosts, Italy and the titleholder, Brazil. In the qualification process for the 2010 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification, Confederation qualification processes
The distribution by confederation for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was:


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC)
The AVC qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for four places at the finals in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC), Draw
23 of the 65 AVC national teams entered qualification. (Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–4 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round. Teams ranked 5–10 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (AVC), Draw
Qatar (46) United Arab Emirates (65) Uzbekistan (65) Oman (81) Saudi Arabia (—)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB)
The CAVB qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for three places at the finals in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CAVB), Draw
14 of the 53 CAVB national teams entered qualification. (DR Congo later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the second round, and automatically qualified for the third round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV)
The CEV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
35 of the 55 CEV national teams entered qualification. (Iceland later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round. Teams ranked 7–20 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
Austria (61) Hungary (72) Romania (55) Bosnia and Herzegovina (92)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
Greece (24) Portugal (39) Slovenia (49) Denmark (55)1st Pool C


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
Czech Republic (27) Finland (22) Ukraine (46) Belgium (55)1st Pool D


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CSV)
The CSV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for two places at the finals in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (CSV), Draw
8 of the 12 CSV national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA)
The NORCECA qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for five places at the finals in Italy.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
33 of the 35 NORCECA national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
Saint Lucia (65) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (—) Dominica (81) Grenada (—) Bermuda (—)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
Saint Kitts and Nevis (72) Anguilla (92) Antigua and Barbuda (—) Montserrat (—) British Virgin Islands (81)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
Trinidad and Tobago (38) Suriname (—) Netherlands Antilles (72) Aruba (—) U.S. Virgin Islands (—)1st Pool B


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
Mexico (37) Jamaica (65) Cayman Islands (92) Bahamas (—) Haiti (—)1st Pool A


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
Costa Rica (61) Panama (54) Guatemala (55) Belize (—) El Salvador (—) Nicaragua (92) Honduras (81)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), Draw
United States (3) Dominican Republic (35)1st Pool E2nd Pool E


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads
This is a list of all participating squads of the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, held in several cities in Italy from 25 September to 10 October 2010.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Argentina
The following is the Argentine roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Australia
The following is the Australian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Brazil
The following is the Brazilian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Bulgaria
The following is the Bulgarian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Canada
The following is the Canadian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, China
The following is the Chinese roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Cameroon
The following is the Cameroonian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Cuba
The following is the Cuban roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Czech Republic
The following is the Czech roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Egypt
The following is the Egyptian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, France
The following is the French roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Germany
The following is the German roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Iran
The following is the Iranian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Italy
The following is the Italian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Japan
The following is the Japan roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Mexico
The following is the Mexican roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Poland
The following is the Polish roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Puerto Rico
The following is the Puerto Rican roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Russia
The following is the Russian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Serbia
The following is the Serbian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Spain
The following is the Spanish roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Tunisia
The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, United States
The following is the American roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads, Squads, Venezuela
The following is the Venezuelan roster in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 4th edition of the event. It was held at the Al Gharafa Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar from December 15 to 21, 2010. Fenerbahçe were crowned World champions by defeating Brazilian powerhouse Sollys Osasco 3–0 in the final.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modified slightly (Matsumoto and Hamamatsu replaced Sapporo and Kobe in 2010). Twenty-four teams participated in the tournament.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The tournament was won by Russia, who finished with a perfect record, defeating Brazil in the intense final game. Japan defeated the United States for the third place, winning their first bronze medal in the tournament history, and the first medal since 1978, having so far three gold and three silver already to their name. Russia won its second straight title, while Brazil was prevented from achieving a volleyball double of winning both the men's championship and the women's championship in the same year.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Russia's towering outside hitter Yekaterina Gamova was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Venues
The tournament was played at six venues in five cities.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Format
The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the four best teams of each group (total of 16 teams) progressed to the next round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Format
In the Second round, the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the First round were counted in this round. The six best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Format
In the Final round, the 12 teams were allocated to semifinals for placement matches according to their Second round group positions. First and second of each group played the semifinals, third and fourth played the 5th-8th semifinals and fifth and sixth played the 9th-12th semifinals. Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 12th places.


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


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Second round
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Final round, 9th–12th place
Venues: Yoyogi National Gymnasium (YNG) and Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (TMG), both in Tokyo


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Final round, Finals
The final was a repeat of the 2006 final, between Russia and Brazil. Both teams had cruised through the group stages undefeated, though Brazil got to the final after winning a tough five-set semifinal match with Japan the day before.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Final round, Finals
Russia was forced to rally from a set down twice, winning in five sets (21–25, 25–17, 20–25, 25–14, 15–11). Russia's 2.02 meter tall Yekaterina Gamova led all scorers with a tournament-high 35 points, while Sheilla Castro led Brazil with 26.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Final round, Finals
The match was played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo in front of a crowd of 12,000.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification
24 teams competed in the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship, with two place allocated for the hosts, Japan and titleholder, Russia. In the qualification process for the 2010 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots. The distribution is:


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification, Confederation qualification processes
The distribution by confederation for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was:


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (AVC)
The AVC qualification for the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for four places at the finals in Japan.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (AVC), Draw
13 of the 65 AVC national teams entered qualification. (Solomon Islands and Maldives later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–2 did not compete in the second round, and automatically qualified for the third round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (AVC), Draw
Tonga (84) Fiji (—) Samoa (—) Solomon Islands (—) New Zealand (92)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB)
The CAVB qualification for the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for two places at the finals in Japan.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB), Draw
14 of the 53 CAVB national teams entered qualification. (DR Congo later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–4 did not compete in the second round, and automatically qualified for the third round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB), Draw
Cameroon (26) Senegal (32) Botswana (41) Nigeria (53) DR Congo (74)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CAVB), Draw
Zimbabwe (—) Mozambique (—) Eswatini (—) Mauritius (74) South Africa (40)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV)
The CEV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for eight places at the finals in Japan.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
33 of the 55 CEV national teams entered qualification. (Iceland later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 5 January 2008 using the serpentine system for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first and second rounds, and automatically qualified for the third round. Teams ranked 7–20 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round.


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
Slovenia (54) Austria (74) Hungary (—) Bosnia and Herzegovina (84) Montenegro (—)


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
Bulgaria (34) Czech Republic (38) Romania (48) Albania (54)1st Pool C


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV), Draw
France (35) Greece (36) Spain (44) Finland (54)2nd Pool A


2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CSV)
The CSV qualification for the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship saw member nations compete for two places at the finals in Japan.