Turkey will host the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women after getting the nod over Australia for the honour.
We had two outstanding bids, with both countries doing an amazing job of giving the board very good reasons to believe they were very capable of hosting the event and having it be a great success, said Baumann.
The quality of the two bids is testament to the growth of womens basketball.
Turkey hosted last summers FIBA World Championship for Men. [read more]
Turkey will host the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women after getting the nod over Australia for the honour. We had two outstanding bids, with both countries doing an amazing job of giving the board very good reasons to believe they were very capable of hosting the event and having it be a great success, said Baumann. The quality of the two bids is testament to the growth of womens basketball. Turkey hosted last summers FIBA World Championship for Men.
The President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Vaclav Klaus, who attended the quarterfinal game Czech Republic vs. Australia and the final one USA vs. Czech Republic, has been a top sportsman playing basketball for many years in his youth.
At the 2010 World Championship for Women final, you could barely see the scoreboard behind the sea of Czech flags... although the board was clearly proclaiming: USA 89 - Czech Republic 69 [read more]
The President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Vaclav Klaus, who attended the quarterfinal game Czech Republic vs. Australia and the final one USA vs. Czech Republic, has been a top sportsman playing basketball for many years in his youth.
At the 2010 World Championship for Women final, you could barely see the scoreboard behind the sea of Czech flags... although the board was clearly proclaiming: USA 89 - Czech Republic 69.
After the Czech victories over the Australian Opals at the quarterfinal stage and over Belarus in the semifinal, you could see and hear a lot of celebrations with cars horning in the street of Karlovy Vary.
Final rankings at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women is as follows: 1. USA, 2. Czech Republic, 3. Spain, 4. Belarus, 5. Australia, 6. France, 7. Russia, 8. Korea, 9. Brazil, 10. Japan, 11. Greece, 12. Canada, 13. China, 14. Argentina, 15. Mali and 16. Senegal.
You could eat a delicious gulash soup and have an excellent main dish (chicken, potatoes and vegetables) with a fresh beer (pivo) for the price of 90 CZK (3.68 EUR or 5.12 USD) at the Hockey Club Energie Karlovy Vary's restaurant.
Some other WNBA stars attended Team USA games in Karlovy Vary. Seattle Storm coach and WNBA Coach of the Year Brian Agler as well as three-time Olympic gold medalist and 2009 WNBA champion Katie Smith (180-G-74, college: Ohio St.) were among some of them.
6024 people attended the final championship game, a record for the beautiful KV Arena (multi-purpose but mainly built for HC Energie ice hockey games).
The quarterfinal and semifinal games of Czech Republic were constantly broadcasted and reported on national television Channel 4 the night and morning after.
Several Czech stars were in the attendance at the Czech Republic vs. Belarus or the USA vs. Czech Republic games: Olympic gold medal winner and multiple world champion Czech speedskater Martina Sablikova, Czech actor Ivan Trojan, famous former Czech basketball players Jiri Zidek and Jiri Zednicek, etc.
The FIBA slogan was 'Experience the beauty of the game' and it summarizes exactly what the 2010 World Championship for Women was all about indeed.
Belarus' male physiotherapist who said he will put on a dress if team beats Russia was finally not allowed to do so and warm up with his team.
Receptionists and staff at the Parkhotel Sokolov, where I have stayed for the coverage of the world championship in Czech Republic for four days, kept asking me how I was feeling about the Czech team's performances in the tournament. This showed how much and how enthusiastically locals followed the women basketball tournament.
The Red Foxes, a professional dance team from Ukraine, performed at several games in Karlovy Vary. These young women dancers brought much fun and joy to fans watching the games and created a happy atmosphere in the KV Arena.
Czech coach Lubor Blazek had let Tereza Peckova (191-F-87) play only 18 minutes (she had scored only 5 points in the game against Korea) in the tournament before the final against the USA. Blazek let her play 21 minutes in the final and she scored 11 points!
What a great idea to invite local school children at the KV Arena on Friday, Oct. 1st... they were cheering, supporting players and enjoying games all day long.
In the frame of the very successful 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women which took place in Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, the inaugural Women's Basketball Conference resulted in a strong vow to continue developing the game on all levels.
As mentioned through a FIBA press release published on www [read more]
In the frame of the very successful 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women which took place in Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, the inaugural Women's Basketball Conference resulted in a strong vow to continue developing the game on all levels.
As mentioned through a FIBA press release published on www.fiba.com today, the conference, which saw representatives of 49 national basketball federations from all five continents gather in Karlovy Vary, on 2nd and 3rd October, resulted in a two-page declaration unanimously approved by attending representatives.
The document underlined the need to use all FIBA opportunities to promote and improve the participation of women in basketball, underlining the importance of keeping the balance between both genders and striving for equal opportunities.
Among points agreed by participants were:
- the importance of having female players, coaches, referees, administrators as the role models for women and girls; - the need to create opportunities for women and girls to participate in basketball as an essential factor in ensuring their well-being and health.
The conference promised, on behalf of the whole basketball family, to increase efforts to improve women's place within the game through measures that include:
- increasing activities, programmes and funding benefiting basketball players and to create female basketball competitions in all FIBA member federations at national and regional levels, in all structures and clubs; - integrating women in all areas of the governance and administration of the sport, including the governing bodies and commissions of basketball organisations.
The FIBA headquarters in Geneva was asked to start practical testing on the court and discussions within the FIBA bodies on a number of key topics, especially:
- increasing the resources allocated to women's basketball; - lowering the height of basket for women's basketball for all official competitions; - designing and regulating uniforms for female players; - developing a special programme for creating female basketball journalists; - setting up continental girls coaching camps similar to Basketball without Borders.
Finally, it was proposed to the FIBA Central Board that the Second FIBA Women's Conference be held at the latest on the occasion of the next FIBA World Congress in 2012.
FIBA Secretary General and IOC Member Patrick Baumann said about the conference: 'This first ever Women's Basketball Conference has resulted in the key issues and challenges of women's basketball being discussed and debated. More importantly, it resulted in a declaration that includes concrete measures that will be taken to improve women's basketball and women's role within basketball. However, we will only be able to fully talk about success when resulting measures are implemented and begin to benefit those to whom these vows have been made. Now it is up to all of us to fulfil our promises.'
Regarding possible changes to the rules for basketball played by women, Baumann said: 'We have a game for women that is successful, that creates interest. But all participants of the conference acknowledged the fact that the women's game is not where it could be, that not enough countries consistently compete at the highest level and that there are differences between women and men in sport. We need therefore to look into ways of increasing the appeal of women's basketball on and off the court. Reviewing the calendar, the way the players are dressed and reconsidering the height of the rim are just a few ways we think might help us achieve this.'
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