the World Ranking. The drawing was held in November 2009. The rankings displayed in this table are from August 2010. Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). First round Pool A Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo |} |} Pool B Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu |} |} Pool C Venue: Matsumoto City Gymnasium, Matsumoto |} |} Pool D Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka |} |} Second round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round. Pool E Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo |} |} Pool F Venue: Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya |} |} Final round 9th–12th place Venues: Yoyogi National Gymnasium (YNG) and Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (TMG), both in Tokyo 9th–12th semifinals |} 11th place match |} 9th place match |} 5th–8th place Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo 5th–8th semifinals |} 7th place match |} 5th place match |} Finals Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Semifinals |} 3rd place match |} Final The final was a repeat of the 2006 final, between Russia and Brazil. Both teams had cruised through the group stages undefeated, though Brazil got to the final after winning a tough five-set semifinal match with Japan the day before. 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. The match was played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo in front of a crowd of 12,000. |} Final standing Awards Most Valuable Player Yekaterina Gamova Best Scorer Neslihan Darnel Best Spiker Tatiana Kosheleva Best Blocker Christiane Fürst Best Server Maret Grothues Best Digger Stacy Sykora Best Receiver Logan Tom Best Setter Wei Qiuyue Best Libero Stacy Sykora References External links Official website FIVB FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship World Championship FIVB Women's World Championship V October 2010 sports events in Japan November 2010 sports events in Japan Women's volleyball in Japan