The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas.
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On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg.
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Competing teams were Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, USA.
The 2009 FIRA tournament acted as the continent's 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament.
It acts as the American qualifying tournament for the 2010 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.
The commercial partners of the tournament were Nike, Heineken, the Coca-Cola Company's sports drink Powerade, Holiday Inn, British rugby equipment supplier Rhino Rugby, University of Surrey and UK National Lottery.
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homescore = Tries: Kristy Giteau 5'
Tricia Brown 18'
Debby Hodgkinson 26'
Lindsay Morgan 29', 53'
Alexandra Hargreaves 43'
Sharni Williams 48', 80'
Cobie-Jane Morgan 62'
Cons: Nicole Beck 6', 19', 27', 30',
44', 49', 80'
Pen: Nicole Beck
2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship, the individual world championship for women's squash players
::Runner-up (1): 2010
Fleury has a diverse background in sport, having interned for the Minister of State (Sport), volunteered at the 2010 Olympics for the Canadian Olympic Committee, served as equipment manager for the Canadian women's baseball team at the 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup and has served for ten years as a lifeguard supervisor for the city.
:: Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
In the five times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by United States and most recently three times by Japan in 2008, 2010 and 2012.
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Before this tournament the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's World Series, which usually involved only three or four nations, usually Australia, Canada, Japan and occasionally the USA.