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3 unusual facts about 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup


2009 FIRA Women's European Trophy

The 2009 FIRA tournament acted as the continent's 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament.

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

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.

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


2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand.

2010 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

It acts as the American qualifying tournament for the 2010 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

2010 Women's Baseball World Cup

The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas.

On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg.

2010 World Open

2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship, the individual world championship for women's squash players

Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis

::Runner-up (1): 2010

Kathy Flores

In 1991 the USA Rugby sanctioned Women's National Team would compile a 7-1 record at the first Women's Rugby World Cup championship with Flores on the pitch as a No. 8.

Melissa Ruscoe

She has played on Black Ferns teams that won the Churchill Cup in 2004 and the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2006, and was also named the New Zealand women's player of the year in 2005.

Osasco Voleibol Clube

:: Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Women's Baseball World Cup

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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