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Today saw some very exciting games including an aggressive first half from France against Australia and an overtime thriller between Italy and Poland.
Australia and Italy came away the victors, but Poland and France proved to be teams you have to be careful with. As for the USA, we defeated Korea 92-67. Early scoring by Steve Serio and Jeremy Lade pushed the US to a small lead. Sharp shooter Jason Nelms came into the game and hit a 15 footer in his first possession. He then went on to hit 5 3-pointers and lead the team in scoring.

The US squares off against Poland tomorrow (Fri July 9) at 2:15 Birmingham time.

87-43 GB defeats Korea

First day of action was a brief one featuring a convincing victory for Great Britain over Korea 87-43.

Opening ceremony was very nice and included words from the Mayor of Birmingham and the President of the IWBF.

Tomorrow (Thur July 8) is our first game against Korea. Korea is a fast shooting aggressive defensive team who got off to a rough start against GB.
We'll anticipate them to have a better showing against us.

Here we go!

All of the games at this year's World Championships will be webcast live on the iwbf website.

The link to the game feed: http://www.iwbf.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-world-champio...

The link to the schedule: http://www.gbwba.org.uk/gbwba/assets/File/World_Championships_Match_Sche...

The USA Men's team plays Korea in their first game on Thursday at 1:45pm EST.

Well, its been a long time coming but the World Championships are here.
The IWBF (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation) are happy to be hosting the 2010 World Championships here in Birmingham England. For anyone who's new to Wheelchair Basketball, the World Championships are essentially our 'World Cup'. 12 National Teams for Men and 10 for Women.
We arrived yesterday into Birmingham via Tunnel from France! Very neat trip. Stadium and Hotel are terrific and the competition is sure to be tough. Today was team practice's and chair checks. This year our basketball wheelchairs were checked by a committee using lasers for measurements! Opening ceremony is tomorrow with the Great Britain Men's and Women's teams competing in games directly after.
USA Men's schedule: (times in england)
Thur July 8 vs Korea 18:45
Fri July 9 vs Poland 14:15
Sat July 10 vs Italy 11:45
Sun July 11 vs Japan 12:15
Mon July 12 vs Great Britian 14:00

The other pool of men's teams features Canada, Austrailia, Mexico, France, Turkey and Algeria.

After pool play, essentially a bracketed tournament is created and its single elimination.

Tournament powerhouses include Austrailia, Great Britain, Canada, USA and others. There are always surprises in major international competitions, and with the talent surrounding this tournament it promises to be a great championship to play in. Exciting!

The USA Men's team met up in Paris on the first leg of their trip for the World Championships. They will practice as a team leading up to the competition. They will have their first game on the 8th against Korea.