The first two teams of the preliminary round qualified directly for the semi-finals, the remaining teams played in the second round for the remaining two places.
Final table of the preliminary round
rank
country
sentences
Ballverh.
Points
1
Germany
15: 5
206: 152
10
2
Austria
12: 6
181: 146
6th
3
Brazil
11: 7
189: 139
6th
4th
Switzerland
11: 7
164: 150
6th
5
Argentina
3: 13
107: 157
2
6th
Chile
1: 15
68: 174
0
Game results
November 18, 2010
Brazil
-
Chile
3-0
(11: 3, 11: 2, 11: 2)
November 18, 2010
Argentina
-
Switzerland
0: 3
(3:11, 3:11, 6:11)
November 18, 2010
Germany
-
Austria
3: 2
(11: 4, 8:11, 6:11, 11: 6, 11: 8)
November 18, 2010
Chile
-
Switzerland
0: 3
(5:11, 6:11, 9:11)
November 18, 2010
Germany
-
Argentina
3-0
(12:10, 11: 7, 11: 4)
November 18, 2010
Austria
-
Brazil
1: 3
(11:13, 11: 9, 9:11, 11:13)
November 19, 2010
Chile
-
Argentina
1: 3
(3:11, 11: 9, 4:11, 6:11)
November 19, 2010
Austria
-
Switzerland
3-0
(11: 7, 11: 7, 11: 7)
November 19, 2010
Brazil
-
Germany
1: 3
(12:14, 7:11, 11: 5, 11:13)
November 19, 2010
Chile
-
Austria
0: 3
(2:11, 2:11, 4:11)
November 19, 2010
Argentina
-
Brazil
0: 3
(4:11, 4:11, 4:11)
November 19, 2010
Switzerland
-
Germany
2: 3
(11: 8, 11: 8, 9:11, 6:11, 5:11)
November 20, 2010
Germany
-
Chile
3-0
(11: 3, 11: 2, 11: 3)
November 20, 2010
Argentina
-
Austria
0: 3
(7:11, 9:11, 6:11)
November 20, 2010
Switzerland
-
Brazil
3: 1
(2:11, 11: 8, 11: 9, 11: 8)
Intermediate round
The winners advance to the semi-finals, the losers play for places 5 and 6.
November 20, 2010
Brazil
-
Chile
3-0
(11: 1, 11: 5, 11: 6)
November 20, 2010
Switzerland
-
Argentina
3: 2
(4:11, 11: 6, 9:11, 11: 7, 11: 8)
Semifinals
November 21, 2010
Germany
-
Switzerland
3-0
(11: 4, 11: 9, 11: 2)
November 21, 2010
Austria
-
Brazil
0: 3
(8:11, 7:11, 9:11)
Placement games
Play for 5th place
November 21, 2010
Chile
-
Argentina
0: 3
(14:15, 8:11, 9:11)
3rd place match
November 21, 2010
Switzerland
-
Austria
1: 3
(11: 8, 9:11, 6:11, 7:11)
final
November 21, 2010
Germany
-
Brazil
1: 3
(4:11, 5:11, 13:11, 9:11)
referee
Six referees from four nations led the matches of the 2010 Women's World Cup in Santiago de Chile: