2006 FIVB Women's World Championship

2006 World Championship
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2006 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	October 31 – November 16
Teams	24
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Russia (6th title)
MVP	Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)
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The 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship was held in Japan, from October 31 to November 16, 2006. This was the 15th edition of the FIVB World Championship, and the FIVB decided to host both men´s and women's championships in the same country.

Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the Tournament.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Competing nations 3 Squads 4 Venues 5 First round 5.1 Pool A (Tokyo) 5.2 Pool B (Sapporo) 5.3 Pool C (Kobe) 5.4 Pool D (Nagoya) 6 Second round 6.1 Pool E (Nagoya) 6.2 Pool F (Osaka) 7 Final round 7.1 Semi finals 7.2 3rd Place 7.3 Final 7.4 5-8th Place 7.5 7th Place 7.6 5th Place 7.7 9-12th Place 7.8 11th Place 7.9 9th Place 8 Final standings 9 Individual awards 10 External links

Qualification

Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Chinese Taipei  Costa Rica  Japan  Kenya  Poland  South Korea	Azerbaijan  China  Dominican Republic  Germany  Mexico  Russia	Brazil  Cameroon  Kazakhstan  Netherlands  Puerto Rico  United States	Cuba  Egypt  Italy  Peru  Serbia and Montenegro  Turkey

Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy qualified as defending champions. The draw for the 2006 Championship was held in Tokyo on 29 November 2005.

Squads

Venues

The first round games of the 2006 World Championship have taken place in four cities:

• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo - Group A
• Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo - Group B
• Kobe Green Arena, Kobe - Group C
• Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya - Group D and E
• Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka - Group F and Final Round

First round

Pool A (Tokyo)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Chinese Taipei	10	5	5	0	15	4	455	371	1.226
Japan	9	5	4	1	13	5	437	354	1.234
Poland	8	5	3	2	11	10	483	455	1.062
South Korea	7	5	2	3	11	9	458	404	1.134
Costa Rica	6	5	1	4	4	14	303	425	0.713
Kenya	5	5	0	5	3	15	311	438	0.710

October 31, 2006

South Korea	3–0	Costa Rica	25-16, 25-15, 25-17
Poland	3–1	Kenya	25-15, 25-17, 20-25, 25-20
Chinese Taipei	3–1	Japan	18-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23

November 1, 2006

Kenya	0–3	Chinese Taipei	13-25, 9-25, 27-29
South Korea	2–3	Poland	21-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 12-15
Costa Rica	0–3	Japan	9-25, 11-25, 14-25

November 3, 2006

Chinese Taipei	3–2	South Korea	26-24, 16-25, 29-27, 24-26, 15-10
Poland	3–1	Costa Rica	25-17, 20-25, 25-11, 25-14
Japan	3–0	Kenya	25-15, 25-17, 25-10

November 4, 2006

Costa Rica	3–2	Kenya	19-25, 23-25, 25-16, 32-30, 15-9
Poland	1–3	Chinese Taipei	19-25, 18-25, 25-23, 23-25
South Korea	1–3	Japan	21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25

November 5, 2006

Chinese Taipei	3–0	Costa Rica	25-10, 25-18, 25-12
Kenya	0–3	South Korea	13-25, 13-25, 12-25
Japan	3–1	Poland	25-22, 30-28, 26-28, 25-18

Pool B (Sapporo)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Russia	10	5	5	0	15	4	451	371	1.249
Germany	9	5	4	1	13	4	413	354	1.167
China	8	5	3	2	11	7	413	378	1.093
Azerbaijan	7	5	2	3	8	10	406	381	1.038
Dominican Republic	6	5	1	4	5	12	348	392	0.888
Mexico	5	5	0	5	0	15	210	375	0.587

October 31, 2006

Dominican Republic	0–3	Germany	17-25, 16-25, 21-25
Mexico	0–3	Russia	8-25, 11-25, 10-25
China	3–1	Azerbaijan	25-23, 24-26, 25-16, 25-22

November 1, 2006

Azerbaijan	1–3	Russia	19-25, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25
Germany	3–0	Mexico	25-18, 25-21, 25-19
China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25-19, 25-17, 25-23

November 3, 2006

Dominican Republic	1–3	Azerbaijan	25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 14-25
Russia	3–1	Germany	25-22, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23
Mexico	0–3	China	20-25, 10-25, 12-25

November 4, 2006

China	1–3	Russia	25-20, 23-25, 17-25, 12-25
Azerbaijan	0–3	Germany	25-27, 18-25, 20-25
Dominican Republic	3–0	Mexico	25-20, 25-19, 25-12

November 5, 2006

Germany	3–1	China	20-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23
Mexico	0–3	Azerbaijan	14-25, 10-25, 16-25
Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	25-17, 20-25, 25-18, 25-19

Pool C (Kobe)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Brazil	10	5	5	0	15	2	411	287	1.432
United States	9	5	4	1	12	7	430	373	1.153
Netherlands	8	5	3	2	13	8	466	440	1.059
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	3	6	10	334	381	0.876
Kazakhstan	6	5	1	4	8	12	420	442	0.950
Cameroon	5	5	0	5	0	15	237	375	0.632

October 31, 2006

Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-21, 25-15, 25-18
Netherlands	3–0	Cameroon	25-16, 25-17, 25-18
United States	3–2	Kazakhstan	19-25, 25-19, 25-19, 26-28, 16-14

November 1, 2006

Kazakhstan	0–3	Brazil	17-25, 13-25, 16-25
Cameroon	0–3	Puerto Rico	17-25, 23-25, 20-25
Netherlands	2–3	United States	19-25, 22-25, 29-27, 25-20, 7-15

November 3, 2006

Brazil	3–2	Netherlands	25-18, 23-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-9
Puerto Rico	3–1	Kazakhstan	25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23
United States	3–0	Cameroon	25-17, 25-18, 25-11

November 4, 2006

United States	0–3	Brazil	23-25, 21-25, 13-25
Cameroon	0–3	Kazakhstan	20-25, 13-25, 12-25
Netherlands	3–0	Puerto Rico	30-28, 25-17, 25-18

November 5, 2006

Brazil	3–0	Cameroon	25-13, 25-14, 25-8
Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	14-25, 16-25, 15-25
Kazakhstan	2–3	Netherlands	18-25, 29-27, 18-25, 25-22, 13-15

Pool D (Nagoya)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Serbia and Montenegro	10	5	5	0	15	4	464	388	1.196
Italy	9	5	4	1	13	4	415	315	1.317
Cuba	8	5	3	2	11	8	432	388	1.113
Turkey	7	5	2	3	6	11	368	359	1.025
Peru	6	5	1	4	9	12	419	447	0.937
Egypt	5	5	0	5	0	15	174	374	0.464

October 31, 2006

Peru	3–0	Egypt	25-19, 25-6, 25-13
Turkey	0–3	Cuba	20-25, 25-27, 21-25
Italy	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	18-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-27

November 1, 2006

Egypt	0–3	Turkey	11-25, 13-25, 8-25
Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Cuba	25-22, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23
Italy	3–0	Peru	25-15, 25-16, 25-14

November 3, 2006

Peru	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 16-25, 23-25
Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25-9, 25-9, 25-15
Turkey	0–3	Italy	23-25, 17-25, 14-25

November 4, 2006

Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Egypt	25-9, 25-13, 25-15
Peru	2–3	Turkey	27-25, 18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 9-15
Italy	3–1	Cuba	25-27, 25-19, 25-21, 25-19

November 5, 2006

Turkey	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25-27, 22-25, 15-25
Cuba	3–2	Peru	22-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-16, 15-10
Egypt	0–3	Italy	17-25, 7-25, 10-25

Second round

Pool E (Nagoya)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Italy	13	7	6	1	19	4	568	448	1.268
Serbia and Montenegro	13	7	6	1	20	7	628	563	1.115
Cuba	12	7	5	2	17	7	578	532	1.086
Japan	11	7	4	3	14	14	652	644	1.012
Chinese Taipei	10	7	3	4	12	16	574	636	0.903
Turkey	9	7	2	5	7	16	493	540	0.913
South Korea	8	7	1	6	8	18	552	592	0.932
Poland	8	7	1	6	5	20	524	614	0.853

November 8, 2006

South Korea	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	23-25, 19-25, 22-25
Poland	0–3	Italy	19-25, 22-25, 13-25
Japan	1–3	Cuba	25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 22-25
Chinese Taipei	1–3	Turkey	17-25, 16-25, 25-21, 17-25

November 9, 2006

South Korea	0–3	Italy	18-25, 19-25, 13-25
Poland	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	15-25, 22-25, 14-25
Japan	3–1	Turkey	30-28, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17
Chinese Taipei	0–3	Cuba	21-25, 20-25, 14-25

November 11, 2006

South Korea	0–3	Cuba	19-25, 14-25, 22-25
Poland	0–3	Turkey	18-25, 22-25, 19-25
Japan	3–2	Serbia and Montenegro	18-25, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-11
Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	15-25, 13-25, 14-25

November 12, 2006

South Korea	3–0	Turkey	25-14, 25-13, 25-22
Poland	0–3	Cuba	18-25, 26-28, 23-25
Japan	0–3	Italy	17-25, 26-28, 23-25
Chinese Taipei	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro	22-25, 26-24, 25-19, 15-25, 13-15

Pool F (Osaka)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA	Ratio
Brazil	14	7	7	0	21	5	628	517	1.215
Russia	13	7	6	1	19	6	596	512	1.164
Netherlands	11	7	4	3	16	13	620	646	0.960
China	10	7	3	4	15	14	648	642	1.009
Germany	10	7	3	4	14	13	609	606	1.005
United States	10	7	3	4	12	16	605	608	0.995
Azerbaijan	9	7	2	5	8	17	549	585	0.938
Puerto Rico	7	7	0	7	0	21	394	533	0.739

November 8, 2006

Azerbaijan	0–3	Brazil	19-25, 21-25, 23-25
China	3–1	United States	20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-17
Germany	2–3	Netherlands	25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 14-16
Russia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-16, 25-10, 25-20

November 9, 2006

Azerbaijan	3–2	United States	25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 25-27, 15-13
China	2–3	Brazil	26-24, 25-20, 21-25, 16-25, 17-19
Germany	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-23, 25-22, 25-22
Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25-17, 25-18, 25-16

November 11, 2006

Azerbaijan	0–3	Netherlands	24-26, 22-25, 24-26
China	3–0	Puerto Rico	28-26, 25-14, 25-22
Germany	0–3	Brazil	16-25, 22-25, 15-25
Russia	3–0	United States	25-20, 25-21, 25-17

November 12, 2006

Azerbaijan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-21, 25-18, 25-18
China	2–3	Netherlands	25-21, 25-17, 23-25, 22-25, 12-15
Germany	2–3	United States	27-25, 23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 11-15
Russia	1–3	Brazil	29-27, 14-25, 25-27, 22-25

Final round

	Semi finals				Final
	2006-11-15 – Osaka
	Italy	0
	Russia	3
					2006-11-16 – Osaka
					Russia	3
					Brazil	2
					3rd place
	2006-11-15 - Osaka			2006-11-16 - Osaka
	Serbia and Montenegro	1		Italy	0
	Brazil	3			Serbia and Montenegro	3

Semi finals

November 15, 2006

Italy	0–3	Russia	19-25, 16-25, 20-25
Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Brazil	17-25, 14-25, 25-21, 20-25

3rd Place

November 16, 2006

Italy	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	22-25, 22-25, 21-25

Final

November 16, 2006

Russia	3–2	Brazil	15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2006-11-15 – Osaka
	Cuba	1
	China	3
					2006-11-16 – Osaka
					China	3
					Japan	0
					7th place
	2006-11-15 - Osaka			2006-11-16 - Osaka
	Japan	3		Cuba	3
	Netherlands	1			Netherlands	0

5-8th Place

November 15, 2006

Cuba	1–3	China	24-26, 21-25, 28-26, 20-25
Japan	3–1	Netherlands	25-21, 25-27, 25-21, 25-21

7th Place

November 16, 2006

Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	25-22, 25-16, 25-23

5th Place

November 16, 2006

China	3–0	Japan	25-19, 25-22, 25-22

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	9-12th place				9th place
	2006-11-15 – Osaka
	Chinese Taipei	0
	United States	3
					2006-11-16 – Osaka
					United States	3
					Turkey	1
					11th place
	2006-11-15 - Osaka			2006-11-16 - Osaka
	Turkey	3		Chinese Taipei	0
	Germany	1			Germany	3

9-12th Place

November 15, 2006

Chinese Taipei	0–3	United States	15-25, 20-25, 21-25
Turkey	3–1	Germany	23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 27-25

11th Place

November 16, 2006

Chinese Taipei	0–3	Germany	15-25, 19-25, 15-25

9th Place

November 16, 2006

United States	3–1	Turkey	25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 25-16

Final standings

1.  Russia 2.  Brazil 3.  Serbia and Montenegro 4.  Italy 5.  China 6.  Japan 7.  Cuba 8.  Netherlands 9.  United States 10.  Turkey 11.  Germany 12.  Chinese Taipei 13.  South Korea 13.  Azerbaijan 15.  Poland 15.  Puerto Rico 17.  Peru 17.  Dominican Republic 17.  Kazakhstan 17.  Costa Rica 21.  Kenya 21.  Mexico 21.  Egypt 21.  Cameroon

2006 FIVB Women's World Champions  Russia Sixth title Team Roster Marina Akulova, Maria Borodakova, Maria Bruntseva, Yekaterina Gamova, Yelena Godina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Natalia Kulikova, Yulia Merkulova, Natalia Safronova, Lioubov Shashkova, Marina Sheshenina, and Olga Zhitova. Head Coach: Giovanni Caprara.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player:  Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)
• Best Scorer:  Neslihan Darnel (TUR)
• Best Spiker:  Rosir Calderón (CUB)
• Best Blocker:  Christiane Fürst (GER)
• Best Server:  Yelena Godina (RUS)
• Best Digger:  Szu Hui-Fang (TPE)
• Best Receiver:  Jaqueline Carvalho (BRA)
• Best Setter:  Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)
• Best Libero:  Suzana Ćebić (SRB)

External links

• Official website
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball

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