2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship


The 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the 15th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 31 October to 16 November 2006. Japan played hosts for this event for the third time. The final four was held at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka.
The finals involved 24 teams, of which 22 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation and reign champion qualified automatically. Of the 32 teams, 16 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2002, while Cameroon, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Serbia and Montenegro made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Russia won their sixth world title, defeating Brazil in five sets at the final. Serbia and Montenegro won the 3rd place match, defeating Italy in straight sets Yoshie Takeshita from Japan was elected the MVP.

Qualification

Source:FIVB

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. In the, the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the four best teams of each group progressed to the next round.
In the, the 16 teams were divided in two groups of eight teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, matches already played between teams in the were counted in this round. The six best teams of each group progressed to the next round.
In the, the 12 teams were allocated to semifinals for placement matches according to their group positions. First and second of each group played the semifinals, third and fourth played the 5th-8th semifinals and fifth and sixth played the 9th-12th semifinals. Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 12th places.
Source:FIVB

Pools composition

The drawing of lots for the qualified teams took place in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2005.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at six venues in five cities.

First round

11th place match

9th place match

5th-8th place

7th place match

5th place match

Finals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
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21
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Individual awards