The 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the competition, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held from 31 October to 16 November 2006 in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. 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 Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, Kazakhstan, Turkey and

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

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.

won the 3rd place match, defeating Italy in straight sets Yoshie Takeshita from Japan was elected the MVP.

Qualification

Source:FIVB

Squads

Venues

Source:

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). 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 (total of 16 teams) 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 (total of 12 teams) 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,

on 29 November 2005.

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00).

First round

Pool A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Pool B

Venue:

Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan. Sometimes called Kitayell, the capacity of the main arena is 8,000. It hosted some of the group games for the 2006 FIBA World Championship and also for the 2006 Women's Volleyba ...

, Sapporo

Pool C

Venue: Kobe Green Arena,

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

Pool D

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Second round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.

Pool E

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Pool F

Venue:

Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Minato-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The arena opened on 1996. This arena was built in Yahataya Park in the Osaka Bay area. The arena is all undergrou ...

, Osaka

Final round

9th–12th place

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

=9th–12th semifinals

=11th place match

=9th place match

5th–8th place

Venues:

(OMCG) and Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (OPG), both in Osaka

=5th–8th semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

Venue:

, Osaka

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player : Yoshie Takeshita * Best Scorer :

Neslihan Darnel Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the ...

* Best Spiker :

Rosir Calderón Rosir Calderón Díaz (born 28 December 1984) is a Cuban-born Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citize ...

* Best Blocker : Christiane Fürst * Best Server : Yelena Godina * Best Digger : Chinese_Taipei_Volleyball_Flag

Szu Hui-Fang Szu Hui-fang (, born 29 January 1984) is a Taiwanese volleyball player who currently plays as the libero in the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. Szu started to play volleyball at the age of 10 and had played as an attacker for ...

* Best Receiver :

Jaqueline Carvalho Jaqueline Maria Pereira de Carvalho Endres (born December 31, 1983 in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of the Brazilian team that won the Olympic Games at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Career Club She started her caree ...

* Best Setter : Yoshie Takeshita * Best Libero : Suzana Ćebić

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of 16 November 2006.

Best Scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from attack, block, and serve.

Best Spikers

Best attackers determined by successful attacks in percentage.

Best Blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best Servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best Setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best Diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best Receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

References

External links

Official website

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
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Qualification

Squads

Venues

Format

Pools composition

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Final round

9th–12th place

=9th–12th semifinals

=11th place match

=9th place match

5th–8th place

=5th–8th semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Best Scorers

Best Spikers

Best Blockers

Best Servers

Best Setters

Best Diggers

Best Receivers

See also

References

External links