24 teams competed in the

2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship The 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament. Brazil won the Tournament (retaining their championship title), defeatin ...

, with two places allocated for the hosts,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

and the titleholder,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. In the qualification process for the 2006 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots.

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was: * Asia and Oceania ( AVC): 5 places (+ Japan qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places) * Africa (

CAVB The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. Profile The CAVB wa ...

): 2 places * Europe ( CEV): 9 places * South America ( CSV) 2 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as the defending champions for a total of 3 places) * North America (

NORCECA The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that r ...

): 4 places

AVC

* (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'', Playoff Round) * (Second Round) * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''Second Round'', ''Playoff Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''Second Round'', Playoff Round) * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'')

CAVB

* (''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'')

CEV

* (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (Second Round, ''Third Round'', Playoff Round) * (''Second Round'') * (Second Round, Third Round) * (''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (First Round, Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (Third Round) * (Second Round, Third Round) * (Third Round) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (Third Round) * (''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Third Round'', ''Playoff Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (Third Round) * (Second Round, ''Third Round'', ''Playoff Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Third Round) * (''First Round'') * (Third Round) * (''Second Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''Third Round'') * (Second Round, ''Third Round'') * (Second Round, ''Third Round'', ''Playoff Round'')

CSV

* (First Round) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round)

NORCECA

* (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (''Second Round'') * (Second Round) * (''First Round'') * (''First Round'') * (First Round, ''Second Round'') * (Second Round)

References

External links

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