The 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in

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from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament.

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 ...

won the Tournament (retaining their championship title), defeating

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

3:0 in the final match.

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placed 3rd, defeating

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3:1 in the 3rd place match. The Polish team dedicated this achievement to the deceased Polish volleyball player Arkadiusz Gołaś. The team honored him at the award ceremony, when they wore T-shirts with the number 16 and the words "Golas".

Host

Finals hosts Japan. The tournament was held in six Japan cities.

Qualification

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 September 2005. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in

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on 29 November 2005. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 16th.

Second round

Squads

Venues

First round

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00). *The top four teams in each pool qualified for the second round.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

*All times are

( UTC+09:00). *The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round were taken into account for the second round. *The top two teams in each pool qualified for the semifinals. The third and fourth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals, whereas the fifth and sixth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals.

Pool E

Pool F

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+09:00).

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Gilberto Godoy Filho *Best scorer *: Héctor Soto *Best spiker *: Dante Amaral *Best blocker *: Aleksey Kuleshov *Best server *: Matey Kaziyski *Best setter *: Paweł Zagumny *Best libero *: Aleksey Verbov

Marketing

Official song

The competition's official opening song was "Ready Go!" by

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Broadcasting

References

External links

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Host

Qualification

Pools composition

First round

Second round

Squads

Venues

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Final round

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Marketing

Official song

Sponsors

Broadcasting

See also

References

External links