The NORCECA

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for the 2006 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship saw member nations compete for six places at the finals in

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Draw

19 NORCECA national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings as of 15 January 2004 using the

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for their distribution. (Rankings shown in brackets) Teams ranked 1–6 did not compete in the first round, and automatically qualified for the second round. ;First round ;Second round

First round

Pool A

*Venue: National Arena,

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*Dates: April 15–17, 2005 *All times are

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( UTC−05:00)

Pool B

*Venue: Garfield Sobers Gymnasium,

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Barbados Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...

*Dates: June 17–19, 2005 *All times are

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( UTC−04:00)

Pool C

*Venue: Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG,

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Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

*Dates: May 11–15, 2005 *All times are

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( UTC−06:00)

Second round

Pool D

*Venue: Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares,

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*Dates: August 13–19, 2005 *All times are

( UTC−04:00)

Preliminary round

Final round

=Semifinals

=3rd place

=Final

Final standing

Pool E

*Venue: Gran Arena del Cibao,

Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros ("James, son of Zebedee, Saint James of the Knights"), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the capital of ...

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

*Dates: August 24–28, 2005 *All times are

( UTC−04:00)

References

External links

2006 World Championship Qualification
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