2006 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

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.

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 Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Russia won their sixth world title, defeating Brazil in five sets at the final. Serbia and Montenegro won the 3rd place match and its first medal, defeating Italy in straight sets. Yoshie Takeshita from Japan was selected as the MVP.

Qualification

2006 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification Source:FIVB

Venues

Pool A	Pool F, Final round	Final round
Tokyo	Osaka
Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 8,200	Capacity: 5,000
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Pool C	Pool D, E	Pool B
Kobe	Nagoya	Sapporo
Kobe Green Arena	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 7,000
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Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the Template:Em, 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.

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Source:FIVB

Pools composition

The drawing of lots for the qualified teams took place in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2005.

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Results

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

First round

Pool A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

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Pool B

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

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Pool C

Venue: Kobe Green Arena, Kobe

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Pool D

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

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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

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Pool F

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

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Final round

9th–12th place

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

9th–12th semifinals

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11th place match

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9th place match

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5th–8th place

Venues: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium (OMCG) and Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (OPG), both in Osaka

5th–8th semifinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Finals

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final standing

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 2006 Women's World champions 
6th title

Team Roster

Marina Akulova, Maria Borodakova, Maria Bruntseva, Yekaterina Gamova, Yelena Godina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Natalia Kulikova, Yulia Merkulova, Natalia Safronova, Lioubov Shashkova, Marina Sheshenina, Olga Zhitova

Head coach

Giovanni Caprara

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Template:Flagicon Yoshie Takeshita

• Best scorer

  Template:Flagicon Neslihan Darnel

• Best spiker

  Template:Flagicon Rosir Calderón

• Best blocker

  Template:Flagicon Christiane Fürst

• Best server

  Template:Flagicon Yelena Godina

• Best digger

  File:Chinese Taipei Volleyball Flag.svg Szu Hui-Fang

• Best receiver

  Template:Flagicon Jaqueline Carvalho

• Best setter

  Template:Flagicon Yoshie Takeshita

• Best libero

  Template:Flagicon 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.

	Player	Attacks	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Neslihan Darnel	190	21	14	225
2	Template:Flagicon Angelina Grün	176	31	13	220
3	Template:Flagicon Wang Yimei	165	17	20	202
4	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Gamova	152	32	6	190
5	Template:Flagicon Nancy Metcalf	160	16	9	185

Best Spikers

Best attackers determined by successful attacks in percentage.

	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total	%
1	Template:Flagicon Rosir Calderon Diaz	148	35	65	248	59.68
2	Template:Flagicon Lioubov Shashkova	150	27	88	265	56.60
3	Template:Flagicon Nancy Carrillo De La Paz	126	29	70	225	56.00
4	Template:Flagicon Yumilka Ruiz Luaces	123	33	89	245	50.20
5	Template:Flagicon Simona Rinieri-Dennis	93	24	71	188	49.47

Best Blockers

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

	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total	Avg
1	Template:Flagicon Christiane Fürst	35	45	98	178	0.88
2	Template:Flagicon Oliveira Walewska	34	40	76	150	0.83
3	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Gamova	32	27	47	106	0.80
4	Template:Flagicon Angelina Grün	31	38	46	115	0.78
5	Template:Flagicon Heather Bown	32	39	87	158	0.74

Best Servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total	Avg
1	Template:Flagicon Elena Godina	28	26	133	187	0.70
2	Template:Flagicon Wang Yimei	20	24	134	178	0.48
3	Template:Flagicon Yang Hao	15	12	143	170	0.36
4	Template:Flagicon Neslihan Darnel	14	27	105	146	0.36
5	Template:Flagicon Angelina Grün	13	13	115	141	0.33

Best Setters

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

	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total	Avg
1	Template:Flagicon Yoshie Takeshita	436	2	644	1082	10.63
2	Template:Flagicon Feng Kun	389	9	552	950	9.26
3	Template:Flagicon Elif Agca	307	17	578	902	7.87
4	Template:Flagicon Robyn Ah Mow-Santos	323	4	681	1008	7.51
5	Template:Flagicon Eleonora Lo Bianco	262	2	548	812	7.49

Best Diggers

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

	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total	Avg
1	Template:Flagicon Szu Hui Fang	116	73	102	291	2.90
2	Template:Flagicon Gulden Kayalar	105	57	62	224	2.69
3	Template:Flagicon Paola Cardullo	91	35	58	184	2.60
4	Template:Flagicon Fabiana Alvim de Oliveira	106	55	108	269	2.59
5	Template:Flagicon Sugayama Kaoru	106	60	68	234	2.59

Best Receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total	%
1	Template:Flagicon Jaqueline Carvalho	149	4	58	211	68.72
2	Template:Flagicon Zhou Suhong	215	11	92	318	64.15
3	Template:Flagicon Lioubov Shashkova	128	7	55	190	63.68
4	Template:Flagicon Welissa Gonzaga	120	3	62	185	63.24
5	Template:Flagicon Francesca Piccinini	112	6	51	169	62.72

See also

• 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

External links

• Official website
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball