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
Source:FIVB
Squads
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 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 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, Japan on 29 November 2005.
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
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, Sapporo
Pool C Venue: Kobe Green Arena, Kobe
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, Osaka
Final round
9th–12th place Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th place Venues: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium (OMCG) and Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (OPG), both in Osaka
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Finals Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 21
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 Yoshie Takeshita Best scorer Neslihan Darnel Best spiker Rosir Calderón Best blocker Christiane Fürst Best server Yelena Godina Best digger Szu Hui-Fang Best receiver Jaqueline Carvalho 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.
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Neslihan Darnel 190 21 14 225 2 Angelina Grün 176 31 13 220 3 Wang Yimei 165 17 20 202 4 Ekaterina Gamova 152 32 6 190 5 Nancy Metcalf 160 16 9 185
Best Spikers Best attackers determined by successful attacks in percentage.
Player Spikes Faults Shots 1 Rosir Calderon Diaz 148 35 65 248 59.68 2 Lioubov Shashkova 150 27 88 265 56.60 3 Nancy Carrillo De La Paz 126 29 70 225 56.00 4 Yumilka Ruiz Luaces 123 33 89 245 50.20 5 Simona Rinieri-Dennis 93 24 71 188 49.47
Best Blockers Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.
Player Faults Rebounds 1 Christiane Fürst 35 45 98 178 0.88 2 Oliveira Walewska 34 40 76 150 0.83 3 Ekaterina Gamova 32 27 47 106 0.80 4 Angelina Grün 31 38 46 115 0.78 5 Heather Bown 32 39 87 158 0.74
Best Servers Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.
Player Aces Faults Hits 1 Elena Godina 28 26 133 187 0.70 2 Wang Yimei 20 24 134 178 0.48 3 Yang Hao 15 12 143 170 0.36 4 Neslihan Darnel 14 27 105 146 0.36 5 Angelina Grün 13 13 115 141 0.33
Best Setters Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.
Player Faults 1 Yoshie Takeshita 436 2 644 1082 10.63 2 Feng Kun 389 9 552 950 9.26 3 Elif Agca 307 17 578 902 7.87 4 Robyn Ah Mow-Santos 323 4 681 1008 7.51 5 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 1 Szu Hui Fang 116 73 102 291 2.90 2 Gulden Kayalar 105 57 62 224 2.69 3 Paola Cardullo 91 35 58 184 2.60 4 Fabiana Alvim de Oliveira 106 55 108 269 2.59 5 Sugayama Kaoru 106 60 68 234 2.59
Best Receivers Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.
Player Excellents Faults 1 Jaqueline Carvalho 149 4 58 211 68.72 2 Zhou Suhong 215 11 92 318 64.15 3 Lioubov Shashkova 128 7 55 190 63.68 4 Welissa Gonzaga 120 3 62 185 63.24 5 Francesca Piccinini 112 6 51 169 62.72
See also
2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
References
External links Official website Federation Internationale de Volleyball