2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship explained

Competition:FIVB Women's World Championship
Other Titles:バレーボール女子世界選手権
日本 2006
Gender:women
Continent:World
Year:2006
Size:140
Dates:31 October – 16 November
Opened:Akihito
Teams:24
Venues:6
Cities:5
Champions:RUS
Title Number:6
Second:BRA
Third:SCG
Fourth:ITA
Mvp: Yoshie Takeshita
Setter: Yoshie Takeshita
Outside Spikers: Rosir Calderón
Middle Blockers: Christiane Fürst
Libero: Suzana Ćebić
Best Scorer (A): Neslihan Darnel
Best Server (A): Yelena Godina
Best Digger (A): Szu Hui-Fang
Best Receiver (A): Jaqueline Carvalho
Website:2006 World Championship
Last:2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Next:2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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 French: [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball]] (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 Volleyball Women's 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

See main article: 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification. Source:FIVB[1]

Squads

See main article: 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads.

Venues

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TokyoOsaka
Yoyogi National GymnasiumOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 8,200Capacity: 5,000
Pool CPool D, EPool B
KobeNagoyaSapporo
Kobe Green ArenaNagoya Rainbow HallHokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 7,000
Source:[2]

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[3]

Pools composition

The drawing of lots for the qualified teams took place in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2005.[1]

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time .

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 place match

5th–8th place

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

5th place match

Finals

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
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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

Yoshie Takeshita

Neslihan Darnel

Rosir Calderón

Christiane Fürst

Yelena Godina

Szu Hui-Fang

Jaqueline Carvalho

Yoshie Takeshita

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.[4]

Best Scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from attack, block, and serve.

width=160 Playerwidth=20 Attackswidth=20 Blockswidth=20 Serveswidth=20 Total
align=center 1 Neslihan Darnelalign=center 190align=center 21align=center 14align=center 225
align=center 2 Angelina Grünalign=center 176align=center 31align=center 13align=center 220
align=center 3 Wang Yimeialign=center 165align=center 17align=center 20align=center 202
align=center 4 Ekaterina Gamovaalign=center 152align=center 32align=center 6align=center 190
align=center 5 Nancy Metcalfalign=center 160align=center 16align=center 9align=center 185

Best Spikers

Best attackers determined by successful attacks in percentage.

width=160 Playerwidth=20 Spikeswidth=20 Faultswidth=20 Shotswidth=20 width=20
align=center 1 Rosir Calderon Diazalign=center 148align=center 35align=center 65align=center 248align=center 59.68
align=center 2 Lioubov Shashkovaalign=center 150align=center 27align=center 88align=center 265align=center 56.60
align=center 3 Nancy Carrillo De La Pazalign=center 126align=center 29align=center 70align=center 225align=center 56.00
align=center 4 Yumilka Ruiz Luacesalign=center 123align=center 33align=center 89align=center 245align=center 50.20
align=center 5 Simona Rinieri-Dennisalign=center 93align=center 24align=center 71align=center 188align=center 49.47

Best Blockers

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

width=160 Playerwidth=20 width=20 Faultswidth=20 Reboundswidth=20 width=20
align=center 1 Christiane Fürstalign=center 35align=center 45align=center 98align=center 178align=center 0.88
align=center 2 Oliveira Walewskaalign=center 34align=center 40align=center 76align=center 150align=center 0.83
align=center 3 Ekaterina Gamovaalign=center 32align=center 27align=center 47align=center 106align=center 0.80
align=center 4 Angelina Grünalign=center 31align=center 38align=center 46align=center 115align=center 0.78
align=center 5 Heather Bownalign=center 32align=center 39align=center 87align=center 158align=center 0.74

Best Servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

width=160 Playerwidth=20 Aceswidth=20 Faultswidth=20 Hitswidth=20 width=20
align=center 1 Elena Godinaalign=center 28align=center 26align=center 133align=center 187align=center 0.70
align=center 2 Wang Yimeialign=center 20align=center 24align=center 134align=center 178align=center 0.48
align=center 3 Yang Haoalign=center 15align=center 12align=center 143align=center 170align=center 0.36
align=center 4 Neslihan Darnelalign=center 14align=center 27align=center 105align=center 146align=center 0.36
align=center 5 Angelina Grünalign=center 13align=center 13align=center 115align=center 141align=center 0.33

Best Setters

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

width=160 Playerwidth=20 width=20 Faultswidth=20 width=20 width=20
align=center 1 Yoshie Takeshitaalign=center 436align=center 2align=center 644align=center 1082align=center 10.63
align=center 2 Feng Kunalign=center 389align=center 9align=center 552align=center 950align=center 9.26
align=center 3 Elif Agcaalign=center 307align=center 17align=center 578align=center 902align=center 7.87
align=center 4 Robyn Ah Mow-Santosalign=center 323align=center 4align=center 681align=center 1008align=center 7.51
align=center 5 Eleonora Lo Biancoalign=center 262align=center 2align=center 548align=center 812align=center 7.49

Best Diggers

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

width=160 Playerwidth=20 Digswidth=20 Faultswidth=20 Receptionswidth=20 width=20
align=center 1 Szu Hui Fangalign=center 116align=center 73align=center 102align=center 291align=center 2.90
align=center 2 Gulden Kayalaralign=center 105align=center 57align=center 62align=center 224align=center 2.69
align=center 3 Paola Cardulloalign=center 91align=center 35align=center 58align=center 184align=center 2.60
align=center 4 Fabiana Alvim de Oliveiraalign=center 106align=center 55align=center 108align=center 269align=center 2.59
align=center 5 Sugayama Kaorualign=center 106align=center 60align=center 68align=center 234align=center 2.59

Best Receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

width=160 Playerwidth=20 Excellentswidth=20 Faultswidth=20 width=20 width=20
align=center 1 Jaqueline Carvalhoalign=center 149align=center 4align=center 58align=center 211align=center 68.72
align=center 2 Zhou Suhongalign=center 215align=center 11align=center 92align=center 318align=center 64.15
align=center 3 Lioubov Shashkovaalign=center 128align=center 7align=center 55align=center 190align=center 63.68
align=center 4 Welissa Gonzagaalign=center 120align=center 3align=center 62align=center 185align=center 63.24
align=center 5 Francesca Piccininialign=center 112align=center 6align=center 51align=center 169align=center 62.72

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualified teams . FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2006 . . 10 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Host cities . 2006vball.jp . 10 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Competition formula . FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2006 . . 10 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Statistics . . 16 November 2006.

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