2006 FIBA World Championship
for Women |
15th FIBA Basketball World
Championship for Women |
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Tournament details |
Host nation |
Brazil |
Dates |
September 12 - September 23 |
Teams |
16 (from 5 federations) |
Venues |
2 (in 2 host cities) |
Champions |
Australia (1st title) |
MVP |
Penny Taylor-Gil |
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The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian national federation.
Sixteen national teams competed for the championship. Australia came away with the gold medal by beating Russia 91-74.
Venues
Competing nations
Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:
- FIBA Europe - Spain, France, Lithuania, Czech Republic (European Champion), Russia
- FIBA Americas - Brazil (host), United States (Olympic Champion), Canada, Argentina, Cuba
- FIBA Africa - Nigeria, Senegal
- FIBA Asia - P.R. of China, Chinese Taipei (or Taiwan or Republic of China), Korea
- FIBA Oceania - Australia (Oceanian Champion)
Squads
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At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries each had 12 players on their roster.
Referees
For the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professional referees:
Andersson, Karolina
Avanessian, Heros
Baum Spalter, Gabriel Chiel
Blauch, Susan Elaine
Boltauzer, Matej
Chernova, Elena
Conde, Antonio
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Crowley, Nadiene Renée
da Silva, Fátima Aparecida
Dolinek, Ivo
Etheir, Nancy
Gode, Vitalis Odhiambo
Ho, Kok Yew
Julien, Chantal
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Leemann, Philippe
Lefwerth, Oscar
Mayberry, Vaughan Charles
Pacheco, Sérgio de Jesus
Pilipauskas, Kestutis
Peng, Ling
Rougier, Diego Hernan
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Schaer Araya, Gabriela
Smith, Roberto Omar
Touré, Moussa Ismaïla
Varghese, Gens Vadayattu
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Preliminary round
- The three best squads of each group qualify for second round.
- Legend: Pts: classification points (game won is 2 pts, game lost is 1), W: games won, L: game lost, PF : points scored, PC: points against, Diff.: difference; in green the squads qualified for eighth-final round.
Eighth-final round
- The four best squads of each group qualify for quarter-finals. All Preliminary Round games played by teams qualifying for the Eighth-finals carry over into the Eighth-final standings.
All times local (UTC -2)
5th through 8th place
9th through 12th place
13th through 16th place
Awards
2006 FIBA Women's World Championship Winner |
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Australia
First title |
Final standings
References
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External links
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Tournaments |
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Finals |
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Squads |
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Qualifying tournaments |
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