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.
Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Feminino de 2006 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Brazil |
Dates | September 12–23 |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | |
Top scorer | (21.3 points per game) |
Sixteen national teams competed for the championship. Australia came away with the gold medal by beating Russia 91–74.
Venues
editCity | Venue |
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Barueri | Ginásio José Corrêa |
São Paulo | Ginásio G.J. de Almeida ( Ibirapuera) |
Competing nations
editGroup A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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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
editAt the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries each had 12 players on their roster.
Referees
editFor the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professional referees:
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Preliminary round
edit- The three best squads of each group qualify for second round.
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- 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
edit- 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.
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All times local (UTC −2)
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
September 20, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||||||
79 | ||||||||||
September 21, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||||||
66 | ||||||||||
88 | ||||||||||
September 20, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||||||
76 | ||||||||||
51 | ||||||||||
September 23, 2006 – 14:00 | ||||||||||
75 | ||||||||||
91 | ||||||||||
September 20, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||||||
74 | ||||||||||
56 | ||||||||||
September 21, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||||||
60 | ||||||||||
75 | ||||||||||
September 20, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||||||
68 | Third place | |||||||||
90 | ||||||||||
September 23, 2006 – 9:30 | ||||||||||
56 | ||||||||||
59 | ||||||||||
99 | ||||||||||
5th through 8th place
editClassification round | Fifth place | |||||
September 21, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||
79 | ||||||
September 22, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
78 | ||||||
79 | ||||||
September 21, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
73 | ||||||
71 | ||||||
80 | ||||||
Seventh place | ||||||
September 22, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||
57 | ||||||
49 |
9th through 12th place
editClassification round | Ninth place | |||||
September 20, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||
61 | ||||||
September 21, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||
65 | ||||||
57 | ||||||
September 20, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
74 | ||||||
76 | ||||||
73 | ||||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
September 21, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
68 | ||||||
71 |
13th through 16th place
editClassification round | Thirteenth place | |||||
September 16, 2006 – 09:30 | ||||||
81 | ||||||
September 17, 2006 – 16:15 | ||||||
77 | ||||||
52 | ||||||
September 16, 2006 – 16:15 | ||||||
73 | ||||||
75 | ||||||
69 | ||||||
Fifteenth place | ||||||
September 17, 2006 – 09:30 | ||||||
64 | ||||||
66 |
Awards
edit2006 FIBA Women's World champions |
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Australia First title |
Most Valuable Player |
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Final standings
edit# | Team | W-L |
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9–0 | ||
5–4 | ||
8–1 | ||
4 | 5–4 | |
5 | 5–4 | |
6 | 4–5 | |
7 | 5–4 | |
8 | 4–5 | |
9 | 5–3 | |
10 | 2–6 | |
11 | 3–5 | |
12 | 3–5 | |
13 | 2–3 | |
14 | 1–4 | |
15 | 1–4 | |
16 | 0–5 |
References
edit- ^ "Opals awarded two for default". Fox sports. 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2006-09-13.