2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

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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.

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[edit] Venues

City Venue
Barueri Barueri Arena
São Paulo Ginásio G.J. de Almeida ( Ibirapuera)

[edit] Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Brazil Brazil Australia Australia United States United States Czech Republic Czech Republic
Spain Spain Lithuania Lithuania Russia Russia France France
South Korea South Korea Canada Canada China China Cuba Cuba
Argentina Argentina Senegal Senegal Nigeria Nigeria Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Teams qualified
Teams qualified

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), South Korea
  • FIBA Oceania - Australia (Oceanian Champion)

[edit] Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries each had 12 players on their roster.

[edit] Referees

For the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professional referees:

  • Woman Finlande Andersson, Karolina
  • Man Iran Avanessian, Heros
  • Man Uruguay Baum Spalter, Gabriel Chiel
  • Woman États-Unis Blauch, Susan Elaine
  • Man Slovénie Boltauzer, Matej
  • Woman Russie Chernova, Elena
  • Man Espagne Conde, Antonio
  • Woman Canada Crowley, Nadiene Renée
  • Woman Brésil da Silva, Fátima Aparecida
  • Man République tchèque Dolinek, Ivo
  • Woman Canada Etheir, Nancy
  • Man Kenya Gode, Vitalis Odhiambo
  • Man Malaisie Ho, Kok Yew
  • Woman France Julien, Chantal
  • Man Suisse Leemann, Philippe
  • Man Suède Lefwerth, Oscar
  • Man Australie Mayberry, Vaughan Charles
  • Man Brésil Pacheco, Sérgio de Jesus
  • Man Lituanie Pilipauskas, Kestutis
  • Man Chine Peng, Ling
  • Man Argentine Rougier, Diego Hernan
  • Woman Costa Rica Schaer Araya, Gabriela
  • Man Argentina Smith, Roberto Omar
  • Man Mali Touré, Moussa Ismaïla
  • Man Inde Varghese, Gens Vadayattu

[edit] Preliminary round

  • The three best squads of each group qualify for second round.
Group A (São Paulo)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Argentina Argentina 5 2 1 219 199 +20
2 Brazil Brazil 5 2 1 243 222 +21
3 Spain Spain 5 2 1 218 200 +18
4 South Korea South Korea 3 0 3 207 266 -59
Tue Sept. 12 13:00 South Korea South Korea 57 87 Spain Spain
Tue Sept. 12 15:15 Argentina Argentina 69 71 Brazil Brazil
Wed Sept. 13 13:00 Spain Spain 64 77 Argentina Argentina
Wed Sept. 13 15:15 Brazil Brazil 106 86 South Korea South Korea
Thu Sept. 14 13:00 South Korea South Korea 64 73 Argentina Argentina
Thu Sept. 14 15:15 Brazil Brazil 66 67 Spain Spain
Group B (São Paulo)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Australia Australia 6 3 0 194 120 +74
2 Lithuania Lithuania 5 2 1 158 123 +35
3 Canada Canada 4 1 2 188 245 -57
4 Senegal Senegal 3 0 3 182 234 -52
Tue Sept. 12 17:30 Lithuania Lithuania[1] 0 2 Australia Australia
Tue Sept. 12 19:45 Senegal Senegal 64 65 Canada Canada
Wed Sept. 13 17:30 Canada Canada 58 84 Lithuania Lithuania
Wed Sept. 13 19:45 Australia Australia 95 55 Senegal Senegal
Thu Sept. 14 17:30 Lithuania Lithuania 74 63 Senegal Senegal
Thu Sept. 14 19:45 Canada Canada 65 97 Australia Australia
Group C (Barueri)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 United States United States 6 3 0 288 198 +90
2 Russia Russia 5 2 1 250 206 +44
4 China China 3 1 2 209 264 -55
3 Nigeria Nigeria 4 0 3 155 234 -79
Tue Sept. 12 15:15 Russia Russia 84 50 Nigeria Nigeria
Tue Sept. 12 19:45 United States United States 119 72 China China
Wed Sept. 13 15:15 China China 66 86 Russia Russia
Wed Sept. 13 19:45 Nigeria Nigeria 46 79 United States United States
Thu Sept. 14 17:30 United States United States 90 80 Russia Russia
Thu Sept. 14 19:45 Nigeria Nigeria 59 71 China China
Group D (Barueri)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 2 1 224 185 +39
2 France France 5 2 1 235 204 +31
3 Cuba Cuba 5 2 1 204 216 -12
4 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 210 268 -58
Tue Sept. 12 13:00 France France 62 58 Czech Republic Czech Republic
Tue Sept. 12 17:30 Cuba Cuba 75 70 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Wed Sept. 13 13:00 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 68 100 France France
Wed Sept. 13 17:30 Czech Republic Czech Republic 73 51 Cuba Cuba
Thu Sept. 14 13:00 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 72 93 Czech Republic Czech Republic
Thu Sept. 14 15:15 France France 73 78 Cuba Cuba
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.

[edit] 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.
Group E (São Paulo)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Australia Australia 12 6 0 431 310 +121
2 Spain Spain 10 4 2 446 384 +62
3 Brazil Brazil 10 4 2 482 412 +70
4 Lithuania Lithuania 9 3 3 342 329 +13
5 Argentina Argentina 9 3 3 377 402 -25
6 Canada Canada 7 1 5 344 474 -130
Sat Sept. 16 09:30 Argentina Argentina 62 58 Canada Canada
Sat Sept. 16 14:00 Brazil Brazil 84 67 Lithuania Lithuania
Sat Sept. 16 16:15 Australia Australia 72 68 Spain Spain
Sun Sept. 17 09:30 Argentina Argentina 47 62 Lithuania Lithuania
Sun Sept. 17 14:00 Spain Spain 85 57 Canada Canada
Sun Sept. 17 16:15 Australia Australia 82 73 Brazil Brazil
Mon Sept. 18 13:00 Lithuania Lithuania 55 75 Spain Spain
Mon Sept. 18 15:15 Argentina Argentina 49 83 Australia Australia
Mon Sept. 18 17:30 Brazil Brazil 82 41 Canada Canada
Group F (Barueri)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 United States United States 12 6 0 517 339 +178
2 Czech Republic Czech Republic 10 4 2 438 404 +34
3 Russia Russia 9 3 3 493 446 +47
4 France France 9 3 3 414 410 +4
5 China China 9 3 3 421 477 -56
6 Cuba Cuba 8 2 4 405 475 -70
Sat Sept. 16 11:45 Russia Russia 64 74 France France
Sat Sept. 16 14:00 Czech Republic Czech Republic 79 73 China China
Sat Sept. 16 16:15 United States United States 90 50 Cuba Cuba
Sun Sept. 17 11:45 Czech Republic Czech Republic 85 83 Russia Russia
Sun Sept. 17 14:00 China China 73 70 Cuba Cuba
Sun Sept. 17 16:15 United States United States 76 41 France France
Mon Sept. 18 15:15 Russia Russia 96 81 Cuba Cuba
Mon Sept. 18 17:30 France France 64 66 China China
Mon Sept. 18 19:45 United States United States 63 50 Czech Republic Czech Republic

[edit] Knockout Stage (São Paulo)

All times local (UTC -2)

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
September 20, 2006 - 17:30        
 Flag of Australia Australia  79
September 21, 2006 - 15:15
 Flag of France France  66  
 Flag of Australia Australia  88
September 20, 2006 - 15:15
   Flag of Brazil Brazil  76  
 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic  51
September 23, 2006 - 14:00
 Flag of Brazil Brazil  75  
 Flag of Australia Australia  91
September 20, 2006 - 13:00
   Flag of Russia Russia  74
 Flag of Spain Spain  56
September 21, 2006 - 19:45
 Flag of Russia Russia  60  
 Flag of Russia Russia  75 Third place
September 20, 2006 - 19:45
   Flag of the United States United States  68  
 Flag of the United States United States  90  Flag of Brazil Brazil  59
 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania  56    Flag of the United States United States  99
September 23, 2006 - 11:00


[edit] 5th through 8th place

  Classification round Fifth place
             
September 21, 2006 - 13:00
 Flag of France France 79 (OT)  
 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 78  
 
September 22, 2006 - 17:30
     Flag of France France 79
   Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 73
Seventh place
September 21, 2006 - 17:30 September 22, 2006 - 15:15
 Flag of Spain Spain 71  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic  57
 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 80    Flag of Spain Spain  49

[edit] 9th through 12th place

  Classification round Ninth place
             
September 20, 2006 - 19:45
 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 61  
 Flag of Canada Canada 65  
 
September 21, 2006 - 19:45
     Flag of Canada Canada 57
   Flag of Argentina Argentina 74
Eleventh place
September 20, 2006 - 17:30 September 21, 2006 - 17:30
 Flag of Argentina Argentina 76  Flag of the People's Republic of China China  68
 Flag of Cuba Cuba 73    Flag of Cuba Cuba  71

[edit] 13th through 16th place

  Classification round Thirteenth place
             
September 16, 2006 - 09:30
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 81  
 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 77  
 
September 17, 2006 - 16:15
     Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 52
   Flag of South Korea South Korea 73
Fifteenth place
September 16, 2006 - 16:15 September 17, 2006 - 09:30
 Flag of South Korea South Korea 75  Flag of Nigeria Nigeria  64
 Flag of Senegal Senegal 69    Flag of Senegal Senegal  66

[edit] Awards

 2006 World Championship for Women Winner 
Flag of Australia
Australia
First title


Most valuable player
Flag of Australia Penny Taylor-Gil

[edit] Final standings

Image:Australia's first gold medal.jpg
Australian team during gold medal ceremony.
On the left, Lauren Jackson and on the right, MVP Penny Taylor-Gil.
# Team W-L
Image:Med 1.png 1 Flag of Australia Australia 9-0
Image:Med 2.png 2 Flag of Russia Russia 5-4
Image:Med 3.png 3 Flag of the United States United States 8-1
4 Flag of Brazil Brazil 5-4
5 Flag of France France 5-4
6 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 4-5
7 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5-4
8 Flag of Spain Spain 4-5
9 Flag of Argentina Argentina 5-3
10 Flag of Canada Canada 2-6
11 Flag of Cuba Cuba 3-5
12 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 3-5
13 Flag of South Korea South Korea 2-3
14 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1-4
15 Flag of Senegal Senegal 1-4
16 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 0-5

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Opals awarded two for forfeit", Fox sports, 2006-09-13. Retrieved on 2006-09-13. 

[edit] External links