2006 FIVB World Grand Prix

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 was the fourteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.

The 2006 edition was played by twelve countries from August 16 to September 10, 2006 with the final round held at the PalaCalafiore in Reggio Calabria, Italy. Hosts Italy and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round. The tournament started with single round-robin action in Hong Kong, Poland and Japan. The global event kicked off on August 16 in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, where Dominican Republic, United States, Italy and Poland started the WGP Tournament.

The competition of the 2006 WGP lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week: 18 matches per team were played with a total of 54 matches. Classification in the preliminary rounds was decided by the number of points gained by teams participating in the same group. The classification in the general ranking of the preliminary rounds of the 2006 WGP was decided by the total number of World Grand Prix Points (GPP) gained by the teams in the preliminary matches.

Contents 1 Qualification 1.1 Asia 1.2 Europe 1.2.1 Group A 1.2.2 Group B 1.2.3 Semi finals 1.2.4 Third Place Match 1.2.5 First Place Match 1.3 North and South America 2 Teams 3 First round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 4 Second round 4.1 Group D 4.2 Group E 4.3 Group F 5 Third round 5.1 Group G 5.2 Group H 5.3 Group I 6 Final round 6.1 Group A 6.2 Group B 6.3 Semi finals 6.4 Finals 7 Final ranking 8 Individual awards 9 References

Qualification

Asia

• The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
  •  China
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea
  •  Thailand

Europe

• European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 26 to July 31, 2005

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	5	3	2	1	281	259	1.085	8	4	2.000
2.	Poland	5	3	2	1	280	263	1.065	8	5	1.600
3.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	275	266	1.034	7	5	1.400
4.	Romania	0	3	0	3	180	228	0.789	0	9	0.000

• 2005-07-26

Russia	2 – 3	Poland	25-23 19-25 25-17 24-26 10-15
Netherlands	3 – 0	Romania	26-24 25-21 25-21

• 2005-07-27

Netherlands	1 – 3	Russia	27-29 25-22 19-25 22-25
Romania	0 – 3	Poland	20-25 16-25 18-25

• 2005-07-28

Russia	3 – 0	Romania	27-25 25-17 25-18
Poland	2 – 3	Netherlands	25-20 19-25 20-25 25-21 10-15

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Azerbaijan	5	3	2	1	306	293	1.044	8	1	1.600
2.	Germany	5	3	2	1	268	254	1.055	7	5	1.400
3.	Turkey	4	3	1	2	312	316	0.987	6	8	0.750
4.	Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	247	270	0.915	4	7	0.571

• 2005-07-26

Germany	3 – 2	Turkey	23-25 19-25 25-19 25-20 15-10
Azerbaijan	3 – 1	Bulgaria	26-24 21-25 25-23 25-20

• 2005-07-27

Bulgaria	3 – 1	Turkey	25-23 29-27 21-25 25-23
Azerbaijan	3 – 1	Germany	25-27 25-21 25-21 25-17

• 2005-07-28

Germany	3 – 0	Bulgaria	25-15 25-22 25-18
Turkey	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	22-25 25-23 25-22 28-30 15-09

Semi finals

• 2005-07-30

Russia	3 – 2	Poland	19-25 20-25 25-20 25-23 15-08
Azerbaijan	3 – 0	Germany	28-26 25-10 25-20

Third Place Match

• 2005-07-31

Poland	3 – 1	Germany	25-27 25-13 25-21 25-19

First Place Match

• 2005-07-31

Russia	2 – 3	Azerbaijan	25-17 16-25 17-25 25-18 15-17

• Azerbaijan, Russia and Poland qualified; Italy received a wild card as the host nation.

North and South America

• Pan-American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from June 8 to June 19, 2005
  •  Cuba
  •  United States
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Brazil

Teams

• Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 Squads

First round

Group A

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan
  • 2006-08-18

Brazil	3 – 0	South Korea	25-14 25-17 25-14
Cuba	0 – 3	Japan	27-29 18-25 17-25

• • 2006-08-19

Cuba	1 – 3	Brazil	19-25 27-25 20-25 21-25
South Korea	0 – 3	Japan	20-25 20-25 17-25

• • 2006-08-20

Cuba	3 – 0	South Korea	25-23 25-20 25-23
Brazil	3 – 0	Japan	25-22 25-16 25-20

Group B

• Venue: Hong Kong
  • 2006-08-18

Russia	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	22-25 21-25 27-25 25-23 15-07
China	3 – 0	Thailand	25-20 25-19 25-22

• • 2006-08-19

Russia	3 – 1	Thailand	25-17 25-15 26-28 25-19
China	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	21-25 25-23 22-25 25-21 15-13

• • 2006-08-20

Azerbaijan	3 – 2	Thailand	20-25 22-25 25-19 25-20 16-14
China	3 – 0	Russia	25-15 25-23 25-21

Group C

• Venue: Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • 2006-08-16

United States	2 – 3	Dominican R.	25-21 23-25 25-19 25-27 08-15
Poland	0 – 3	Italy	23-25 18-25 21-25

• • 2006-08-16

Italy	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-17 25-17 25-18
Poland	1 – 3	United States	24-26 22-25 25-18 21-25

• • 2006-08-18

Italy	3 – 1	United States	25-21 27-25 18-25 25-17
Poland	1 – 3	Dominican R.	23-25 20-25 30-28 17-25

Second round

Group D

• Venue: Macau
  • 2006-08-25

Brazil	3 – 2	Dominican R.	25-14 22-25 20-25 25-17 15-08
China	3 – 2	United States	25-27 25-22 25-22 20-25 16-14

• • 2006-08-26

Brazil	3 – 1	United States	29-27 25-22 23-25 25-21
China	3 – 1	Dominican R.	25-22 25-20 20-25 25-22

• • 2006-08-27

United States	3 – 1	Dominican R.	25-22 22-25 26-24 25-16
China	0 – 3	Brazil	22-25 19-25 17-25

Group E

• Venue: Seoul, South Korea
  • 2006-08-25

South Korea	1 – 3	Russia	15-25 18-25 25-20 20-25
Poland	0 – 3	Japan	18-25 24-26 18-25

• • 2006-08-26

Russia	3 – 2	Poland	25-16 28-30 25-16 24-26 15-06
South Korea	0 – 3	Japan	22-25 15-25 19-25

• • 2006-08-27

South Korea	3 – 2	Poland	23-25 25-10 19-25 25-22 15-09
Russia	3 – 0	Japan	25-23 25-17 25-21

Group F

• Venue: Taipei
  • 2006-08-25

Italy	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	25-18 25-20 22-25 23-25 15-11
Thailand	0 – 3	Cuba	23-25 21-25 17-25

• • 2006-08-26

Cuba	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	22-25 26-24 21-25 25-21 15-12
Thailand	1 – 3	Italy	25-23 20-25 23-25 20-25

• • 2006-08-27

Cuba	3 – 1	Italy	25-22 25-23 20-25 25-18
Azerbaijan	2 – 3	Thailand	21-25 25-18 25-17 23-25 10-15

Third round

Group G

• Venue: Ningbo, PR China
  • 2006-09-01

Cuba	3 – 2	Poland	18-25 25-27 25-15 25-16 15-09
China	3 – 1	Azerbaijan	25-18 25-20 19-25 26-24

• • 2006-09-02

Cuba	3 – 0	Azerbaijan	25-18 25-21 28-26
China	3 – 0	Poland	25-22 25-15 25-14

• • 2006-09-03

Poland	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	25-21 25-21 19-25 22-25 15-13
China	3 – 0	Cuba	25-19 25-23 25-19

Group H

• Venue: Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2006-09-01

Russia	3 – 2	South Korea	21-25 25-22 25-20 21-25 15-07
Thailand	0 – 3	United States	27-29 15-25 25-27

• • 2006-09-02

South Korea	1 – 3	United States	25-12 16-25 27-29 16-25
Russia	3 – 0	Thailand	25-19 25-20 27-25

• • 2006-09-03

United States	1 – 3	Russia	22-25 25-20 11-25 23-25
Thailand	0 – 3	South Korea	27-29 18-25 22-25

Group I

• Venue: Okayama, Japan
  • 2006-09-01

Brazil	3 – 0	Italy	25-22 25-22 30-28
Dominican R.	2 – 3	Japan	16-25 25-18 16-25 25-15 14-16

• • 2006-09-02

Brazil	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-22 25-22 26-24
Italy	3 – 0	Japan	25-18 25-19 25-23

• • 2006-09-03

Dominican R.	0 – 3	Italy	13-25 19-25 16-25
Brazil	3 – 0	Japan	25-21 25-21 25-18

Final round

• Hosts Italy and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the Final Round, held from September 6 to September 10, 2006 at the PalaCalafiore in Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	3	2	1	1	170	143	1.189	4	3	1.333
2.	Cuba	3	2	1	1	178	191	0.932	4	4	1.000
3.	China	3	2	1	1	144	158	0.911	3	4	0.750

• Wednesday September 6

China	3 – 1	Cuba	25-19 21-25 25-23 25-16

• Thursday September 7

Cuba	3 – 1	Italy	26-24 19-25 25-23 25-23

• Friday September 8

Italy	3 – 0	China	25-17 25-17 25-14

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	4	2	2	0	173	136	1.272	6	1	6.000
2.	Russia	3	2	1	1	135	139	0.971	3	3	1.000
3.	Japan	2	2	0	2	144	177	0.814	1	6	0.167

• Wednesday September 6

Brazil	3 – 0	Russia	25-15 25-19 25-22

• Thursday September 7

Russia	3 – 0	Japan	25-15 25-22 29-27

• Friday September 8

Japan	1 – 3	Brazil	25-23 22-25 16-25 17-25

Semi finals

• Saturday September 9

Cuba	0 – 3	Brazil	20-25 15-25 18-25
Italy	2 – 3	Russia	25-21 25-23 23-25 15-25 10-15

Finals

• Saturday September 9 — Fifth Place Match

China	3 – 0	Japan	25-20 25-13 25-18

• Sunday September 10 — Bronze Medal Match

Italy	3 – 2	Cuba	25-17 25-15 23-25 23-25 15-11

• Sunday September 10 — Gold Medal Match

Russia	1 – 3	Brazil	20-25 20-25 25-23 17-25

Final ranking

Place Team 1 !  Brazil 2 !  Russia 3 !  Italy 4.  Cuba 5.  China 6.  Japan 7.  United States 8.  Dominican Republic 9.  South Korea 10.  Azerbaijan 11.  Thailand 12.  Poland

2006 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners  Brazil Sixth title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:  Sheilla Castro (BRA) Best Scorer:  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS) Best Spiker:  Fabiana Claudino (BRA) Best Blocker:  Sara Anzanello (ITA)

Best Server:  Nancy Carrillo (CUB) Best Libero:  Arlene Xavier (BRA) Best Setter:  Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)

References

• FIVB
• CEV Results

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