2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

2006 FIBA World Championship
for Women
15th FIBA Basketball World
Championship for Women
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 Australia 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

City Venue
BarueriGinásio José Corrêa
São Paulo Ginásio G.J. de Almeida ( Ibirapuera)

Competing nations

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

Squads

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
  • Crowley, Nadiene Renée
  • da Silva, Fátima Aparecida
  • Dolinek, Ivo
  • Etheir, Nancy
  • Gode, Vitalis Odhiambo
  • Ho, Kok Yew
  • Julien, Chantal
  • Leemann, Philippe
  • Lefwerth, Oscar
  • Mayberry, Vaughan Charles
  • Pacheco, Sérgio de Jesus
  • Pilipauskas, Kestutis
  • Peng, Ling
  • Rougier, Diego Hernan
  • Schaer Araya, Gabriela
  • Smith, Roberto Omar
  • Touré, Moussa Ismaïla
  • Varghese, Gens Vadayattu

Preliminary round

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

Eighth-final round

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

Knockout Stage (São Paulo)

All times local (UTC -2)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 20, 2006 - 17:30        
 Australia Australia  79
September 21, 2006 - 15:15
 France France  66  
 Australia Australia  88
September 20, 2006 - 15:15
   Brazil Brazil  76  
 Czech Republic Czech Republic  51
September 23, 2006 - 14:00
 Brazil Brazil  75  
 Australia Australia  91
September 20, 2006 - 13:00
   Russia Russia  74
 Spain Spain  56
September 21, 2006 - 19:45
 Russia Russia  60  
 Russia Russia  75 Third place
September 20, 2006 - 19:45
   United States United States  68  
 United States United States  90  Brazil Brazil  59
 Lithuania Lithuania  56    United States United States  99
September 23, 2006 - 9:30

5th through 8th place

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

9th through 12th place

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

13th through 16th place

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

Awards

 2006 FIBA Women's World Championship Winner 

Australia
First title


Most Valuable Player
Australia Penny Taylor-Gil

Final standings

# Team W-L
Australia Australia 9-0
Russia Russia 5-4
United States United States 8-1
4 Brazil Brazil 5-4
5 France France 5-4
6 Lithuania Lithuania 4-5
7 Czech Republic Czech Republic 5-4
8 Spain Spain 4-5
9 Argentina Argentina 5-3
10 Canada Canada 2-6
11 Cuba Cuba 3-5
12 China China 3-5
13 South Korea Korea 2-3
14 Chinese Taipei 1-4
15 Senegal Senegal 1-4
16 Nigeria Nigeria 0-5

References

  1. "Opals awarded two for default". Fox sports. 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2006-09-13.

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