2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

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.

2006 FIBA World Championship for Women
Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Feminino de 2006
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
DatesSeptember 12–23
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place United States
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
MVP Penny Taylor-Gil
Top scorer Lauren Jackson
(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
City Venue
BarueriGinásio José Corrêa
São PauloGinásio 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
 South 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:

  • 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
Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women 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
  • The three best squads of each group qualify for second round.
Group A (São Paulo)
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Argentina521219199+20
2 Brazil521243222+21
3 Spain521218200+18
4 Korea303207266-59
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 Australia630194120+74
2 Lithuania521158123+35
3 Canada412188245-57
4 Senegal303182234-52
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 States630288198+90
2 Russia521250206+44
4 China412209264-55
3 Nigeria303155234-79
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 Republic521224185+39
2 France521235204+31
3 Cuba521204216-12
4 Chinese Taipei303210268-58
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
  • 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 Australia1260431310+121
2 Spain1042446384+62
3 Brazil1042482412+70
4 Lithuania933342329+13
5 Argentina933377402-25
6 Canada715344474-130
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 States1260517339+178
2 Czech Republic1042438404+34
3 Russia933493446+47
4 France933414410+4
5 China933421477-56
6 Cuba824405475-70
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
September 20, 2006 - 17:30
 
 
 Australia79
 
September 21, 2006 - 15:15
 
 France66
 
 Australia88
 
September 20, 2006 - 15:15
 
 Brazil76
 
 Czech Republic51
 
September 23, 2006 - 14:00
 
 Brazil75
 
 Australia91
 
September 20, 2006 - 13:00
 
 Russia74
 
 Spain56
 
September 21, 2006 - 19:45
 
 Russia60
 
 Russia75
 
September 20, 2006 - 19:45
 
 United States68 Third place
 
 United States 90
 
September 23, 2006 - 9:30
 
 Lithuania56
 
 Brazil59
 
 
 United States99
 

5th through 8th place
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
September 21, 2006 - 13:00
 
 
 France (OT)79
 
September 22, 2006 - 17:30
 
 Czech Republic78
 
 France79
 
September 21, 2006 - 17:30
 
 Lithuania73
 
 Spain71
 
 
 Lithuania80
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 22, 2006 - 15:15
 
 
 Czech Republic57
 
 
 Spain49

9th through 12th place
 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
September 20, 2006 - 19:45
 
 
 China61
 
September 21, 2006 - 19:45
 
 Canada65
 
 Canada57
 
September 20, 2006 - 17:30
 
 Argentina74
 
 Argentina76
 
 
 Cuba73
 
Eleventh place
 
 
September 21, 2006 - 17:30
 
 
 China68
 
 
 Cuba71

13th through 16th place
 
Classification roundThirteenth place
 
      
 
September 16, 2006 - 09:30
 
 
 Chinese Taipei81
 
September 17, 2006 - 16:15
 
 Nigeria77
 
 Chinese Taipei52
 
September 16, 2006 - 16:15
 
 Korea73
 
 Korea75
 
 
 Senegal69
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
September 17, 2006 - 09:30
 
 
 Nigeria64
 
 
 Senegal66

Awards
 2006 FIBA Women's World Champions 

Australia
First title


Most Valuable Player
Penny Taylor-Gil

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

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