From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
none
none
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | FIVB World Championship |
| gender | Men |
| continent | World |
| year | 2006 |
| logo | VolleyballWorldChampionship Logo 2006.png |
| size | 140px |
| host | |
| dates | 17 November – 3 December |
| opened | Akihito |
| teams | 24 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 7 |
| cities | 6 |
| champions | BRA |
| title_number | 2 |
| second | POL |
| third | BUL |
| fourth | SCG |
| mvp | BRA Gilberto Godoy Filho |
| matches | 104 |
| attendance | 298352 |
| website | FIVB |
| last | 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship |
| next | 2010 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship |
The 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament. Brazil won the Tournament (retaining their championship title), defeating Poland 3:0 in the final match. Bulgaria placed 3rd, defeating Serbia and Montenegro 3:1 in the 3rd place match. The Polish team dedicated this achievement to the deceased Polish volleyball player Arkadiusz Gołaś. The team honored him at the award ceremony, when they wore T-shirts with the number 16 and the words "Golas".
Host
Finals hosts Japan. The tournament was held in six Japan cities.
Qualification
Main article: 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification
Pools composition
First round
Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 September 2005. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2005. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 16th.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Hosts) | (1) | (2) | (3) |
| (7) | (6) | (5) | (4) |
| (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| (18) | (12) | (16) | (13) |
| (21) | (20) | (22) | (19) |
| (27) | (24) | (23) | (26) |
Second round
| Pool E | Pool F |
|---|---|
| 1A}} | |
| 1D}} | |
| 2A}} | |
| 2D}} | |
| 3A}} | |
| 3D}} | |
| 4A}} | |
| 4D}} |
Squads
Main article: 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads
Venues
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D and E | Pool F | Final round | {{location map+ | float=center | Japan | width=220 | places= |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Saitama, Japan | JPN Fukuoka, Japan | JPN Nagano, Japan | JPN Sendai, Japan | |||||||
| Saitama Super Arena | Marine Messe Fukuoka | White Ring | Sendai Gymnasium | |||||||
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,705 | |||||||
| [[Image:Japanese Saitama Super Arena.jpg | 200px]] | [[Image:Marine Messe.jpg | 200px]] | [[Image:White Ring.png | 200px]] | [[Image:2006-08-19_1442.jpg | 200px]] | |||
| JPN Hiroshima, Japan | JPN Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Hiroshima Green Arena | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | ||||||||
| Capacity: 4,750 | Capacity: 13,291 | Capacity: 10,000 | ||||||||
| [[File:Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center 2021-03 ac (2).jpg | 200px]] | [[Image:Yoyogi-National-First-Gymnasium-01.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 2008.jpg | 200px]] |
First round
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
- The top four teams in each pool qualified for the second round.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
- The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round were taken into account for the second round.
- The top two teams in each pool qualified for the semifinals. The third and fourth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals, whereas the fifth and sixth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals.
Pool E
Pool F
Final round
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
9th–12th places
|2 December||1||3 |2 December||3||2 |3 December||3||2 |3 December||1||3
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th places
|2 December||0||3 |2 December||3||1 |3 December||3||0 |3 December||3||1
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
|2 December||3||1 |2 December||3||1 |3 December||0||3 |3 December||3||1
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Main article: 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 15 | |
| 17 | |
| 21 |
| Bernardo Rezende |
|---|
Awards
- Most valuable player
- :BRA Gilberto Godoy Filho
- Best scorer
- :PUR Héctor Soto
- Best spiker
- :BRA Dante Amaral
- Best blocker
- :RUS Aleksey Kuleshov
- Best server
- :BUL Matey Kaziyski
- Best setter
- :POL Paweł Zagumny
- Best libero
- :RUS Aleksey Verbov
Marketing
Official song
The competition's official opening song was "Ready Go!" by Morning Musume .
Sponsors
- Nippon Life
- Japan Tobacco
- Kyocera
- Asahi Soft Drinks
Broadcasting
| Region | TV station |
|---|---|
| Worldwide | TBS |
| BS-TBS |
References
References
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about 2006 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report