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2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Volleyball competition held in Italy

Summary

Volleyball competition held in Italy

Field	Value
competition	FIVB World Grand Prix
gender	women
year	2006
host	(Final)
dates	18 August – 10 September
teams	12
venues	10
cities	10
champions	Brazil
second	Russia
third	Italy
fourth	Cuba
title_number	6
mvp	BRA Sheilla Castro
website	Tournament website
last	2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
next	2007 FIVB Volleyball 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.

Qualification

Asia

The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings

Europe

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

Group A

Group B

Semi finals

Third-place match

First Place Match

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

Teams

Preliminary round

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

First round

Group A

Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan

Group B

Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong

Group C

Venue: Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Second round

Group D

Venue: Macau Forum, Macau

Group E

Venue: Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea

Group F

Venue: Taipei Municipal Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan

Third round

Group G

Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Group H

Venue: Nimiboot Gymnasium, Bangkok, Thailand

Group I

Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama, Japan

Final round

Venue: PalaCalafiore, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Pool play

Group A

Group B

Final four

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Semifinals

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Overall ranking

Place	Team
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5.
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7.
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10.
11.
12.

José Roberto Guimarães

Individual awards

Most valuable player:
- Sheilla Castro
Best scorer:
- Ekaterina Gamova
Best spiker:
- Fabiana Claudino
Best blocker:
- Sara Anzanello
Best server:
- Nancy Carrillo
Best libero:
- Arlene Xavier
Best setter:
- Eleonora Lo Bianco

References

Wikipedia Source

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