2006 FIVB Men's World Championship

2006 Men's World Championship
Official website
2006 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 17 – December 3
Teams	24
Venues	7 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
MVP	Gilberto Godoy Filho
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The 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November, 2006 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 3rd place match.

Qualification

Main article: 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship qualification

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan Argentina Poland China Egypt Puerto Rico	Brazil France Greece Cuba Australia Germany	Italy United States Venezuela Bulgaria Iran Czech Republic	Serbia and Montenegro Russia South Korea Canada Tunisia Kazakhstan

• The drawing of lots was held in Tokyo, Japan on November 29, 2005.

Squads

Main article: 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship squads

Venues

• Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan – Pool A
• Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan – Pool B
• Nagano White Ring, Nagano, Japan – Pool C
• Sendai City Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan – Pool D and E
• Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center, Hiroshima, Japan – Pool F
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan – Final Round
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan – Final Round

First round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool A

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	10	5	0	376	312	1.205	15	0	MAX
2	Japan	8	3	2	488	476	1.025	11	10	1.100
3	Argentina	7	2	3	487	485	1.004	9	12	0.750
4	Puerto Rico	7	2	3	490	493	0.994	9	12	0.750
5	China	7	2	3	473	499	0.948	9	13	0.692
6	Egypt	6	1	4	470	519	0.906	8	14	0.571

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Nov	13:00	Poland	3–0	China	25–21	25–20	25–21			75–62	P2 P3
17 Nov	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–2	Argentina	19–25	34–32	28–26	21–25	15–13	117–121	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:00	Egypt	2–3	Japan	13–25	21–25	26–24	26–24	12–15	98–113	P2 P3
18 Nov	13:00	Argentina	0–3	Poland	21–25	22–25	22–25			65–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:00	Egypt	3–2	Puerto Rico	27–29	19–25	25–21	25–20	15–12	111–107	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:00	Japan	2–3	China	25–22	22–25	20–25	25–23	13–15	105–110	P2 P3
19 Nov	13:00	China	2–3	Argentina	25–22	21–25	25–17	17–25	15–17	103–106	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:20	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–13	25–19	26–24			76–56	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:00	Puerto Rico	1–3	Japan	23–25	20–25	25–21	34–36		102–107	P2 P3
21 Nov	13:00	Egypt	2–3	China	25–22	25–22	30–32	20–25	16–18	116–119	P2 P3
21 Nov	15:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Argentina	25–16	22–25	27–25	27–25		101–91	P2 P3
22 Nov	13:00	China	1–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	13–25	25–21	24–26		79–97	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:05	Argentina	3–1	Egypt	25–18	29–31	25–20	25–20		104–89	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	Poland	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–21	25–23			75–62	P2 P3

Pool B

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	418	350	1.194	13	4	3.250
2	France	9	4	1	491	466	1.054	13	7	1.857
3	Germany	9	4	1	409	391	1.046	12	5	2.400
4	Cuba	7	2	3	401	424	0.946	8	11	0.727
5	Greece	6	1	4	408	446	0.915	6	13	0.462
6	Australia	5	0	5	402	452	0.889	3	15	0.200

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Nov	14:00	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	25–21	19–25	15–25	22–25		81–96	P2 P3
17 Nov	16:15	Greece	1–3	France	22–25	22–25	25–22	17–25		86–97	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:40	Germany	3–1	Australia	20–25	25–22	25–21	30–28		100–96	P2 P3
18 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Greece	25–19	25–18	25–16			75–53	P2 P3
18 Nov	16:00	Australia	1–3	France	23–25	28–30	26–24	24–26		101–105	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:40	Germany	3–0	Cuba	25–14	25–23	25–20			75–57	P2 P3
19 Nov	14:00	Cuba	3–0	Australia	25–15	25–19	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
19 Nov	16:00	Greece	0–3	Germany	22–25	26–28	21–25			69–78	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:05	France	3–1	Brazil	20–25	25–22	25–23	29–27		99–97	P2 P3
21 Nov	14:00	Cuba	3–2	Greece	25–19	20–25	25–22	21–25	15–12	106–103	P2 P3
21 Nov	16:35	Australia	0–3	Brazil	19–25	19–25	23–25			61–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:25	Germany	3–1	France	22–25	25–21	28–26	25–22		100–94	P2 P3
22 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–13	25–21	25–22			75–56	P2 P3
22 Nov	16:00	France	3–1	Cuba	25–21	25–19	21–25	25–17		96–82	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:20	Greece	3–1	Australia	25–20	25–22	22–25	25–23		97–90	P2 P3

Pool C

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	10	5	0	449	398	1.128	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	4	1	463	402	1.152	14	6	2.333
3	Czech Republic	7	2	3	386	377	1.024	8	9	0.889
4	United States	7	2	3	400	420	0.952	8	10	0.800
5	Venezuela	7	2	3	401	433	0.926	8	11	0.727
6	Iran	5	0	5	350	419	0.835	2	15	0.133

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Nov	14:00	United States	1–3	Venezuela	18–25	25–20	21–25	18–25		82–95	P2 P3
17 Nov	16:28	Czech Republic	3–0	Iran	25–23	25–19	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:25	Italy	2–3	Bulgaria	25–20	24–26	16–25	25–16	8–15	98–102	P2 P3
18 Nov	14:01	Iran	1–3	Venezuela	20–25	25–23	17–25	20–25		82–98	P2 P3
18 Nov	16:25	Czech Republic	0–3	Italy	22–25	19–25	23–25			64–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:21	Bulgaria	3–0	United States	30–28	25–22	25–21			80–71	P2 P3
19 Nov	14:01	United States	3–1	Czech Republic	25–16	15–25	25–20	25–23		90–84	P2 P3
19 Nov	16:20	Venezuela	1–3	Bulgaria	25–22	17–25	22–25	17–25		81–97	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:46	Italy	3–1	Iran	25–15	21–25	25–21	25–19		96–80	P2 P3
21 Nov	14:00	Iran	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	18–25	23–25			60–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	16:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–14	25–19			75–53	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–1	United States	22–25	25–17	25–22	25–18		97–82	P2 P3
22 Nov	14:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Czech Republic	20–25	25–22	25–20	25–21		95–88	P2 P3
22 Nov	16:25	United States	3–0	Iran	25–19	25–22	25–23			75–64	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:26	Venezuela	1–3	Italy	13–25	25–22	21–25	15–25		74–97	P2 P3

Pool D

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	10	5	0	420	339	1.239	15	2	7.500
2	Russia	9	4	1	367	296	1.240	12	3	4.000
3	Canada	8	3	2	403	409	0.985	9	9	1.000
4	Tunisia	7	2	3	406	445	0.912	8	11	0.727
5	South Korea	6	1	4	433	469	0.923	7	13	0.538
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	351	422	0.832	2	15	0.133

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Nov	14:00	Canada	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–21	26–24	25–21			76–66	P2 P3
17 Nov	16:00	Russia	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	22–25	18–25	23–25			63–75	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:00	Tunisia	3–2	South Korea	25–22	24–26	17–25	28–26	15–13	109–112	P2 P3
18 Nov	14:00	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–15	29–27	25–20			79–62	P2 P3
18 Nov	16:00	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–16	22–25	25–18	25–22		97–81	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:10	South Korea	1–3	Canada	28–26	23–25	16–25	23–25		90–101	P2 P3
19 Nov	14:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	South Korea	22–25	25–23	18–25	21–25		86–98	P2 P3
19 Nov	16:15	Tunisia	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	21–25	12–25	23–25			56–75	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:00	Canada	0–3	Russia	19–25	20–25	21–25			60–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	14:00	Tunisia	2–3	Canada	15–25	29–27	25–21	21–25	13–15	103–113	P2 P3
21 Nov	16:35	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	South Korea	25–22	23–25	25–21	25–18		98–86	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:50	Russia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–16	25–18	25–18			75–52	P2 P3
22 Nov	14:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Tunisia	19–25	23–25	24–26			66–76	P2 P3
22 Nov	16:00	Canada	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	18–25	18–25	17–25			53–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	South Korea	0–3	Russia	13–25	21–25	13–25			47–75	P2 P3

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 shall be taken into account for the Second Round.

Pool E

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	14	7	0	556	479	1.161	21	2	10.500
2	Serbia and Montenegro	13	6	1	561	479	1.171	18	5	3.600
3	Russia	12	5	2	545	461	1.182	17	6	2.833
4	Japan	11	4	3	600	607	0.988	12	14	0.857
5	Puerto Rico	9	2	5	625	654	0.956	10	17	0.588
6	Canada	9	2	5	527	605	0.871	7	19	0.368
7	Argentina	8	1	6	621	674	0.921	9	20	0.450
8	Tunisia	8	1	6	612	688	0.890	9	20	0.450

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	11:00	Argentina	0–3	Russia	18–25	20–25	14–25			52–75	P2 P3
25 Nov	13:00	Puerto Rico	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	18–25	23–25	25–20	23–25		89–95	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:05	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	25–22	25–18	25–23			75–63	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–21	25–17	25–22		98–85	P2 P3
26 Nov	11:00	Argentina	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	18–25	16–25	26–24	17–25		77–99	P2 P3
26 Nov	13:05	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–21	25–17	25–17			75–55	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	20–25	16–25	15–25			51–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Tunisia	23–25	23–25	25–22	25–23	15–6	111–101	P2 P3
28 Nov	11:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–21	25–16			75–59	P2 P3
28 Nov	13:00	Argentina	3–2	Tunisia	25–20	25–27	21–25	25–21	15–12	111–105	P2 P3
28 Nov	15:25	Poland	3–2	Russia	19–25	19–25	25–22	25–20	15–11	103–103	P2 P3
28 Nov	18:07	Japan	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	26–28	16–25	21–25			63–78	P2 P3
29 Nov	11:00	Argentina	2–3	Canada	25–19	25–18	21–25	20–25	13–15	104–102	P2 P3
29 Nov	13:25	Puerto Rico	2–3	Tunisia	40–38	26–28	25–16	22–25	11–15	124–122	P2 P3
29 Nov	16:05	Poland	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	28–26	25–19	25–19			78–64	P2 P3
29 Nov	18:05	Japan	0–3	Russia	20–25	18–25	20–25			58–75	P2 P3

Pool F

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	13	6	1	589	510	1.155	19	5	3.800
2	Bulgaria	13	6	1	645	601	1.073	19	9	2.111
3	France	12	5	2	679	640	1.061	18	12	1.500
4	Italy	11	4	3	606	564	1.074	16	11	1.455
5	United States	10	3	4	579	619	0.935	12	15	0.800
6	Germany	9	2	5	577	609	0.947	10	16	0.625
7	Czech Republic	8	1	6	565	602	0.939	6	19	0.316
8	Cuba	8	1	6	523	618	0.846	6	19	0.316

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	11:00	Cuba	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	18–25	20–25			60–75	P2 P3
25 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:00	France	3–0	Czech Republic	25–19	25–23	25–18			75–60	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Germany	0–3	Italy	23–25	22–25	16–25			61–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	11:00	France	3–2	United States	17–25	25–12	24–26	25–17	15–11	106–91	P2 P3
26 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–22	25–20	26–24			76–66	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:25	Germany	1–3	Bulgaria	22–25	25–23	20–25	18–25		85–98	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:00	Cuba	1–3	Italy	20–25	15–25	25–23	15–25		75–98	P2 P3
28 Nov	11:00	France	2–3	Bulgaria	25–23	25–22	22–25	22–25	10–15	104–110	P2 P3
28 Nov	13:35	Germany	2–3	United States	28–30	25–15	26–24	24–26	13–15	116–110	P2 P3
28 Nov	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63	P2 P3
28 Nov	18:20	Cuba	3–1	Czech Republic	31–29	26–24	24–26	26–24		107–103	P2 P3
29 Nov	11:00	Cuba	0–3	United States	22–25	17–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
29 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	25–22	20–25	25–22	25–16		95–85	P2 P3
29 Nov	15:15	Germany	1–3	Czech Republic	23–25	27–25	21–25	13–25		84–100	P2 P3
29 Nov	18:00	France	3–2	Italy	25–23	25–17	17–25	23–25	15–10	105–100	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Championship bracket

Brazil vs. Serbia & Montenegro.

	Semifinals				Final
	December 2 – Tokyo
	Poland	3
	Bulgaria	1
					December 3 – Tokyo
					Poland	0
					Brazil	3
					3rd place
	December 2 – Tokyo			December 3 – Tokyo
	Brazil	3		Bulgaria	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	1			Serbia and Montenegro	1

5th–8th places bracket

Japan vs. France.

	5th–8th places				5th place
	December 2 – Tokyo
	Russia	0
	Italy	3
					December 3 – Tokyo
					Italy	3
					France	0
					7th place
	December 2 – Tokyo			December 3 – Tokyo
	France	3		Russia	3
	Japan	1			Japan	1

9th–12th places bracket

Polish players at their semifinal.

	9th–12th places				9th place
	December 2 – Tokyo
	Puerto Rico	1
	Germany	3
					December 3 – Tokyo
					Germany	3
					United States	2
					11th place
	December 2 – Tokyo			December 3 – Tokyo
	United States	3		Puerto Rico	1
	Canada	2			Canada	3

9th–12th places

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Dec	14:00	TMG	United States	3–2	Canada	25–21	24–26	12–25	25–21	15–9	101–102	P2 P3
02 Dec	16:30	TMG	Puerto Rico	1–3	Germany	19–25	25–23	19–25	18–25		81–98	P2 P3

5th–8th places

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Dec	18:00	YNG	France	3–1	Japan	25–23	25–27	25–18	25–12		100–80	P2 P3
02 Dec	18:50	TMG	Russia	0–3	Italy	23–25	22–25	20–25			65–75	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Dec	12:30	YNG	Brazil	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	25–19	15–25	25–22	25–12		90–78	P2 P3
02 Dec	15:00	YNG	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	26–28	25–23	25–23		101–94	P2 P3

11th place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	12:00	YNG	Puerto Rico	1–3	Canada	17–25	25–18	22–25	21–25		85–93	P2 P3

9th place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	13:00	TMG	Germany	3–2	United States	25–17	25–18	25–27	20–25	17–15	112–102	P2 P3

7th place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	18:00	YNG	Russia	3–1	Japan	25–18	22–25	25–18	25–17		97–78	P2 P3

5th place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	15:40	TMG	Italy	3–0	France	25–19	25–17	30–28			80–64	P2 P3

3rd place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	14:30	YNG	Bulgaria	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	22–25	25–23	25–23	25–23		97–94	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Dec	20:20	YNG	Poland	0–3	Brazil	12–25	22–25	17–25			51–75	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Brazil
2 !	Poland
3 !	Bulgaria
4	Serbia and Montenegro
5	Italy
6	France
7	Russia
8	Japan
9	Germany
10	United States
11	Canada
12	Puerto Rico
13	Argentina
	Czech Republic
15	Cuba
	Tunisia
17	China
	Greece
	South Korea
	Venezuela
21	Australia
	Egypt
	Iran
	Kazakhstan

2006 Men's World Champions
Brazil 2nd title

12–man Roster

Marcelinho, André Heller, Giba, Murilo, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Samuel, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardinho, Dante

Head Coach

Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Gilberto Godoy Filho
• Best Scorer: Héctor Soto
• Best Spiker: Dante Amaral
• Best Blocker: Aleksey Kuleshov
• Best Server: Matey Kaziyski
• Best Setter: Paweł Zagumny
• Best Libero: Aleksey Verbov

External links

• Official Page of the 2006 Volleyball World Championship
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball