2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Feminino de 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	September 12–23
Teams	16 (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)
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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

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

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

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:

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 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 3 China 4 1 2 209 264 −55 4 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

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

5th through 8th place

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

9th through 12th place

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

13th through 16th place

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

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