- 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women
The 2006
FIBA World Championship for Women took place inBrazil fromSeptember 12 toSeptember 23 ,2006 . It was co-organised by theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) andConfederação 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
Preliminary round
* The three best squads of each group qualify for second round.
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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.
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valign="top" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA"Knockout Stage (
São Paulo )All times local (UTC -2) Round8-with third
September 20 ,2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Australia Australia|79|flagicon|France France|66September 20 ,2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic|51|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|75September 20 ,2006 - 13:00|flagicon|Spain Spain|56|flagicon|Russia Russia|60September 20 ,2006 - 19:45|flagicon|USA United States |90|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|56September 21 ,2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Australia Australia|88|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|76September 21 ,2006 - 19:45|flagicon|Russia Russia|75|flagicon|USA United States|68September 23 ,2006 - 14:00|flagicon|Australia Australia|91|flagicon|Russia Russia|74September 23 ,2006 - 11:00|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|59|flagicon|USA United States|995th through 8th place
Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
September 21 ,2006 - 13:00|flagicon|France France|79 (OT)|flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic|78September 21 ,2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Spain Spain|71|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|80September 22 ,2006 - 17:30|flagicon|France France|79|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|73September 22 ,2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic|57|flagicon|Spain Spain|499th through 12th place
Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Ninth place|Consol=Eleventh place
September 20 ,2006 - 19:45|flagicon|China China|61|flagicon|Canada Canada|65September 20 ,2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|76|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|73September 21 ,2006 - 19:45|flagicon|Canada Canada|57|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|74September 21 ,2006 - 17:30|flagicon|China China|68|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|7113th through 16th place
Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Thirteenth place|Consol=Fifteenth place
September 16 , |77September 16 ,2006 - 16:15|flagicon|South Korea South Korea|75|flagicon|Senegal Senegal|69September 17 , |73"'September 17 ,2006 - 09:30|flagicon|Nigeria Nigeria|64|flagicon|Senegal Senegal|66Awards
Final standings
References
External links
* [http://www.fiba2006brazil.com/index.asp?l=en Official Web of FIBA World Championship for Women of 2006 in English and Portuguese.]
* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/chn/fe/06_wcw/news/lateNewsTeas.asp Official Web of FIBA World Championship for Women of 2006 in Chinese language.]
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