2006 FIBA World Championship for Women

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

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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Knockout Stage (São Paulo)

All times local (UTC -2) Round8-with third
September 20, 2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Australia Australia|79|flagicon|France France|66
September 20, 2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic|51|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|75
September 20, 2006 - 13:00|flagicon|Spain Spain|56|flagicon|Russia Russia|60
September 20, 2006 - 19:45|flagicon|USA United States |90|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|56
September 21, 2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Australia Australia|88|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|76
September 21, 2006 - 19:45|flagicon|Russia Russia|75|flagicon|USA United States|68
September 23, 2006 - 14:00|flagicon|Australia Australia|91|flagicon|Russia Russia|74
September 23, 2006 - 11:00|flagicon|Brazil Brazil|59|flagicon|USA United States|99

5th 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|78
September 21, 2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Spain Spain|71|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|80
September 22, 2006 - 17:30|flagicon|France France|79|flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania|73
September 22, 2006 - 15:15|flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic|57|flagicon|Spain Spain|49

9th 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|65
September 20, 2006 - 17:30|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|76|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|73
September 21, 2006 - 19:45|flagicon|Canada Canada|57|flagicon|Argentina Argentina|74
September 21, 2006 - 17:30|flagicon|China China|68|flagicon|Cuba Cuba|71

13th through 16th place

Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Thirteenth place|Consol=Fifteenth place
September 16, |77
September 16, 2006 - 16:15|flagicon|South Korea South Korea|75|flagicon|Senegal Senegal|69
September 17, |73"'
September 17, 2006 - 09:30|flagicon|Nigeria Nigeria|64|flagicon|Senegal Senegal|66

Awards

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.]