2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The Volleyball World Cup 2006 was held from 31 October to 3 December in Japan. First, the competition of Women was held. Russia was a 3-2 victory in the final against Brazil world champions. The competitions of men began on November 17. The reigning Olympic champions Brazil won the tournament with a 3-0 victory in the final against Poland. In both contests, the German national team was represented. The women occupied after a successful preliminary round only accommodate 11 men arrived after a very successful first round and an unsuccessful second round with two victories in the classification matches to ninth.
- 2.4.1 Europe
- 2.4.2 Africa
- 2.4.3 Asia
- 2.4.4 North and Central America
- 2.4.5 South America
- 3.1 Schedule 3.1.1 First round
- 3.1.2 Second Round
- 3.1.3 Placement matches
- 3.4.1 Europe
- 3.4.2 Africa
- 3.4.3 Asia
- 3.4.4 North and Central America
- 3.4.5 South America
Mode
The mode was the same in women and men. The tournament began with a preliminary round in four groups (A -D), each with six teams. The draw was held in Tokyo on 29 November 2005. The winner of a game group received two points, the loser one point. Case of a tie the quotient of the ball points ( BPQ ) decided on the placement. The top four teams in each group reached the second round. There are two groups of eight (E and F) were formed, and the results were taken from the direct duels of the first round. The six best teams in the two groups reached the placement games.
Women
Schedule
First round
In group A, there was the same on the opening day for direct duel between the two best teams. In the Asian duel Taiwan won against Japan. In the following games, the two teams did not release any more point. Poland only lost against these opponents and reached 3rd place in the group. With South Korea, another representative from the Far East for the second round of qualifying. Costa Rica and Kenya, however, were a chance. The Central American team won only the direct duel of the outsider, the Africans were subject in all five games.
The German team competed in Group B with a comfortable win against the Dominican Republic in the World Cup. In the second match against Mexico it was for the team of Giovanni Guidetti, who for the first time in charge of the women at a major tournament, a 3-0 victory. Towards the later group winners Russia there was the first defeat of the DVV selection. With the 3-0 win against Azerbaijan, women were subsequently successfully again. A day later made the German team with a 3-1 victory over the reigning Olympic champion China for a surprise that helped the volleyball to an unfamiliar media attention. The Asians had previously lost the Game against Russia and were therefore one behind Germany at No. 3 Fourth Team Azerbaijan qualified with two wins for the second round. The players from the Caribbean were only able to record a victory in the outsider - duel against Mexico.
In Group C Brazil dominated. The title favorite, was only against the Netherlands two sets from. Behind it placed the team in the USA, which clearly defeated by the South Americans 0-3, but won all the other games of its own. Third was the Oranje team, which each lost to the favorites only in the fifth set. Rank 4 occupied Puerto Rico with two wins. While Kazakhstan was able to land a few notable successes, but had to just after the first round bye as the first time qualified for a World Cup Cameroon.
In group D, in spite of the political divide have been jointly incurred team of Serbia and Montenegro surprised at the opening with a 3-1 victory against the defending champion Italy. The players from the Balkans eventually prevailed as unbeaten group winners before the Südeuropäerinnen. The three-time world champion Cuba took third place. In addition, Turkey failed to qualify for the next round. The Mavericks Peru and Egypt dropped out after the first round.
Second Round
Italy and Serbia - Montenegro occupied the first places on points in Group E. While the defending champions stayed unbeaten this time, lost the team from the Balkans against Japan and won against Taiwan only in the fifth set by. All teams from the preliminary round Group D were able to qualify for the next round, while South Korea and Poland, the World Cup was over.
For the German team started the second round in Group F with an unfortunate defeat. Three days after the surprising success against China, the women of the DVV could not use against the Netherlands a 11:5 guide and a match point in the fifth set and subject to 2:3. A day later, they did not play confidently despite the 3-0 victory against outsiders Puerto Rico. Against the favorites Brazil followed a clear 0-3 defeat. In the last match against the United States forgave the Germans again a match and thus missed the output before the World Cup goal of achieving at least 8th place. The eventual finalists Brazil and Russia dominated this group. The Netherlands secured with a 3-2 victory against China, which also landed in front of Germany because of the minimal quotient better, third place. In addition, the United States could qualify for the next round, while Azerbaijan and Puerto Rico were eliminated.
Placement matches
The German team ended after a disappointing defeat against Turkey, which defeated the USA in the match for 9th place, and a final 3-0 victory against Taiwan only ranked eleventh and cut so that despite the successful first round even worse than four years ago at the tournament in their own country.
Germany played with: Kathleen White, Tanya Hart, Atika Bouagaa, Cornelia Dumler, Cathrin Schlüter, Christiane Fürst, Corina Ssuschke, Christina Benecke, Margareta Kozuch, Birgit Thumm, Angelina Grün and Kerstin Tzscherlich. Coach Giovanni Guidetti was.
The Netherlands could not continue the successes of the second round and lost the placement matches against Japan and Cuba. Olympic champion China secured with victories against the team from the Caribbean and in Asia duel fifth.
In the semifinals, Russia dethroned with a 3-0 victory the defending champions Italy, who also lost the game with 3rd place against Serbia and Montenegro in three sets. In the final, the Russians were able to prevail 3-2 against Brazil and were thus after three bronze medals in a row for the first time after the demise of the Soviet Union World Champion.
Full Time
Individual Awards
The most valuable player and the winner on the positions Libero and tape were chosen by a panel of the FIVB. While the Japanese was also statistically the best player, finished the Serb in the rankings behind the Russian Svetlana Valentinovna Krjutschkowa and DVV Liberation Kerstin Tzscherlich only the third place. The other awards are based on the official statistics. Besides Christiane Fürst also could Angelina Green, the only five points worse than the Turk sections in the scorers list and fifth best Aufschlägerin was ranked among the top 10.
Qualification
Europe
Italy qualified automatically as defending champions for the World Cup. In the qualifying rounds seven additional participants were identified.
In the first round there were three groups of five teams. The First and Second in each group qualified for the second round. In Group A, Spain and Serbia prevailed against Albania, England and Scotland. In Group B, Slovakia and Belarus secured the first places ahead of Slovenia, Austria and Portugal. In Group C France and Belgium qualified ahead of Finland, Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
These six teams formed with six seeded teams, the three groups of four the second round. The First and Second qualified for the third round. In Group D, Azerbaijan and Belgium prevailed against Romania and Spain. In Group E, the Ukraine and Greece secured the first places. In Group F, Serbia and the Czech Republic qualified.
In the third round turn three groups of four were formed with six set team. The top two teams in each group qualified for the finals in Japan, the third group determined in a play-off round of the last participant. In Group G, Azerbaijan and Russia prevailed over Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. In Group H, the Netherlands and Turkey secured the first places ahead of Ukraine and Belgium. In group I, Germany and Serbia qualified ahead of Poland and Greece.
In the play-off round of Poland won against Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Africa
The qualification was carried out in three groups of four or five teams. The group winners were qualified for the World Cup.
In Group A, Egypt won against Nigeria, South Africa and Botswana. In Group B Kenya secured against Algeria, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Eritrea victory. In Group C, Cameroon was successful against Tunisia, Mauritius and Uganda.
Asia
Japan was set as host. In two groups of six and five teams of four additional participants were identified. The top two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup.
In Group A, China and Taiwan prevailed against Australia, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Afghanistan. In Group B, South Korea and Kazakhstan to Thailand, the Philippines and Tonga were successful.
North and Central America
In the first round there were three groups of four or five teams. The three group winners and the second group of five qualified for the next round.
In Group A, Jamaica won against the Netherlands Antilles, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. In Group B Barbados against Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla was successful. In group C, Mexico and Guatemala secured the first places in front of Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama.
In the second round, these four teams formed with six teams set two groups of five. The top three teams from each group qualified for the World Cup. In Group D, the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico prevailed over Canada and Barbados. In Group E, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica were successful against Guatemala and Jamaica.
South America
The qualification was held in a single group with five teams. The top two teams qualified for the World Cup. In this case, Brazil and Peru prevailed against Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador.
Schedule
First round
In Group A, which started as a secret favorite of Poland prevailed sovereign. The Eastern Europeans gave in their five games from a single set. The second place went to the team of the host. However, the Japanese defeated in the Asian duel against the eliminated after the first round Chinese. In addition, Argentina and Puerto Rico qualified for the next round. The South Americans lost the direct duel against the equal on points and team records from the Caribbean, however, benefited from Bankrupts ball point quotient and so reached the third place. Next to China, also Egypt, which made its only victory against Puerto Rico, had to leave after the first round.
In group B, the Brazilians their favorite position were fair as group winners. The South Americans, however, had suffered against the same number of points Second France defeat. The French lost two days after their success against the Olympic champion surprising against the German team. For the team of Stelian Moculescu it was the fourth victory in the fourth round match. Thus the men of the DVV started similarly to the above, the women better than previously expected. In the last game of the first round, however, the Germans had no chance against Brazil. Due to the poorer quotient they finished third. The fourth team to Cuba qualified for the next round. For Greece, winning only the direct duel of the two eliminated teams, and the winless Australia the World Cup, however, was terminated.
In Group C, Bulgaria started with a five- set win over Italy and remained unbeaten in the other four games. Behind these two teams, the Czech Republic, the USA and Venezuela gave a close duel. The Czechs finally occupied despite a defeat against the U.S. team because of the better quotient. The South Americans won turn against the United States, but had equal points heading home with the placed before them enemies. Iran won only two sets in five games.
In Group D in spite of the political division of commonly encountered last time team of Serbia and Montenegro managed at the opening a surprisingly clear victory against Russia and then gave only two sentences. The Russians won their other games all to zero. Canada secured two with two significant defeats against the favorites and three wins third place. Moreover, Tunisia reached the next round, while South Korea, Kazakhstan, the tournament was ended prematurely.
Second Round
In Group E, sat Poland continues its winning ways and needed only to Russia more than three sentences. Also, Serbia - Montenegro remained until the final duel against the Eastern Europeans unbeaten. Russia only lost the game about five sets against the group winners. The fourth place went to Japan that the higher-ranked teams could not threaten. The final two places for the final round reached Puerto Rico and Canada, where the team won the direct duel clear itself from the Caribbean. Argentina could only win against the also retired Tunisia.
In Group F, Brazil, which gave a set only in the last match against the second-placed and previously unbeaten Bulgarians dominated. With a 3-2 in the final group game against Italy France reached the third place. Behind the three European teams drew the United States into the final round. The German team was in no match of the second round to build on the achievements of the first lap and stayed in the four games without a win. Nevertheless, it was enough by the results of competition still to sixth place. The Czechs did not help the last victory against Germany. They divorced just like Cuba, which had previously decided the direct duel for themselves.
Placement matches
The German team defeated after the unsuccessful second round in the first placement match, the team from Puerto Rico, which subsequently won against Canada. Subsequently, the German men defeated the USA in five sets, reaching ninth place, which was considered in view of the long abstinence from World Cup tournaments and No. 32 in the world rankings as a success.
Germany played with Frank Dehne, Simon Tischer, Björn Andrae, Marcus Popp, Robert Kromm, Mark Siebeck, Stefan Hübner, Norbert Walter, Ralph Bergmann, Christian Pampel, Jochen Schoeps and Thomas Kröger. Coach was Stelian Moculescu.
The hosts were subject to Russia in the match for seventh place, while Italy in the match for fifth place again met after the duel in the second round to France and this time clearly won.
The long -time undefeated Bulgarians secured after the semi-final defeat against Poland with a 3-1 win against the team of Serbia and Montenegro for the fourth time in World Cup history to third place. In the final, the Brazilians were the Poles no chance and defended with the 3-0 win their World Champion title.
Full Time
Individual Awards
The most valuable player and the winner on the positions Libero and tape were chosen by a panel of the FIVB. The "most valuable player" excellent Brazilian Giba (full name: Gilberto Godoy Filho ) finished only eighth place in the scorer standings and was behind his compatriot second best attacker. The other awards are based on the official statistics. In the block rating, the German player Stefan Hübner and Ralph Bergmann occupied with a minimum gap of 0.04 and 0.06 blocks per set places two and three. The best Aufschlägern Björn Andrae placed on the fourth. Thomas Kroeger came as the sixth best Libero also in the top 10
Qualification
Europe
In the first round there were four groups of three or four teams. The group winners qualified for the second round. In Group A, England won against Scotland and Northern Ireland. In group B, Slovenia was successful against Hungary, Azerbaijan and Moldova. In Group C Romania secured the win against Belarus, Belgium and Norway. In Group D, Estonia qualified against Albania, Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the second round, these four teams formed with twelve seeded teams four groups of four. The First and Second in each group reached the third round. In Group E, Bulgaria and Turkey secured against Romania and Slovakia the first places. In Group F, Ukraine and the Czech Republic were successful against Denmark and England. In Group G, Portugal and Estonia qualified against Latvia and Austria. In Group H, Finland and Germany prevailed against Slovenia and Croatia.
In the third round, the teams met in four groups of four to eight placed teams. The First and Second qualified for the World Cup, the third group determined in a play-off round second user. In group I, Germany and Italy were successful against Ukraine and Spain. In Group J to Greece and Serbia and Montenegro secured the first places ahead of Portugal and Turkey. In Group K, France and the Czech Republic prevailed over the Netherlands and Finland. In group L, Russia and Poland qualified against Bulgaria and Estonia.
In the play-off round of Bulgaria won against Portugal, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
Africa
In the first round there were two groups with four or three teams. The two group winners qualified for the second round. In Group A, the Sudan won against Ghana, Uganda and Eritrea. In Group B, South Africa was successful against Mauritius and Botswana.
In the second round, these two teams formed with six teams set two groups of four. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. In Group C, Tunisia secured the win against South Africa, Algeria and Morocco. In Group D, Egypt against Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan qualified.
Asia
Japan was set as host. In qualifying, five other participants were determined. In the first round there were three groups with five or four teams. The First and Second in each group qualified for the second round. In Group A, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates against Jordan, Oman and the Maldives secured the first places. In group B, Thailand and Uzbekistan were successful against Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. In group C, Taiwan and Indonesia prevailed over the Philippines, Macau and Tonga.
In the second round these teams formed with six seeded teams three groups of four. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners- determined in a play-off round two more participants. In Group D, Kazakhstan won against South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. In Group E, China secured the win ahead of India, Indonesia and Thailand. In Group F, Iran against Australia, Qatar and Uzbekistan was successful.
In the play-off round, South Korea and Australia qualified against India.
North and Central America
In the first round there were three groups with five or four teams. The group winners and the second group of four qualified for the second round. In Group A, Barbados won against Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. In Group B Trinidad and Tobago secured against St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda victory. In Group C, Costa Rica and Guatemala were successful against Honduras and Nicaragua.
In the second round, the four teams with six seeded teams formed two groups of five. The First and Second in each group qualified for the World Cup. In Group D, the United States and Puerto Rico against Mexico, Guatemala and Barbados prevailed. In Group E, Cuba and Canada qualified against Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica.
South America
Brazil was set to defend his title. The remaining teams determined in two groups of three or four teams remaining participants. The two group winners qualified for the World Cup. In Group A, Argentina was successful against Paraguay and Uruguay. In group B itself Venezuela secured the win against Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
Media
The Japanese television station TBS produced the worldwide broadcast live images. For the German market had the pay- TV channel Arena, previously known only by the transfer of the Bundesliga, the rights acquired. Arena passed all the games with German participation, and other highlights live and in repetitions. In Germany there was no live images on free TV. The sports betting company bwin had secured the rights to the World Cup and showed games live stream.