Women's basketball world championship 2006

The FIBA World Championship women in 2006 was held from 12. September bis 23. September 2006 in Brazil instead. The games were played in São Paulo (Ibirapuera) and Barueri (about 30 kilometers from Sao Paulo). The tournament was organized by the International Basketball Federation ( FIBA ) and the Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian Federation.

The world championship tournament is contested by 16 nations.

Participating Nations

In addition to Brazil , which automatically qualified as the host country, and the United States , which qualified as the reigning Olympic champion , the remaining 14 participants were determined through continental qualifying tournaments:

• FIBA Europe : Spain , France , Lithuania , Czech Republic (European Champion), Russia     
• FIBA America : Brazil , United States (Olympic Champion), Canada , Argentina , Cuba     
• FIBA Africa : Nigeria , Senegal  
• FIBA Asia : People's Republic of China , Taiwan , South Korea   
• FIBA Oceania : Australia (Oceania Champion) 

Results

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each of the four preliminary round groups qualified for the intermediate round.

Group A (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/12/2006	Spain	South Korea	87:57	25:13	21: 9	22:26	19: 9	-
09/12/2006	Brazil	Argentina	71:69	27:15	13:17	14:12	17:25	-
09/13/2006	Argentina	Spain	77:64	20:20	15:16	21:17	21:11	-
09/13/2006	Brazil	South Korea	106: 86	23:15	20:23	37:22	26:26	-
09/14/2006	Argentina	South Korea	73:64	20:22	23: 9	23:11	7:22	-
09/14/2006	Spain	Brazil	67:66	24:21	16:19	15:17	12: 9	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Argentina	3	2	1	219: 199	5
2	Brazil	3	2	1	243: 222	5
3	Spain	3	2	1	218: 200	5
4th	South Korea	3	0	3	207: 266	3

Group B (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/12/2006	Australia	Lithuania	2: 0 *	-	-	-	-	-
09/12/2006	Canada	Senegal	65:64	20:13	16:14	16:14	13:23	-
09/13/2006	Lithuania	Canada	84:58	24:10	22:12	20:20	18:16	-
09/13/2006	Australia	Senegal	95:55	25: 8	16:19	12:32	19:19	-
09/14/2006	Lithuania	Senegal	74:63	19:20	6:10	24:12	25:21	-
09/14/2006	Australia	Canada	97:65	27:16	14:23	25: 8	31:18	-

*) The match between Australia and Lithuania had to be canceled and was rated 2-0 for Australia because a flight cancellation forced the Lithuanians to travel via French Guiana to reach Brazil . However, in order to be allowed to enter the South American country, they needed a yellow fever vaccination , something the team did not expect.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	194: 120	6th
2	Lithuania	3	2	1	158: 123	5
3	Canada	3	1	2	188: 245	4th
4th	Senegal	3	0	3	182: 234	3

Group C (Barueri)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/12/2006	Russia	Nigeria	85:50	15:14	22:15	28:10	19:11	-
09/12/2006	United States	People's Republic of China	119: 72	29:13	33:21	34:22	23:16	-
09/13/2006	Russia	People's Republic of China	86:66	19:23	23:19	24:13	20:11	-
09/13/2006	United States	Nigeria	79:46	25: 4	12:11	18:21	24:10	-
09/14/2006	United States	Russia	90:80	33:25	22:14	20:21	15:20	-
09/14/2006	People's Republic of China	Nigeria	71:59	24:15	9:11	20:12	18:21	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	3	3	0	288: 198	6th
2	Russia	3	2	1	250: 206	5
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	209: 264	4th
4th	Nigeria	3	0	3	155: 234	3

Group D (Barueri)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/12/2006	France	Czech Republic	62:58	17:18	12:12	15:17	18:11	-
09/12/2006	Cuba	Taiwan	75:70	19:27	14:20	26:14	16: 9	-
09/13/2006	France	Taiwan	100: 68	25:20	26:16	23: 9	26:23	-
09/13/2006	Czech Republic	Cuba	73:51	16:20	25:10	14:11	18:10	-
09/14/2006	Czech Republic	Taiwan	93:72	18:15	22:20	23:17	30:20	-
09/14/2006	Cuba	France	78:73	22:19	13:15	20:10	23:19	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	224: 185	5
2	France	3	2	1	235: 204	5
3	Cuba	3	2	1	204: 216	5
4th	Taiwan	3	0	3	210: 268	3

Placement games (13th to 16th place)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/16/2006	Taiwan	Nigeria	81:77	18:19	23:20	19:19	21:19	-
09/16/2006	South Korea	Senegal	75:69	18:13	23:23	20:17	14:16	-

Match for 15th place (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/17/2006	Senegal	Nigeria	66:64	9:14	16: 9	24:24	17:17	-

13th place match (Barueri)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/17/2006	South Korea	Taiwan	73:52	21:14	16:14	15:14	21:10	-

Intermediate round

The first four teams in each of the two intermediate round groups qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group E (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/16/2006	Brazil	Lithuania	84:67	16:15	17:12	25:14	26:26	-
09/16/2006	Argentina	Canada	62:58	14:17	8:14	18:11	22:16	-
09/16/2006	Australia	Spain	72:68	22:10	15:16	21:26	14:16	-
09/17/2006	Lithuania	Argentina	62:47	19: 9	13:15	11:10	19:13	-
09/17/2006	Australia	Brazil	82:73	17:21	30:18	21:18	14:16	-
09/17/2006	Spain	Canada	85:57	23:18	20:15	18:14	24:10	-
09/18/2006	Spain	Lithuania	75:55	17:21	16:11	19:10	23:13	-
09/18/2006	Brazil	Canada	82:41	24:13	23:11	17: 8	18: 9	-
09/18/2006	Australia	Argentina	83:49	21:10	20:16	22:12	20:11	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Australia	6th	6th	0	431: 310	12
2	Spain	6th	4th	2	446: 384	10
3	Brazil	6th	4th	2	482: 412	10
4th	Lithuania	6th	3	3	342: 329	9
5	Argentina	6th	3	3	377: 402	9
6th	Canada	6th	1	5	344: 474	7th

Group F (Barueri)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/16/2006	France	Russia	74:64	18:18	23: 9	14:20	19:17	-
09/16/2006	Czech Republic	People's Republic of China	79:73	24:19	14:12	16:19	25:23	-
09/16/2006	United States	Cuba	90:50	34:17	15:16	23:10	18: 7	-
09/17/2006	Czech Republic	Russia	85:83	21:22	22:25	19:11	23:25	-
09/17/2006	United States	France	76:41	24:15	12:12	23:12	17: 2	-
09/17/2006	People's Republic of China	Cuba	73:70	18:22	18:17	18:16	19:15	-
09/18/2006	Russia	Cuba	96:81	23:21	22:11	17:19	34:30	-
09/18/2006	People's Republic of China	France	66:64	18:20	12:12	19:11	17:21	-
09/18/2006	United States	Czech Republic	63:50	16:10	15:18	18:10	14:12	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	6th	6th	0	517: 339	12
2	Czech Republic	6th	4th	2	438: 404	10
3	Russia	6th	3	3	493: 446	9
4th	France	6th	3	3	414: 410	9
5	People's Republic of China	6th	3	3	421: 477	9
6th	Cuba	6th	2	4th	405: 475	8th

Placement games (9th to 12th place) (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/20/2006	Argentina	Cuba	76:73	21:20	19:16	11:23	25:14	-
09/20/2006	Canada	People's Republic of China	65:61	15:17	17: 7	14:21	19:16	-

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/21/2006	Cuba	People's Republic of China	71:68	25:21	10:13	13:19	15:23	-

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/21/2006	Argentina	Canada	74:57	19:15	12:15	22:14	21:13	-

Quarter Finals (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/20/2006	Australia	France	79:66	23:13	19:15	19:16	18:22	-
09/20/2006	Brazil	Czech Republic	75:51	19:19	27: 9	16:12	13:11	-
09/20/2006	Russia	Spain	60:56	11:21	20: 6	10:19	19:10	-
09/20/2006	United States	Lithuania	90:56	27:26	21: 6	21: 5	21:19	-

Placement games (5th to 8th place) (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/21/2006	France	Czech Republic	79:78	17:20	11:15	23:15	18:19	10: 9
09/21/2006	Lithuania	Spain	80:71	12:11	18:19	19:14	31:27	-

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/22/2006	Czech Republic	Spain	57:49	15:15	6:10	16: 9	20:15	-

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/22/2006	France	Lithuania	79:73	23:16	18:18	18:12	20:27	-

Semi-finals (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/21/2006	Australia	Brazil	88:76	21:21	18:19	18:24	31:12	-
09/21/2006	Russia	United States	75:68	25:13	12:19	21: 6	17:30	-

Medal games

3rd place match (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/23/2006	United States	Brazil	99:59	31:21	18:13	34:11	16:14	-

Final (Ibirapuera)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/23/2006	Australia	Russia	91:74	19:15	24:20	26:20	22:19	-

Final placements

1.  Australia (9-0 victories)
2.  Russia (5-4 wins)
3.  United States (8-1 wins)
4.  Brazil (5-4 wins)
5.  France (5-4 wins)
6.  Lithuania (4-5 wins)
7.  Czech Republic (5-4 wins)
8.  Spain (4-5 wins)
9.  Argentina (5-3 wins)
10.  Canada (2-6 wins)
11.  Cuba (3: 5 wins)
12.  People's Republic of China (3: 5 wins)
13.  South Korea (2: 3 wins)
14. Taiwan (1: 4 wins)
15.  Senegal (1: 4 wins)
16.  Nigeria (0-5 wins)

statistics

Points per game

Rank	Surname	country	Games	Points	cut
1	Lauren Jackson	Australia	8th	170	21.3
2	Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	9	191	21.2
3	Penny Taylor	Australia	8th	144	18.0
4th	Miao Lijie	People's Republic of China	8th	141	17.6
5	Yayma Boulet Peillón	Cuba	8th	140	17.5

Rebounds per game

Rank	Surname	country	Games	Points	cut
1	Lauren Jackson	Australia	8th	72	9.0
	Kim Kwe-Ryong	South Korea	5	45	9.0
3	Maria Stepanova	Russia	9	78	8.7
4th	Alessandra Olivera	Brazil	8th	69	8.6
5	Gisella Vega	Argentina	8th	68	8.5

Assists per game

Rank	Surname	country	Games	Points	cut
1	Itoro Umoh	Nigeria	5	28	5.6
2	Sue Bird	United States	9	41	4.6
3	Teresa Kleindienst	Canada	8th	35	4.4
4th	Audrey Gillespie	France	9	36	4.0
	Kristi Harrower	Australia	7th	28	4.0

Honors

• Gold medalist Australia's Penny Taylor was voted MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament. In the gold medal game against Russia , she scored 28 points and 9 rebounds . On average Taylor scored 18.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and had hit rates of 59.3 percent from the field (51 of 86), 40.0 percent from the three-point line (12 of 30) as well 85.7 percent for free throws (30 of 35). Her teammate Lauren Jackson took second place in the poll. The Russian Marija Stepanova came third.

referee

The following 25 professional referees were selected for the tournament:

Antonio Conde Spain  Chantal Julien France  Diego Hernan Rougier Argentina  Elena Chernova Russia  Fátima Aparecida da Silva Brazil  Gabriel Chiel Tree Cleaver Uruguay  Gabriela Schaer Araya Costa Rica  Gens Vadayattu Varghese India  Heros Avanessian Iran

Ivo Dolinek Czech Republic  Karolina Andersson Finland  Kestutis Pilipauskas Lithuania  Kok Yew Ho Malaysia  Ling Peng People's Republic of China  Matej Boltauzer Slovenia  Moussa Ismaila Toure Mali  Nadiene Renée Crowley Canada

Nancy Etheir Canada  Oscar Lefwerth Sweden  Philippe Leemann Switzerland  Roberto Omar Smith Argentina  Sérgio de Jesus Pacheco Brazil  Susan Elaine Blauch United States  Vaughan Charles Mayberry Australia  Vitalis Odhiambo Gode Kenya

Web links

• USA basketball homepage