Volleyball World Grand Prix 2006

The 2006 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 14th edition of the competition. It started on August 16 and ended on September 10. Brazil won the title for the sixth time.

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In the preliminary round, twelve teams competed. In the first three weeks three tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The top five teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round alongside hosts Italy. There the six teams played in two groups "everyone against everyone". The two best teams in each group met each other in the semi-finals. The group third played for fifth place.

Preliminary round

First week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group A in Tokyo ( Japan )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 1	6th	1,316
2.	Japan Japan	6: 3	5	1.093
3.	Cuba Cuba	4: 6	4th	0.914
4th	Korea South South Korea	0: 9	3	0.747

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group B in Hong Kong ( China )
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9: 2	6th	1.137
2.	Russia Russia	6: 6	5	1.042
3.	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	7: 8	4th	0.997
4th	Thailand Thailand	3: 9	3	0.856


18th of August	Brazil	South Korea	3-0
	Cuba	Japan	0: 3
August 19th	Cuba	Brazil	1: 3
	South Korea	Japan	0: 3
20th of August	Cuba	South Korea	3-0
	Brazil	Japan	3-0


18th of August	Russia	Azerbaijan	3: 2
	China	Thailand	3-0
August 19th	Russia	Thailand	3: 1
	China	Azerbaijan	3: 2
20th of August	Azerbaijan	Thailand	3: 2
	China	Russia	3-0

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group C in Bydgoszcz ( Poland )
1.	Italy Italy	9: 1	6th	1,213
2.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	6: 6	5	0.967
3.	United States United States	6: 7	4th	0.980
4th	Poland Poland	2: 9	3	0.897


August 16	United States	Dominican R.	2: 3
	Poland	Italy	0: 3
17th August	Italy	Dominican R.	3-0
	Poland	United States	1: 3
18th of August	Italy	United States	3: 1
	Poland	Dominican R.	1: 3

Second week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group D in Macau ( China )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 3	6th	1.174
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6: 6	5	0.964
3.	United States United States	6: 7	4th	1.010
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	4: 9	3	0.883

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group E in Seoul ( South Korea )
1.	Russia Russia	9: 3	6th	1.232
2.	Japan Japan	6: 3	5	1,110
3.	Korea South South Korea	4: 8	4th	0.923
4th	Poland Poland	4: 9	3	0.817


August 25	Brazil	Dominican R.	3: 2
	China	United States	3: 2
26th of August	Brazil	United States	3: 1
	China	Dominican R.	3: 1
August 27	United States	Dominican R.	3: 1
	China	Brazil	0: 3


August 25	South Korea	Russia	1: 3
	Poland	Japan	0: 3
26th of August	Russia	Poland	3: 2
	South Korea	Japan	0: 3
August 27	South Korea	Poland	3: 2
	Russia	Japan	3-0

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group F in Taipei ( Taiwan )
1.	Cuba Cuba	9: 3	6th	1.090
2.	Italy Italy	7: 6	5	1.050
3.	Thailand Thailand	4: 8	4th	0.899
4th	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	6: 9	3	0.972


August 25	Italy	Azerbaijan	3: 2
	Thailand	Cuba	0: 3
26th of August	Cuba	Azerbaijan	3: 2
	Thailand	Italy	1: 3
August 27	Cuba	Italy	3: 1
	Azerbaijan	Thailand	2: 3

Third week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group G in Ningbo ( China )
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9: 1	6th	1,231
2.	Cuba Cuba	6: 5	5	1.065
3.	Poland Poland	5: 8	4th	0.865
4th	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	3: 9	3	0.921

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group H in Bangkok ( Thailand )
1.	Russia Russia	9: 3	6th	1.143
2.	United States United States	7: 4	5	1.028
3.	Korea South South Korea	6: 6	4th	0.989
4th	Thailand Thailand	0: 9	3	0.835


September 1	Cuba	Poland	3: 2
	China	Azerbaijan	3: 1
September 2nd	Cuba	Azerbaijan	3-0
	China	Poland	3-0
September 3	Poland	Azerbaijan	3: 2
	China	Cuba	3-0


September 1	Russia	South Korea	3: 2
	Thailand	United States	0: 3
September 2nd	South Korea	United States	1: 3
	Russia	Thailand	3-0
September 3	United States	Russia	1: 3
	Thailand	South Korea	0: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group I in Okayama ( Japan )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9-0	6th	1.155
2.	Italy Italy	6: 3	5	1.181
3.	Japan Japan	3: 8	4th	0.890
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2: 9	3	0.848


September 1	Brazil	Italy	3-0
	Dominican R.	Japan	2: 3
September 2nd	Brazil	Dominican R.	3-0
	Italy	Japan	3-0
September 3	Dominican R.	Italy	0: 3
	Brazil	Japan	3-0

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	27: 4	18th	1,210
2.	Russia Russia	24:12	17th	1.136
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	24: 9	17th	1,096
4th	Italy Italy	22:10	16	1,135
5.	Cuba Cuba	19:14	15th	1.023
6th	Japan Japan	15:14	14th	1.019
7th	United States United States	19:18	13	1.005
8th.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	12:24	11	0.900
9.	Korea South South Korea	10:23	11	0.893
10.	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	16:26	10	0.965
11.	Thailand Thailand	7:24	10	0.865
12.	Poland Poland	11:26	10	0.868

Final round

The final round was held in Reggio Calabria ( Italy ) from September 6th to 10th .

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Final group A
1.	Italy Italy	4: 3	3	1.189
2.	Cuba Cuba	4: 4	3	0.932
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3: 4	3	0.911

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Final group B
1.	Brazil Brazil	6: 1	4th	1.272
2.	Russia Russia	3: 3	3	0.971
3.	Japan Japan	1: 6	2	0.814


September 6th	China	Cuba	3: 1
7th of September	Cuba	Italy	3: 1
September 8th	Italy	China	3-0


September 6th	Brazil	Russia	3-0
7th of September	Russia	Japan	3-0
September 8th	Japan	Brazil	1: 3

Semi-finals September 9th		Final September 10th


Cuba Cuba	0
Brazil Brazil	3


		Brazil Brazil	3
		Russia Russia	1

		3rd place September 10th

Italy Italy	2	Cuba Cuba	2
Russia Russia	3	Italy Italy	3

Play for 5th place
the 9th of September	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	Japan Japan	3-0

Awards

Most valuable player	Sheilla Castro	Brazil Brazil
Best scorer	Ekaterina Gamova	Russia Russia
Best attacker	Fabiana Claudino	Brazil Brazil
Best blocker	Sara Anzanello	Italy Italy
Best server	Nancy Carrillo	Cuba Cuba
Best Libera	Arlene Xavier	Brazil Brazil
Best player	Eleonora Lo Bianco	Italy Italy

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)