2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Volleyball competition held in Italy (Final)

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 was the fourteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.

Qualification

Asia

• The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
  •  China
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea
  •  Thailand

Europe

• European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 26 to July 31, 2005

Group A

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Group B

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Semi finals

Third-place match

First Place Match

• • Azerbaijan, Russia and Poland qualified; Italy received a wild card as the host nation.

North and South America

• Pan-American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from June 8 to June 19, 2005
  •  Cuba
  •  United States
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Brazil

Teams

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

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(H) Host
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

First round

Group A

• Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan

Group B

• Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong

Group C

• Venue: Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Second round

Group D

• Venue: Macau Forum, Macau

Group E

• Venue: Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea

Group F

• Venue: Taipei Municipal Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan

Third round

Group G

• Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Group H

• Venue: Nimiboot Gymnasium, Bangkok, Thailand

Group I

• Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama, Japan

Final round

• Venue: PalaCalafiore, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Pool play

Group A

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Group B

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Final four

Semifinals

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Overall ranking

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:
  •  Sheilla Castro (BRA)
• Best scorer:
  •  Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)
• Best spiker:
  •  Fabiana Claudino (BRA)
• Best blocker:
  •  Sara Anzanello (ITA)
• Best server:
  •  Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
• Best libero:
  •  Arlene Xavier (BRA)
• Best setter:
  •  Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)

References

• FIVB
• CEV Results