2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship


The 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Japan from 17 November to 3 December 2006. Like the previous edition, 24 teams participated in the tournament. Brazil won the Tournament, defeating Poland 3:0 in the final match. Bulgaria placed 3rd, defeating Serbia and Montenegro 3:1 in the 3rd place match. The Polish team dedicated this achievement to the deceased Polish volleyball player Arkadiusz Gołaś. The team honored him at the award ceremony, when they wore T-shirts with the number 16 and the words "Golas".

Host

Finals hosts Japan. The tournament was held in six Japan cities.

Qualification

Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North America South America
Pool C Winners:
Pool D Winners: 		Host Country:
Pool D Winners:
Pool E Winners:
Pool F Winners:
Playoff Winners:
Playoff Runners-up: 		Pool I Winners:
Pool I Runners-up:
Pool J Winners:
Pool J Runners-up:
Pool K Winners:
Pool K Runners-up:
Pool L Winners:
Pool L Runners-up:
Playoff Winners: 		Pool D Winners:
Pool D Runners-up:
Pool E Winners:
Pool E Runners-up: 		Defending Champions:
Pool A Winners:
Pool B Winners:

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 September 2005. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2005. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 16th.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

[|Second round]

Squads

Venues

Pool FFinal roundFinal round
Hiroshima, Japan Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshima Green ArenaTokyo Metropolitan GymnasiumYoyogi National Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,750Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 13,291

First round

Qualified for the Second round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Qualified for the [|Semifinals]
Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals

Pool E

Pool F

Final round

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
13
15
15
17
17
17
17
21
21
21
21

Awards

Official song

The competition's official opening song was "Ready Go!" by Morning Musume.

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