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The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women will be hosted by Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It is co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, Brazilian federation. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... See also: 2006 in sports 8 July 2006 (Saturday) Rugby union: 2006 Tri Nations Series New Zealand defeat Australia 32–12 at Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (447x836, 194 KB) Description Informations Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (447x836, 194 KB) Description Informations Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women ... The FIBA World Championship for Women (also called the Basketball World Championship for Women) is a world basketball tournament for womens national teams held quadrennially. ... Portal:Currentevents September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Basketball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball), more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA (pronounced ), is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. ...

This Final Round will be played with 16 competing nations.

Venues

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Competing nations

The following national teams will be competing:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil	Australia	United States	Czech Republic
Spain	Lithuania	Russia	France
South Korea	Canada	China	Cuba
Argentina	Senegal	Nigeria	Chinese Taipei

Teams qualified

Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining coutries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournments: Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Chinese_Taipei_Olympic_Flag. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1427x628, 48 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1427x628, 48 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women ... Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. ...

• FIBA Europe - Spain, France, Lithuania, Czech Republic (European Champion), Russia
• FIBA Americas - Brazil (host), United States (Olympic Champion), Canada, Argentina, Cuba
• FIBA Africa - Nigeria, Senegal
• FIBA Asia - P.R. of China, Chinese Taipei (or Taiwan or Republic of China), South Korea
• FIBA Oceania - Australia (Oceanian Champion)

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Squads

Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries each will have 12 players on their roster.

Referees

For the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professional referees: A football (soccer) player is cautioned by a referee A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. ...

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Preliminary round

• The three best squads of each group qualify for eighth-final round.

Group A (São Paulo)   Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 Brazil 4 2 0 177 155 +22 2 Spain 3 1 1 151 134 +17 3 Argentina 3 1 1 146 135 +11 4 South Korea 2 0 2 143 193 -50	Tue sept. 12 13:00 South Korea 57 87 Spain Tue sept. 12 15:15 Argentina 69 71 Brazil Wed sept. 13 13:00 Spain 64 77 Argentina Wed sept. 13 15:15 Brazil 106 86 South Korea Jeu 14 sept. 13:00 South Korea - - Argentina Jeu 14 sept. 15:15 Brazil - - Spain
Group B (São Paulo)   Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 Australia 2 1 0 2 0 +2 2 Canada 2 1 0 65 64 +1 3 Senegal 1 0 1 64 65 -1 4 Lithuania 1 0 1 0 2 -2	Tue sept. 12 17:30 Lithuania 0 2 Australia Tue sept. 12 19:45 Senegal 64 65 Canada Wed sept. 13 17:30 Canada - - Lithuania Wed sept. 13 19:45 Australia - - Senegal Thu sept. 14 17:30 Lithuania - - Senegal Thu sept. 14 19:45 Canada - - Australia
Group C (Barueri)   Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 United States 2 1 0 119 72 +47 2 Russia 4 2 0 170 116 +54 3 Nigeria 1 0 1 50 84 -34 4 China 2 0 2 148 205 -67	Tue sept. 12 15:15 Russia 84 50 Nigeria Tue sept. 12 19:45 United States 119 72 China Wed sept. 13 15:15 China 66 86 Russia Wed sept. 13 19:45 Nigeria - - United States Thu sept. 14 17:30 United States - - Russia Thu sept. 14 19:45 Nigeria - - China
Group D (Barueri)   Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 France 4 2 0 162 126 +36 2 Cuba 2 1 0 75 70 +5 3 Czech Republic 1 0 1 58 62 -4 4 Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 138 175 -37	Tue sept. 12 13:00 France 62 58 Czech Republic Tue sept. 12 17:30 Cuba 75 70 Chinese Taipei Wed sept. 13 13:00 Chinese Taipei 68 100 France Wed sept. 13 17:30 Czech Republic - - Cuba Thu sept. 14 13:00 Chinese Taipei - - Czech Republic Thu sept. 14 15:15 France - - Cuba

Legend: Pts: classification points (game won is 2 pts, game lost is 1), W: games won, L: game lost, PF : points scored, PC: points against, Diff.: difference; in green the squads qualified for eighth-final round.

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External links

• Official tournament site in English

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