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Encyclopedia > 2006 Volleyball World Championship
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The 2006 FIVB Volleyball World championship for men will be held in Japan from 17 November 2006 to 3 December 2006.
Like the previous edition, 24 Teams will participate in the Tournament. Image File history File links Current_sport. ... Womens Australian rules football is a team sport. ... Team mates cooperate to beat the other team Team sport is a term used to distinguish between sports based on one-on-one direct confrontation (such as most raquet sports, boxing or Martial arts) or timed races (such as athletics or swimming), as opposed to those which are practiced between... Image File history File links 2006 Volleyball World Championship Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links 2006 Volleyball World Championship Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...




Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Egypt Egypt
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Poland
China
Argentina Argentina
Japan Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ...

Germany Germany
Cuba Cuba
Greece Greece
France France
Brazil Brazil
Australia Australia Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ...

Czech Republic
Italy Italy
United States United States
Venezuela Venezuela
Bulgaria
Iran Iran Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ...

Russia
Tunisia Tunisia
Canada Canada
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro
South Korea Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ...

Japan qualified as the host country, and Brazil qualified as defending champions.
The draw for the 2006 Champioship was held in Tokyo on 29 November 2005. November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Venues

The first round games of the 2006 World Championship will take place in four cities:


Saitama - Group A
Fukuoka - Group B
Nagano - Group C
Sendai - Group D Saitama (Japanese: さいたま市; -shi) is the capital city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ... Fukuoka can refer to several locations in Japan: Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県) Fukuoka City (福岡市) in Fukuoka Prefecture Two towns in Japan are named Fukuoka (福岡町): Fukuoka in Toyama Prefecture and Fukuoka in Gifu Prefecture. ... Categories: Host cities of the Winter Olympic Games | Cities in Nagano Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... See Sendai (disambiguation) for other places whose name is Sendai Sendai (仙台市; -shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and the largest city in the Tohoku region. ...


Reference

  • Official Page of the 2006 Volleyball World Championship


 
 

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