| Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol Feminino de 2006 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | September 12–23 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | |
| Topscorer | (21.3points per game) |
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The2006FIBA World Championship for Women took place inBrazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It was co-organised by theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) andConfederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian national federation.
Sixteen national teams competed for the championship.Australia came away with the gold medal by beatingRussia 91–74. As of 2025 theUSA's semi-final loss toRussia remains their last defeat when fielding professional players.
| City | Venue |
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| Barueri | Ginásio José Corrêa |
| São Paulo | Ginásio G.J. de Almeida (Ibirapuera) |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as thereigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries each had 12 players on their roster.
For the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professionalreferees:
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All times local (UTC −2)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 20, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||||||
| 79 | ||||||||||
| September 21, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||||||
| 66 | ||||||||||
| 88 | ||||||||||
| September 20, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||||||
| 76 | ||||||||||
| 51 | ||||||||||
| September 23, 2006 – 14:00 | ||||||||||
| 75 | ||||||||||
| 91 | ||||||||||
| September 20, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||||||
| 74 | ||||||||||
| 56 | ||||||||||
| September 21, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||||||
| 60 | ||||||||||
| 75 | ||||||||||
| September 20, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||||||
| 68 | Third place | |||||||||
| 90 | ||||||||||
| September 23, 2006 – 9:30 | ||||||||||
| 56 | ||||||||||
| 59 | ||||||||||
| 99 | ||||||||||
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| September 21, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||
| 79 | ||||||
| September 22, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
| 78 | ||||||
| 79 | ||||||
| September 21, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
| 73 | ||||||
| 71 | ||||||
| 80 | ||||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| September 22, 2006 – 15:15 | ||||||
| 57 | ||||||
| 49 | ||||||
| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
| September 20, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||
| 61 | ||||||
| September 21, 2006 – 19:45 | ||||||
| 65 | ||||||
| 57 | ||||||
| September 20, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
| 74 | ||||||
| 76 | ||||||
| 73 | ||||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| September 21, 2006 – 17:30 | ||||||
| 68 | ||||||
| 71 | ||||||
| Classification round | Thirteenth place | |||||
| September 16, 2006 – 09:30 | ||||||
| 81 | ||||||
| September 17, 2006 – 16:15 | ||||||
| 77 | ||||||
| 52 | ||||||
| September 16, 2006 – 16:15 | ||||||
| 73 | ||||||
| 75 | ||||||
| 69 | ||||||
| Fifteenth place | ||||||
| September 17, 2006 – 09:30 | ||||||
| 64 | ||||||
| 66 | ||||||
| 2006 FIBA Women's World champions |
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Australia First title |
| Most Valuable Player |
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| # | Team | W-L |
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| 9–0 | ||
| 5–4 | ||
| 8–1 | ||
| 4 | 5–4 | |
| 5 | 5–4 | |
| 6 | 4–5 | |
| 7 | 5–4 | |
| 8 | 4–5 | |
| 9 | 5–3 | |
| 10 | 2–6 | |
| 11 | 3–5 | |
| 12 | 3–5 | |
| 13 | 2–3 | |
| 14 | 1–4 | |
| 15 | 1–4 | |
| 16 | 0–5 |