2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

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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 (retaining their championship title), defeating Poland 3:0 in the final match. Bulgaria placed 3rd, defeating Serbia and Montenegro 3:1 in 3rd place match. Polish team dedicated his achievement tragically deceased Polish volleyball player Arkadiusz Golas. This team gave this word at a ceremony awarding medals performing in T-shirts with the number 16 with the words "Golas". In such a shirt it is generally seen on the dance floor.

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Qualification

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Pools composition

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.

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Squads

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Venues

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First round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
• The top four teams from the pool A and D qualified for the pool E, whereas the top four teams from the pool B and C qualified for the pool F.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

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Second round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round were taken into account for the second round.
• The top two teams in each pool qualified for the semifinals. The third and fourth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 5th-8th semifinals, whereas the fifth and sixth ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 9th-12th semifinals.

Pool E

Pool F

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Final round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

9th-12th places

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

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Final standing

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Awards

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