2006 FIBA World Championship for Women
| 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women |
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| 15th FIBA World Championship for Women | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 12 - September 23 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 Australia (1st title)
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| MVP |
Penny Taylor-Gil
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The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, the Brazilian national federation.
Sixteen national teams competed for the championship. Australia came away with the gold medal by beating Russia 91-74.
Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning 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 professional referees:
All times local (UTC -2)
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