The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women was the 15th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship. It 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. As of 2025 the USA's semi-final loss to Russia remains their last defeat when fielding professional players.

Venues CityVenueBarueriGinásio José CorrêaSão Paulo Ginásio G.J. de Almeida ( Ibirapuera)

Competing nations Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

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: 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), Korea FIBA Oceania – Australia (Oceanian Champion)

Squads

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

Referees For the World Championship for Women, FIBA selected 25 professional referees: Andersson, Karolina Avanessian, Heros Baum Spalter, Gabriel Chiel Blauch, Susan Elaine Boltauzer, Matej Chernova, Elena Conde, Antonio Crowley, Nadiene Renée da Silva, Fátima Aparecida Dolinek, Ivo Etheir, Nancy Gode, Vitalis Odhiambo Ho, Kok Yew Julien, Chantal Leemann, Philippe Lefwerth, Oscar Mayberry, Vaughan Charles Pacheco, Sérgio de Jesus Pilipauskas, Kestutis Peng, Ling Rougier, Diego Hernan Schaer Araya, Gabriela Smith, Roberto Omar Touré, Moussa Ismaïla Varghese, Gens Vadayattu

Preliminary round The three best squads of each group qualify for second round. Group A (São Paulo) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 Argentina 5 2 1 219 199 +202 Brazil 5 2 1 243 222 +21 3 Spain 5 2 1 218 200 +184 Korea 3 0 3 207 266 −59Tue Sept. 12 13:00 Korea5787 SpainTue Sept. 12 15:15 Argentina6971 BrazilWed Sept. 13 13:00 Spain6477 ArgentinaWed Sept. 13 15:15 Brazil10686 KoreaThu Sept. 14 13:00 Korea6473 ArgentinaThu Sept. 14 15:15 Brazil6667 SpainGroup B (São Paulo) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 Australia 6 3 0 194 120 +742 Lithuania 5 2 1 158 123 +353 Canada 4 1 2 188 245 −57 4 Senegal 3 0 3 182 234 −52Tue Sept. 12 17:30 Lithuania02 AustraliaTue Sept. 12 19:45 Senegal6465 CanadaWed Sept. 13 17:30 Canada5884 LithuaniaWed Sept. 13 19:45 Australia9555 SenegalThu Sept. 14 17:30 Lithuania7463 SenegalThu Sept. 14 19:45 Canada6597 AustraliaGroup C (Barueri) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 United States 6 3 0 288 198 +902 Russia 5 2 1 250 206 +44 3 China 4 1 2 209 264 −55 4 Nigeria 3 0 3 155 234 −79Tue Sept. 12 15:15 Russia8450 NigeriaTue Sept. 12 19:45 United States11972 ChinaWed Sept. 13 15:15 China6686 RussiaWed Sept. 13 19:45 Nigeria4679 United StatesThu Sept. 14 17:30 United States9080 RussiaThu Sept. 14 19:45 Nigeria5971 ChinaGroup D (Barueri) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 Czech Republic 5 2 1 224 185 +392 France 5 2 1 235 204 +31 3 Cuba 5 2 1 204 216 −124 Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 210 268 −58Tue Sept. 12 13:00 France6258 Czech RepublicTue Sept. 12 17:30 Cuba7570 Chinese TaipeiWed Sept. 13 13:00 Chinese Taipei68100 FranceWed Sept. 13 17:30 Czech Republic7351 CubaThu Sept. 14 13:00 Chinese Taipei7293 Czech RepublicThu Sept. 14 15:15 France7378 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.

Eighth-final round The four best squads of each group qualify for quarter-finals. All Preliminary Round games played by teams qualifying for the Eighth-finals carry over into the Eighth-final standings.

Group E (São Paulo) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 Australia 12 6 0 431 310 +1212 Spain 10 4 2 446 384 +62 3 Brazil 10 4 2 482 412 +704 Lithuania 9 3 3 342 329 +135 Argentina 9 3 3 377 402 −256 Canada 7 1 5 344 474 −130 Sat Sept. 16 09:30 Argentina6258 CanadaSat Sept. 16 14:00 Brazil8467 LithuaniaSat Sept. 16 16:15 Australia7268 SpainSun Sept. 17 09:30 Argentina4762 LithuaniaSun Sept. 17 14:00 Spain8557 CanadaSun Sept. 17 16:15 Australia8273 BrazilMon Sept. 18 13:00 Lithuania5575 SpainMon Sept. 18 15:15 Argentina4983 AustraliaMon Sept. 18 17:30 Brazil8241 CanadaGroup F (Barueri) TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1 United States 12 6 0 517 339 +1782 Czech Republic 10 4 2 438 404 +34 3 Russia 9 3 3 493 446 +474 France 9 3 3 414 410 +45 China 9 3 3 421 477 −56 6 Cuba 8 2 4 405 475 −70Sat Sept. 16 11:45 Russia6474 FranceSat Sept. 16 14:00 Czech Republic7973 ChinaSat Sept. 16 16:15 United States9050 CubaSun Sept. 17 11:45 Czech Republic8583 RussiaSun Sept. 17 14:00 China7370 CubaSun Sept. 17 16:15 United States7641 FranceMon Sept. 18 15:15 Russia9681 CubaMon Sept. 18 17:30 France6466 ChinaMon Sept. 18 19:45 United States6350 Czech Republic

Knockout Stage (São Paulo) All times local (UTC −2)

5th through 8th place

9th through 12th place

13th through 16th place

Awards

Most Valuable Player Penny Taylor-Gil

Final standings

# Team W-L Australia 9–0 Russia 5–4 United States 8–1 4 Brazil 5–4 5 France 5–4 6 Lithuania 4–5 7 Czech Republic 5–4 8 Spain 4–5 9 Argentina 5–3 10 Canada 2–6 11 Cuba 3–5 12 China 3–5 13 South Korea 2–3 14 Chinese Taipei 1–4 15 Senegal 1–4 16 Nigeria 0–5

References

External links

2006 World Championship for Women. Official Web of FIBA World Championship for Women of 2006 in Chinese language.