The 2006

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was the 17th edition of the annual men's international

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tournament, played by 16 countries from 14 July to 27 August 2006. The Final Round was held in

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Pools composition

Intercontinental round

*The Final Round hosts Russia, the winners of each pool and a wild card chosen by the FIVB will qualify for the Final Round. If Russia are ranked first in Pool C, the team ranked second of Pool C will qualify for the Final Round.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

*Venue:

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*All times are

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( UTC+04:00).

Pool play

Pool E

Pool F

Playoff

*The results were included in the standings of the Pool E and F.

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Gilberto Godoy Filho *Best scorer *: Sébastien Ruette *Best spiker *:

Matey Kaziyski Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski () (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italy, Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games 2 ...

*Best blocker *: Vincent Montméat *Best server *:

André Nascimento André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in São João de Meriti. Awards Individ ...

*Best setter *:

Andrey Zhekov Andrey Zhekov (; born March 12, 1980) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and current head coach of Levski Volley. He entered the national team in 1998 at the age of 18. 190 cm tall and weighing 82 kg Zhekov is the former setter of ...

*Best libero *:

Aleksey Verbov Aleksey Igorevich Verbov (, born 31 January 1982) is a retired Russian volleyball player, a former member of Russia men's national volleyball team and the Russian club Zenit Kazan. He is currently coaching the men's Zenit Kazan team. With the ...

External links

Official website
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