Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

{{short description|International sporting competition}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

| event = Volleyball

| games = 2006 Asian Games

| image = Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg

| venue = Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall

| image_size = 100px

| dates = 26 November – 14 December

| competitors = 332

| nations = 21

| prev = 2002

| next = 2010

}}

Indoor volleyball was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. All matches played at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.

Schedule

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bgcolor="#FFE4E1" align=center|QQualification

|bgcolor="#FFBBBB" align=center|P

Preliminary round

|bgcolor="#AFF55B" align=center|¼

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

|bgcolor="#FFDF80" align=center|F

Finals

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26th
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27th
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28th
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29th
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30th
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1st
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2nd
Sat
3rd
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5th
Tue
6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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14th
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Medalists

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC2team

| event = 2006 Asian Games

| team =

| gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 0 | bronze_TPE = 1

| gold_KSA = 0 | silver_KSA = 0 | bronze_KSA = 1

}}

Draw

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha.{{cite web |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/08/eng20060908_300793.html |title=Draw for Asian Games volleyball competition |date=8 September 2006 |publisher=People's Daily |access-date=29 November 2013}}

=Men=

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage. The remaining teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. India and Thailand, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round.

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;Qualification – Pool A

  • {{vb|BHR}} (10)
  • {{vb|LIB}}
  • {{vb|MGL}}

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;Qualification – Pool B

  • {{vb|INA}} (11)*
  • {{vb|KSA}}
  • {{vb|MAC}}

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;Qualification – Pool C

  • {{vb|TPE}} (13)
  • {{vb|KUW}}
  • {{vb|MDV}}

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;Qualification – Pool D

  • {{vb|UAE}} (17)
  • {{vb|HKG}} (18)
  • {{vb|PLE}}
  • {{vb|TKM}}*

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* Withdrew.

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;Preliminary – Pool A

  • {{vb|IND}} (4)
  • 2nd Qualification – Pool A
  • 1st Qualification – Pool B
  • 2nd Qualification – Pool C
  • 1st Qualification – Pool D

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;Preliminary – Pool B

  • {{vb|THA}} (5)
  • 1st Qualification – Pool A
  • 2nd Qualification – Pool B
  • 1st Qualification – Pool C
  • 2nd Qualification – Pool D

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;Quarterfinals

  • {{vb|QAT}} (Host) vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool B
  • Asia Rank 1 vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool A
  • Asia Rank 2 vs. Asia Rank 5
  • Asia Rank 3 vs. Asia Rank 4

The teams were seeded based on their performance at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

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! width=180 | Team

! width=30 | {{Tooltip|Rank|Rank at the 2006 World Championship}}

! width=30 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! width=40 | {{Tooltip|PR|Points ratio}}

! width=85 |

align=left | {{vb|JPN}}8Asia Rank 1
align=left | {{vb|CHN}}177Asia Rank 2
align=left | {{vb|KOR|1997}}176Asia Rank 3
align=left | {{vb|IRI}}2150.835Asia Rank 4
align=left | {{vb|KAZ}}2150.832Asia Rank 5

=Women=

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

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;Pool A

  • {{vbw|CHN}} (1)
  • {{vbw|KOR|1997}} (4)
  • {{vbw|TPE}} (5)
  • {{vbw|VIE}}

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;Pool B

  • {{vbw|KAZ}} (2)
  • {{vbw|JPN}} (3)
  • {{vbw|THA}} (6)
  • {{vbw|TJK}}
  • {{vbw|MGL}}

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Final standing

= Men =

{{Further|Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games – Men}}

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games – Men|Ranking}}

= Women =

{{Further|Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games – Women}}

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games – Women|Ranking}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Men_AG_2006.html Men's results]
  • [http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Women_AG_2006.html Women's results]