2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, France
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Spain
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Kazakhstan
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Samoa
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2006 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2006 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2006 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fifth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Grand Slam. This was the last Six Nations in which Spain took part - Italy were to replace them in 2007.


2006 Women's Softball World Championship
The 2006 ISF Women's World Championship was held from August 27 to September 5, 2006 in Beijing, China. For the sixth consecutive time, the team from the United States won the title, with a 3-0 victory over Japan. The first four teams qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Since China came in fourth, a game for place 5 took place with the winner also qualifying.


2006 Women's Softball World Championship, Pool Play, Group A
Italy qualified in fourth with superior runs against New Zealand and Great Britain.


2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League
The 2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League  was the inaugural season of the Women's Thailand League, the top Thai professional league for volleyball clubs. A total of 8 teams competed in the league.


2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League
The title was won by Nakhon Ratchasima, for a record first time.


2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi. It was the 4th championship, which started in 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US.


2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The World Championship was contested in thirteen weight disciplines by 180 amateur women boxers from 32 countries, and was conducted in the Talkatora Indoor Stadium.


2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
India won four gold, one silver and three bronze medals, while Russia, last year's champion, finished second with three gold and three bronze medals, followed by North Korea with a tally of 2-0-1. Canadians, the runners-up in 2005 edition, were fourth with one gold and two bronze.


2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 22 to 26 November 2006. Nicol David won her second World Open title, beating Natalie Grinham in the final.


2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw & results
Note: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired


2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2006 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and took place from September 24 to September 30, 2006. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and Squash Canada. The England team won his sixth World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final.


2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Participating teams
A total of 16 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.


2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Finals, Draw
Note: The third match of the final was not played as the result was clarified.


2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
The 2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the first edition of the tournament and took place in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada from 11 to 20 August 2006. Denmark won the final against Korea.


2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, Awards
Sandra Toft, Stine Bonde, Mia Boesen, Lærke W. Møller, Mie Augustesen, Susan Sorensen, Stine Nyegaard, Rasmussen, Amalie Sorensen, Louise Luksborg, Ditte E. Kelså, Kristiansen, Line R. Jørgensen, Anne Ostergaard, AallingOfficials: A - Heine EriksenB - Flemming DamC - Tove JensenD - Jens Bo Jørgensen


2006 Worcester City Council election
The 2006 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 Worcester City Council election, Background
45 candidates competed in the election for the 12 seats which were being contested. Before the election the Conservatives had a one-seat majority with 18 of the 35 councillors, as compared to 10 Labour, 4 independents and 3 Liberal Democrats.


2006 Worcester City Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives defend what was regarded as their most marginal council in the country, however Labour did make one gain from an independent. The Conservatives were seen as having benefited from the troubles of the national Labour government which helped them stay in control of the council. Voter turnout was higher than expectations with Claines ward seeing a 49% turnout and Battenhall 43.1%.


2006 Worcester City Council election, Election result
Following the election the leader of the council, Stephen Inman, stood down and was succeeded by fellow Conservative councillor Simon Geraghty.


2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor Olympic Oval in Calgary (Canada) on 18 and 19 March 2006.


2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The Canadian Cindy Klassen and the American Shani Davis became world champions.


2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006, in NRGi Arena.


2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The International Gymnastics Federation, which celebrated the 125th anniversary of its foundation in 2006, introduced the new Code of Points to the World Championships for the first time. The new open-ended code consists of separate scores for the difficulty and execution of a routine, removing the standard "perfect 10".


2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Vanessa Ferrari won the first ever gold medal for the Italian women's program in the individual all-around.


2006 World Baseball Classic
The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Scottsdale, Arizona; Anaheim, California; and San Diego, California.


2006 World Baseball Classic
The first two rounds had a round-robin format, which led to two teams being eliminated on run difference tiebreakers:  in the first round, Canada was eliminated despite its 2–1 record, due to a blowout loss to Mexico as well as failing to run up the score on South Africa; and in the second round, eventual champion Japan advanced despite its 1–2 record, due to a blowout win over Mexico and losing more narrowly to South Korea than did the United States. The higher-seeded teams generally advanced to the second round, including Puerto Rico and Venezuela, as well as the teams mentioned elsewhere in this summary.


2006 World Baseball Classic
Although South Korea defeated Japan twice in the earlier rounds, they were matched against each other again in the semifinals as the two teams emerging from the same second round pool, and Japan won that game to advance to the final against Cuba (which had defeated the Dominican Republic in the other semifinal). Japan defeated Cuba 10–6 to be crowned the first champion of the World Baseball Classic.


2006 World Baseball Classic
Daisuke Matsuzaka, a NPB veteran who was little-known outside Japan at the time, was crowned the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. The following year, he made his debut in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Format
The first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Format
Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the second round, without regard to the results of the first round, with the top two teams from each pool entered a four-team single-elimination bracket, with the pool winners and runners-up from each pool facing each other in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals then met to determine the World Baseball Classic Champions.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the first two rounds, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


2006 World Baseball Classic, Rosters
Each participating national federation initially submitted a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were later submitted. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition
The teams selected for the inaugural World Baseball Classic were chosen because they were judged to be the "best baseball-playing nations in the world and provide global representation for the event." There was no official qualifying competition.


2006 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool B
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.


2006 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


2006 World Baseball Classic, Statistics leaders, Pitching
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Martí is tied with 10 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 12.2


2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
There were several rule changes from normal major league play. Pitchers were held to a pitch count of 65 pitches in the first round, 80 pitches in the second round, and 95 in the championship round. (Netherlands pitcher Shairon Martis used exactly 65 pitches to throw the only no-hitter of the tournament, a 10–0 win over Panama that was stopped by the mercy rule [see below].) If a pitcher reached his maximum pitch count in the middle of an at-bat, he could continue to pitch to that batter, but was required to be replaced once that at-bat ended. A 30–pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50–pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds. In addition, ties could be called after fourteen innings of play.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
The designated hitter rule was in place for all games.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
South Korea completed the first two rounds undefeated (6-0) but was still forced to play Japan, a team it had already beaten twice, in the semifinal round. South Korea lost the match and subsequently was placed 3rd, despite the fact that South Korea's final standings were 6-1, with the most wins. Other international sporting competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup, are formatted so as to make it impossible for teams to play each other three times. They can only face twice at most – in round robin group play and then again for the championship or 3rd-place match. In addition, the regional grouping of teams was called into question, for the groups were perceived to be unevenly distributed, and the four-team pool system and subsequent three-way tiebreakers were widely seen as awkward.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
Tournament organizers were unable to reach an agreement with the MLB umpires' union and so the Classic was overseen by umpires from the minor leagues.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
When South Korea beat Japan, they planted South Korean national flags into a pitcher's mound at Angels Stadium at Anaheim.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
The Chinese Taipei team was originally listed as "Taiwan" and bearing the ROC national flag, but following pressure from the People's Republic of China the listing was later changed to Chinese Taipei with the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
The World Anti- Doping Agency criticized IBAF's drug testing program and threatened to withdraw sanction of the event. South Korean pitcher Myung-hwan Park tested positive for a banned substance during the event, and he was subsequently kicked out of the WBC.. Venezuelan pitcher Freddy García tested positive for marijuana.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies
Numerous MLB players pulled out of the competition for various reasons, such as Barry Bonds, Vladimir Guerrero, and Manny Ramírez, among others. Cuba in particular barred players such as Orlando Hernández, his half-brother Liván Hernández, and José Contreras from its team as Cubans who had previously defected.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament
Many members of the United States press were skeptical of the Classic since its inception. The event proved to be quite popular, however, providing many memorable moments including a first round game between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Attendance was higher than expected at several sites, including the 18,000-seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, which was sold out for every Puerto Rico game in the first two rounds. In addition, there were 4,000 media credentials issued — more than the World Series — which bodes well for the stated goal of internationalizing the sport. Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci reported that "more merchandise was sold in the first round than organizers projected for the entire 17-day event." He also reported that, at one point, jerseys for the Venezuelan team were selling at the rate of one every six seconds.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament
The U.S. television ratings on ESPN were stronger than initially expected, drawing in more than one million television sets for some games, more than almost any other ESPN program in the month of March. This occurred despite less than stellar airing times for the games. Most were not aired live but taped, and sometimes with innings cut, as the WBC was organized well after ESPN had committed to much of its programming.


2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament
Outside the U.S. the tournament was very successful. In Latin America, a first-round game between the United States and Mexico, was the third-most-watched game in the history of ESPN Dos, one of the three Spanish-language channels of ESPN in Latin America.


2006 World Baseball Classic, The allocation of earnings
The total earnings of the World Baseball Classic is divided into net profit (53%) and prize money (47%).


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California, United States from March 12 to 16, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Like the first round, Pool 1 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 12 to 15, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Like the first round, Pool 2 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 5, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix and Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 10, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Cracker Jack Stadium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.


2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship
The 2006 World Baseball Classic championship was the inaugural final of the World Baseball Classic played on March 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego, United States. The best-of-one final was the match to determine the first world champion in baseball. Although this was the first iteration of the World Baseball Classic, both Cuba and Japan were favorites to win the championship, as they were the only countries to have appeared in the top four at every iteration in the Summer Olympics up to this final. Japan won by 4 runs to claim the first championship of the World Baseball Classic.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship
Both countries had to go through two rounds of group stages and the semi-finals in knockout format to reach the final. Cuba lost only two games, once to Puerto Rico in the first round and once to the Dominican Republic in the second round. However, Japan lost three times, twice to South Korea in each round and the United States in the second round. This sparked a format controversy since South Korea would have a better overall and head-to-head record than Japan by the end of the tournament. As such, Cuba was the favorite to win the final as the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship
The match began progressing when Japan's starting pitcher–Daisuke Matsuzaka–gave up four hits, five strikeouts and one run by the end of the 4th inning through a gyroball pitching style. Offensively, Japan was able to record 6 runs with the help of Ichiro Suzuki's batting style of contact hitting. Once the Japanese bullpen took the mound in the 6th inning, Cuba aggressively responded for the rest of the baseball game through power hitting.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship
By the end of the eighth, the disparity would come down to one run in favor of Japan from Frederich Cepeda's home run, who would record three runs batted in by the end of the game. In the ninth, Japan would counter by pushing their offensive limit over Cuba's, which would result in a final score of ten to six. The aftermath of the final most notably included notice from Major League Baseball, from Cuba's increase in defection to Matsuzaka's impact for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the next year.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Format
The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the first World Baseball Classic, organized jointly by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball. The competition took place from March 3, 2006 to March 20, 2006, which marks a duration of 18 days. A unique approach to hosting in comparison to global governing bodies of sports such as FIFA, FIBA, and ICC, is that multiple countries can host at each stage in the competition. For this year, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States were granted hosting rights, although at different levels. There was no qualification required, and all teams were invited based on merit.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Format
The structure of the tournament required two rounds of round-robin groups and a knockout stage beginning in the semi-finals. The round-robin groups would have the top two teams from each pool to advance to the next round. Outside of determining the home and away team, the next round would not be dependent of the previous one. A total of 39 matches were played in front of over 737,000 people combined. No adjustments were made from the original baseball rules, although teams have to face each other less in comparison to regional competitions like the World Series in North America.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Rosters
Japan would announce their roster, consisting of twenty-eight competitors from the Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan and two competitors from Major League Baseball in North America. The two representatives from MLB would consist of pitcher Akinori Otsuka from the Texas Rangers and outfielder Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners. As for Cuba, all thirty Cubans in their roster came from the Cuban National Series, the professional league only played in Cuba. This is primarily due to the Cuban government having restricted rules for outside work not related to Cuba. If violated, the Cuban government would ban the individuals who broke the rules of working outside the country. Due to these reasons, only 2  MLB representatives were competing in the final, even though tens of MLB players were in different rosters.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one
Japan was drawn into Group A of the first round, and was granted the right to host for this stage. The group featured the strongest teams in East Asia: China, Chinese Taipei, and South Korea. Japan was able to defeat China and Chinese Taipei with ease, outscoring 32 to 5 runs combined. However, Japan would suffer their first loss of the tournament to South Korea, with a slow slump from a 2–0 lead to lose the match 3 runs to 2. As a result, South Korea and Japan advanced to the second round as first and second place finishers in Group A respectively.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one
Cuba was drawn into Group C of the first round, with fellow Caribbean rival Puerto Rico as host. The group consisted of Panama from Central America along with the Netherlands from Europe–both widely regarded as the best in their respective regions–and the aforementioned Caribbean nations. Cuba had a slightly tougher time in their group, with a 2 run win against Panama and a 9 run rout in favor of Puerto Rico. However, the group did no resort to tiebreakers. As such, Puerto Rico and Cuba advanced to the second round as first and second place finishers in Group C respectively.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one
Other countries who advanced from the first round were the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two
Japan and South Korea met with the top two finishers of Group B: Mexico and the United States (the host of this pool). Although Japan comfortably defeated Mexico by five runs, the Japanese would struggle against the United States and South Korea at this stage. The match against the United States sparked a controversy regarding a sacrifice fly appeal. The game was highly competitive with consistent back-and-forth leads up to the eighth where the controversy occurred. When Tsuyoshi Nishioka was on third base, he ran to the home plate once the sacrifice fly was hit from Akinori Iwamura.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two
Initially, Japan scored another run to make the score four to three. However, the call was overturned because Nishioka ran earlier than allowed. This led to the United States defeating Japan from Alex Rodriguez's run batted in at the bottom of the ninth. In addition, Japan would lose to South Korea–who would sweep the group–by one run again. Japan, Mexico, and the United States would finish at 1–2 in Pool 1. However, Japan would be declared as the second place finishers due to their amount of runs scored by their opponents and innings pitched.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two
Group 2 was much less complex, although a tiebreaker was still used. Cuba and Puerto Rico met with the first and second place finishers of Group D: the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. The Cubans would edge host Puerto Rico by 1 run and comfortably defeat Venezuela by 5 runs. However, Cuba would lose to the Dominican Republic by four runs, which would cost them in the tiebreaker. Due to the Dominican Republic losing to Puerto Rico, who would lose to Venezuela, these results would lead to a head-to-head tiebreaker. Since the Dominican Republic and Cuba both finished with two wins and one loss while the other countries did not, they would both advance to the semi-finals. However, since Cuba lost to the Dominican Republic, the Cubans would finish in second place as well in Pool 2.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals
The United States was granted the right to host the 2006 World Baseball Classic semifinals and finals, although the Americans did not advance to this level. The stadium that would hold the semifinals and finals is Petco Park in San Diego, home to the San Diego Padres. As a rule in the World Baseball Classic, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If both teams hold a similar winning percentage, a coin flip would occur to determine the home and away team. By this rule, this favored South Korea the most as they had an undefeated record up to this point.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals
The first semifinal was played on March 18, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. PT that featured the 2nd-seed Dominican Republic and 3rd-seed Cuba. The match was met with frequent hitting from both teams that relied on a power hitting playstyle. Both countries scored a combined total of 20 hits. However, in terms of runs the match was scored in specific innings from both sides, due to the pitching battle and clutch defenses. The Dominican Republic would score one run in the sixth inning, and Cuba would respond with three runs in the seventh inning immediately. This would become the final score, and Cuba would advance to the championship.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals
The second semifinal was played on March 18, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. PT that consisted of undefeated 1st-seed South Korea and 4th-seed Japan. The match would be instrumental in their sports rivalry, as the winner of this match would reach the final and outplace the loser. Japan would avenge South Korea by overwhelming Korean batting in seven scoreless innings led by pitcher Koji Uehara. However, Japan would offensively struggle up to the 7th inning until Kosuke Fukudome rapidly paced the offense to score five runs in the seventh through his home run.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals
Japan would end up scoring another run in the eighth, and securing a win against South Korea six runs to none. Once the game concluded, a format contoversy would be brought up to light as South Korea would finish with the better overall and head-to-head record by the end of the tournament. The impact of this controversy was changing the format in the next edition, as double-elimination would replace round-robin in the first and second round.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Wind-up
News organizations had mixed predictions on who would win the final. On one hand, Japan had more experience in professional baseball, particularly from Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball whereas Cuba would consider themselves amateurs. On the other, Japan came into the knockouts as a fourth-seed and Cuba has more experience in international baseball, winning 25 of the 39 Baseball World Cups (the former premier global competition in baseball). In addition, first baseman Albert Pujols argued that most of the Cubans could compete in the MLB if they were rightfully given the opportunity to.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Wind-up
On top of this, both were the only countries to make top four at all editions in the Summer Olympics, although Cuba would have three gold medals and one silver medal whereas Japan would have two bronze medals and one silver medal up to this point. However, Japan holds a 4–3 record to the final, while Cuba has a 5–2 record. Therefore, by the rules of the World Baseball Classic, Inc., WBCI would declare Cuba as the favorites to win the match due to their overall record in the tournament up to the final.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
The final was played on March 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego. This was the third game played at the park in the tournament, after the semi-finals where Japan beat South Korea and Cuba beat the Dominican Republic. The championship was played in front of nearly 43,000 people and began at 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time. Petco Park is widely known for being a pitcher's park, due to the high number of strikeouts and intentional walks likely coming from the marine layer and wind speed. On this day, the temperature recorded as 58 °F (14 °C) with 10 mph in a windy setting. Umpires consisted of Americans Tom Hallion (HP), Bob Davidson (1B), Ed Hickox (2B), Chris Guiccione (RF), Australian Neil Poulton (LF), and Puetro Rican Carlos Rey (3B).


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
Japan changed their starting pitcher to Daisuke Matsuzaka–one of the pioneers of the Gyroball and owns a diverse arsenal–from Koji Uehara, who earned the win against South Korea. The park effects of Petco Park would prove to be favorable for Matsuzaka and would in turn make Cuba have a hard time batting due to their power batting style. Within the first four innings, Matsuzaka recorded five strikeouts to give the opportunity for the Japanese offense to largen their lead. In the fifth, Ichiro Suzuki hit a double to add two more runs, finishing the first half of the game with a six to one lead. Matsuzaka would exit the game right after this moment, and Cuba would respond aggressively offensively.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
"After they changed Matsuzaka, the team came out more aggressive. We said on the bench that if a reliever comes in, we have to come out attacking to cut the lead in the middle of the game."


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
A single-base hit made by Yuli Gurriel initiated Cuba's comeback, although Gurriel made the first base through an error by the Japanese defense. Soon after in the sixth inning, Ariel Borrero made first base through an earned hit and Osmani Urrutia would bat in both Gurriel and Borreo to make Japan's lead cut from five to three runs. The seventh inning served as a quiet pitching battle between both teams. However, in the bottom of the eighth inning, Frederich Cepeda would make a home run with a batter on base to cut the disparity to one run in favor of Japan.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
Japan would plan a hitting sequence in order to outplay Cuba offensively, as Japan specialized on contact hitting. The Japanese's performance of their fundamentals would show the most from Ichiro Suzuki, who would hit to the very right field and bat in Munenori Kawasaki to make the game seven to five runs. Japan would get on-base frequently throughout the inning, to the extent that the top of the ninth inning would end in ten to five runs.


2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary
The offense would overwhelm the Cuban offense, as they were only able to score one more run in the bottom, finalizing Japan as the champion with ten to six runs as the score. Matsuzaka would be declared as the most valuable player of the tournament for setting the tone in the beginning of the game, particularly from intimidating the Cuban offense for four innings.


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 2006 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 3 and the final took place on March 20, 2006.


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters
The teams listed on the country's roster is the team the player was with while the tournament took place.


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, Chinese Taipei
Coaches: Hung I-chung (洪一中), Yeh Chih-shien (葉志仙), Lu Ming-tsu (呂明賜), Wu Fu-lien (吳復連), Hsieh Chang-heng (謝長亨)


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, Japan
Coaches: 84 – Kazuhiro Takeda (武田一浩), 85 – Hatsuhiko Tsuji (辻発彦), 86 – Yoshitaka Katori (鹿取義隆), 87 – Yasunori Oshima (大島康徳), 88 – Sumio Hirota (弘田澄男)


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, South Korea
Manager: Kim In-sik (김인식)Coaches: 70 — Kim Jae-bak (hitting coach), 90 — Sun Dong-yol (pitching coach), 80 — Cho Bum-hyun (battery coach), 75 — Ryu Joong-il (defensive coach), 76 — Ryu Ji-hyun (base coach)


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool B, Canada
Manager: Ernie Whitt (First base coach with the Toronto Blue Jays)


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool B, Canada
Coaches: Denis Boucher (Pitching Coach), Tim Leiper (Coach), Rob Ducey (Coach), Larry Walker (Coach), Tommy Craig (Trainer)


2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool D, Venezuela
Coaches: Dave Concepción, Oscar Escobar, Roberto Espinoza, Omar Malavé, Luis Salazar


2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
The 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering (Italian: Campionato del Mondo di Scialpinismo 2006) was the third World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in the Italian Province of Cuneo from February 27 to March 4, 2006.


2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
The participating athletes were from 33 nations. Because the relay event for the "Senior" athletes had to be canceled to bad snow conditions, there was consequently no combined ranking.


2006 World Club Challenge
The 2006 World Club Challenge was a Rugby league match held on Friday, 3 February 2006, at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield, UK. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Wests Tigers.


2006 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls qualified for the Challenge after being crowned the 2005 Super League champions, defeating their local rivals Leeds Rhinos 15 - 6 at Old Trafford. This Grand Final win avenged a defeat to the same team in the title decider the year before.


2006 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers clinched the 2005 National Rugby League title in a 30 - 16 defeat of North Queensland Cowboys to earn a place in the World Club Challenge. The Tigers had reached the Grand Final for the first time since their formation five years earlier following a merger of Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs.


2006 World Club Challenge, Teams
The Tigers were without six of their 2005 NRL grand final-winning team: star stand-off half back Benji Marshall had undergone shoulder surgery in the off season; winger Pat Richards and forward Mark O'Neill had signed to play with other clubs, and Dene Halatau, Todd Payten and Shane Elford were also absent.


2006 World Club Challenge, Man of the Match
Stuart Fielden of the Bradford Bulls was awarded man of the match.


2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
The 2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 1st edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand on September 18, 2006.


2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
In the individual competition of the World Cup on September 14–17, Korea won seven gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals overall, followed by Spain with two golds, two silvers and three bronzes and In the one-day team competition of the World Cup Championships on September 18, Korea won both male and female team titles. In the female division, Turkey stood at second place, with China finishing third. In the male division, Iran came second and France third. The best 8 male and female teams of the individual competition were allowed to compete in the team event.


2006 World Cup of Pool
The 2006 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition, the first World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast on Sky TV.


2006 World Cup of Pool
The event was won by the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who defeated the American duo of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris 13–5 in the final. The event saw multiple world pool champions in the field, as well as snooker world champions in Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng reached the semi-finals, where they won $8,000 each, three-times the country's national average wage.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Format
The 2006 World Cup of Pool was a pairs nine-ball tournament played at Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. The tournament was played between 22 and 27 August 2006 as scotch doubles, with players taking shots alternatively. Matches were played as a race-to-nine racks until the final, which was played as a race-to-thirteen. The tournament was a single-elimination bracket, consisting of 32 teams. The event was played with the alternating breaks system, as to the traditional winner breaks as seen in other nine-ball events. The tournament was the inaugural World Cup of Pool event, sponsored by Partypoker, and created by Matchroom Sport. The event was filmed and broadcast by Matchroom Sport across 31 single hour programs on Sky TV.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Format, Prize fund
A total of $250,000 was made available for the prize pool, with $60,000 being awarded to the winning team. Money earned by the team was shared between their players. A breakdown of prize money is shown below:


2006 World Cup of Pool, Format, Teams
The field consisted of 32 teams, with England having two teams. The participating teams are shown below, numbers in brackets denote seeded teams.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first–second round)
The first round was played between 22 and 24 August. The Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante won their match over Malta 9–0. Steve Davis partnered Daryl Peach for the first time in the event, but still defeated the Korean team 9–6. Davis commented post-match, "It was hard to get ahead – every time we took the lead they got back into it but we stuck at it and came good in the end." The second England team, however, lost on a deciding rack to Spain.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first–second round)
Raj Hundal and Ronnie O'Sullivan trailed 0–4 after just 20 minutes, but tied the match at 7–7. O'Sullivan scratched on the break in rack 15, but Rafael Guzmán of Spain missed a shot on the 9-ball to allow the English team to lead 8–7. The Spanish side however took the next two frames to win the match.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first–second round)
In travelling to the event, Luc Salvas lost his cue stick, so he and Canadian partner Tyler Edey shared a cue, but still won 9–5 over Thailand. Sweden and Hong Kong featured a deciding rack. Hong Kong trailed 1–4, 6–2 and 8–5, but tied the match at 8–8. With just the final two balls remaining, Lee Chenman made a difficult 8-ball to allow the Hong Kong team to win 9–8. Chenman later commented that the odds of 2/1 against the team winning prior to the match pushed them to victory.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first–second round)
In their match against the host Wales team, the Germany team of Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann took an early 6–0 lead, and won 9–2. The Japanese team received a walkover against Indonesia, as the later failed to secure visas to compete at the event. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng won 9–8 over Croatia in a match full of errors. The Dutch team of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg defeated the Scottish pair 9–5.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first–second round)
The second round was played 24 and 25 August. The remaining United Kingdom team, the England B side were eliminated by the USA team of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris. The teams were tied at 3–3 but the USA team won six straight racks to win 9–3. Fifth seed Taiwan were tied at 4–4 with Japan, before winning the next five racks to win 9–4. Hong Kong completed their second 9–8 win, this time over 11th seed Russia. The Canadian side trailed 4–7, but won the next four racks to lead 8–7 over the Czech team. However, the Czechs won the final two racks to reach the quarter-finals. The Filipino team defeated Malaysia 9–5.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The quarter-finals were played on 26 August. The Vietnam team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and Lương Chí Dũng won their third match in the tournament 9–8, this time over the Italian team. The Italians led the match 8–7, but a combination and table-length shot on the 2-ball by Nguyen allowed the Vietnam team to win the match. The German team of Ortmann and Engert defeated the Taiwanese team 9–4. The Philippine team (and top seeds) defeated the Czech Republic 9–6. The Filipino team won the first three frames, but won just one of the next seven to trail 4–6. However, they then won the next five frames to win the match. Bustamante called the match "scary", and said that they had "played badly". With pre-tournament odds of 150/1, the Hong Kong team were defeated 3–9 against the American team.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The semi-finals were played 27 August. The first semi-final was held between the Philippines and Germany. The Filipino team led 5–4, and won rack 10 with a fluke, escaping from a snooker and took the next to lead 7–4. The German team won the next three racks to tie the match 7–7. The Philippines won the next rack, before Ortmann missed banking the 2-ball in rack 16 and the Filipino team cleared the table to win 9–7. The second semi-final was held between the Vietnam and USA teams.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The unseeded Vietnam team had already beaten three seeded teams to get to the semi-finals, and won the opening rack. They then came from behind to tie the match at 3–3, before the USA team won three racks in a row. The USA team also had a three rack advantage at 8–5 to go to the hill. Nguyen made a difficult shot on the 9-ball in rack 14, and also won rack 15 to trail 7–8. Breaking to go hill-hill, Nguyen missed a shot with the cue behind his back on the 5-ball allowing the USA team to take the rack and win 9–7. Even in losing, the pair won $8,000 each, three-times the national average wage in Vietnam.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The final was contested on the evening of the same day as a race-to-13 racks, between Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante of the Philippines and Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris of the USA. The final was attended by a crowd of 900 people, the majority of which were Expatriates supporting the Philippines. With the scores tied at 4–4, the Philippine team won 7 consecutive racks, to take a 11–4 lead, and eventually win the final 13–5. Morris said of the match: "That was pretty disappointing.


2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
After 4–4 it didn't go our way although the match was closer than the score suggested but when it went to 7–4 we were both pretty deflated and felt it slipping away. We never really got a clear shot off the break and it was a tough hill to climb but they played great – the way they were supposed to so congratulations to them." Bustamante commented that the event win was due to his partner's play saying, "Efren played lots of unbelievable shots; some of them I've never seen in my life! That's why we won."


2006 World Cup of Pool, Tournament bracket
Below is the results from the event. Teams in bold denote match winners. Numbers to the left of teams represents the team's seedings.


2006 World Cup of Softball
The second World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 16 and July 20, 2010. USA won their third World Cup by defeating Australia 3-1 in the Championship game.


2006 World Darts Trophy
The 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the fifth edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.


2006 World Darts Trophy
Players from the Professional Darts Corporation competed for the first time, with five PDC players invited to the event. Gary Robson, the 2005 winner, and Jelle Klaasen, the BDO World Champion, were eliminated in the first round by Simon Whitlock and Tony Eccles, respectively. The final, featuring Phil Taylor, the PDC World Champion and in his first BDO major final for fourteen years, and Martin Adams, in his second straight World Darts Trophy final, was won by Taylor, 7–2 in sets. The women's event was replaced with a junior's event, with this being the only year a junior's event took place. Ron Meulenkamp won the junior's event.


2006 World Darts Trophy, Qualifiers, Professional Darts Corporation
Five places were awarded to players from the PDC. Four places were awarded to the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit. A fifth place was awarded to Raymond van Barneveld, winner of the International Darts League.


2006 World Darts Trophy, Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available. However, this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.


2006 World Fencing Championships
The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics


2006 World Field Archery Championships
The 2006 World Field Archery Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden.


2006 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2006 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It was held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Canada from March 19 to 26, 2006.


2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2006 World Junior Championships.


2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Based on the results of the 2005 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
None of the gold medalists from the 2006 Olympics competed at the 2006 World Championships. Stéphane Lambiel, the only defending World champion, won his event.


2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. This was the last World Championships to have a qualifying round. Following the 2006 Worlds, the ISU Congress voted to remove it. Following these Worlds, all skaters would compete in the short program, with the top twenty-four then advancing to the free skating.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the ninth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, between 23–29 October 2006.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts)
The top 24 players in the PDC world rankings were joined by four players from a field of 348 at the All Ireland Qualifiers and four players from a field of 127 at the PDPA Qualifiers. Phil Taylor won the event – his seventh Grand Prix title.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, Automatic Qualifiers
The top 24 players in the PDC rankings secured their place at the 2006 World Grand Prix automatically. Colin Lloyd as world number one at the time of the cut-off date of 11 September took his place as top seed.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, All Ireland Qualifiers
The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk played host to the All-Ireland qualifying event on 17 September. Out of a field of 348 players from Ireland, four qualified to play in the World Grand Prix. The top three ranked players - John MaGowan, Tom Kirby and Mick McGowan all failed to reach the final stages. Three of the qualifiers will be making their Grand Prix debuts, with only Paul Watton having previously appeared.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, PDPA Qualifiers
The Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event was held at the Newport Centre on 22 September. Out of a field of 127 players, four players qualified to complete the line up for the Grand Prix. Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Alan Green and Andy Callaby were the successful players.


2006 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize fund
Following the announcement in October 2006 of the extension of Skybet's sponsorship contract, the prize fund was increased to £130,000.


2006 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2006 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in 2006. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays.


2006 World Interuniversity Games
The 2006 World Interuniversity Games were the eighth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Dublin, Ireland, from October 9 to October 13, 2006.


2006 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting
Dublin, Ireland, was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was the University College Dublin (UCD). Dublin City University (DCU) acted as a co-host.


2006 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Teams participated in 6 different competitions (4 sports), this included the new addition of Volleyball Men & Women competitions.


2006 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2006 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2006 World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge 2006 was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2006 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary
The final was between Canada East and Canada West. The West came out on fire early with two quick goals from Jordie Johnston of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, and took a 4-0 lead before the halfway point of the game. The East came back, led by two third period goals by David Kostuch of the Markham Waxers, but in the end they came up short. The West won the first ever WJAC with a 4-3 victory. The Gold Medal game was the only game of the tournament to be nationally televised. It was pre-taped and played on November 18, 2006 by TSN, a week after the game was actually played. All games, except the final, were webcast by Hockey Canada. The Final, due to a contractual agreement with TSN, was not allowed to be webcast.


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary
The Bronze Medal Game was played between Slovakia and Russia. After 3 periods, the game was tied 1-1. After an Overtime and Shootout, the Russians came out on top 2-1. They outshot the Slovaks 49-16.


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Canadian Controversy
Following the Championship game, Hockey Canada officials told members of their own two national teams that if they wanted to keep their game-worn jerseys, they would have to flip their own bill. For a price of $225 CAD, players were allowed to take home their own "Home" jersey. For an additional $40 they could even keep their shin socks. Another interesting aspect of this situation was that players were told by Hockey Canada officials that the entire team either had to buy their jerseys or no one on the team could. In contrast, at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships last year players were allowed to keep their white home jerseys for free, but their red away jerseys were kept by Hockey Canada to auction off at a fundraiser.


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Championship Round
Note: Qualifier games on November 9, Semi-final games on November 11, Final game on November 12, 2006.


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Players: Vitali Bialinski, Anton Mitskevich, Mikhail Karpeichyk, Vitali Marchanka, Ivan Nachaunoi, Siarhei Sheleh, Aliaksandr Yeronau, Nikolai Goncharov, Viachaslau Raitsou, Aleh Haroshka, Philip Maistrenka, Aliaksandr Famin, Pavel Razvadouski, Igor Revenko, Kiryl Brykun, Andrei Kolasau, Dzmitry Verameichyk, Valeri Bojarskih, Artsiom Dziamkou, Yauheni Salamonau, Andrei Zaleuski, Ihar Varashylau, Uladzimir Mikhailau


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Staff: Sergei Opimakh, Pavel Perapekhin, Aliksandr Haurylionak, Valery Ivanis, Andrei Kanstantsinovich


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Players: Scott Greenham, Cameron Talbot, Ryan Burkholder, Alain Goulet, Scott Levigne, Brock Matheson, Brendan Smith, Jeff Terminesi, Mike Ward, Will Acton, Spencer Anderson, Jean-Phillipe Beaulieu, Glenn Belmore, Louie Caporusso, Scott Freeman, Mike Gailbraith, Kyle Goodchild, Jordan Knox, David Kostuch, Michael Lecomte, Keif Orsini, Paul Zanette


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Staff: Brent Ladds, Paul Currie, Jerome Dupont, Marty Abrams, Troy Ryan, Dave Campbell, Bill O'Connor


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Players: Keanan Boomer, Guillaume Perusse, Deron Cousens, Ryan de Vries, Maury Edwards, Jason Gray, Kyle Haines, Damon Kipp, Evan Oberg, Cody Danberg, Justin Fontaine, Justin Gvora, Tyson Hobbins, Jordie Johnston, Joel Malchuk, Tyler McNeely, Chad Nehring, Kyle Ostrow, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Kyle Reed, Kyle Turris, Ben Winnett


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Staff: Kim Davis, Darcy Rota, Boris Rybalka, Bruno Campese, Ken Pearson, Dwight McMillan, Ron Holloway, Don Pindus


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany
Players: Markus Keller, Bjorn Linda, Andreas Tanzer, Nikolaus Senger, Andre Mangold, Sinan Akdag, Sebastian Eickmann, Florian Muller, Andreas Gawlik, Gregor Stein, Denis Reul, Jens Heyer, Nicolas Ackermann, Robin Thomson, Markus Ruderer, Michael Rimbeck, Martin Buchwieser, Michael Christ, Martin Leismuller, Patrick Geiger, Dennis Fischbuch, Andre Huebscher, Alexander Oblinger, Daniel Möhle, Daniel Oppolzer, Thomas Dreischer, Steven Rupprich, Gerit Fauser, Marc Wittforth, David Wolf, Martin Hinterstocker, Phillip Michl


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany
Staff: Michael Pfuhl, James Andrew Setters, Thomas Schadler, Alfred Stockbauer, Yasser El-Laymony, Dennis Sattler


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Players: Dmitri Voloshin, Sergey Gayduchenko, Yakov Seleznev, Maxim Isaev, Andrey Kolesnikov, Maksim Goncharov, Vladimir Repin, Nikolay Lukyanchikov, Andrey Konev, Albert Polinin, Mikhail Churlyaev, Denis Trakhanov, Alexander Vasiliev, Vladimir Bakika, Vitaly Karamnov, Dmitry Tsyganov, Kim Dovlatyan, Denis Fakhrutdinov, Egor Averin, Sergey Korostin, Maksim Mayorov, Nikita Klyukin, Egor Dubrovskiy, Ilya Fedin, Evgeny Dadonov, Ruben Begunts


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Staff: Andrey Fedorov, Radj Dovlatyan, Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, Vladimir Koluzganov, Igor Semenov, Yuri Leonov, Nikolay Kulikov, Viktor Tsyplakov, Sergey Vinnikov


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Slovakia
Players: Jaroslav Janus, Matus Andreanin, Marek Daloga, Branislav Horvath, Jan Brejcak, Martin Baca, Marek Pekar, Matus Vizvary, Antonin Hruska, Michal Kozak, Dalimir Jancovic, Marek Mertel, Tomas Vyletelka, Martin Stepan, Milan Kytnar, Matej Misura, Adam Bezak, Ondrej Rusnak, Juraj Paulen, Martin Filo, Lubos Dobry, Vladimir Mikula,


2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Slovakia
Staff: Jan Filic, Tibor Danis, Dusan Halahija, Josef Hrtus, Juraj Nemcek, Pavol Klobusicky


2006 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2006 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 11th edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Solkan, Slovenia from 7 to 9 July 2006 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The Championships were dominated by the host nation China, and Kenya. The United States showed a near complete domination in the relay events. Estonia won four gold medals; their first medals ever at the World Junior Championships.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1350 athletes from 176 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 80 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18, 19 and 20 August. 99.0 cm (3'3) (junior implement) hurdles were used.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 84 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 40 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16, 17 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 17 August. Junior implements were used, i.e. 99.0 cm (3'3) hurdles, 6 kg shot and 1.75 kg discus.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 18 August. A 6 kg (junior implement) hammer was used.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 19 August. A 6kg (junior implement) shot was used.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk
The women's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 50 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 88 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 19 August 2006.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 19 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 18 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.


2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


2006 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2006 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 19 in Jeonju, South Korea.


2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from March 6 to 12. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who on July 1, 2005 had reached the age of 13 but had not yet turned 19 (or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers).


2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing had competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but were still age-eligible for Junior Worlds.


2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. Scores did not carry over from qualifying.


2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Team Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.


2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2006 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2006 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 17 December 2006. It was organised by the Egyptian Table Tennis Federation under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The fourth edition of the tournaments consisted of mixed doubles competitions and singles, doubles and team competitions for both boys and girls.


2006 World Karate Championships
The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship
Canada won its second gold medal at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 14 to 22 July. The Canadians defeated the United States in the final 15–10 in front of 7,735 fans. It marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship was founded in 1967. The first was Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final. Canadian Geoff Snider was the tournament MVP for his outstanding face-off performance, winning 19 of 28 draws in the final.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship
Australia beat Iroquois 21–8 to earn the bronze medal. 21 nations played 72 games over the eight-day tournament, with Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain making their debuts. The games were played in TD Waterhouse Stadium.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) every four years. The 2006 WLC was the last to be sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation, the former governing body for men. In August 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the FIL.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
For the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Blue Division
The Blue Division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan, and the United States.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Red Division
Red Division featured the next five strongest lacrosse nations: Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Orange Division
The five countries competing in Orange Division were: the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Yellow Division
The Yellow Division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, and Spain.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Finals
With the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Awards, All World Team
The International Lacrosse Federation named an All World Team at the conclusion of the championship, along with four other individual awards.


2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Awards, Best Positional Players
Brodie Merrill - Defence Jay Jalbert - Midfield Jeff Zywicki - Attack


2006 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
The 2006 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 3rd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2006 World Masters (darts)
The 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13-15, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship.


2006 World Masters (darts)
Seventeen-year-old, Michael van Gerwen, became the youngest winner in the 32-year history of the event when he defeated England captain, Martin Adams in the final.


2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule
Qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship was held.


2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule
Players from 30 countries played on a multi-board system to qualify for the stage matches to be played on Saturday and Sunday. There were some major upsets in the qualifying round as only 4 seeded players managed to progress to the last 16. Five seeded players even failed to reach the final qualifying round (last 32) of the tournament. World Champion, Jelle Klaasen was amongst the big-named players who went out early.


2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule
Bobby George lost in the first qualifying round to Jim Widmeyer (USA). Former World Champion, Andy Fordham managed to progress through one qualifying round before losing to Benny Grace (Ire).


2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule
Kimberley Lewis  Wales (Ave 63.06) beat Thea Kaaijk  Netherlands (Ave 67.26) 4-2 (legs)


2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule
Maarten Pape  Netherlands (Ave 75.84) beat  Jan Dekker   Netherlands (Ave 71.64) 4-1 (legs)


2006 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
The second World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Linz, Austria, from March 15-20, 2006. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2006 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
A full range of indoor track and field events were held.


2006 World Matchplay
The 2006 Stan James World Matchplay was the 13th staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 23–29 July 2006.


2006 World Matchplay
Phil Taylor won the title for the eighth time, by defeating James Wade 18–11 in the final.


2006 World Matchplay, Prize money
The prize fund increased by £30,000 on the previous year, with the winner now receiving £30,000.


2006 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1–9, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hugh Millikin Third: Ricky Tasker Second: Mike Woloschuk Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Ian Palangio


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jean-Michel Ménard Third: François Roberge Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Maxime Elmaleh Alternate: Jean Gagnon


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Carsten Svensgaard Lead: Joel Ostrowski Alternate: Kenneth Jørgensen


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Kalle Kiiskinen Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi*** Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sebastian Stock Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Bernhard Mayr


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Douglas Dryburgh Third: Peter Wilson Second: Robin Gray Lead: John Kenny Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Third: Makoto Tsuruga Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa Alternate: Yuji Hirama


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Christoffer Svae


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : David Murdoch Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Warwick Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Smith


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Nils Carlsén Third: Niklas Edin Second: Marcus Hasselborg Lead: Emanuel Allberg Alternate: Daniel Tenn


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ralph Stöckli Third: Claudio Pescia Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Simon Strübin Alternate: Marco Battilana


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joseph Polo Lead: John Shuster Alternate: Scott Baird


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
* ** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury; Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.


2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin standings
Scoring for the tournament was done by . They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.


2006 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2006 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala  from November 18 to November 20.


2006 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.


2006 World Monuments Watch, Selection process
Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field. An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions. For the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List.


2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List
The 2006 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on June 21, 2005 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham. It marked the first time that an entire country was placed on the Watch List. Iraq, long considered as the "cradle of human civilization" and within whose borders lie an estimated 10,000 archaeological sites, has been left vulnerable to widespread looting, vandalism, and other acts of violence in the wake of the 2003 military invasion.


2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List
The World Monuments Watch provides a valuable barometer of the state of heritage preservation worldwide… The biennial Watch list tells us not only which sites are in peril, but also what kinds of threats—natural disaster, war, pollution, neglect, or other issues—are endangering the world's heritage.


2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List
On October 6, 2005, nearly four months after the publication of the 2006 Watch List and more than a month after the significant devastation brought about by Hurricane Katrina on America's Gulf Coast, the WMF, together with partners American Express Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation, decided to place the Gulf Coast and New Orleans  as the 101st endangered site on the 2006 Watch List.


2006 World Monuments Watch, Statistics by country/territory
The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2006 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:


2006 World Monuments Watch, Notes
A. Numbers list only meant as a guide on this article. No official reference numbers have been designated for the sites on the Watch List. B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official . C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official .


2006 World Monuments Watch, Notes
D. On October 6, 2005, the WMF has added the historic and cultural assets of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans to the 2006 Watch List as its 101st site, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina significantly damaging and destroying numerous historic structures across the region. E. Tally includes the Gulf Coast and New Orleans site.


2006 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 2006 World Mountain Running Championships was the 22nd edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2006 World Music Awards
The 2006 (18th annual) World Music Awards were held in London, England and hosted by Lindsay Lohan on 15 November 2006.


2006 World Music Awards
Performances included a "Thriller" recreation by Chris Brown and a children's chorus rendition of "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson. The latter would end up being Jackson's final live performance (in fact, it was more a participation). Other performers included Andrea Bocelli, Beyoncé, Bob Sinclar, Dima Bilan, Elissa, Enya, Faithless, Katie Melua, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Tokio Hotel, and Suleman Mirza.


2006 World Music Awards
Presenters included Pamela Anderson, Natalie Imbruglia, Donatella Versace, Sugababes, Nicole Richie, Denise Richards and Brian McFadden.


2006 World Music Awards
The World Music Awards ceremony was televised in 160 countries including the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, China, Africa and the Middle East. In the United Kingdom it was broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 November 2006. In the U.S., ABC is the traditional home of the World Music Awards, but in recent years they have moved to MyNetworkTV, which rebroadcast the 2006 show on 1 July 2009, due to that show's tributes to the recently deceased Michael Jackson.


2006 World Music Awards, Diamond Award
The Diamond Award honors those recording-artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. Past recipients include Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi. This year's recipient was Michael Jackson (awarded by Beyoncé). His most popular album, "Thriller" has sold more than 104 million copies worldwide since its release in 1982 - making it the best-selling album of all time.


2006 World Orienteering Championships
The 2006 World Orienteering Championships, the 23rd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aarhus, Denmark, 1 –5 August 2006.


2006 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.


2006 World Outgames
The 1st World Outgames took place in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from July 26, 2006 to August 5, 2006. The international conference was held from July 26 to the 29. The sporting events were held from July 29 to August 5.


2006 World Outgames, History
The event evolved out of a dispute concerning spending for the 2006 Gay Games (formally called Gay Games VII), which Montréal had been awarded. However, the Gay Games sanctioners (Federation of Gay Games) and Montréal 2006 quarrelled over the budget and scale of the Games and the amount of control each party would exercise; subsequently, the FGG parted company with Montréal, awarding the games to Chicago.


2006 World Outgames, History
It was the second major multi-sport sporting event that Montréal had hosted since the Montréal Olympics in 1976. It used facilities from the Olympics and those from the 2005 World Aquatic Championships, the previous major multi-sport event in Montréal. The Outgames Montréal 2006 were larger than the 2006 Gay Games in number of events and amount spent but not in the number of participants.


2006 World Outgames, History
The event was held concurrently with Divers/Cité, the city's primary LGBT pride festival. The increased number of LGBT tourists in town for the Outgames had been expected to be a financial boon for Divers/Cité, but ironically that festival's attendance and revenues actually declined from previous years. According to Divers/Cité director Suzanne Girard, "even if there were more people than usual, there were 10,000 more things to do." Later in the year, as a result of the financial impacts of the Outgames, Divers/Cité dropped its pride programming and repositioned itself as an arts and music festival, leading to the creation of the new Fierté Montréal to take over as the city's pride festival.


2006 World Outgames, History
A Quebec government audit revealed a CAD 5.3 million deficit for the 2006 Outgames on a CAD 15 million total budget on November 13, 2006. On December 7, 2006, Outgames Montréal 2006 filed for bankruptcy protection. Of the deficit, CAD 3.1 million was in loans from the governments of Montréal and Quebec, while the other CAD 2.2 million was due to private companies and individuals.


2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
The Outgames Montréal 2006 included an International Conference on LGBT Human Rights immediately prior to the games themselves, from July 26 to July 29. With attendance of some 2,000 participants, it was the largest conference on LGBT rights ever held.


2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
The four-day conference consisted of five plenary sessions on the United States and Canada, Africa and the Arab World, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe, in addition to the opening and closing sessions. Keynote speakers included Gérald Tremblay, Gene Robinson, Mark Tewksbury, Irshad Manji, Mariela Castro, Georgina Beyer, Waheed Alli, Martin Cauchon, Li Yinhe and Martina Navratilova.


2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered an especially well-received speech at the opening dinner, which gave particular encouragement to the conference's goal of recognition at the United Nations.