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FIBA World Championship 2006 15th FIBA World Basketball Championship Official website 2006 FIBA World Championship Tournament details Host nation Japan Dates August 19 – September 3 Teams 24 (from 6 federations) Venues 5 (in 5 host cities) Champions Spain (1st title) MVP Pau Gasol Tournament statistics Players Teams PPG Yao Ming (25.3) United States (103.6) Rebounds Richard Lugo (11.4) France (38.3) Assists Pepe Sánchez (5.8) United States (18.8) The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organizing Committee. Badtz-Maru, a fellow character of Hello Kitty from Japanese company Sanrio, was the official 2006 mascot.
For the first time since 1986, the World Championship was contested by 24 nations, eight more than in 2002. As a result, group rounds were conducted in four different cities, with the knockout rounds being hosted by Saitama City.
The tournament was won by Spain, who, in the championship final, beat Greece, 70-47, to finish the tournament having won all nine games played. The bronze medal was won by the United States, who defeated Argentina, 96-81, in the third place game.
Contents
Venues
Hamamatsu Hiroshima Saitama Sapporo Sendai Hamamatsu Arena
Capacity: 5,100Hiroshima Green Arena
Capacity: 6,900Saitama Super Arena
Capacity: 21,000Sapporo Arena
Capacity: 6,400Sendai Gymnasium
Capacity: 6,100Squads
At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Competing nations
The following national teams competed:
Group A Group B Group C Group D Argentina
France
Lebanon
Nigeria
Serbia and Montenegro
VenezuelaChina
Italy
Puerto Rico
Senegal
Slovenia
United StatesJapan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia & Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations[1]. Argentina qualified as the champion of the 2004 Olympics. The remaining 18 countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournaments (six from Europe, four from the Americas, three from each of Asia and Africa and two from Oceania).
The draw for 2006 World Championship was held in Tokyo on 15 January 2006. In the preliminary rounds, Group A played at Sendai, Group B at Hiroshima, Group C at Hamamatsu and Group D at Sapporo. The Medal Rounds were played at Saitama.
Preliminary rounds
Group A (Sendai)
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied TeamsArgentina 10 5 5 0 464 339 +125 France 8 5 3 2 353 329 +24 Nigeria 7 5 2 3 371 393 -22 2W-0L Serbia and Montenegro 7 5 2 3 409 352 +57 1W-1L Lebanon 7 5 2 3 357 451 -94 0W-2L Venezuela 6 5 1 4 336 426 -90 August 19, 2006
Venezuela 72–82 Lebanon Serbia & Montenegro 75–82 Nigeria Argentina 80–70 France August 20, 2006
Nigeria 77–84 Venezuela Lebanon 72–107 Argentina France 65–61 Serbia & Montenegro August 21, 2006
Argentina 96–54 Venezuela Serbia & Montenegro 104–57 Lebanon France 64–53 Nigeria August 23, 2006
Nigeria 64–98 Argentina Venezuela 65–90 Serbia & Montenegro Lebanon 74–73 France August 24, 2006
Serbia & Montenegro 79–83 Argentina Lebanon 72–95 Nigeria France 81–61 Venezuela Group B (Hiroshima)
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Spain 10 5 5 0 476 336 +140 Germany 9 5 4 1 421 384 +37 Angola 8 5 3 2 451 406 +45 New Zealand 7 5 2 3 345 393 -48 Japan 6 5 1 4 322 393 -71 Panama 5 5 0 5 326 429 -103 August 19, 2006
Germany 81–70 Japan Angola 83–70 Panama Spain 86–70 New Zealand August 20, 2006
Japan 62–87 Angola New Zealand 56–80 Germany Panama 57–101 Spain August 21, 2006
Angola 95–73 New Zealand Germany 71–92 Spain Japan 78–61 Panama August 23, 2006
Spain 93–83 Angola Panama 63–81 Germany New Zealand 60–57 Japan August 24, 2006
Angola 103–108 (3OT) Germany New Zealand 86–75 Panama Japan 55–104 Spain Group C (Hamamatsu)
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Greece 10 5 5 0 404 358 +46 Turkey 9 5 4 1 370 358 +12 Lithuania 8 5 3 2 413 353 +60 Australia 7 5 2 3 370 349 +21 Brazil 6 5 1 4 399 392 +7 Qatar 5 5 0 5 310 456 -146 August 19, 2006
Brazil 77–83 Australia Greece 84–64 Qatar Turkey 76–74 Lithuania August 20, 2006
Qatar 66–97 Brazil Australia 68–76 Turkey Lithuania 76–81(OT) Greece August 22, 2006
Lithuania 106–65 Qatar Greece 72–69 Australia Turkey 73–71 Brazil August 23, 2006
Australia 57–78 Lithuania Qatar 69–76 Turkey Brazil 80–91 Greece August 24, 2006
Australia 93–46 Qatar Lithuania 79–74 Brazil Greece 76–69 Turkey Group D (Sapporo)
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied TeamsSecond Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied TeamsUnited States 10 5 5 0 543 428 +115 Italy 9 5 4 1 386 367 +19 Slovenia 7 5 2 3 434 433 +1 1W-1L (167/160, 1.0438) China 7 5 2 3 424 455 -31 1W-1L (165/167, 0.9880) Puerto Rico 7 5 2 3 432 440 -8 1W-1L (172/177, 0.9718) Senegal 5 5 0 5 355 451 -96 August 19, 2006
Puerto Rico 100–111 United States Slovenia 96–79 Senegal China 69–84 Italy August 20, 2006
Senegal 79–88 Puerto Rico Italy 80–76 Slovenia United States 121–90 China August 22, 2006
Puerto Rico 90–87 (OT) China Italy 64–56 Senegal Slovenia 95–114 United States August 23, 2006
Senegal 83–100 China Puerto Rico 82–90 Slovenia United States 94–85 Italy August 24, 2006
Slovenia 77–78 China Italy 73–72 Puerto Rico United States 103–58 Senegal Knockout stage (Saitama)
All times local (UTC +9)
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final August 26, 2006 - 10:00 Argentina 79 August 29, 2006 - 19:30 New Zealand 62 Argentina 83 August 26, 2006 - 17:00 Turkey 58 Turkey 90 September 1, 2006 - 19:30 Slovenia 84 Argentina 74 August 26, 2006 - 20:00 Spain 75 Spain 87 August 29, 2006 - 16:30 Serbia and Montenegro 75 Spain 89 August 26, 2006 - 13:00 Lithuania 67 Italy 68 September 3, 2006 - 19:30 Lithuania 71 Spain 70 August 27, 2006 - 20:00 Greece 47 Greece 95 August 30, 2006 - 16:30 China 64 Greece 73 August 27, 2006 - 17:00 France 56 France 68 September 1, 2006 - 16:30 Angola 62 Greece 101 August 27, 2006 - 13:00 United States 95 Third place United States 113 August 30, 2006 - 19:30 September 2, 2006 - 19:30 Australia 73 United States 85 United States 96 August 27, 2006 - 10:00 Germany 65 Argentina 81 Germany 78 Nigeria 77 Fifth through eighth place
Classification round Fifth place August 31, 2006 - 16:30 Turkey (OT) 95 Lithuania 84 September 2, 2006 - 16:30 Turkey 56 France 64 Seventh place August 31, 2006 - 19:30 September 3, 2006 - 16:30 France 75 Lithuania 77 Germany 73 Germany 62 Awards
2006 World Championship Winner
Spain
First titleMost Valuable Player Pau Gasol All-Tournament Team
Top scorers (ppg)
- Yao Ming (China) 25.3
- Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 23.2
- Pau Gasol (Spain) 21.25
- Carlos Arroyo (Puerto Rico) 21.2
- Larry Ayuso (Puerto Rico) 21.2
- Carmelo Anthony (USA) 19.8
- Dwyane Wade (USA) 19.2
- Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon) 18.8
- Igor Rakocevic (Serbia) 18.3
- Tiago Splitter (Brazil) 16.4
- Darko Miličić (Serbia) 16.1
- Serkan Erdoğan (Turkey) 15.4
Final
September 3
7:30 p.m.Greece 47–70 Spain Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 18,500Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 11-25, 11-11, 13-16 Pts: Michail Kakiouzis 17
Rebs: Michail Kakiouzis 9
Asts: Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 eachPts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20 each
Rebs: Carlos Jiménez 11
Asts: Garbajosa, Berni Rodríguez 4 eachThe final was an unexpectedly one-sided affair, with Spain dominating from the beginning and limiting Greece (exhibiting possible fatigue from its previous game with the U.S.) to just 47 points, fewer than the Greeks had scored in any single game in the tournament, and less than half what Greece had scored against the USA in the semifinals. Spain won despite having lost power forward Pau Gasol, ultimately named the tournament's most valuable player, to injury in a semifinal match against Argentina.
Final standings
- Teams that were eliminated at the round of 16 are officially tied for 9th.
- Teams that were 5th at their preliminary rounds are officially tied for 17th.
- Teams that were 6th at their preliminary rounds are officially tied for 21st.
Referees
For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees.
Group A Group B Group C - Arteaga, Juan Carlos
- Cerebuch, Guerrino
- Estévez, Pablo Alberto
- Homsy, Mike Amir
- Mercedes Sánchez, Reynaldo Antonio
- Miyatake, Yosuke
- Muhvić, Dubravko
- Pukl, Saša
- Rush, Eddie Fernanzo
- Vázquez, Jorge
Group D Notes
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