2006 FIBA World Championship

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2006 FIBA World Championship
2006FIBA世界選手権
FIBA 2006 logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesAugust 19 – September 3
Teams24
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place United States
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Games played80
MVPSpain Pau Gasol
Top scorerChina Yao Ming
(25.3 points per game)
2002
2010

The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held 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.

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 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. For Spain, it was a record breaking performance at the FIBA World Championship and something the country had never seen before. It was the first time Spain had won Gold in the FIBA World Championship along with it being the first time Spain had won a medal at the FIBA world championship. Pau Gasol also became the first Spaniard to win the MVP award. It was the first time a country has won all nine of its games since 1994 when the United States won all nine games and took the gold medal home. The bronze medal was won by the United States, who defeated Argentina, 96–81, in the third place game, after a crushing loss by Greece. Up to 2014, including the 2014 tournament, it has been the only tournament where neither Yugoslavia or the USA have reached the final until 2019. The 2006 tournament marked the final appearance of Serbia and Montenegro as they broke up into the independent nations of Serbia and Montenegro after a successful independence referendum in Montenegro in May.

Seventeen years after the 2006 edition, Japan will once again host the FIBA World Championships, now called the World Cup in 2023 in Okinawa along with the Philippines and Indonesia.

Venues[]

Hamamatsu
2006 FIBA World Championship is located in Japan
Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Saitama
Saitama
Sapporo
Sapporo
Sendai
Sendai
Sapporo
Hamamatsu Arena
Capacity: 5,100
Sapporo Arena
Capacity: 6,400
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Hiroshima Saitama Sendai
Hiroshima Green Arena
Capacity: 6,900
Saitama Super Arena
Capacity: 21,000
Sendai Gymnasium
Capacity: 6,100
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center 2021-03 ac (2).jpg Japanese Saitama Super Arena.jpg Arena of the Kameiarena sendai.jpg

Qualification[]

Squads[]

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Competing nations[]

The following national teams competed:

Teams that entered qualification tournaments; Asia (purple), Africa (orange), Americas (green), Europe (blue) and Oceania (yellow) and automatic qualifiers (aqua)
Group A Group B Group C Group D

Argentina Argentina
France France
Lebanon Lebanon
Nigeria Nigeria
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Venezuela Venezuela

Angola Angola
Germany Germany
Japan Japan
New Zealand New Zealand
Panama Panama
Spain Spain

Australia Australia
Brazil Brazil
Greece Greece
Lithuania Lithuania
Qatar Qatar
Turkey Turkey

China China
Italy Italy
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Senegal Senegal
Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States

Teams qualified

Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia and 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 the 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)[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 5 5 0 464 339 +125 10 Round of 16
2  France 5 3 2 353 329 +24 8
3  Nigeria 5 2 3 371 393 −22 7[a]
4  Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 3 409 352 +57 7[a]
5  Lebanon 5 2 3 357 451 −94 7[a]
6  Venezuela 5 1 4 336 426 −90 6
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Nigeria 2–0, Serbia and Montenegro 1–1, Lebanon 0–2

August 19, 2006

Venezuela Venezuela 72–82 Lebanon Lebanon
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 75–82 Nigeria Nigeria
Argentina Argentina 80–70 France France

August 20, 2006

Nigeria Nigeria 77–84 Venezuela Venezuela
Lebanon Lebanon 72–107 Argentina Argentina
France France 65–61 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

August 21, 2006

Argentina Argentina 96–54 Venezuela Venezuela
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 104–57 Lebanon Lebanon
France France 64–53 Nigeria Nigeria

August 23, 2006

Nigeria Nigeria 64–98 Argentina Argentina
Venezuela Venezuela 65–90 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
Lebanon Lebanon 74–73 France France

August 24, 2006

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 79–83 Argentina Argentina
Lebanon Lebanon 72–95 Nigeria Nigeria
France France 81–61 Venezuela Venezuela

Group B (Hiroshima)[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 476 336 +140 10 Round of 16
2  Germany 5 4 1 421 384 +37 9
3  Angola 5 3 2 451 406 +45 8
4  New Zealand 5 2 3 345 393 −48 7
5  Japan (H) 5 1 4 322 393 −71 6
6  Panama 5 0 5 326 429 −103 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host

August 19, 2006

Germany Germany 81–70 Japan Japan
Angola Angola 83–70 Panama Panama
Spain Spain 86–70 New Zealand New Zealand

August 20, 2006

Japan Japan 62–87 Angola Angola
New Zealand New Zealand 56–80 Germany Germany
Panama Panama 57–101 Spain Spain

August 21, 2006

Angola Angola 95–73 New Zealand New Zealand
Germany Germany 71–92 Spain Spain
Japan Japan 78–61 Panama Panama

August 23, 2006

Spain Spain 93–83 Angola Angola
Panama Panama 63–81 Germany Germany
New Zealand New Zealand 60–57 Japan Japan

August 24, 2006

Angola Angola 103–108 (3OT) Germany Germany
New Zealand New Zealand 86–75 Panama Panama
Japan Japan 55–104 Spain Spain

Group C (Hamamatsu)[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 5 5 0 404 358 +46 10 Round of 16
2  Turkey 5 4 1 370 358 +12 9
3  Lithuania 5 3 2 413 353 +60 8
4  Australia 5 2 3 370 349 +21 7
5  Brazil 5 1 4 399 392 +7 6
6  Qatar 5 0 5 310 456 −146 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

August 19, 2006

Brazil Brazil 77–83 Australia Australia
Greece Greece 84–64 Qatar Qatar
Turkey Turkey 76–74 Lithuania Lithuania

August 20, 2006

Qatar Qatar 66–97 Brazil Brazil
Australia Australia 68–76 Turkey Turkey
Lithuania Lithuania 76–81(OT) Greece Greece

August 22, 2006

Lithuania Lithuania 106–65 Qatar Qatar
Greece Greece 72–69 Australia Australia
Turkey Turkey 73–71 Brazil Brazil

August 23, 2006

Australia Australia 57–78 Lithuania Lithuania
Qatar Qatar 69–76 Turkey Turkey
Brazil Brazil 80–91 Greece Greece

August 24, 2006

Australia Australia 93–46 Qatar Qatar
Lithuania Lithuania 79–74 Brazil Brazil
Greece Greece 76–69 Turkey Turkey

Group D (Sapporo)[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 543 428 +115 10 Round of 16
2  Italy 5 4 1 386 367 +19 9
3  Slovenia 5 2 3 434 433 +1 7[a]
4  China 5 2 3 424 455 −31 7[a]
5  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 432 440 −8 7[a]
6  Senegal 5 0 5 355 451 −96 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Slovenia 1–1 (1.04 GAvg), China 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.97 GAvg)

August 19, 2006

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 100–111 United States United States
Slovenia Slovenia 96–79 Senegal Senegal
China China 69–84 Italy Italy

August 20, 2006

Senegal Senegal 79–88 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Italy Italy 80–76 Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States 121–90 China China

August 22, 2006

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 90–87 (OT) China China
Italy Italy 64–56 Senegal Senegal
Slovenia Slovenia 95–114 United States United States

August 23, 2006

Senegal Senegal 83–100 China China
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 82–90 Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States 94–85 Italy Italy

August 24, 2006

Slovenia Slovenia 77–78 China China
Italy Italy 73–72 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
United States United States 103–58 Senegal Senegal

Knockout stage[]

All times are local (UTC +9).

Venue: Saitama Super Arena

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
August 26
 
 
Argentina Argentina79
 
August 29
 
New Zealand New Zealand62
 
Argentina Argentina83
 
August 26
 
Turkey Turkey58
 
Turkey Turkey90
 
September 1
 
Slovenia Slovenia84
 
Argentina Argentina74
 
August 26
 
Spain Spain75
 
Spain Spain87
 
August 29
 
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro75
 
Spain Spain89
 
August 26
 
Lithuania Lithuania67
 
Italy Italy68
 
September 3
 
Lithuania Lithuania71
 
Spain Spain70
 
August 27
 
Greece Greece47
 
Greece Greece95
 
August 30
 
China China64
 
Greece Greece73
 
August 27
 
France France56
 
France France68
 
September 1
 
Angola Angola62
 
Greece Greece101
 
August 27
 
United States United States95 Third place
 
United States United States113
 
August 30September 2
 
Australia Australia73
 
United States United States85United States United States96
 
August 27
 
Germany Germany65 Argentina Argentina81
 
Germany Germany78
 
 
Nigeria Nigeria77
 

Round of 16[]

August 26
Argentina  79–62  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–13, 22–15, 20–18
Pts: Oberto 23
Rebs: Oberto 10
Asts: Sánchez 5
Pts: Dickel 15
Rebs: Bradshaw 5
Asts: Dickel 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 9,100
August 26
Italy  68–71  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–19, 14–14, 19–21
Pts: Rocca, 15
Rebs: 9
Asts: Soragna 5
Pts: Macijauskas 15
Rebs: Javtokas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 2
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 9,100
August 26
Turkey  90–84  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 24–17, 16–24, 30–24
Pts: Erdoğan 24
Rebs: Gönlüm 8
Asts: Arslan 3
Pts: Nachbar 18
Rebs: Nachbar 8
Asts: Bečirovič 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 8,150
August 26
Spain  87–75  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 23–21, 23–21, 21–23
Pts: Gasol 19
Rebs: Gasol 15
Asts: Calderón 4
Pts: Miličić 18
Rebs: Miličić 15
Asts: Popović 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 8,150
August 27
Germany  78–77  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 23–22, 14–14, 16–19
Pts: Nowitzki 23
Rebs: Nowitzki 9
Asts: Nowitzki 5
Pts: Ibekwe 22
Rebs: Ibekwe 10
Asts: Muoneke 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 14,800
August 27
United States  113–73  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 32–6, 29–20, 25–24
Pts: Johnson 18
Rebs: Bosh 9
Asts: Hinrich 5
Pts: Bogut 20
Rebs: Mackinnon 7
Asts: Bruton 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 14,800
August 27
France  68–62  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 17–18, 15–11, 19–27
Pts: Jeanneau 16
Rebs: Piétrus 7
Asts: Jeanneau 5
Pts: Almeida 13
Rebs: Gomes 7
Asts: Cipriano 7
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 12,900
August 27
Greece  95–64  China
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 30–18, 26–6, 28–22
Pts: Papaloukas 19
Rebs: Kakiouzis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 6
Pts: Wang S 16
Rebs: Yao 8
Asts: Chen, Zhu, Sun 2
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 12,900

Quarterfinals[]

August 29
Spain  89–67  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 19–19, 18–12, 24–25
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 9
Asts: Navarro, Rodríguez 3
Pts: Lavrinovič 17
Rebs: Kleiza 14
Asts: Kleiza 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 8,700
August 29
Argentina  83–58  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 18–7, 32–17, 8–18
Pts: Nocioni 21
Rebs: Delfino 8
Asts: Sánchez 6
Pts: Akyol 11
Rebs: Peker 6
Asts: Demirel 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 8,700
August 30
Greece  73–56  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 22–16, 19–19, 20–13
Pts: Papadopoulos, Fotsis 14
Rebs: Diamantidis 8
Asts: Diamantidis 5
Pts: Gelabale 12
Rebs: Piétrus, Diaw, Turiaf 6
Asts: Gomis, Jeanneau, Piétrus, Diaw 2
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
August 30
United States  85–65  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 17–18, 27–13, 18–13
Pts: Anthony 19
Rebs: Wade, Bosh 7
Asts: Paul 5
Pts: Okulaja, Nowitzki 15
Rebs: Okulaja, Nowitzki 9
Asts: Femerling 2
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

5th–8th classification[]

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
August 31
 
 
Turkey Turkey (OT)95
 
September 2
 
Lithuania Lithuania84
 
Turkey Turkey56
 
August 31
 
France France64
 
France France75
 
 
Germany Germany73
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 3
 
 
Lithuania Lithuania77
 
 
Germany Germany62

Semifinals[]

August 31
Lithuania  84–95 (OT)  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 17–4, 21–17, 27–35, Overtime: 9–20
Pts: Songaila 17
Rebs: Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Lavrinovič 4
Pts: Kuqo 24
Rebs: Gönlüm 8
Asts: Arslan 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
August 31
France  75–73  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–15, 15–26, 22–16
Pts: Gomis 17
Rebs: Gelabale, Diaw 8
Asts: Diaw 3
Pts: Nowitzki 29
Rebs: Okulaja 10
Asts: Okulaja 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

Seventh place playoff[]

September 3
Lithuania  77–62  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 17–24, 11–13, 19–8
Pts: Lavrinovič 18
Rebs: 7
Asts: Javtokas 3
Pts: Nowitzki 18
Rebs: Okulaja, Nowitzki 6
Asts: Roller 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

Fifth place playoff[]

September 2
Turkey  56–64  France
Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 13–15, 23–14, 13–15
Pts: Atsür 15
Rebs: Gönlüm 11
Asts: Atsür, Arslan, İlyasova, Gönlüm 1
Pts: Pietrus 12
Rebs: Pietrus 9
Asts: Diaw 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

Semifinals[]

September 1
Greece  101–95  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 31–21, 32–24, 24–30
Pts: Spanoulis 22
Rebs: Kakiouzis 6
Asts: Papaloukas 12
Pts: Anthony 27
Rebs: Howard 7
Asts: James 5
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
September 1
Spain  75–74  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 25–17, 20–18, 15–18
Pts: Garbajosa 19
Rebs: Gasol 11
Asts: Navarro 5
Pts: Ginóbili 21
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Ginóbili 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 17,000

Third place playoff[]

September 2
United States  96–81  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 29–22, 19–13, 27–19
Pts: Wade 32
Rebs: James 9
Asts: James 7
Pts: Scola 19
Rebs: Sánchez, Nocioni 6
Asts: Sánchez 6
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 16,700

Final[]

September 3
7:30 p.m.
Greece  47–70  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 11–25, 11–11, 13–16
Pts: Kakiouzis 17
Rebs: Kakiouzis 9
Asts: Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 each
Pts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20 each
Rebs: Jiménez 11
Asts: Garbajosa, Rodríguez 4 each
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 18,500
Scene from the final
Spain's Gold Medal ceremony

Since the inaugural competition in 1950 the five competing countries for the title had always been two of Argentina, United States, Soviet Union, Brazil and Yugoslavia, one of which always being either United States or Yugoslavia. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia took its place in the finals of 1994 and 1998, and after the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia took its place in the finals of 1998 and 2002. The 2006 final was the first in which none of these five teams competed.

The final was an unexpectedly one-sided affair, with Spain dominating from the beginning and limiting Greece 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 US in the semifinals. Spain won despite having lost power forward Pau Gasol, who was ultimately named the tournament's most valuable player, to injury in a semifinal match against Argentina.

Final rankings[]

2006 FIBA World Championship final rankings.
  • 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.
Rank Team Record
1  Spain 9–0
2  Greece 8–1
3  United States 8–1
4  Argentina 7–2
5  France 6–3
6  Turkey 6–3
7  Lithuania 5–4
8  Germany 5–4
9  Angola 3–3
 Australia 2–4
 China 2–4
 Italy 4–2
 New Zealand 2–4
 Nigeria 2–4
 Serbia and Montenegro 2–4
 Slovenia 2–4
17  Brazil 1–4
 Japan 1–4
 Lebanon 2–3
 Puerto Rico 2–3
21  Panama 0–5
 Qatar 0–5
 Senegal 0–5
 Venezuela 1–4

Awards[]

 2006 World Championship Winner 

Spain
First title
Most Valuable Player
Spain Pau Gasol

All-Tournament Team[]

Leading scorers[]

No. Player Team PPG
1
Yao Ming  China
25.3
2
Dirk Nowitzki  Germany
23.2
3
Pau Gasol  Spain
21.3
4
Carlos Arroyo  Puerto Rico
21.2
5
Larry Ayuso  Puerto Rico
21.2

Referees[]

For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees.

Group A
  • Japan Aibara, Nobuyasu
  • Iran Avanessian, Heros
  • Australia Aylen, Michael
  • Morocco Chlif, Abdellilah
  • Lithuania Dovidavičius, Virginijus
  • Italy Facchini, Fabio
  • Finland Jungebrand, Carl
  • United States Moore, Terry Matthew
  • Uruguay Trías Iglesias, Álvaro Darío
Group B
  • Mozambique Muhimua Joao, Abreu
  • Serbia and Montenegro Belošević, Ilija
  • Puerto Rico Carrión, José Aníbal
  • Argentina Chiti, Alejandro César
  • Lebanon Noujaim, Rabah
  • Ukraine Ryzhyk, Borys
  • Slovakia Sudek, Petr
  • France
  • China Yang Maogong
Group C
  • Spain Arteaga, Juan Carlos
  • Italy Cerebuch, Guerrino
  • Argentina Estévez, Pablo Alberto
  • Canada Homsy, Mike Amir
  • Dominican Republic Mercedes Sánchez, Reynaldo Antonio
  • Japan Miyatake, Yosuke
  • Croatia Muhvić, Dubravko
  • Slovenia Pukl, Saša
  • United States Rush, Eddie Fernanzo
  • Puerto Rico Vázquez, Jorge
Group D
  • Israel Bachar, Shmuel
  • Lithuania Brazauskas, Romualdas
  • Australia Butler, Scott Jason
  • Venezuela Delgado Casadiego, Daniel Alfredo
  • Japan Hirahara, Yuji
  • Serbia and Montenegro Jovčić, Milivoje
  • Brazil Maranho, Cristiano Jesus
  • Spain Martín Bertrán, José Antonio
  • Angola Simão, Domingos Francisco

Sponsorship[]

McDonald's

References[]

External links[]

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