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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. Image File history File links FIBA_2006_logo. ... Image File history File links FIBA_2006_logo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1481x2225, 958 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1481x2225, 958 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The FIBA World Championship (also called the Basketball World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for mens national teams held quadrennially by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Basketball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball), more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA (pronounced ), is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. ...

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 round's being hosted by Saitama City. See also: 1985 in sports, other events of 1986, 1987 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Geoff Bodine won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Bobby Rahal Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Rahal Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France 24... The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002. ... A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a single sport or game. ... A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ... Saitama ) is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ...

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 A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ...

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Teams qualified

Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia & Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations. Argentina qualified as the champion of the 2004 Olympics. The remaining 18 countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournments (six from Europe, four from the Americas, three from each of Asia and Africa and two from Oceania). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1427x628, 48 KB) Description Informations Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1427x628, 48 KB) Description Informations Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. ...

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. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Squads

Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship squads

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster. The 2006 FIBA World Championship had the following squads. ...

Preliminary rounds

Group A (Sendai)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams
Argentina	10	5	5	0	464	339	+125	x
France	8	5	3	2	353	329	+24	x
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	x

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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	351	+19
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

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

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

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

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

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

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Group D (Sapporo)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average for Tied Teams
United States	10	5	5	0	543	428	+115	x	x
Italy	9	5	4	1	386	367	+19	x	x
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	x	x

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

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

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

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

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

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Knockout stage (Saitama)

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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

Argentina

81

August 27, 2006 - 10:00

Germany

65

United States

96

Germany

78

Nigeria

77

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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

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Awards

2006 World Championship Winner
Spain First title

Most valuable player
Pau Gasol

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All-tournament team

• Pau Gasol
• Jorge Garbajosa
• Carmelo Anthony
• Manu Ginobili
• Theodoros Papaloukas

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Final

Scene from the final

The final was an unexpectedly one-sided affair, with Spain dominating from the beginning and limiting Greece to just 47 points, fewer than the Greek or any other side 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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1105x1001, 202 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1105x1001, 202 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 FIBA World Championship ... Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. ... Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6, 1980, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a 70 (2. ...

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Spain	9-0
2	Greece	8-1
Failed to Reach Final
3	United States	8-1
4	Argentina	7-2
Failed to Reach Semi-Finals
5	France	6-3
6	Turkey	6-3
7	Lithuania	5-4
8	Germany	5-4
Failed to Reach Quarter-Finals			Tiebreaker/Goal Average
9	Italy	4-2
10	Angola	3-3
11	Serbia and Montenegro	2-4	1.1025
12	Slovenia	2-4	0.9904
13	Australia	2-4	0.9589
14	Nigeria	2-4	0.9512
15	China	2-4	0.8873
16	New Zealand	2-4	0.8623
Failed to Reach Eight-Finals			Tiebreaker/Goal Average
17	Puerto Rico	2-3	0.9818
18	Lebanon	2-3	0.7915
19	Brazil	1-4	1.0179
20	Japan	1-4	0.8193
21	Venezuela	1-4	0.7887
22	Senegal	0-5	0.7871
23	Panama	0-5	0.7599
24	Qatar	0-5	0.6798

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Referees

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