2006 FIBA World Championship
2006 FIBA World Championship | |||||||||||||
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15th FIBA World Championship | |||||||||||||
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Tournament details | |||||||||||||
Host nation | Japan | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 19 – September 3 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 24 (from 212 federations) | ||||||||||||
Venues | 5 (in 5 host cities) | ||||||||||||
Champions |
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MVP |
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Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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Official website | |||||||||||||
2006 FIBA World Championship | |||||||||||||
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. Up to 2014, including the 2014 tournament, it has been the only tournament where neither Yugoslavia (or its Former Yugoslav Republic of Serbia) nor the USA have reached the final.
Venues
Hamamatsu | 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 |
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Squads
At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Competing nations
The following national teams competed:
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Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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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 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 Teams |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 464 | 339 | +125 | |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 329 | +24 | |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 371 | 393 | −22 | 2W–0L |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 409 | 352 | +57 | 1W–1L |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 357 | 451 | −94 | 0W–2L |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 336 | 426 | −90 |
August 19, 2006
Venezuela ![]() |
72–82 | ![]() |
Serbia and Montenegro ![]() |
75–82 | ![]() |
Argentina ![]() |
80–70 | ![]() |
August 20, 2006
Nigeria ![]() |
77–84 | ![]() |
Lebanon ![]() |
72–107 | ![]() |
France ![]() |
65–61 | ![]() |
August 21, 2006
Argentina ![]() |
96–54 | ![]() |
Serbia and Montenegro ![]() |
104–57 | ![]() |
France ![]() |
64–53 | ![]() |
August 23, 2006
Nigeria ![]() |
64–98 | ![]() |
Venezuela ![]() |
65–90 | ![]() |
Lebanon ![]() |
74–73 | ![]() |
August 24, 2006
Serbia and Montenegro ![]() |
79–83 | ![]() |
Lebanon ![]() |
72–95 | ![]() |
France ![]() |
81–61 | ![]() |
Group B (Hiroshima)
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 476 | 336 | +140 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 421 | 384 | +37 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 451 | 406 | +45 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 345 | 393 | −48 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 322 | 393 | −71 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 326 | 429 | −103 |
August 19, 2006
Germany ![]() |
81–70 | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
83–70 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
86–70 | ![]() |
August 20, 2006
Japan ![]() |
62–87 | ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() |
56–80 | ![]() |
Panama ![]() |
57–101 | ![]() |
August 21, 2006
Angola ![]() |
95–73 | ![]() |
Germany ![]() |
71–92 | ![]() |
Japan ![]() |
78–61 | ![]() |
August 23, 2006
Spain ![]() |
93–83 | ![]() |
Panama ![]() |
63–81 | ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() |
60–57 | ![]() |
August 24, 2006
Angola ![]() |
103–108 (3OT) | ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() |
86–75 | ![]() |
Japan ![]() |
55–104 | ![]() |
Group C (Hamamatsu)
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 404 | 358 | +46 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 370 | 358 | +12 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 413 | 353 | +60 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 349 | +21 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 399 | 392 | +7 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 310 | 456 | −146 |
August 19, 2006
Brazil ![]() |
77–83 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
84–64 | ![]() |
Turkey ![]() |
76–74 | ![]() |
August 20, 2006
Qatar ![]() |
66–97 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
68–76 | ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() |
76–81(OT) | ![]() |
August 22, 2006
Lithuania ![]() |
106–65 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
72–69 | ![]() |
Turkey ![]() |
73–71 | ![]() |
August 23, 2006
Australia ![]() |
57–78 | ![]() |
Qatar ![]() |
69–76 | ![]() |
Brazil ![]() |
80–91 | ![]() |
August 24, 2006
Australia ![]() |
93–46 | ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() |
79–74 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
76–69 | ![]() |
Group D (Sapporo)
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | First Tiebreaker Classification for Tied Teams |
Second Tiebreaker Basket Average for Tied Teams |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 543 | 428 | +115 | ||
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 386 | 367 | +19 | ||
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 434 | 433 | +1 | 1W–1L | (167/160, 1.0438) |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 424 | 455 | −31 | 1W–1L | (165/167, 0.9880) |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 432 | 440 | −8 | 1W–1L | (172/177, 0.9718) |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 355 | 451 | −96 |
August 19, 2006
Puerto Rico ![]() |
100–111 | ![]() |
Slovenia ![]() |
96–79 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
69–84 | ![]() |
August 20, 2006
Senegal ![]() |
79–88 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
80–76 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
121–90 | ![]() |
August 22, 2006
Puerto Rico ![]() |
90–87 (OT) | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
64–56 | ![]() |
Slovenia ![]() |
95–114 | ![]() |
August 23, 2006
Senegal ![]() |
83–100 | ![]() |
Puerto Rico ![]() |
82–90 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
94–85 | ![]() |
August 24, 2006
Slovenia ![]() |
77–78 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
73–72 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
103–58 | ![]() |
Knockout stage (Saitama)
All times local (UTC +9)
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
August 26, 2006 – 10:00 | ||||||||||||||
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79 | |||||||||||||
August 29, 2006 – 19:30 | ||||||||||||||
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62 | |||||||||||||
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83 | |||||||||||||
August 26, 2006 – 17:00 | ||||||||||||||
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58 | |||||||||||||
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90 | |||||||||||||
September 1, 2006 – 19:30 | ||||||||||||||
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84 | |||||||||||||
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74 | |||||||||||||
August 26, 2006 – 20:00 | ||||||||||||||
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75 | |||||||||||||
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87 | |||||||||||||
August 29, 2006 – 16:30 | ||||||||||||||
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75 | |||||||||||||
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89 | |||||||||||||
August 26, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||||||||||
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67 | |||||||||||||
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68 | |||||||||||||
September 3, 2006 – 19:30 | ||||||||||||||
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71 | |||||||||||||
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70 | |||||||||||||
August 27, 2006 – 20:00 | ||||||||||||||
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47 | |||||||||||||
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95 | |||||||||||||
August 30, 2006 – 16:30 | ||||||||||||||
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64 | |||||||||||||
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73 | |||||||||||||
August 27, 2006 – 17:00 | ||||||||||||||
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56 | |||||||||||||
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68 | |||||||||||||
September 1, 2006 – 16:30 | ||||||||||||||
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62 | |||||||||||||
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101 | |||||||||||||
August 27, 2006 – 13:00 | ||||||||||||||
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95 | Third Place | ||||||||||||
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113 | |||||||||||||
August 30, 2006 – 19:30 | September 2, 2006 – 19:30 | |||||||||||||
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73 | |||||||||||||
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85 | ![]() |
96 | |||||||||||
August 27, 2006 – 10:00 | ||||||||||||||
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65 | ![]() |
81 | |||||||||||
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78 | |||||||||||||
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77 | |||||||||||||
Fifth through eighth place
Classification round | Fifth place | ||||||
August 31, 2006 – 16:30 | |||||||
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95 | ||||||
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84 | ||||||
September 2, 2006 – 16:30 | |||||||
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56 | ||||||
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64 | ||||||
Seventh place | |||||||
August 31, 2006 – 19:30 | September 3, 2006 – 16:30 | ||||||
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75 | ![]() |
77 | ||||
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73 | ![]() |
62 |
Final
September 3, 2006 7:30 p.m. |
Greece ![]() |
47–70 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 11–25, 11–11, 13–16 | ||
Pts: Michail Kakiouzis 17 Rebs: Michail Kakiouzis 9 Asts: Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 each |
Pts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20 each Rebs: Carlos Jiménez 11 Asts: Garbajosa, Berni Rodríguez 4 each |
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Since the inaugural competition one of the two teams competing for the title had been either the USA or Yugoslavia. After the latter's breakup, a Former Yugoslav Republic, Serbia, has taken its place in the final. The 2006 final was the first (and only, up to 2014) in which none of these two 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 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 rankings
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- 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.
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8–1 |
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8–1 |
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7–2 |
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6–3 |
7 | ![]() |
5–4 |
8 | ![]() |
5–4 |
9 | ![]() |
3–3 |
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4–2 | |
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2–4 | |
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2–4 | |
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2–4 | |
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2–4 | |
17 | ![]() |
1–4 |
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1–4 | |
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2–3 | |
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2–3 | |
21 | ![]() |
0–5 |
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0–5 | |
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1–4 |
Awards
2006 World Championship Winner |
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Most Valuable Player |
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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 Rakočević (Serbia and Montenegro) 18.3
- Tiago Splitter (Brazil) 16.4
- Darko Miličić (Serbia and Montenegro) 16.1
- Serkan Erdoğan (Turkey) 15.4
Referees
For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees.
Group A | Group B | Group C
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Group D |
Sponsorship
McDonald's
Notes
External links
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