2006 FIBA World Championship

2006 edition of the FIBA World Championship

International basketball competition

2006 FIBA World ChampionshipFIBA バスケットボール世界選手権 2006
FIBA Basukettobōru Sekai Senshuken 2006

Tournament details
Host country| Japan
Dates| 19 August – 3 September
Officially opened by| Akihito
Teams| 24 (from 5 confederations)
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 played| 80
MVP|  Pau Gasol
Top scorer|  Yao Ming
(25.3 points per game)

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The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organising 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.

Spain won the tournament by beating Greece 70–47 in the championship final. Spain won all nine games they played. Spain's gold medal in this tournament was the first medal Spain had ever won in a 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 semi-finals loss to Greece. Up to 2019, including the 2014 tournament, it has been the only tournament where neither Yugoslavia or the USA have reached the final. 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 once again hosted the FIBA World Championships, now called the World Cup in 2023 in Okinawa along with the Philippines and Indonesia.

## Venues

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Hamamatsu |

Hamamatsu

Hiroshima

Saitama

Sapporo

Sendai

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Hamamatsu Arena
Capacity: 5,100  | Sapporo Arena
Capacity: 6,400

Hiroshima | Saitama | Sendai
Hiroshima Green Arena
Capacity: 6,900  | Saitama Super Arena
Capacity: 21,000  | Sendai Gymnasium
Capacity: 6,100
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## Qualification

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Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship Qualification

There were 24 teams taking part in the 2006 World Cup of Basketball.

* Host nation: 1 berth
* 2004 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone
* FIBA Africa: 12 teams competing for 3 berths
* FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 2 berths
* FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths
* FIBA Asia: 16 teams competing for 3 berths
* FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 6 berths
* Wild card: 4 berths

### Qualified teams

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Event  | Date  | Location  | Berths  | Qualified

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Host nation  |  |  | 1  |  Japan
2004 Olympics | August 15–28, 2004  |  Athens | 1  |  Argentina
2005 FIBA Africa Championship | August 15–24, 2005  |  Algiers | 3  |  Angola
Senegal
Nigeria
2005 FIBA Oceania Championship | August 17–21, 2005  |  Auckland and Dunedin | 2  |  Australia
New Zealand
2005 FIBA Americas Championship | August 24–September 4, 2005  |  Santo Domingo | 4  |  Brazil
Venezuela
United States
Panama
2005 FIBA Asia Championship | September 8–16, 2005  |  Doha | 3  |  China
Lebanon
Qatar
EuroBasket 2005 | 4–22 September 2005  |  Serbia and Montenegro | 6  |  Greece
Germany
France
Spain
Lithuania
Slovenia
Wild cards |  |  | 4  |  Italy
Puerto Rico
Serbia and Montenegro
Turkey
TOTAL |  | 24 |

## Squads

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Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship squads

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

## Competing nations

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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

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Argentina
France
Lebanon
Nigeria
Serbia and Montenegro
Venezuela

Angola
Germany
Japan
New Zealand
Panama
Spain

Australia
Brazil
Greece
Lithuania
Qatar
Turkey

China
Italy
Puerto Rico
Senegal
Slovenia
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.

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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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

19 August 2006

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

20 August 2006

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

21 August 2006

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

23 August 2006

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

24 August 2006

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

### Group B

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Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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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) Hosts

19 August 2006

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

20 August 2006

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

21 August 2006

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

23 August 2006

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

24 August 2006

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

### Group C

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Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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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.

19 August 2006

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

20 August 2006

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

22 August 2006

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

23 August 2006

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

24 August 2006

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

### Group D

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Venue: Sapporo Arena, Sapporo

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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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)

19 August 2006

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

20 August 2006

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

22 August 2006

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

23 August 2006

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

24 August 2006

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

## Knockout stage

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All times are local JST (UTC+9).

Venue: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

| Round of 16| | Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 26 August| | | | | | | |

|  Argentina| 79

| 29 August

|  New Zealand| 62 |

|  Argentina| 83

| 26 August

| |  Turkey| 58 |

|  Turkey| 90

| | 1 September

|  Slovenia| 84 |

|  Argentina| 74

| 26 August

| |  Spain| 75 |

|  Spain| 87

| 29 August|

|  Serbia and Montenegro| 75 |

|  Spain| 89

| 26 August

| |  Lithuania| 67 |

|  Italy| 68

| | 3 September

|  Lithuania| 71 |

|  Spain| 70

| 27 August

| |  Greece| 47

|  Greece| 95

| 30 August|

|  China| 64 |

|  Greece| 73

| 27 August

| |  France| 56 |

|  France| 68

| | 1 September

|  Angola| 62 |

|  Greece| 101

| 27 August

| |  United States| 95 | | Third place

|  United States| 113

| 30 August| | 2 September

|  Australia| 73 |

|  United States| 85|  United States| 96

| 27 August

| |  Germany| 65 | |  Argentina| 81

|  Germany| 78

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|  Nigeria| 77 |

### Round of 16

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26 August 2006
10:00

Argentina  | 79–62 |  New Zealand

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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

26 August 2006
13:00

Italy  | 68–71 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–19, 14–14, 19–21
Pts: Rocca, Di Bella 15
Rebs: Di Bella 9
Asts: Soragna 5 |  | Pts: Macijauskas 15
Rebs: Javtokas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 2

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 9,100

26 August 2006
17:00

Turkey  | 90–84 |  Slovenia

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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

26 August 2006
20:00

Spain  | 87–75 |  Serbia and Montenegro

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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

27 August 2006
10:00

Germany  | 78–77 |  Nigeria

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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

27 August 2006
13:00

United States  | 113–73 |  Australia

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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

27 August 2006
17:00

France  | 68–62 |  Angola

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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

27 August 2006
20:00

Greece  | 95–64 |  China

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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

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29 August 2006
16:30

Spain  | 89–67 |  Lithuania

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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

29 August 2006
19:30

Argentina  | 83–58 |  Turkey

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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

30 August 2006
16:30

Greece  | 73–56 |  France

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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

30 August 2006
19:30

United States  | 85–65 |  Germany

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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

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| Classification round| | Fifth place

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| 31 August| |

|  Lithuania| 84

| 2 September

|  Turkey (OT)| 95 |

|  Turkey| 56

| 31 August

| |  France| 64

|  France| 75

|  Germany| 73 |

| Seventh place

| 3 September

|  Lithuania| 77

|  Germany| 62

#### 5th–8th classification

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31 August 2006
16:30

Lithuania  | 84–95 (OT) |  Turkey

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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

31 August 2006
19:30

France  | 75–73 |  Germany

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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

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3 September 2006
16:30

Lithuania  | 77–62 |  Germany

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Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 17–24, 11–13, 19–8
Pts: Lavrinovič 18
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Javtokas 3 |  | Pts: Nowitzki 18
Rebs: Okulaja, Nowitzki 6
Asts: Roller 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama

#### Fifth place playoff

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2 September 2006
16:30

Turkey  | 56–64 |  France

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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

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1 September 2006
16:30

Greece  | 101–95 |  United States

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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
Attendance: 17,000

1 September 2006
19:30

Spain  | 75–74 |  Argentina

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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

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2 September 2006
19:30

United States  | 96–81 |  Argentina

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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

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Main article: 2006 FIBA World Championship final

3 September 2006
19:30

Greece  | 47–70 |  Spain

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Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 11–25, 11–11, 13–16
Pts: Kakiouzis 17
Rebs: Kakiouzis 9
Asts: Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 |  | Pts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20
Rebs: Jiménez 11
Asts: Garbajosa, Rodríguez 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 18,500
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Terry Moore (USA), Pablo Alberto Estévez (ARG)

Scene from the final. A member of Span's team is seen dunking the ball 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 and only one 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 standings

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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

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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

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2006 World Championship winner

Spain
First title
Most Valuable Player

Pau Gasol

### All-Tournament Team

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Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

* Pau Gasol
* Jorge Garbajosa
* Carmelo Anthony
* Manu Ginóbili
* Theodoros Papaloukas

## Leading scorers

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No.  | Player  | Team  | PPG

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| Yao Ming |  China |

25.3

| Dirk Nowitzki |  Germany |

23.2

| Pau Gasol |  Spain |

21.3

| Carlos Arroyo |  Puerto Rico |

21.2

| Larry Ayuso |  Puerto Rico |

21.2

## Referees

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For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees.

Group A

* Aibara, Nobuyasu
* Avanessian, Heros
* Aylen, Michael
* Chlif, Abdellilah
* Dovidavičius, Virginijus
* Facchini, Fabio
* Jungebrand, Carl
* Moore, Terry Matthew
* Trías Iglesias, Álvaro Darío

| Group B

* Muhimua Joao, Abreu
* Belošević, Ilija
* Carrión, José Aníbal
* Chiti, Alejandro César
* Noujaim, Rabah
* Ryzhyk, Borys
* Sudek, Petr
* Viator, Eddie
* Yang Maogong

| 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

* Bachar, Shmuel
* Brazauskas, Romualdas
* Butler, Scott Jason
* Delgado Casadiego, Daniel Alfredo
* Hirahara, Yuji
* Jovčić, Milivoje
* Maranho, Cristiano Jesus
* Martín Bertrán, José Antonio
* Simão, Domingos Francisco

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## Sponsorship

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• McDonald's

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## References

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1. ^ Press Release no. 38: ITA, PUR, YUG and TUR receive Wild Cards

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