2006 FIBA World Championship final

2006 FIBA World Championship final Japanese Saitama Super Arena.jpg 290 The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama hosted the final 2006 FIBA World Championship Greece Spain GRE 30px ESP 30px 47 70 12 11 11 13 18 25 11 16 3 September 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama 18,500 2002 2010 The 2006 FIBA World Championship final was a basketball game between the men's national teams of Greece and the Spain that took place on September 3, 2006, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid//gamename/A/groupname/80/roundid/5154/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150529040104/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid//gamename/A/groupname/80/roundid/5154/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html 2015-05-29 2006 FIBA World Championship - powered by www.fiba.com It was the first finals appearance for Spain, whose best achievement in the World Cup was the fourth place in 1982. Greece also made its first Final appearance, after finishing fourth in the last two tournaments. Spain won the final 70–47, and won its first World Cup title. Also, Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Route to the final Spain Round Greece Opponent Result Season Opponent Result 1st in Group B (5–0) Regular season 1st in Group C (5–0)Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 87–75 Round of 16CHN 95–64LTU 89–67 Quarter-finalsFRA 73–56ARG 75–74 Semi-finalsUSA 101–95 Match details Spain play the final without their star player, later to be named tournament MVP, Pau Gasol, who suffered partial fracture of his fifth metatarsal in his left foot in the Semi-final against Argentina. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/news/lateNews/p/newsid/16275/FE_news_lateNews_arti.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071223211200/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/news/lateNews/p/newsid/16275/FE_news_lateNews_arti.html 2007-12-23 2006 FIBA World Championship - powered by www.fiba.com Greece just came off a stunning victory against the United States in their semi-final. expanded 1 3 September 2006 19:30 https://basketball.realgm.com/national/boxscore/2006-09-03/Greece-at-Spain/58737 GRE 47 ESP 70 12–18 11–25 11–11 13–16 Kakiouzis 17 Garbajosa, Navarro 20 Kakiouzis 9 Jiménez 11 Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 Garbajosa, Rodríguez 4 Saitama Super Arena Saitama 18,500 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Terry Moore (USA), Pablo Alberto Estévez (ARG) _cuciturerev 4169E1 FFFFFF Greece ff0000 _thinyellowsides ff0000 _yellowsides Spain yes yes yes #4169E1 PG 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 4 4 3 SG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 4 2 2 SF 15 Michalis Kakiouzis 17 9 1 PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 7 3 0 C 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos 2 0 0 yes yes yes G 4 Theodoros Papaloukas 10 5 3 C 5 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 2 0 0 G 6 Nikos Zisis yes SG 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas 0 3 0 F 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 0 2 0 F 11 Dimos Dikoudis 1 2 4 F 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 0 2 1 GRE Panagiotis Giannakis Game rules Game was played under FIBA rules. 250px Saitama Super Arena 2006 World ChampionsSPA 100px Spain1st title yes yes yes #ff0000 PG 8 José Calderón José Calderón (basketball) 7 1 1 SG 7 Juan Carlos Navarro Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) 20 4 3 SF 10 Carlos Jiménez 4 11 0 PF 9 Felipe Reyes 10 3 0 C 15 Jorge Garbajosa 20 10 4 yes yes yes PG 5 Rudy Fernández Rudy Fernández (basketball) 0 0 0 G 6 Carlos Cabezas 1 1 1 G 11 Sergio Rodríguez 0 1 3 G 12 Berni Rodríguez 6 4 3 C 13 Marc Gasol 2 7 0 F 14 Álex Mumbrú 0 1 0 C 4 Pau Gasol yes yes ESP Pepu Hernández Greece Statisticshttps://basketball.realgm.com/national/boxscore/2006-09-03/Greece-at-Spain/58737 Sep 3, 2006 - Greece 47 at Spain 70 - RealGM National Basketball Box Score Spain 18/55 (32.7%) 2-pt field goals 26/61 (42.6%) 5/21 (23.8%) 3-pt field goals 12/30 (40%) 6/12 (50%) Free throws 6/11 (54.5%) 10 Offensive rebounds 14 22 Defensive rebounds 26 32 Total rebounds 40 9 Assists 16 18 Turnovers 17 4 Steals 9 4 Blocks 2 19 Fouls 12 References External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page Final Category:Greece national basketball team games Category:Spain national basketball team games Category:Sports competitions in Saitama (city) Category:2006–07 in Spanish basketball Category:2006–07 in Greek basketball 2007 Category:September 2006 sports events in Japan 2006