2006 FIBA World Championship

March 2026 2006 edition of the FIBA World Championship September 2023 FIBA World Championship 2006 FIBA バスケットボール世界選手権 2006 FIBA Basukettobōru Sekai Senshuken 2006 2006 FIBA World Championship logo.jpg 145 Japan 19 August – 3 September Akihito 24 5 5 5 Spain 1 Greece United States Argentina 80 ESP Pau Gasol CHN 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 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 held in four cities, with the knockout rounds held in Saitama City. Spain won the tournament by defeating 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 one of its successor republics) 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 HamamatsuJapan 211 center Japan 34.717778 137.766667 Hamamatsu bottom 8 Japan 34.399444 132.455278 Hiroshima top 8 Japan 35.894889 139.630833 Saitama right 8 Japan 43.044528 141.376944 Sapporo left 8 Japan 38.217758 140.869085 Sendai right 8 Sapporo Hamamatsu ArenaCapacity: 5,100 Sapporo ArenaCapacity: 6,400 150px 150pxHiroshimaSaitamaSendai Hiroshima Green ArenaCapacity: 6,900 Saitama Super ArenaCapacity: 21,000 Sendai GymnasiumCapacity: 6,100 150px 200px 150px 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 EventDateLocationBerthsQualifiedHost nation1JAP2004 OlympicsAugust 15–28, 2004 GRE Athens1ARG2005 FIBA Africa ChampionshipAugust 15–24, 2005ALG Algiers3ANGSENNGR2005 FIBA Oceania ChampionshipAugust 17–21, 2005NZL Auckland and Dunedin2AUSNZL2005 FIBA Americas ChampionshipAugust 24–September 4, 2005DOM Santo Domingo4BRAVENUSAPAN2005 FIBA Asia ChampionshipSeptember 8–16, 2005QAT Doha3CHNLBNQATEuroBasket 20054–22 September 2005SCG6GREGERFRA 1974ESPLTUSLOWild cards4ITAPURSCGTUR TOTAL 24 Squads 2006 FIBA World Championship squads At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster. Competing nations The following national teams competed: Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DARG FRA 1974 LBN NGA SCG VENANG GER JPN NZL PAN ESPAUS BRA GRE LTU QAT TURCHN ITA 2003 PUR SEN SVN USAJapan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations.Press Release no. 38: ITA, PUR, YUG and TUR receive Wild Cards 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 Group A Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F ARG 5 0 464 339 FRA 1974 3 2 353 329 NGA 2 3 371 393 Head-to-head record: Nigeria 2–0, Serbia and Montenegro 1–1, Lebanon 0–2 SCG 2 3 409 352 C LBN 2 3 357 451 C VEN 1 4 336 426 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 19 August 2006 VEN72–82LBNSCG75–82NGAARG80–70FRA 1974 20 August 2006 NGA77–84VENLBN72–107ARGFRA 197465–61SCG 21 August 2006 ARG96–54VENSCG104–57LBNFRA 197464–53NGA 23 August 2006 NGA64–98ARGVEN65–90SCGLBN74–73FRA 1974 24 August 2006 SCG79–83ARGLBN72–95NGAFRA 197481–61VEN Group B Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F ESP 5 0 476 336 GER 4 1 421 384 ANG 3 2 451 406 NZL 2 3 345 393 JPN 1 4 322 393 H PAN 0 5 326 429 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 19 August 2006 GER81–70JPNANG83–70PANESP86–70NZL 20 August 2006 JPN62–87ANGNZL56–80GERPAN57–101ESP 21 August 2006 ANG95–73NZLGER71–92ESPJPN78–61PAN 23 August 2006 ESP93–83ANGPAN63–81GERNZL60–57JPN 24 August 2006 ANG103–108 (3OT)GERNZL86–75PANJPN55–104ESP Group C Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F GRE 5 0 404 358 TUR 4 1 370 358 LTU 3 2 413 353 AUS 2 3 370 349 BRA 1 4 399 392 QAT 0 5 310 456 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 19 August 2006 BRA77–83AUSGRE84–64QATTUR76–74LTU 20 August 2006 QAT66–97BRAAUS68–76TURLTU76–81(OT)GRE 22 August 2006 LTU106–65QATGRE72–69AUSTUR73–71BRA 23 August 2006 AUS57–78LTUQAT69–76TURBRA80–91GRE 24 August 2006 AUS93–46QATLTU79–74BRAGRE76–69TUR Group D Venue: Sapporo Arena, Sapporo main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F USA 5 0 543 428 ITA 2003 4 1 386 367 SVN 2 3 434 433 Head-to-head record: Slovenia 1–1 (1.04 GAvg), China 1–1 (0.99 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.97 GAvg) CHN 2 3 424 455 C PUR 2 3 432 440 C SEN 0 5 355 451 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 19 August 2006 PUR100–111USASVN96–79SENCHN69–84ITA 2003 20 August 2006 SEN79–88PURITA 200380–76SVNUSA121–90CHN 22 August 2006 PUR90–87 (OT)CHNITA 200364–56SENSVN95–114USA 23 August 2006 SEN83–100CHNPUR82–90SVNUSA94–85ITA 2003 24 August 2006 SVN77–78CHNITA 200373–72PURUSA103–58SEN Knockout stage All times are local JST (UTC+9). Venue: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 26 August ARG 79 NZL 62 26 August TUR 90 SVN 84 26 August ESP 87 SCG 75 26 August ITA 2003 68 LTU 71 27 August GRE 95 CHN 64 27 August FRA 1974 68 ANG 62 27 August USA 113 AUS 73 27 August GER 78 NGA 77 29 August ARG 83 TUR 58 29 August ESP 89 LTU 67 30 August GRE 73 FRA 1974 56 30 August USA 85 GER 65 1 September ARG 74 ESP 75 1 September GRE 101 USA 95 3 September ESP 70 GRE 47 2 September USA 96 ARG 81 Round of 16 26 August 2006 10:00 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 9,100 ARG 79 NZL 62 21–16 16–13 22–15 20–18 Oberto 23 Oberto 10 Sánchez 5 Dickel 15 Bradshaw 5 Dickel 4 26 August 2006 13:00 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 9,100 ITA 2003 68 LTU 71 20–17 15–19 14–14 19–21 Rocca, Di Bella 15 Di Bella 9 Soragna 5 Macijauskas 15 Javtokas 8 Kalnietis 2 26 August 2006 17:00 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 8,150 TUR 90 SVN 84 20–19 24–17 16–24 30–24 Erdoğan 24 Gönlüm 8 Arslan 3 Nachbar 18 Nachbar 8 Bečirovič 5 26 August 2006 20:00 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 8,150 ESP 87 SCG 75 20–10 23–21 23–21 21–23 Gasol 19 Gasol 15 Calderón 4 Miličić 18 Miličić 15 Popović 4 27 August 2006 10:00 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 14,800 GER 78 NGA 77 25–22 23–22 14–14 16–19 Nowitzki 23 Nowitzki 9 Nowitzki 5 Ibekwe 22 Ibekwe 10 Muoneke 4 27 August 2006 13:00 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 14,800 USA 113 AUS 73 27–23 32–6 29–20 25–24 Johnson 18 Bosh 9 Hinrich 5 Bogut 20 Mackinnon 7 Bruton 4 27 August 2006 17:00 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 12,900 FRA 1974 68 ANG 62 17–6 17–18 15–11 19–27 Jeanneau 16 Piétrus 7 Jeanneau 5 Almeida 13 Gomes 7 Cipriano 7 27 August 2006 20:00 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 12,900 GRE 95 CHN 64 11–18 30–18 26–6 28–22 Papaloukas 19 Kakiouzis 7 Papaloukas 6 Wang S 16 Yao 8 Chen, Zhu, Sun 2 Quarterfinals 29 August 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 8,700 ESP 89 LTU 67 28–11 19–19 18–12 24–25 Gasol 25 Gasol 9 Navarro, Rodríguez 3 Lavrinovič 17 Kleiza 14 Kleiza 5 29 August 2006 19:30 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 8,700 ARG 83 TUR 58 25–16 18–7 32–17 8–18 Nocioni 21 Delfino 8 Sánchez 6 Akyol 11 Peker 6 Demirel 4 30 August 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama GRE 73 FRA 1974 56 12–8 22–16 19–19 20–13 Papadopoulos, Fotsis 14 Diamantidis 8 Diamantidis 5 Gelabale 12 Piétrus, Diaw, Turiaf 6 Gomis, Jeanneau, Piétrus, Diaw 2 30 August 2006 19:30 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama USA 85 GER 65 23–21 17–18 27–13 18–13 Anthony 19 Wade, Bosh 7 Paul 5 Okulaja, Nowitzki 15 Okulaja, Nowitzki 9 Femerling 2 5th–8th classification Classification round Fifth place Seventh place 31 August LTU 84 TUR (OT) 95 31 August FRA 1974 75 GER 73 2 September TUR 56 FRA 1974 64 3 September LTU 77 GER 62 5th–8th classification 31 August 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama LTU 84 TUR 95 10–19 17–4 21–17 27–35 9–20 Songaila 17 Lavrinovič 7 Lavrinovič 4 Kuqo 24 Gönlüm 8 Arslan 5 31 August 2006 19:30 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama FRA 1974 75 GER 73 17–16 21–15 15–26 22–16 Gomis 17 Gelabale, Diaw 8 Diaw 3 Nowitzki 29 Okulaja 10 Okulaja 4 Seventh place playoff 3 September 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama LTU 77 GER 62 30–17 17–24 11–13 19–8 Lavrinovič 18 Kleiza 7 Javtokas 3 Nowitzki 18 Okulaja, Nowitzki 6 Roller 3 Fifth place playoff 2 September 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama TUR 56 FRA 1974 64 7–20 13–15 23–14 13–15 Atsür 15 Gönlüm 11 Atsür, Arslan, İlyasova, Gönlüm 1 Pietrus 12 Pietrus 9 Diaw 3 Semifinals 1 September 2006 16:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 17,000 GRE 101 USA 95 14–20 31–21 32–24 24–30 Spanoulis 22 Kakiouzis 6 Papaloukas 12 Anthony 27 Howard 7 James 5 1 September 2006 19:30 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama 17,000 ESP 75 ARG 74 15–21 25–17 20–18 15–18 Garbajosa 19 Gasol 11 Navarro 5 Ginóbili 21 Scola 8 Ginóbili 4 Third place playoff 2 September 2006 19:30 #eee Saitama Super Arena, Saitama USA 96 ARG 81 21–27 29–22 19–13 27–19 Wade 32 James 9 James 7 Scola 19 Sánchez, Nocioni 6 Sánchez 6 16,700 Final 2006 FIBA World Championship final 3 September 2006 #ffffd0 19:30 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) 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 game, with Spain dominating from the beginning and limiting Greece to 47 points, the fewest points they scored in any game in the tournament. Spain won despite losing power forward Pau Gasol to injury in the semifinals. Gasol was ultimately named the tournament's most valuable player. Final standings 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 ESP 9–0 2 GRE 8–1 3 USA 8–1 4 ARG 7–2 5 FRA 1974 6–3 6 TUR 6–3 7 LTU 5–4 8 GER 5–4 9 ANG 3–3 AUS 2–4 CHN 2–4 ITA 2003 4–2 NZL 2–4 NGA 2–4 SCG 2–4 SLO 2–4 17 BRA 1–4 JPN 1–4 LIB 2–3 PUR 2–3 21 PAN 0–5 QAT 0–5 SEN 0–5 VEN 1–4 All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team Spain Pau Gasol Spain Jorge Garbajosa USA Carmelo Anthony Argentina Manu Ginóbili Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Leading scorers No. Player Team PPG 1 Yao Ming CHN 25.3 2 Dirk Nowitzki GER 23.2 3 Pau Gasol ESP 21.3 4 Carlos Arroyo PUR 21.2 5 Larry Ayuso PUR 21.2 Referees For the 2006 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 DaríoGroup 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 1974 Viator, Eddie China Yang MaogongGroup 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, JorgeGroup 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 References External links Basketball World Cup 2006 https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/201-fiba-basketball-world-cup/2941 FIBA World Championship 2006 official website http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/World-Cup/basketball_2006.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page 2006 Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Japan World Championship Category:2006 in Japanese sport Category:August 2006 sports events in Japan Category:September 2006 sports events in Japan