2006 FIBA World Championship

2006 FIBA World Championship
15th FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates August 19 – September 3
Teams 24 (from 212 federations)
Venues 5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions  Spain (1st title)
MVP Spain Pau Gasol
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points China Yao Ming (25.3)  United States (103.6)
Rebounds Venezuela Richard Lugo (11.4)  France (38.3)
Assists Argentina Pepe Sánchez (5.8)  United States (18.8)
Official website
2006 FIBA World Championship
< 2002
2010 >

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

Squads

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

Competing nations

The following national teams competed:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Argentina Argentina
France France
Lebanon Lebanon
Nigeria Nigeria
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
Venezuela Venezuela

Angola Angola
Germany Germany
Japan Japan
New Zealand New Zealand
Panama Panama
Spain Spain

Australia Australia
Brazil Brazil
Greece Greece
Lithuania Lithuania
Qatar Qatar
Turkey Turkey

China China
Italy Italy
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Senegal Senegal
Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States

Teams that entered qualification tournaments; Asia (purple), Africa (orange), Americas (green), Europe (blue) and Oceania (yellow) and automatic qualifiers (aqua)
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 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
Argentina Argentina 10550464339+125
France France 8532353329+24
Nigeria Nigeria 7523371393−222W–0L
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 7523409352+571W–1L
Lebanon Lebanon 7523357451−940W–2L
Venezuela Venezuela 6514336426−90

August 19, 2006

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

August 20, 2006

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

August 21, 2006

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

August 23, 2006

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

August 24, 2006

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

Group B (Hiroshima)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Spain Spain 10550476336+140
Germany Germany 9541421384+37
Angola Angola 8532451406+45
New Zealand New Zealand 7523345393−48
Japan Japan 6514322393−71
Panama Panama 5505326429−103

August 19, 2006

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

August 20, 2006

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

August 21, 2006

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

August 23, 2006

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

August 24, 2006

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

Group C (Hamamatsu)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Greece Greece 10550404358+46
Turkey Turkey 9541370358+12
Lithuania Lithuania 8532413353+60
Australia Australia 7523370349+21
Brazil Brazil 6514399392+7
Qatar Qatar 5505310456−146

August 19, 2006

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

August 20, 2006

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

August 22, 2006

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

August 23, 2006

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

August 24, 2006

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

Group D (Sapporo)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
Second Tiebreaker
Basket Average for Tied Teams
United States United States 10550543428+115
Italy Italy 9541386367+19
Slovenia Slovenia 7523434433+11W–1L(167/160, 1.0438)
China China 7523424455−311W–1L(165/167, 0.9880)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 7523432440−81W–1L(172/177, 0.9718)
Senegal Senegal 5505355451−96

August 19, 2006

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

August 20, 2006

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

August 22, 2006

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

August 23, 2006

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

August 24, 2006

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

Knockout stage (Saitama)

All times local (UTC +9)

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
August 26, 2006 – 10:00            
 Argentina Argentina  79
August 29, 2006 – 19:30
 New Zealand New Zealand  62  
 Argentina Argentina  83
August 26, 2006 – 17:00
   Turkey Turkey  58  
 Turkey Turkey  90
September 1, 2006 – 19:30
 Slovenia Slovenia  84  
 Argentina Argentina  74
August 26, 2006 – 20:00
   Spain Spain  75  
 Spain Spain  87
August 29, 2006 – 16:30
 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro  75  
 Spain Spain  89
August 26, 2006 – 13:00
   Lithuania Lithuania  67  
 Italy Italy  68
September 3, 2006 – 19:30
 Lithuania Lithuania  71  
 Spain Spain  70
August 27, 2006 – 20:00
   Greece Greece  47
 Greece Greece  95
August 30, 2006 – 16:30
 China China  64  
 Greece Greece  73
August 27, 2006 – 17:00
   France France  56  
 France France  68
September 1, 2006 – 16:30
 Angola Angola  62  
 Greece Greece  101
August 27, 2006 – 13:00
   United States United States  95   Third Place
 United States United States  113
August 30, 2006 – 19:30 September 2, 2006 – 19:30
 Australia Australia  73  
 United States United States  85  United States United States  96
August 27, 2006 – 10:00
   Germany Germany  65    Argentina Argentina  81
 Germany Germany  78
 Nigeria Nigeria  77  

Fifth through eighth place

Classification round Fifth place
August 31, 2006 – 16:30
 Turkey Turkey (OT)  95  
 Lithuania Lithuania  84  
 
September 2, 2006 – 16:30
     Turkey Turkey  56
   France France  64
Seventh place
August 31, 2006 – 19:30 September 3, 2006 – 16:30
 France France  75  Lithuania Lithuania  77
 Germany Germany  73    Germany Germany  62

Final

September 3, 2006
7:30 p.m.
Greece  4770  Spain
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
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance: 18,500
Scene from the final
Spain's Gold Medal ceremony

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 (exhibiting possible fatigue from its previous game with the U.S.) 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

2006 FIBA World Championship final rankings.
Rank Team Record
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

 2006 World Championship Winner 

Spain
First title
Most Valuable Player
Spain Pau Gasol

All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Yao Ming (China) 25.3
  2. Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 23.2
  3. Pau Gasol (Spain) 21.25
  4. Carlos Arroyo (Puerto Rico) 21.2
  5. Larry Ayuso (Puerto Rico) 21.2
  6. Carmelo Anthony (USA) 19.8
  7. Dwyane Wade (USA) 19.2
  8. Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon) 18.8
  9. Igor Rakočević (Serbia and Montenegro) 18.3
  10. Tiago Splitter (Brazil) 16.4
  11. Darko Miličić (Serbia and Montenegro) 16.1
  12. Serkan Erdoğan (Turkey) 15.4

Referees

For the 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 Darío
Group 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 Viator, Eddie
  • China Yang Maogong
Group 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, Jorge
Group 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

Sponsorship

McDonald's

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basketball World Cup 2006.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.