2006 FIBA World Championship
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{{Infobox FIBA tourney
| continent = World
| year = 2006
| logo = FIBA 2006 logo.jpg
| size = 145
| caption = Official logo of the 2006 FIBA World Championship
| host = Japan
| dates = [[August 19]] – [[September 3]]
| teams = 24
| federations = 212
| venues = 5
| cities = 5
| champions = Spain
| title_number = 1
| mvp = {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pau Gasol]]
| ppg_p = {{flagicon|China}} [[Yao Ming|Yao]] (25.3)
| ppg_t = {{bk|United States}} (103.6)
| rpg_p = {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Richard Lugo|Lugo]] (11.4)
| rpg_t = {{bk|France}} (38.3)
| apg_p = {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Ignacio Sanchez|Sanchez]] (5.8)
| apg_t = {{bk|United States}} (18.8)
| website = [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp 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 FIBA World Championship|1986]], the World Championship was contested by 24 nations, eight more than in [[2002 FIBA World Championship|2002]]. As a result, [[group tournament|group round]]s were conducted in four different cities, with the [[knockout tournament|knockout round]]s being hosted by [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama City]].
The tournament was won by [[Spain national basketball team|Spain]], who, in the championship final, beat [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]], 70-47, to finish the tournament having won all nine games played. The [[bronze medal]] was won by the [[United States national basketball team|United States]], who defeated [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]], 96-81, in the third place game.
==Competing nations==
The following national teams competed:
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
!width=25%|Group A
!width=25%|Group B
!width=25%|Group C
!width=25%|Group D
|-
|
{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]<BR />
{{flagicon|France}} [[France national basketball team|France]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]<BR />
{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]]<BR />
|
{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan national basketball team|Japan]]<BR />
{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national basketball team|New Zealand]] <BR />
{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]<BR />
|
{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia national basketball team|Australia]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]<BR />
| valign="top"|
{{flagicon|China}} [[China national basketball team|China]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]]<BR />
{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]<BR />
{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]]<BR />
|}
[[Image:2006 FIBA WC qualifying.png|thumb|left|200px|Teams that entered qualification tournaments; Asia (purple), Africa (orange), Americas (green), Europe (blue) and Oceania (yellow) and automatic qualifiers (aqua)]]
[[Image:FIBA WC 2006 Teams.png|thumb|200px|Teams qualified]]
Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia & Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/10155/arti.html Press Release no. 38: ITA, PUR, SCG and TUR receive Wild Cards]</ref>. Argentina qualified as the champion of the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]]. The remaining 18 countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournaments (six from [[Eurobasket 2005|Europe]], four from the [[Americas Championships 2005|Americas]], three from each of [[FIBA Asia Championship 2005|Asia]] and [[FIBA Africa Championship 2005|Africa]] and two from [[FIBA Oceania Championship 2005|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.
==Squads==
{{main|2006 FIBA World Championship squads}}
At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
! City
! Arena
! align="right" | Capacity
|-
| [[Hamamatsu]]
| [[Hamamatsu Arena]]
| align="right" | 5,100
|-
| [[Hiroshima]]
| [[Hiroshima Green Arena]]
| align="right" | 6,900
|-
| [[Sapporo]]
| [[Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center|Sapporo Arena]]
| align="right" | 6,400
|-
| [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| [[Saitama Super Arena]]
| align="right" | 21,000
|-
| [[Sendai]]
| [[Sendai Gymnasium]]
| align="right" | 6,100
|}
==Preliminary rounds==
<!-- Colour scheme: Qualified for next round:#aaffaa. Can Qualify:[none]. Eliminated: #ffaaaa -->
===Group A ([[Sendai]])===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=20|Diff
!width=120|<small>First Tiebreaker <br/> Classification for Tied Teams</small>
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]
|'''10'''||5||5||0||464||339||+125|| x
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[France national basketball team|France]]
|'''8'''||5||3||2||353||329||+24|| x
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||371||393||-22||2W-0L
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||409||352||+57||1W-1L
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||357||451||-94||0W-2L
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]]
|'''6'''||5||1||4||336||426||-90|| x
|}
[[August 19]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]] {{flagicon|Venezuela}}
|72–82
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro]] {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|75–82
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]''' {{flagicon|Argentina}}
|80–70
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[France national basketball team|France]]
|}
[[August 20]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]] {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
|77–84
|align=left|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''[[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]] {{flagicon|Lebanon}}
|72–107
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[France national basketball team|France]]''' {{flagicon|France}}
|65–61
|align=left|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro]]
|}
[[August 21]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] {{flagicon|Argentina}}'''
|96–54
|align=left|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro]]''' {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|104–57
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[France national basketball team|France]]''' {{flagicon|France}}
|64–53
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]
|}
[[August 23]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]] {{flagicon|Nigeria}}
|64–98
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]] {{flagicon|Venezuela}}
|65–90
|align=left|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]]''' {{flagicon|Lebanon}}
|74–73
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[France national basketball team|France]]
|}
[[August 24]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro]] {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|79–83
|align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Lebanon national basketball team|Lebanon]] {{flagicon|Lebanon}}
|72–95
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[France national basketball team|France]]''' {{flagicon|France}}
|81–61
|align=left|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela national basketball team|Venezuela]]
|}
===Group B ([[Hiroshima]])===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=20|Diff
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]
|'''10'''||5||5||0||476||336||+140
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]
|'''9'''||5||4||1||421||384||+37
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]
|'''8'''||5||3||2||451||406||+45
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||345||393||-48
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan national basketball team|Japan]]
|'''6'''||5||1||4||322||393||-71
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]
|'''5'''||5||0||5||326||429||-103
|}
[[August 19]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]''' {{flagicon|Germany}}
|81–70
|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan national basketball team|Japan]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]''' {{flagicon|Angola}}
|83–70
|align=left|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]''' {{flagicon|Spain}}
|86–70
|align=left|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]
|}
[[August 20]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Japan national basketball team|Japan]] {{flagicon|Japan}}
|62–87
|align=left|{{flagicon|Angola}} '''[[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|56–80
|align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Panama national basketball team|Panama]] {{flagicon|Panama}}
|57–101
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''
|}
[[August 21]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]''' {{flagicon|Angola}}
|95–73
|align=left|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]
|-
|align=right|[[Germany national basketball team|Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}}
|71–92
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Japan national basketball team|Japan]]''' {{flagicon|Japan}}
|78–61
|align=left|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]
|}
[[August 23]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]''' {{flagicon|Spain}}
|93–83
|align=left|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]
|-
|align=right|[[Panama national basketball team|Panama]] {{flagicon|Panama}}
|63–81
|align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]''' {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|60–57
|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan national basketball team|Japan]]
|}
[[August 24]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Angola national basketball team|Angola]] {{flagicon|Angola}}
|103–108 (3[[Overtime (sports)|OT]])
|align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]''' {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|86–75
|align=left|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]
|-
|align=right|[[Japan national basketball team|Japan]] {{flagicon|Japan}}
|55–104
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''
|}
===Group C ([[Hamamatsu]])===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=30|Diff
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]
|'''10'''||5||5||0||404||358||+46
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]
|'''9'''||5||4||1||370||358||+12
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]
|'''8'''||5||3||2||413||353||+60
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian national basketball team|Australia]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||370||349||+21
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]]
|'''6'''||5||1||4||399||392||+7
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]]
|'''5'''||5||0||5||310||456||-146
|}
[[August 19]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
|77–83
|align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Australian national basketball team|Australia]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]''' {{flagicon|Greece}}
|84–64
|align=left|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]''' {{flagicon|Turkey}}
|76–74
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]
|}
[[August 20]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]] {{flagicon|Qatar}}
|66–97
|align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Australian national basketball team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}}
|68–76
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]] {{flagicon|Lithuania}}
|76–81([[Overtime (sports)|OT]])
|align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]'''
|}
[[August 22]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]''' {{flagicon|Lithuania}}
|106–65
|align=left|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]''' {{flagicon|Greece}}
|72–69
|align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian national basketball team|Australia]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]''' {{flagicon|Turkey}}
|73–71
|align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]]
|}
[[August 23]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Australian national basketball team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}}
|57–78
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} '''[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]] {{flagicon|Qatar}}
|69–76
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]] {{flagicon|Brazil}}
|80–91
|align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]'''
|}
[[August 24]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Australian national basketball team|Australia]]''' {{flagicon|Australia}}
|93–46
|align=left|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar national basketball team|Qatar]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]''' {{flagicon|Lithuania}}
|79–74
|align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national basketball team|Brazil]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]''' {{flagicon|Greece}}
|76–69
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]
|}
===Group D ([[Sapporo]])===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|PF
!width=20|PA
!width=20|Diff
!width=120| <small>First Tiebreaker <br/> <small>Classification for Tied Teams</small></small>
!width=120|<small>Second Tiebreaker <br/> <small>Goal Average for Tied Teams</small></small>
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States national basketball team|United States]]
|'''10'''||5||5||0||543||428||+115|| x || x
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]
|'''9'''||5||4||1||386||367||+19|| x || x
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||434||433||+1||1W-1L||(167/160, 1.0438)
|- bgcolor=#aaffaa
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} [[China national basketball team|China]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||424||455||-31||1W-1L||(165/167, 0.9880)
|- bgcolor=
|align=left|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|'''7'''||5||2||3||432||440||-8||1W-1L||(172/177, 0.9718)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]]
|'''5'''||5||0||5||355||451||-96|| x || x
|}
[[August 19]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]] {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}
|100–111
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]''' {{flagicon|Slovenia}}
|96–79
|align=left|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]]
|-
|align=right|[[China national basketball team|China]] {{flagicon|China}}
|69–84
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]'''
|}
[[August 20]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]] {{flagicon|Senegal}}
|79–88
|align=left|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} '''[[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]''' {{flagicon|Italy}}
|80–76
|align=left|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]''' {{flagicon|USA}}
|121–90
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} [[China national basketball team|China]]
|}
[[August 22]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''[[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]''' {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}
|90–87
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} [[China national basketball team|China]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]''' {{flagicon|Italy}}
|64–56
|align=left|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]]
|-
|align=right|[[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]] {{flagicon|Slovenia}}
|95–114
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]'''
|}
[[August 23]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]] {{flagicon|Senegal}}
|83–100
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[China national basketball team|China]]'''
|-
|align=right|[[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]] {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}
|82–90
|align=left|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} '''[[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]''' {{flagicon|USA}}
|94–85
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]
|}
[[August 24]], [[2006]]
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]] {{flagicon|Slovenia}}
|77–78
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[China national basketball team|China]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''[[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]''' {{flagicon|Italy}}
|73–72
|align=left|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rican national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|-
|align=right|'''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]''' {{flagicon|USA}}
|103–58
|align=left|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal national basketball team|Senegal]]
|}
==Knockout stage ([[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]])==
All times local ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +9)
{{Round16
<!--Date-Time|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--Round of 16 -->
|[[August 26]], [[2006]] - 10:00|{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]'''|79|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]]|62
|[[August 26]], [[2006]] - 17:00|{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]'''|90|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]|84
|[[August 26]], [[2006]] - 20:00|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''|87|{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia national basketball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]|75
|[[August 26]], [[2006]] - 13:00|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]]|68|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} '''[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]'''|71
|[[August 27]], [[2006]] - 20:00|{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]'''|95|{{flagicon|China}} [[China national basketball team|China]]|64
|[[August 27]], [[2006]] - 17:00|{{flagicon|France}}''' [[France national basketball team|France]]'''|68|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]]|62
|[[August 27]], [[2006]] - 13:00|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]'''|113|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian national basketball team|Australia]]|73
|[[August 27]], [[2006]] - 10:00|'''{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]'''|78|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria national basketball team|Nigeria]]|77
<!--quarter finals -->
|[[August 29]], [[2006]] - 19:30|{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]'''|83|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]|58
|[[August 29]], [[2006]] - 16:30|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''|89|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]|67
|[[August 30]], [[2006]] - 16:30|'''{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]'''|73|{{flagicon|France}} [[France national basketball team|France]]|56
|[[August 30]], [[2006]] - 19:30|'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States national basketball team|United States]]''' |85|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]|65
<!--semi finals -->
|[[September 1]], [[2006]] - 19:30|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]|74|'''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''|75
|[[September 1]], [[2006]] - 16:30|{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]'''|101|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States national basketball team|United States]]|95
<!--final -->
|[[September 3]], [[2006]] - 19:30|{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'''|70|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]]|47
<!--third place -->
|[[September 2]], [[2006]] - 19:30|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]|81|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States national basketball team|United States]]'''|96
}}
===Fifth through eighth place===
{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
<!--Date-Time|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--Classification round -->
|[[August 31]], [[2006]] - 16:30|{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]''' ([[Overtime (sport)|OT]])|95|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]|84
|[[August 31]], [[2006]] - 19:30|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[France national basketball team|France]]'''|75|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]|73
<!--Fifth place -->
|[[September 2]], [[2006]] - 16:30 |{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkey]]|56|{{flagicon|France}} '''[[France national basketball team|France]]'''|64
<!--Seventh place -->
|[[September 3]], [[2006]] - 16:30|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} '''[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]'''|77|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany national basketball team|Germany]]|62
}}
==Awards==
{{winners|bk|2006 World Championship Winner|Spain|First}}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
![[Most valuable player]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pau Gasol]]
|}
===All-tournament team===
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pau Gasol]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Jorge Garbajosa]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carmelo Anthony]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Manu Ginobili]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Theodoros Papaloukas]]
==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 Rakocevic]] (Serbia) 18.3
# [[Tiago Splitter]] (Brazil) 16.4
# [[Darko Miličić]] (Serbia) 16.1
# [[Serkan Erdoğan]] (Turkey) 15.4
==Final==
{{basketballbox|date=September 3
|time=7:30 p.m.
|teamA={{bk-rt|GRE}} |scoreA=47
|teamB='''{{bk|ESP}}''' |scoreB='''70'''
|Q1=12-18 |Q2=11-25 |Q3=11-11 |Q4=13-16
|points1=[[Michail Kakiouzis]] 17 |points2=[[Jorge Garbajosa|Garbajosa]], [[Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)|Navarro]] 20 each
|rebounds1=[[Michail Kakiouzis]] 9 |rebounds2=[[Carlos Jimenez]] 11
|assist1=[[Theodoros Papaloukas|Papaloukas]], [[Dimitris Diamantidis|Diamantidis]] 3 each |assist2=[[Jorge Garbajosa|Garbajosa]], [[Berni Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] 4 each
|place=[[Saitama Super Arena]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
|attendance=18,500
}}
[[Image:Basketball WC 2006 Final 7.jpg|thumb|Scene from the final]]
[[Image:Basketball WC 2006 Final 6.jpg|thumb|Spain's Gold Medal ceremony]]
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 (basketball)|power forward]] [[Pau Gasol]], ultimately named the tournament's most valuable player, to injury in a semifinal match against Argentina.
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==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.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Record
!
|- bgcolor=gold
| 1
| {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain
| 9-0
|
|- bgcolor=silver
| 2
| {{flagicon|Greece}} Greece
| 8-1
|
|-
! colspan="3" | Failed to Reach Final
!
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} United States
| 8-1
|
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina
| 7-2
|
|-
! colspan="3" | Failed to Reach Semi-Finals
!
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|FRA}} France
| 6-3
|
|-
| 6
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey
| 6-3
|
|-
| 7
| {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Lithuania
| 5-4
|-
| 8
| {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
| 5-4
|
|-
! colspan="3" | Failed to Reach Quarter-Finals
! Tiebreaker/Goal Average
|-
| 9
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
| 4-2
|
|-
! colspan="4" |
|-
| 10
| {{flagicon|Angola}} Angola
| 3-3
|
|-
! colspan="4" |
|-
| 11
| {{flagicon|SCG}} Serbia and Montenegro
| 2-4
| 1.1025
|-
| 12
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia
| 2-4
| 0.9904
|-
| 13
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia
| 2-4
| 0.9589
|-
| 14
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Nigeria
| 2-4
| 0.9512
|-
| 15
| {{flagicon|China}} China
| 2-4
| 0.8873
|-
| 16
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand
| 2-4
| 0.8623
|-
! colspan="3" | Failed to Reach Eight-Finals
! Tiebreaker/Goal Average
|-
| 17
| {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico
| 2-3
| 0.9818
|-
| 18
| {{flagicon|LBN}} Lebanon
| 2-3
| 0.7915
|-
! colspan="4" |
|-
| 19
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
| 1-4
| 1.0179
|-
| 20
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
| 1-4
| 0.8193
|-
| 21
| {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela
| 1-4
| 0.7887
|-
! colspan="4" |
|-
| 22
| {{flagicon|SEN}} Senegal
| 0-5
| 0.7871
|-
| 23
| {{flagicon|PAN}} Panama
| 0-5
| 0.7599
|-
| 24
| {{flagicon|QAT}} Qatar
| 0-5
| 0.6798
|}
==Referees==
For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional [[referee]]s.
{| width="100%" style="font-size:95%;"
| valign="top" width="25%" |Group A
*{{flagicon|Japan}} Aibara, Nobuyasu
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} Ankaralı, Recep
*{{flagicon|Iran}} Avanessian, Heros
*{{flagicon|Australia}} Aylen, Michael
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Chlif, Abdellilah
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Dovidavičius, Virginijus
*{{flagicon|Italy}} Facchini, Fabio
*{{flagicon|Finland}} Jungebrand, Carl
*{{flagicon|USA}} Moore, Terry Matthew
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Trías Iglesias, Álvaro Darío
| valign="top" width="25%" |Group B
*{{flagicon|Mozambique}} Muhimua Joao, Abreu
*{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Belošević, Ilija
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Carrión, José Aníbal
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} Chiti, Alejandro César
*{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Noujaim, Rabah
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ryzhyk, Borys
*{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Sudek, Petr
*{{flagicon|France}} Viator, Eddie
*{{flagicon|China}} Yang Maogong
| valign="top" width="25%" |Group C
*{{flagicon|Spain}} Arteaga, Juan Carlos
*{{flagicon|Italy}} Cerebuch, Guerrino
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} Estévez, Pablo Alberto
*{{flagicon|Canada}} Homsy, Mike Amir
*{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Mercedes Sánchez, Reynaldo Antonio
*{{flagicon|Japan}} Miyatake, Yosuke
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} Muhvić, Dubravko
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Pukl, Saša
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Rush|Rush, Eddie Fernanzo]]
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Vázquez, Jorge
| valign="top" width="25%" |Group D
*{{flagicon|Israel}} Bachar, Shmuel
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Brazauskas, Romualdas
*{{flagicon|Australia}} Butler, Scott Jason
*{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Delgado Casadiego, Daniel Alfredo
*{{flagicon|Japan}} Hirahara, Yuji
*{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Jovčić, Milivoje
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} Maranho, Cristiano Jesus
*{{flagicon|Spain}} Martín Bertrán, José Antonio
*{{flagicon|Angola}} Simão, Domingos Francisco
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} Altındal, Mustafa
|}
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Basketball World Cup 2006}}
* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp FIBA World Championship 2006 Official Site]
* [http://www.4wdmedia.de/download/basketball-worldchampionship-japan-2006.ics All games as calendar in ical-format]
* [http://fibaworldchampionship2006.blogspot.com/ FIBA World Championship 2006 - Unofficial blog]
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