2006 FIBA World Championship final

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2006 FIBA World Championship final
File:Japanese Saitama Super Arena.jpg
The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama hosted the final
Event2006 FIBA World Championship
Greece Spain
Greece Spain
47 70
1234Total
Greece 1211111347
Spain 1825111670
Date3 September 2006
VenueSaitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance18,500[1]
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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.[1]

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

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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 16 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 95–64
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 89–67 Quarter-finals File:Flag of France.svg France 73–56
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 75–74 Semi-finals File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 101–95

Match details

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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.[2] Greece just came off a stunning victory against the United States in their semi-final.

3 September 2006 Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 47–70 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Saitama
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 11–25, 11–11, 13–16
Pts: Kakiouzis 17
Rebs: Kakiouzis 9
Asts: Papaloukas, Diamantidis 3 		Boxscore Pts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20
Rebs: Jiménez 11
Asts: Garbajosa, Rodríguez 4 		Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Attendance: 18,500
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Terry Moore (USA), Pablo Alberto Estévez (ARG)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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
Reserves:
G 4 Theodoros Papaloukas 10 5 3
C 5 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 2 0 0
G 6 Nikos Zisis DNP
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
Head coach:
Greece Panagiotis Giannakis
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.

File:Japanese Saitama Super Arena.jpg
Saitama Super Arena

2006 World Champions
Spain
Spain
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 8 José Calderón 7 1 1
SG 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 20 4 3
SF 10 Carlos Jiménez 4 11 0
PF 9 Felipe Reyes 10 3 0
C 15 Jorge Garbajosa 20 10 4
Reserves:
PG 5 Rudy Fernández 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  Injured DNP
Head coach:
Spain Pepu Hernández

Greece Statistics[3] 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

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