2006 FIBA World Championship final

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2006 FIBA World Championship final
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The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama hosted the final
Event 2006 FIBA World Championship
Greece Spain
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4770
1234Total
Greece 1211111347
Spain 1825111670
Date3 September 2006
Venue Saitama 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]

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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

SpainRoundGreece
OpponentResult Season OpponentResult
1st in Group B (5–0)Regular season1st in Group C (5–0)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro 87–75Round of 16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 95–64
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 89–67Quarter-finalsFlag of France.svg  France 73–56
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 75–74Semi-finalsFlag of the United States.svg  United States 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. [2] Greece just came off a stunning victory against the United States in their semi-final.

3 September 2006 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg47–70Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Saitama
19:30Scoring 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)
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Greece
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Spain
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 443
SG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 422
SF 15 Michalis Kakiouzis 1791
PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 730
C 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos 200
Reserves:
G 4 Theodoros Papaloukas 1053
C 5 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 200
G 6 Nikos Zisis DNP
SG 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas 030
F 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 020
F 11 Dimos Dikoudis 124
F 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 021
Head coach:
Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Giannakis
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.

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Saitama Super Arena

2006 World Champions
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Spain
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 8 José Calderón 711
SG 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 2043
SF 10 Carlos Jiménez 4110
PF 9 Felipe Reyes 1030
C 15 Jorge Garbajosa 20104
Reserves:
PG 5 Rudy Fernández 000
G 6 Carlos Cabezas 111
G 11 Sergio Rodríguez 013
G 12 Berni Rodríguez 643
C 13 Marc Gasol 270
F 14 Álex Mumbrú 010
C 4 Pau Gasol   Cruz Roja.svg DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Spain.svg Pepu Hernández

GreeceStatistics [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%)
10Offensive rebounds14
22Defensive rebounds26
32Total rebounds40
9Assists16
18Turnovers17
4Steals9
4Blocks2
19Fouls12

References

  1. 1 2 "2006 FIBA World Championship - powered by www.fiba.com". Archived from the original on 2015-05-29.
  2. ↑ "2006 FIBA World Championship - powered by www.fiba.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Sep 3, 2006 - Greece 47 at Spain 70 - RealGM National Basketball Box Score".
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