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2006 FIBA World Championship final

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]

2006 FIBA World Championship final
The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama hosted the final
Event2006 FIBA World Championship
Greece Spain
Greece Spain
47 70
1234 Total
Greece 12111113 47
Spain 18251116 70
Date3 September 2006
VenueSaitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance18,500[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

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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 87–75 Round of 16   China 95–64
  Lithuania 89–67 Quarter-finals   France 73–56
  Argentina 75–74 Semi-finals   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   47–70   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)
 
 
 
 
Greece
 
 
 
 
Spain
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:
  Panagiotis Giannakis
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.

 
Saitama Super Arena

2006 World Champions
 
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    DNP
Head coach:
  Pepu Hernández

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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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  1. ^ a b "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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