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
47 70
1234 Total
Greece 12111113 47
Spain 18251116 70
Date3 September 2006
VenueSaitama Super Arena, Saitama
Attendance18,500[1]

It was the first Final 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 47–70, and won its first World Cup title. Also, Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Route to the final
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

Spain had to 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		 Report Pts: Garbajosa, Navarro 20
Rebs: Jiménez 11
Asts: Garbajosa, Rodríguez 4		 Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Attendance: 18,500
Greece
Spain


Starters:PtsRebAst
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 13 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:PtsRebAst
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

0

GreeceStatistics[3]Spain
18/55 (32.7%)2-pt field goals26/61 (42.6%)
5/21 (23.8%)3-pt field goals12/30 (40%)
6/12 (50%)Free throws6/11 (54.5%)
10Offensive rebounds14
22Defensive rebounds26
32Total rebounds40
9Assists16
18Turnovers17
4Steals9
4Blocks2
19Fouls12

References
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