World Basketball Championship 2006

FIBA World Championship 2006
15th basketball world championship
Number of nations	24  (of 212 applicants)
World Champion	Spain (1st title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	August 19, 2006
Endgame	September 3, 2006
Games	80
Basket points	12518   (∅: 156.48 per game)
Most basket points	Dirk Nowitzki (209 points)
Most valuable player	Pau Gasol

The Spanish national basketball team became world champions for the first time

The Greek national basketball team became vice world champions

The 15th World Basketball Championship of Men was held from August 19 to September 3, 2006 in Japan instead. The tournament was hosted by the World Basketball Federation (FIBA), the Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organizing Committee . For the first time since the 1986 World Basketball Championship , 24 instead of 16 teams competed.

The Spanish national basketball team became world champions for the first time. Greece was runner-up in the world championship . Third place went to the United States . The German Dirk Nowitzki scored the most basket points with 209 points. For Most Valuable Player ( Engl. "Wertvollster Player"), short-MVP, the Spaniard was Pau Gasol selected.

Venues

Four venues in four cities were selected as venues. The group phases therefore took place in one city each, while Saitama was the scene of the knockout rounds.

Hamamatsu Hiroshima Saitama Sapporo Sendai

Venues

Hamamatsu	Hiroshima	Saitama	Sapporo	Sendai
Hamamatsu Arena	Hiroshima Green Arena	Saitama Super Arena	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sendai High School
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 6,900	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 6,100
Opening: 1990	Opening: 1994	Opening: 2000	Opening: 1999	Opening: 1984

Attendees

The participating countries are colored blue

The Japanese national basketball team was automatically qualified to host. Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey were nominated by FIBA with a wildcard . The qualified teams were drawn by lot on January 15, 2006 among the various preliminary round groups. The following draw was made:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Argentina  France  Lebanon  Nigeria  Serbia and Montenegro  Venezuela	Angola  Germany  Japan  New Zealand  Panama  Spain	Australia  Brazil  Greece  Qatar  Lithuania  Turkey	People's Republic of China  Italy  Puerto Rico  Senegal  Slovenia  United States

referee

FIBA selected the following 40 professional referees for the tournament:

Group A Aibara, Nobuyasu Avanessian, hero Aylen, Michael Chlif, Abdellilah Dovidavicius, Virginijus Facchini, Fabio Jungebrand, Carl Moore, Terry Matthew Trías Iglesias, Álvaro Darío

Group B Muhimua Joao, Abreu Beloševic, Ilija Carrión, José Aníbal Chiti, Alejandro César Noujaim, Rabah Ryzhyk, Borys Sudek, Petr Viator, Eddie Yang Maogong

Group C Arteaga, Juan Carlos Cerebuch, Guerrino Estévez, Pablo Alberto Homsy, Mike Amir Mercedes Sánchez, Reynaldo Antonio Miyatake, Yosuke Muhvic, Dubravko Pukl, Saša Rush, Eddie Fernanzo Vázquez, Jorge

Group D Bachar, Shmuel Brazauskas, Romualdas Butler, Scott Jason Delgado Casadiego, Daniel Alfredo Hirahara, Yuji Jovcic, Milivoje Maranho, Cristiano Jesus Martín Bertrán, José Antonio Simão, Domingos Francisco

mode

In the preliminary round, six teams played against each other in four groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time. The four teams with the highest points in each group qualified for the round of 16. In the event of a tie, decided

1. the direct comparison
2. the basket quotient for the matches between the teams with the same points
3. the basket quotient for all encounters in the group
4. the lot

about the placement.

After the preliminary round, the four best teams in each group competed against each other in a knockout system . In the round of 16, the group winners played against the fourth-placed and the second-placed against the third-placed from the other group in the same half of the table (A / B, C / D). In the quarter-finals, the two halves of the table then overlapped, so that teams from the same preliminary round group could meet again in the semifinals at the earliest. From the quarter-finals, eliminated teams also played placement games.

Preliminary round

Legend:

S.	Games played
G	Games won
V	Lost games
	Team qualified for the round of 16
	Team eliminated in the preliminary round

The preliminary round matches for groups A to D were played from August 19 to 24, 2006. The best four teams in each group reached the final round . The remaining teams were eliminated.

Group A - Sendai

city ​​square	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Argentina	5	5	0	464: 339	10	+125
2	France	5	3	2	353: 329	8th	+24
3	Nigeria	5	2	3	371: 393	7th	−22
4th	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	409: 352	7th	+57
5	Lebanon	5	2	3	357: 451	7th	−94
6th	Venezuela	5	1	4th	336: 426	6th	−90

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
A1	08/19/2006	Venezuela	Lebanon	20:23	20:13	17:20	15:26	-	72:82
A2	08/19/2006	Serbia and Montenegro	Nigeria	19:25	19:17	18:17	19:23	-	75:82
A3	08/19/2006	Argentina	France	25:23	19:10	12:17	24:20	-	80:70
A4	08/20/2006	Nigeria	Venezuela	17:16	10:26	22:22	28:20	-	77:84
A5	08/20/2006	Lebanon	Argentina	09:29	23:21	7:30 p.m.	21:27	-	72: 107
A6	08/20/2006	France	Serbia and Montenegro	21:19	09:11	18:14	17:17	-	65:61
A7	08/21/2006	Argentina	Venezuela	18:10	21:11	35:17	22:16	-	96:54
A8	08/21/2006	Serbia and Montenegro	Lebanon	30:18	25:15	24:10	25:14	-	104: 57
A9	08/21/2006	France	Nigeria	17: 07	16: 08	14:21	17:17	-	64:53
A10	08/23/2006	Nigeria	Argentina	20:29	10:12	17:32	17:25	-	64:98
A11	08/23/2006	Venezuela	Serbia and Montenegro	13:27	16:19	14:25	22:19	-	65:90
A12	08/23/2006	Lebanon	France	21:14	22:16	10:19	21:24	-	74:73
A13	08/24/2006	Serbia and Montenegro	Argentina	21:22	20:18	25:21	13:22	-	79:83
A14	08/24/2006	Lebanon	Nigeria	17:25	16:22	25:23	14:25	-	72:95
A15	08/24/2006	France	Venezuela	24:17	17:14	25:17	15:13	-	81:61

Group B - Hiroshima

city ​​square	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	5	5	0	476: 336	10	+140
2	Germany	5	4th	1	421: 384	9	+37
3	Angola	5	3	2	451: 406	8th	+45
4th	New Zealand	5	2	3	345: 393	7th	−48
5	Japan	5	1	4th	322: 393	6th	−71
6th	Panama	5	0	5	326: 429	5	−103

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
B1	08/19/2006	Germany	Japan	34:20	16:17	16:19	15:14	-	81:70
B2	08/19/2006	Angola	Panama	27:15	10:18	28:15	18:22	-	83:70
B3	08/19/2006	Spain	New Zealand	25:21	23:15	20:12	18:22	-	86:70
B4	08/20/2006	Japan	Angola	21:16	11:28	11:22	19:21	-	62:87
B5	08/20/2006	New Zealand	Germany	11:21	06:17	24:26	15:16	-	56:80
B6	08/20/2006	Panama	Spain	11:23	16:24	11:19	15:31	-	57: 101
B7	08/21/2006	Angola	New Zealand	21:12	28:20	20:23	26:18	-	95:73
B8	08/21/2006	Germany	Spain	22:26	19:22	19:24	11:20	-	71:92
B9	08/21/2006	Japan	Panama	14:22	22:11	21:12	21:16	-	78:61
B10	08/23/2006	Spain	Angola	25:12	21:24	19:21	28:26	-	93:83
B11	08/23/2006	Panama	Germany	15:17	23:20	07:26	18:18	-	63:81
B12	08/23/2006	New Zealand	Japan	13:26	07:12	16:10	24: 09	-	60:57
B13	08/24/2006	Angola	Germany	16:21	14:12	08:14	31:22	14:14 12:12 08:13	103: 108
B14	08/24/2006	New Zealand	Panama	31:25	17:13	17:16	21:21	-	86:75
B15	08/24/2006	Japan	Spain	14:27	13:20	09:31	19:24	-	55: 104

Group C - Hamamatsu

city ​​square	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Greece	5	5	0	404: 358	10	+46
2	Turkey	5	4th	1	372: 360	9	+12
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	413: 344	8th	+69
4th	Australia	5	2	3	370: 349	7th	+21
5	Brazil	5	1	4th	399: 392	6th	+7
6th	Qatar	5	0	5	310: 456	5	−146

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
C1	08/19/2006	Brazil	Australia	21:21	17:19	19:16	20:27	-	77:83
C2	08/19/2006	Greece	Qatar	07:18	31:13	18:14	28:19	-	84:64
C3	08/19/2006	Turkey	Lithuania	19:17	25:23	12:19	20:15	-	76:74
C4	08/20/2006	Qatar	Brazil	13:27	16:24	19:24	18:22	-	66:97
C5	08/20/2006	Australia	Turkey	12:16	28:10	15:23	13:27	-	68:76
C6	08/20/2006	Lithuania	Greece	18:22	26:15	14:20	11:12	07:12	76:81
C7	08/22/2006	Lithuania	Qatar	31:11	29:17	18:23	28:14	-	106: 65
C8	08/22/2006	Greece	Australia	17:17	22:17	16:22	17:13	-	72:69
C9	08/22/2006	Turkey	Brazil	25:23	18:14	13:21	17:13	-	73:71
C10	08/23/2006	Australia	Lithuania	15:20	13:15	14:25	15:18	-	57:78
C11	08/23/2006	Qatar	Turkey	16:27	19:22	14:16	20:11	-	69:76
C12	08/23/2006	Brazil	Greece	16:28	16:21	19:18	29:24	-	80:91
C13	08/24/2006	Australia	Qatar	18:16	23:14	25: 04	27:12	-	93:46
C14	08/24/2006	Lithuania	Brazil	35:17	13:20	16:12	15:25	-	79:74
C15	08/24/2006	Greece	Turkey	24:19	13:23	17: 05	22:22	-	76:69

Group D - Sapporo

city ​​square	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	United States	5	5	0	543: 428	10	+115
2	Italy	5	4th	1	386: 367	9	+19
3	Slovenia	5	2	3	434: 433	7th	+1
4th	China	5	2	3	424: 455	7th	−31
5	Puerto Rico	5	2	3	432: 440	7th	−8
6th	Senegal	5	0	5	355: 451	5	−96

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
D1	08/19/2006	Puerto Rico	United States	24:23	27:34	23:30	26:24	-	100: 111
D2	08/19/2006	Slovenia	Senegal	32:15	16:22	31:19	17:23	-	96:79
D3	08/19/2006	China	Italy	17:16	18:23	21:28	13:17	-	69:84
D4	08/20/2006	Senegal	Puerto Rico	16:26	21:18	23:22	19:22	-	79:88
D5	08/20/2006	Italy	Slovenia	14:22	22:21	23:13	21:20	-	80:76
D6	08/20/2006	United States	China	32:17	31:31	32:24	26:18	-	121: 90
D7	08/22/2006	China	Puerto Rico	24:16	14:23	22:15	16:22	11:14	87:90
D8	08/22/2006	Italy	Senegal	16:16	12:15	14:14	22:11	-	64:56
D9	08/22/2006	Slovenia	United States	27:30	22:36	21:25	25:23	-	95: 114
D10	08/23/2006	Senegal	China	27:24	22:21	19:26	15:29	-	83: 100
D11	08/23/2006	Puerto Rico	Slovenia	17:27	16:25	22:15	27:23	-	82:90
D12	08/23/2006	United States	Italy	25:19	11:26	35:19	23:21	-	94:85
D13	08/24/2006	Slovenia	China	22:17	24:21	13:19	18:21	-	77:78
D14	08/24/2006	Italy	Puerto Rico	21:23	17:20	21:13	14:16	-	73:72
D15	08/24/2006	United States	Senegal	26:13	32:11	23:16	22:18	-	103: 58

Final round

The final round matches were played from August 26 to September 3, 2006.

mode

After the preliminary round, the first four teams in each group qualified for the final round. The losers in the round of 16 were eliminated, while the winners advanced to the quarter-finals. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the "small semifinals". The winners of the semi-finals met in the final, the losers in the game for 3rd place. The winners of the "small semifinals" played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

61 - 08/26/2006 - 03:00

Argentina

79

70 - 08/29/2006 - 12:30

New Zealand

62

Argentina

83

63 - 08/26/2006 - 10:00

Turkey

58

Turkey

90

75 - 01.09.2006 - 12:30

Slovenia

84

Argentina

74

64 - 08/26/2006 - 13:00

Spain

75

Spain

87

69 - 08/29/2006 - 09:30

Serbia and Montenegro

75

Spain

89

62 - 08/26/2006 - 06:00

Lithuania

67

Italy

68

80 - 03.09.2006 - 12:30

Lithuania

71

Spain

70

68 - 08/27/2006 - 13:00

Greece

47

Greece

95

71 - 08/30/2006 - 9:30 am

China

64

Greece

73

67 - 08/27/2006 - 10:00

France

56

France

68

76 - 09/01/2006 - 09:30

Angola

62

Greece

101

66 - 08/27/2006 - 06:00

United States

95

3rd place match

United States

113

72 - 08/30/2006 - 12:30

79 - 02.09.2006 - 12:30

Australia

73

United States

85

Argentina

81

65 - 08/27/2006 - 03:00

Germany

65

United States

96

Germany

78

Nigeria

77

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th city ​​square
	73 - 08/31/2006 - 9:30 am
	Lithuania	84
	Turkey	95
					78 - 09/02/2006 - 09:30
					Turkey	56
					France	64
					7th and 8th place
	74 - 08/31/2006 - 12:30				77 - 09/03/2006 - 09:30
	France	75			Lithuania	77
	Germany	73			Germany	62

Round of 16

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
61	08/26/2006	Argentina	New Zealand	21:16	16:13	22:15	20:18	-	79:62
62	08/26/2006	Italy	Lithuania	20:17	15:19	14:14	19:21	-	68:71
63	08/26/2006	Turkey	Slovenia	20:19	24:17	16:24	30:24	-	90:84
64	08/26/2006	Spain	Serbia and Montenegro	20:10	23:21	23:21	21:23	-	87:75
65	08/27/2006	Germany	Nigeria	25:22	23:22	14:14	16:19	-	78:77
66	08/27/2006	United States	Australia	27:23	32: 6	29:20	25:24	-	113: 73
67	08/27/2006	France	Angola	17: 6	17:18	15:11	19:27	-	68:62
68	08/27/2006	Greece	China	11:18	30:18	26: 6	28:22	-	95:64

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
69	08/29/2006	Spain	Lithuania	28:11	19:19	18:12	24:25	-	89:67
70	08/29/2006	Argentina	Turkey	25:16	18: 7	32:17	8:18	-	83:58
71	08/30/2006	Greece	France	12: 8	22:16	19:19	20:13	-	73:56
72	08/30/2006	United States	Germany	23:21	17:18	27:13	18:13	-	85:65

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
73	08/31/2006	Lithuania	Turkey	10:19	17: 4	21:17	27:35	9:20	84:95
74	08/31/2006	France	Germany	17:16	21:15	15:26	22:16	-	75:73

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
75	09/01/2006	Spain	Argentina	15:21	25:17	20:18	15:18	-	75:74
76	09/01/2006	Greece	United States	14:20	31:21	32:24	24:30	-	101: 95

Game for 7th place

Match Lithuania - Germany

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
77	09/03/2006	Lithuania	Germany	30:17	17:24	11:13	19: 8	-	77:62

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
78	09/02/2006	Turkey	France	7:20	13:15	23:14	13:15	-	56:64

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
79	09/02/2006	Argentina	United States	27:21	22:29	13:19	19:27	-	81:96

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
80	09/03/2006	Spain	Greece	18:12	25:11	11:11	16:13	-	70:47

Bottom line

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final rounds
1	Spain	9: 0	1.3109
2	Greece	8: 1	1.1162
3	USA	8: 1	1.1162
4th	Argentina	7: 2	1.2397
5	France	6: 3	1.0387
6th	Turkey	6: 3	0.9940
7th	Lithuania	5: 4	1.1380
8th	Germany	5: 4	1.0530
Not in the quarterfinals
9	Italy	4: 2	1.0365
10	Angola	3: 3	1.0822
11	Serbia and Montenegro	2: 4	1.1025
12th	Slovenia	2: 4	0.9904
13th	Australia	2: 4	0.9589
14th	Nigeria	2: 4	0.9512
15th	China	2: 4	0.8873
16	New Zealand	2: 4	0.8623
Not in the round of 16
17th	Puerto Rico	2: 3	0.9818
18th	Lebanon	2: 3	0.7915
19th	Brazil	1: 4	1.0179
20th	Japan	1: 4	0.8193
21	Venezuela	1: 4	0.7887
22nd	Senegal	0: 5	0.7871
23	Panama	0: 5	0.7599
24	Qatar	0: 5	0.6798

Awards

Most valuable player

The Spaniard Pau Gasol was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament , although he was unable to play in the victorious final against Greece due to an injury. He broke his left foot in the semi-final against Argentina . In a total of eight games, Gasol averaged 21.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.4 blocks per game. He had a hit rate of 63.1% (65 out of 103) from the field and 66.7% (40 out of 60) from the free throw line.

Team of the tournament

In addition to the Spaniard Pau Gasol , his teammate Jorge Garbajosa , the American Carmelo Anthony , the Argentine Manu Ginóbili and the Greek Theodoros Papaloukas were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

statistics

In the total of 80 games, 12,518 points were scored. There were 2,136 assists and 430 blocked throws.

Most of the points

player	country	Points
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	209
Carmelo Anthony	USA	179
Pau Gasol	Spain	170
Dwyane Wade	USA	154
Yao Ming	China	152

Most points per game

player	country	Points
Yao Ming	China	25.3
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	24.2
Pau Gasol	Spain	21.3
Carlos Arroyo	Puerto Rico	21.2
Elias Ayuso	Puerto Rico	21.2

reporting

Selected games, especially those with German participation and some games in the knockout rounds, were broadcast live on the German sports television broadcaster DSF . The games were commented alternately by Frank Buschmann and Michael Körner , but from the broadcasting center in Munich and not directly from Japan.

See also

• Basketball world championship
• World Basketball Championship (women) 2006

Web links

• Official website of the FIBA ​​World Championship 2006 (English, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese)
• FIBA archive entry for the 2006 World Basketball Championship (statistics, match results, team lineups) (English)
• Official website of FIBA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Latest basketball news - Press Release no.38: ITA, PUR, SCG and TUR receive Wild Cards (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
2. ↑ World Championship for Men - Preliminary Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
3. ↑ World Championship for Men - Eight Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2010. 
4. ↑ World Championship for Men - Quarter Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2010. 
5. ↑ World Championship for Men - Classifications (5-8) (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ World Championship for Men - Semi-Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2010. 
7. ↑ World Championship for Men - Classifications (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ World Championship for Men - Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2010. 
9. ↑ 2006 FIBA ​​World Championship, Statistics: Players - Leaders, Total Points: All Rounds (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 20, 2011. 
10. ↑ 2006 FIBA ​​World Championship, Statistics: Players - Leaders, Point Per Game: All Rounds (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 20, 2011.