2006 FIBA World Championship

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The 2006 FIBA World Championship will be hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It is co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organizing Committee.

For the first time since 1986, the World Championship will have 24 competing nations, an increase from 16.

Venues

City Arena
Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Arena
Hiroshima Hiroshima Green Arena
Saitama Saitama Super Arena (site of final)
Sapporo Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center (KITAYELL)
Sendai Sendai Gymnasium

Competing nations

The following national teams will be competing:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Argentina Argentina
France France
Lebanon Lebanon
Nigeria Nigeria
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
Venezuela Venezuela

Angola Angola
Germany Germany
Japan Japan
New Zealand New Zealand
Panama Panama
Spain Spain

Australia Australia
Brazil Brazil
Greece Greece
Lithuania Lithuania
Qatar Qatar
Turkey Turkey

China China
Italy Italy
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Senegal Senegal
Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States

Teams qualified

Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia & Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations. Argentina qualified as the champion of the 2004 Olympics. The remaining 18 countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournments (six from Europe, four from the Americas, three from each of Asia and Africa and two from Oceania).

The draw for 2006 World Championship was held in Tokyo on 15 January 2006. In the preliminary rounds, Group A will play at Sendai, Group B at Hiroshima, Group C at Hamamatsu and Group D at Sapporo.

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries each will have 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary Rounds

Group A (Sendai)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff H2H for tied teams
Argentina Argentina 10 5 5 0 464 339 +125 x
France France 8 5 3 2 353 329 +24 x
Nigeria Nigeria 7 5 2 3 371 393 -22 2W-0L
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 7 5 2 3 409 352 +57 1W-1L
Lebanon Lebanon 7 5 2 3 357 451 -94 0W-2L
Venezuela Venezuela 6 5 1 4 336 426 -90 x

August 19, 2006

Venezuela Venezuela 72–82 Lebanon Lebanon
Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 75–82 Nigeria Nigeria
Argentina Argentina 80–70 France France

August 20, 2006

Nigeria Nigeria 77–84 Venezuela Venezuela
Lebanon Lebanon 72–107 Argentina Argentina
France France 65–61 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro

August 21, 2006

Argentina Argentina 96–54 Venezuela Venezuela
Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 104–57 Lebanon Lebanon
France France 64–53 Nigeria Nigeria

August 23, 2006

Nigeria Nigeria 64–98 Argentina Argentina
Venezuela Venezuela 65–90 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro
Lebanon Lebanon 74–73 France France

August 24, 2006

Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 79–83 Argentina Argentina
Lebanon Lebanon 72–95 Nigeria Nigeria
France France 81–61 Venezuela Venezuela

Group B (Hiroshima)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Spain Spain 10 5 5 0 476 336 +140
Germany Germany 9 5 4 1 421 384 +37
Angola Angola 8 5 3 2 451 406 +45
New Zealand New Zealand 7 5 2 3 345 393 -48
Japan Japan 6 5 1 4 322 393 -71
Panama Panama 5 5 0 5 326 429 -103

August 19, 2006

Germany Germany 81–70 Japan Japan
Angola Angola 83–70 Panama Panama
Spain Spain 86–70 New Zealand New Zealand

August 20, 2006

Japan Japan 62–87 Angola Angola
New Zealand New Zealand 56–80 Germany Germany
Panama Panama 57–101 Spain Spain

August 21, 2006

Angola Angola 95–73 New Zealand New Zealand
Germany Germany 71–92 Spain Spain
Japan Japan 78–61 Panama Panama

August 23, 2006

Spain Spain 93–83 Angola Angola
Panama Panama 63–81 Germany Germany
New Zealand New Zealand 60–57 Japan Japan

August 24, 2006

Angola Angola 103–108 Germany Germany
New Zealand New Zealand 86–75 Panama Panama
Japan Japan 55–104 Spain Spain

Group C (Hamamatsu)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Greece Greece 10 5 5 0 404 358 +46
Turkey Turkey 9 5 4 1 370 351 +19
Lithuania Lithuania 8 5 3 2 413 353 +60
Australia Australia 7 5 2 3 370 349 +21
Brazil Brazil 6 5 1 4 399 392 +7
Qatar Qatar 5 5 0 5 310 456 -146

August 19, 2006

Brazil Brazil 77–83 Australia Australia
Greece Greece 84–64 Qatar Qatar
Turkey Turkey 76–74 Lithuania Lithuania

August 20, 2006

Qatar Qatar 66–97 Brazil Brazil
Australia Australia 68–76 Turkey Turkey
Lithuania Lithuania 76–81 Greece Greece

August 22, 2006

Lithuania Lithuania 106–65 Qatar Qatar
Greece Greece 72–69 Australia Australia
Turkey Turkey 73–71 Brazil Brazil

August 23, 2006

Australia Australia 57–78 Lithuania Lithuania
Qatar Qatar 69–76 Turkey Turkey
Brazil Brazil 80–91 Greece Greece

August 24, 2006

Australia Australia 93–46 Qatar Qatar
Lithuania Lithuania 79–74 Brazil Brazil
Greece Greece 76–69 Turkey Turkey

Group D (Sapporo)

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff H2H for tied teams PF-PA ratio for tied teams
United States United States 10 5 5 0 543 428 +115 x x
Italy Italy 9 5 4 1 386 367 +19 x x
Slovenia Slovenia 7 5 2 3 434 433 +1 1W-1L (167-160, 1.0438)
China China 7 5 2 3 424 455 -31 1W-1L (165-167, 0.9880)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 7 5 2 3 432 440 -8 1W-1L (172-177, 0.9718)
Senegal Senegal 5 5 0 5 355 451 -96 x x

August 19, 2006

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 100–111 United States United States
Slovenia Slovenia 96–79 Senegal Senegal
China China 69–84 Italy Italy

August 20, 2006

Senegal Senegal 79–88 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Italy Italy 80–76 Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States 121–90 China China

August 22, 2006

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 90–87 China China
Italy Italy 64–56 Senegal Senegal
Slovenia Slovenia 95–114 United States United States

August 23, 2006

Senegal Senegal 83–100 China China
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 82–90 Slovenia Slovenia
United States United States 94–85 Italy Italy

August 24, 2006

Slovenia Slovenia 77–78 China China
Italy Italy 73–72 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
United States United States 103–58 Senegal Senegal

Knockout stage (Saitama)

All times local (UTC +9)

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
August 26, 2006 - 10:00
 
 
Argentina Argentina
 
August 29, 2006 - 16:30
 
New Zealand New Zealand
 
 
 
August 26, 2006 - 17:00
 
 
 
Turkey Turkey
 
September 1, 2006 - 16:30
 
Slovenia Slovenia
 
 
 
August 26, 2006 - 20:00
 
 
 
Spain Spain
 
August 29, 2006 - 19:30
 
Serbia and Montenegro
 
 
 
August 26, 2006 - 13:00
 
 
 
Italy Italy
 
September 3, 2006 - 19:30
 
Lithuania Lithuania
 
 
 
August 27, 2006 - 20:00
 
 
 
Greece Greece
 
August 30, 2006 - 16:30
 
China China
 
 
 
August 27, 2006 - 17:00
 
 
 
France France
 
September 1, 2006 - 19:30
 
Angola Angola
 
 
 
August 27, 2006 - 13:00
 
 Third place
 
United States United States
 
August 30, 2006 - 19:30September 2, 2006 - 19:30
 
Australia Australia
 
  
 
August 27, 2006 - 10:00
 
  
 
Germany Germany
 
 
Nigeria Nigeria
 

5th to 8th place

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
August 31, 2006 - 16:30
 
 
 
 
September 2, 2006 - 16:30
 
 
 
 
 
August 31, 2006 - 19:30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
September 3, 2006 - 16:30
 
 
 
 
 
 

Referees

For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees.

Group A
  • Japan Aibara, Nobuyasu
  • Turkey Ankara, Recep
  • Iran Avanessian, Heros
  • Australia Aylen, Michael
  • Moroco Chlif, Abdellilah
  • Lithuania Dovidavičius, Virginijus
  • Italy Facchini, Fabio
  • Finland Jungebrand, Carl
  • United States Moore, Terry Matthew
  • Uruguay Trías Iglesias, Álvaro Darío
Group B
  • Mozambique Muhimua Joao, Abreu
  • Serbia and Montenegro Belošević, Ilija
  • Puerto Rico Carrión, José Aníbal
  • Argentina Chiti, Alejandro César
  • Lebanon Noujaim, Rabah
  • Ukraine Ryzhyk, Borys
  • Slovaquia Sudek, Petr
  • France Viator, Eddie
  • China Yang, Maogong
Group C
  • Spain Arteaga, Juan
  • Italy Cerebuch, Guerrino
  • Argentina Estévez, Pablo Alberto
  • Canada Homsy, Mike Amir
  • Dominican Rep. Mercedes Sánchez, Reynaldo Antonio
  • Japan Miyatake, Yosuke
  • Croatia Muhvić, Dubravko
  • Slovenia Pukl, Saša
  • United States Rush, Eddie Fernanzo
  • Puerto Rico Vázquez, Jorge
Group D
  • Israel Bachar, Shmuel
  • Lithuania Brazauskas, Romualdas
  • Australia Butler, Scott Jason
  • Venezuela Delgado Casadiego, Daniel Alfredo
  • Japan Hirahara, Yuji
  • Serbia and Montenegro Jovčić, Milivoje
  • Brazil Maranho, Cristiano Jesus
  • Spain Martín , José
  • Angola Simao, Domingos Francisco
  • Turkey Mustafa Altindal

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