2006 FIBA World Championship

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• 2006 FIBA World Championships
• 2006 WCOB
• 2006 World Basketball Championship
• 2006 World Basketball Championships
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1. an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006

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2. co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organizing Committee. Badtz-Maru, a fellow character of Hello Kitty from Japanese company Sanrio, was the official 2006 mascot

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3. For the first time since 1986, the World Championship was contested by 24 nations, eight more than in 2002

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4. As a result, group rounds were conducted in four different cities, with the knockout rounds being hosted by Saitama City

   

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5. The tournament was won by Spain, who, in the championship final, beat Greece, 70-47, to finish the tournament having won all nine games played

   

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6. FIBA World Championship 2006 - Unofficial blog

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   Teams qualified.

   

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8. All games as calendar in ical-format

   

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9. The following national teams competed: Japan qualified as the host country, and Italy, Puerto Rico, Serbia & Montenegro, and Turkey gained FIBA wild-card invitations

   

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    Scene from the final

    

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11. FIBA World Championship 2006 Official Site

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    Spain's Gold Medal ceremony

    

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13. At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster

    

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15. All times local (UTC +9)

    

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16. The final was an unexpectedly one-sided affair, with Spain dominating from the beginning and limiting Greece (exhibiting possible fatigue from its previous game with the U.S.) to just 47 points, fewer than the Greeks had scored in any single game in

    

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17. For the World Championship, FIBA selected 40 professional referees

    

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