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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] 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 ...
Spain won the tournament by beating Greece 70–47 in the championship final. Spain won all nine games they played. Spain's gold medal in this tournament was the first medal Spain had ever won in a FIBA World Championship. Pau Gasol also became the first Spaniard to win the MVP award. It was the first time a country has won all nine of its ...
Results of Spain men's national basketball team since 1935, as recognized by the Spanish Basketball Federation: [1] Olympic Games, World Cups, EuroBaskets and the respective qualifying tournaments, as well as seven editions of the Mediterranean Games when the A-team was involved.
The 97-77 win against Japan at the Saitama Super Arena north of Tokyo lifted Argentina to 1-2 and advanced them to the quarter-final. Olympics-Basketball-Argentina top Japan for last quarter-final ...
However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. Basketball tournament For the women's tournament, see FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. FIBA Basketball World Cup Upcoming season or competition: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Sport Basketball Founded 1950 ; 75 years ago (1950) First season 1950 No. of teams 32 (finals) Countries FIBA ...
The U.S. women's national basketball team played its first game of the 2024 Olympics in Paris on Monday and defeated Japan 102-76 in its Pool C group play opener.. Former South Carolina star A'ja ...
The USA would go on to win gold again, by the score of 107–100, with Spain coming away with its third Olympic (and second straight) silver medal. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Spain reached the bronze medal match against Australia, where they escaped with a narrow 89–88 victory. [5]