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Spain won the 2006 FIBA World Championship, defeating Greece 70-47 in the final. It was the first medal Spain had ever won in a FIBA World Championship, and they finished the tournament with a perfect 9-0 record.
Pau Gasol of Spain won the MVP award at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He was the first Spaniard to win the award, having led Spain through all nine games despite suffering an injury in the semifinals.
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was held in Japan from the 19th of August to the 3rd of September 2006. Group games were played in Sendai, Hiroshima, Hamamatsu, and Sapporo, with the knockout rounds held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City.
Twenty-four teams competed in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the most since 1986 and eight more than participated in 2002. Teams qualified through FIBA's continental federations, the 2004 Olympics, and four wild-card invitations.
The 2006 final between Spain and Greece was the first final in the tournament's history, dating back to 1950, in which none of the traditional powers - Argentina, the United States, the Soviet Union, Brazil, or Yugoslavia - competed. Up to 2019, it remained the only tournament where neither the USA nor any Yugoslav successor reached the final.
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the final appearance of Serbia and Montenegro as a unified national team. Montenegro held a successful independence referendum in May 2006, and the two nations subsequently became independent countries after the tournament concluded.