2006 FIBA World Championship Final 2006 FIBA World Championship Final 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. It was the first Final appearance for Spain, whose best achievement in the World Cup was the fourth place in 1982. Greece also made its first Final appearance, after finishing fourth in the last two tournaments. Spain won the Final 47–70, and won its first World Cup title. Also, Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Spain had to play
Lithuania at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Lithuania at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup This page tracks the progress of the Lithuanian national basketball team participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On May 13, head coach Jonas Kazlauskas announced both the extended 24–player main roster and the reserve roster for the national team. On July 1, he announced the condensed candidate roster consisting of 17 players. On August 11, he narrowed the list down to 14 players. The main goal of the reserve roster is to prepare the team for participation in the 2015 Summer Universiade held in South Korea. Some candidates are listed