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
FIBA Basketball World Cup nations which were participating in the tournament during the first week of the group phase. Most games involving European teams had a market share of at least 20%, including a 40% market share in Finland, for the Finnish national team's game against the Dominican Republic. The TV ratings in the United States beat out the 2014 US Tennis Open, but some US sports media still described Americans as not caring about the FIBA Basketball World Cup. In the Philippines, the entire tournament had an average reach of 67.8%. FIBA Basketball World Cup The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as