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
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids be held in multiple countries and the second straight World Cup to be staged in Asia. The decision was announced during FIBA's year-end meeting on 9 December 2017. On 7 June 2016, FIBA approved the bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Joint bids by member federations was approved by the FIBA Central Board starting from the 2023 edition and there is no restriction for a country from the confederation which hosted the previous edition (China of FIBA Asia) to bid for the World Cup hosting rights. On 1–2 November 2016, FIBA organized a bidding workshop on the