2006 FIBA World Championship Final the Final without their star player, later to be named tournament MVP, Pau Gasol, who suffered partial fracture of his fifth metatarsal in his left foot in the Semi-final against Argentina. Greece just came off a stunning victory against the United States in their Semi-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
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup to L will qualify for the final knockout phase. Classification rounds will be revived after they were not held in 2014. They were traditionally held in every World Championship/World Cup and were last seen in action in 2010. In total, 92 games will be played over a total of 16 days. The draw will take place on March 16, 2019 in Shenzhen. Bottom 2 teams from each group in Round 1 will play in the Classification Round. The official logo of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was officially unveiled on 21 March 2017 in a ceremony held in Shanghai.