JAPAN 2006 EVENT OUTLINE

 Name of Event
  FIBA World Championship 2006

 Organizer
  International Basketball Federation (FIBA)

 Co-organizers
 Japan Basketball Association
 FIBA World Championship 2006 Japan Organizing Committee

 Government, national associations and city support
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
 Saitama Prefecture
 Saitama City
 Hokkaido
 Sapporo City
 Miyagi Prefecture
 Sendai City
 Shizuoka Prefecture
 Hamamatsu City
 Hiroshima Prefecture
 Hiroshima City
 Japanese Olympic Committee
 Japan Amateur Sports Association

 Local association support
 Saitama Basketball Association / Saitama City Basketball Association
 Hokkaido Basketball Association / Sapporo City Basketball Association
 Miyagi Basketball Association / Sendai City Basketball Association
 Shizuoka Basketball Association / Hamamatsu City Basketball Association
 Hiroshima Amateur Basketball Association / Hiroshima City Basketball
       Association

 Participating teams
 Group A: NIGERIA / LEBANON / ARGENTINA / FRANCE / VENEZUELA / SERBIA &
       MONTENEGRO
 Group B: PANAMA / NEW ZEALAND / GERMANY / JAPAN / SPAIN / ANGOLA
 Group C: QATAR / AUSTRALIA / TURKEY / LITHUANIA / BRAZIL / GREECE
 Group D: SENEGAL / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / CHINA / ITALY / PUERTO 
       RICO / SLOVENIA
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 Qualification of the participating teams
 Zone qualification (20 teams) 
       20 teams qualified during the zone qualifications held in August and
       September 2005
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 Wild card (FIBA invited nations) (4 teams)
       4 teams qualified as wild card at the FIBA Central Board on
       26-27 November 2005.
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 Dates : Sat. 19 August - Sun. 3 September 2006
 Group Games: Sat.19-Thu.24 Aug.6
 Final Round: Sat.26 Aug.-Sun.3 Sep. 2006 
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 Venues
 Group games
       - Sapporo group: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center (KITAYELL)
          (Sapporo City, Hokkaido)
       - Sendai group: Sendai-city Gymnasium (Sendai City, Miyagi)
       - Hamamatsu group: Hamamatsu Arena (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka)
       - Hiroshima group: Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (Hiroshima GreenArena)
       (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima)

 Final round
       Saitama Super Arena (Saitama City, Saitama)

 System of Competition
 Group games (Total 60 matches)
       The 24 participating teams will be divided into 4 groups of 6 teams each.
       Each team will play all the other teams in its own group (i.e. single round-robin
       league match). The 4 best-placed teams in each group (i.e. total 16 teams) will
       qualify for the Eighth-Finals.
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 Final round (Total 20 matches)
       Matches will take place between teams placed 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 3rd in
       each group of the Group Games, and the winners will qualify for the Quarter
       Finals. The winner of the Quarter Finals will proceed to the Semi-Finals
       and Finals, the losers will play consolation games for the places 5-8.
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 Award
  James Naismith Trophy will be granted to the winner of the Championship. 
 Trophy

 Broadcast
  Each broadcasting TV is specified within the schedule page
 FIBA 2006 broadcaster partners