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Spain is the FIBA World Championship - 2006 Champion, Final Game score Spain vs Greece, 70-47. Spain’s victory in their first final means they finished the summer unbeaten and qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Due to Pau Gasol’s injury, suffered a partial fracture of his fifth metatarsal in his left foot late in Friday’s semi-final win over Argentina. Jorge Garbajosa and Juan Carlos Navarro led the scoring parade with 20 points apiece with the former a scintillating six of 11 from the arc and Navarro four of nine.

Pau Gasol, MVP - FIBA World Championship - 2006 Champion. “I’m very happy about the honor,” Pau Gasol said. “I tried to play as well as I could to help my team get this far. It was unfortunate that I couldn’t play in the final because of my injury.

FIBA Scoring Leaders

1. M. Yao 25.3
2. D. Nowitzki 23.2
3. P. Gasol 21.3
4. C. Arroyo 21.2

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