FIBA World Championship
2006
Japan
(Sapporo, Sendai, Hamamatsu, Hiroshima, Saitama)
19 August - 3 September 2006
Japan
Organising Committee
7F Yachiyo-Bldg 1-12-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0002, Japan
Tel: + 81-(0)3-6418-4550
Fax: + 81-(0)3-6418-4551
Japan
will be the host for the most important basketball
event on the globe. It’s the first time
that the country of the rising sun is hosting
a championship of this magnitude.
The number of teams
has been increased from 16 to 24. With this decision,
FIBA reacted to the improved level of play on
a global level and the fact that basketball is
the most widespread indoor team sport around the
world.
Most countries will qualify through the 5 continental
championships in summer 2005, but 4 countries
will receive a wild card based on certain criteria.
For one team, there will be a special task: after
the disappointing sixth place in Indianapolis,
the USA will try everything the regain the position
as the dominating basketball power over the past
5 decades. But it needs their best to fulfill
that mission….
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