2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final

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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final
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The Wukesong Arena in Beijing hosted the match
Argentina Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Spain.svg
7595
1234Total
Argentina 1417162875
Spain 2320232995
Date15 September 2019
Venue Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Coaches
TCL Man of the Match Ricky Rubio (Spain) [1]
Referees
  • Cristiano Maranho (Brazil)
  • Yohan Rosso (France)
  • Steve Anderson (United States)
Attendance11,110 [2]
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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final was the concluding basketball game which determined the winner of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The game was played on 15 September 2019, at the Wukesong Arena, in Beijing, China, [3] between Argentina and Spain. [4]

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At halftime, a turnover ceremony was held to officially hand over the hosting rights of the FIBA Basketball World Cup from China to the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, hosts of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, [5] which will take place from 25 August to 10 September. [6]

The Naismith Trophy was awarded to the winning team for the first time since the unveiling of its new version in 2017.

Spain won their second World Cup title after a 95–75 win. [1] Marc Gasol became the first player since Lamar Odom in 2010 to win an NBA championship and a World Cup in the same year, and the first non-American to win an NBA or WNBA title and either a World Cup or Olympic gold medal in the same year. [7]

Route to the final

ArgentinaRoundSpain
OpponentResult Preliminary round OpponentResult
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 95–69 Game 1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 101–62
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 94–81 Game 2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 73–63
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 69–61 Game 3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 73–65
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 330258211+476 Second round
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 321230219+115
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 312266242+244 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 303208290−823
Source: FIBA
Final standing
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 330247190+576 Second round
2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 321213218−55
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 312205235−304 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 303213235−223
Source: FIBA
OpponentResult Second round OpponentResult
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 87–78 Game 4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 67–60
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 91–65 Game 5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 81–69
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 550436343+9310 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 541383373+109
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 532373358+158
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 523355366−117
Source: FIBA
Final standing
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 550395319+7610 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 541482331+1519
3Flag of Italy.svg Italy 532431371+608
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 523349402−537
Source: FIBA
OpponentResult Final round OpponentResult
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 97–87 Quarter-finalsFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 90–78
Flag of France.svg  France 80–66 Semi-finalsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 95–88 (2OT)

Argentina

Argentina topped Group B in Wuhan, after beating Russia in the final group game. They also defeated South Korea and Nigeria to end with a 3–0 record in the first round. [8] Group I in Foshan also saw the South Americans topping the group, thereby qualifying to the quarter-finals. Their win against Poland won them the group. [9] In the quarter-finals at Dongguan, Argentina defeated 2014 World Cup runners-up and 2016 Olympic silver medalists Serbia by 10 points to qualify to the semi-finals. [10] France, which had defeated the United States in their own quarter-final match-up, faced the South Americans in the semi-final at Beijing. Luis Scola scored his tournament-high 28 points in the game, and Rudy Gobert was limited to just three points, which led to Argentina advancing to its first World Cup final since 2002, which was Scola's first. [11]

Spain

The Spaniards finished on top of Group C in Guangzhou. The Europeans defeated Tunisia, Puerto Rico and Iran to end up undefeated going into the second round. [12] At the second round Group J at Wuhan, Spain ran away winners of the group after defeating Italy and erstwhile undefeated team Serbia to finish the group stages with a 5–0 record. [13] In the quarter-finals at Shanghai, Spain eliminated surprise qualifiers Poland, off the back of Ricky Rubio's near double-double of 19 points and nine assists, plus five rebounds. A pair of three-point shots was the difference late in the fourth quarter that prevented the Poles from cutting the lead. [14] In the semi-final against Australia at Beijing, the Australians led by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, but the Spaniards came back to tie the game at the end of regulation, 71-all. In overtime, Marc Gasol and Patty Mills scored three-pointers, but with the game tied at 78-all, Mills was fouled, and converted both free-throws. Gasol was fouled himself on the next possession, and also made both of his foul shots. Matthew Dellavedova tried to win it at the buzzer, but missed, sending the game to double overtime. Spain opened the second overtime with two three-pointers, and that was the difference, qualifying them to their second World Cup final, after winning it in 2006. [15]

Game details

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Spanish players during a time-out in the final.

This is the eighth meeting between Argentina and Spain at the World Cup, with the Spaniards winning five; Argentina won two, including their last meeting at the 2010 World Championship. [16] Spain won the last competitive meeting, at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [17]

Spain led by 14–2 at the start of the game. Argentina recovered to finish the first quarter with 14 points against Spain's 22. The lead then fluctuated, but once the Argentinians cut the deficit to twelve at the start of the third quarter, the Spaniards went on a 14–0 run, leading by 55–33. The Spaniards never looked back. Ricky Rubio scored 20 points in the game, and limited Facundo Campazzo to just 11 points in 20% field-goal percentage. [1] Luis Scola was also limited to 1/10 shooting in the game, and didn't score until making his free-throws late in the third quarter, as Gabriel Deck had a game high 24 points. [18] Marc Gasol scored 14 points, had a team high 7 assists, had 2 steals, and blocked 3 shots in the game. Argentina tried to mount a comeback in the fourth period, but by then the lead was too great, and there was little time remaining by then. Spain won its second World Cup, with Gasol and Fernández being also a part of the first title in 2006. [19]

15 September 2019
20:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg75–95Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 17–20, 16–23, 28–29
Pts: Deck 24
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Campazzo 8		Pts: Rubio 20
Rebs: Fernández 10
Asts: Gasol 7
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Steve Anderson (USA)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Facundo Campazzo 1128
SF 29 Patricio Garino 020
SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 822
PF 4 Luis Scola 882
C 12 Marcos Delía 241
Reserves:
C 1 Agustín Caffaro 000
PG 3 Luca Vildoza 211
PG 8 Nicolás Laprovíttola 1710
SG 10 Máximo Fjellerup 000
PF 14 Gabriel Deck 2410
SG 25 Lucio Redivo 300
PF 83 Tayavek Gallizzi 000
Head coach:
Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Hernández
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Spain

ArgentinaStatisticsSpain
15/34 (44%)2-pt field goals 25/45 (56%)
7/27 (26%)3-pt field goals 6/20 (30%)
24/28 (86%) Free throws 27/33 (82%)
5Offensive rebounds13
22Defensive rebounds34
27Total rebounds47
15Assists20
14Turnovers14
11Steals9
1Blocks8
28Fouls25
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Ricky Rubio 2073
SF 5 Rudy Fernández 11103
PF 41 Juan Hernangómez 1151
PF 18 Pierre Oriola 670
C 13 Marc Gasol 1477
Reserves:
PG 1 Quino Colom 000
SG 8 Pau Ribas 511
PF 10 Víctor Claver 232
C 14 Willy Hernangómez 1131
SF 22 Xavi Rabaseda 010
SG 23 Sergio Llull 1502
SF 33 Javier Beirán 000
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Scariolo

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