2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final

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,[2] between Argentina and Spain.

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
The Wukesong Arena in Beijing hosted the match
Argentina Spain
75 95
1234 Total
Argentina 14171628 75
Spain 23202329 95
Date15 September 2019
VenueWukesong Arena, Beijing
Coaches
TCL Man of the MatchRicky Rubio (Spain)[1]
Referees
  • Cristiano Maranho (Brazil)
  • Yohan Rosso (France)
  • Steve Anderson (United States)

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[3], which will take place from August 25 to September 10.

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.[4]

Route to the final
Argentina Round Spain
Opponent Result Preliminary round Opponent Result
 South Korea 95–69 Game 1  Tunisia 101–62
 Nigeria 94–81 Game 2  Puerto Rico 73–63
 Russia 69–61 Game 3  Iran 73–65
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 258 211 +47 6 Second round
2  Russia 3 2 1 230 219 +11 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 2 266 242 +24 4 17th–32nd Classification
4  South Korea 3 0 3 208 290 −82 3
Source: FIBA
 Final standing
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 247 190 +57 6 Second round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 213 218 −5 5
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 205 235 −30 4 17th–32nd Classification
4  Iran 3 0 3 213 235 −22 3
Source: FIBA
Opponent Result Second round Opponent Result
 Venezuela 87–78 Game 4  Italy 67–60
 Poland 91–65 Game 5  Serbia 81–69
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 5 5 0 436 343 +93 10 Quarter-finals
2  Poland 5 4 1 383 373 +10 9
3  Russia 5 3 2 373 358 +15 8
4  Venezuela 5 2 3 355 366 −11 7
Source: FIBA
 Final standing
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 395 319 +76 10 Quarter-finals
2 Serbia 5 4 1 482 331 +151 9
3 Italy 5 3 2 431 371 +60 8
4  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 349 402 −53 7
Source: FIBA
Opponent Result Final round Opponent Result
 Serbia 97–87 Quarter-finals  Poland 90–78
 France 80–66 Semi-finals  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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

Game details
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.[13] Spain won the last competitive meeting, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

15 September 2019
20:00
Argentina  75–95  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 11 2 8
SF 29 Patricio Garino 0 2 0
SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 8 2 2
PF 4 Luis Scola 8 8 2
C 12 Marcos Delía 2 4 1
Reserves:
C 1 Agustín Caffaro 0 0 0
PG 3 Luca Vildoza 2 1 1
PG 8 Nicolás Laprovíttola 17 1 0
SG 10 Máximo Fjellerup 0 0 0
PF 14 Gabriel Deck 24 1 0
SG 25 Lucio Redivo 3 0 0
PF 83 Tayavek Gallizzi 0 0 0
Head coach:
Sergio Hernández
Argentina
Spain

0

ArgentinaStatisticsSpain
15/34 (44%)2-pt field goals25/45 (56%)
7/27 (26%)3-pt field goals6/20 (30%)
24/28 (86%)Free throws27/33 (82%)
5Offensive rebounds13
22Defensive rebounds34
27Total rebounds47
15Assists20
14Turnovers14
11Steals9
1Blocks8
28Fouls25
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Ricky Rubio 20 7 3
SF 5 Rudy Fernández 11 10 3
PF 41 Juan Hernangómez 11 5 1
PF 18 Pierre Oriola 6 7 0
C 13 Marc Gasol 14 7 7
Reserves:
PG 1 Quino Colom 0 0 0
SG 8 Pau Ribas 5 1 1
PF 10 Víctor Claver 2 3 2
C 14 Willy Hernangómez 11 3 1
SF 22 Xavi Rabaseda 0 1 0
SG 23 Sergio Llull 15 0 2
SF 33 Javier Beirán 0 0 0
Head coach:
Sergio Scariolo

Rosters

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