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,^[3] between Argentina and Spain.^[4]

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final

The Wukesong Arena in Beijing hosted the match
Argentina Spain 75 95
1 2 3 4 Total Argentina 14 17 16 28 75 Spain 23 20 23 29 95
Date	15 September 2019
Venue	Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Coaches	Sergio Hernández (Argentina) Sergio Scariolo (Spain)
TCL Man of the Match	Ricky Rubio (Spain)^[1]
Referees	Cristiano Maranho (Brazil) Yohan Rosso (France) Steve Anderson (United States)
Attendance	11,110^[2]
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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

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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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.^[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

 

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]

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Boxscore

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: Pts Reb Ast 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 Argentina Statistics Spain 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%) 5 Offensive rebounds 13 22 Defensive rebounds 34 27 Total rebounds 47 15 Assists 20 14 Turnovers 14 11 Steals 9 1 Blocks 8 28 Fouls 25

Starters: Pts Reb Ast 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

Argentina

Argentina national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster v t e Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 1 Agustín Caffaro 24 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) San Lorenzo   PG 3 Luca Vildoza 24 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Saski Baskonia   PF 4 Luis Scola (C) 39 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Shanghai Sharks   PG 7 Facundo Campazzo 28 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Real Madrid   PG 8 Nicolás Laprovíttola 29 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid   SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 26 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Basket Zaragoza   SG 10 Máximo Fjellerup 21 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) San Lorenzo   C 12 Marcos Delía 27 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Fuerza Regia   PF 14 Gabriel Deck 24 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid   SG 25 Lucio Redivo 25 – (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Breogán   SF 29 Patricio Garino 26 – (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Saski Baskonia   PF 83 Tayavek Gallizzi 26 – (1993-02-08)8 February 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Regatas Corrientes   Head coach   Sergio Hernández Assistant coach(es)   Nicolás Casalanguida   Gonzalo García   Silvio Santander Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2019 Source: FIBA

Spain

Spain national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 1 Quino Colom 30 – (1988-11-01)November 1, 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Valencia Basket   SF 5 Rudy Fernández 34 – (1985-04-04)April 4, 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid   SG 8 Pau Ribas 32 – (1987-03-02)March 2, 1987 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FC Barcelona   PG 9 Ricky Rubio 28 – (1990-10-21)October 21, 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Phoenix Suns   PF 10 Víctor Claver 31 – (1988-08-30)August 30, 1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) FC Barcelona   C 13 Marc Gasol 34 – (1985-01-29)January 29, 1985 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Toronto Raptors   C 14 Willy Hernangómez 25 – (1994-05-23)May 23, 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Charlotte Hornets   PF 18 Pierre Oriola 26 – (1992-10-25)October 25, 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) FC Barcelona   SF 22 Xavi Rabaseda 30 – (1989-02-24)February 24, 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) CB Gran Canaria   SG 23 Sergio Llull 31 – (1987-11-15)November 15, 1987 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Real Madrid   SF 33 Javier Beirán 32 – (1987-05-22)May 22, 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) CB Gran Canaria   PF 41 Juan Hernangómez 23 – (1995-09-22)September 22, 1995 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Denver Nuggets   Head coach   Sergio Scariolo Assistant coach(es)   Manuel Aller   Luis Guil   Ángel Sánchez-Cañete Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2019 Source: FIBA

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External links

• Official website