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, between Argentina and Spain.
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| Date | 15 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Wukesong Arena, Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||
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| TCL Man of the Match | Ricky Rubio (Spain) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 11,110 | ||||||||||||||||||
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, which will take place from 25 August to 10 September.
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. 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.