• Basketball World Cup, Italy beat 67-60 from Spain, is out

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September 13, 2019 Argentina-Spain is the final of the World Basketball Championship being played in China. It will be played on Sunday 15 at 2.00pm. Both teams in their palmarés hold a world title each.

Spain coach Sergio Scariolo's Spain won a hard-fought race, after two overtime, against Australia. The regulatory time had closed on 71-71. In the two extra times decisive Marc Gasol with 33 points which decreed the victory for the Spaniards with a score of 95-88. Spain returned to the World Cup final after 13 years, where in 2006 they defeated Greece.

The South Americans pass the pass for the grand final by beating France at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing 80-66, which two days ago had surprisingly eliminated the United States. Great protagonist for the Albiceleste national team Luis Scola, 40, who put 28 points and 13 rebounds on the scoresheet. Argentina returns to the final since 2002, where it lost against Yugoslavia.