The Spanish selection of basketball, world champions after defeating Argentina in the final
The team of Scariolo has achieved in Pekín the gold medal from global to be imposed on the whole of Argentina, thereby repeating the global achieved in 2006
Madrid, September 15 2019. The Spanish selection of basketball has returned to make history after winning the world championship basketball held in Pekín, title that joins the made in Japan in 2006.
The whole led by Sergio Scariolo was less to more during the final against the selection argentina (75-95 end result), which has always been ahead in the bookmark. The meeting was attended by the minister of culture and Sport, Jose Guirao, and the president of the High Council of sports, María José Free. Some 18,000 spectators were in the final match played in the Wukasong Sports Center of Pekín – the same scenario, incidentally, where the selection achieved Olympic silver 2008- Pekín.
At the end of the final, the international federation of selected the best Basketball “five global ”, which were two players Spaniards: Marc Gasol Blond Ricky and, moreover, was chosen as the best player of all the championship and also, in the final.
The trajectory of the Spanish team in the World Cup has been impeccable: to become world champions has been invicta throughout the competition. In the path to the gold medal has overcome Túnez selections, port Rich, Go, Italy, Serbian, Polonia, Australia – with two extensions schemes, and Argentina. In addition to the gold medal achieved, the Spanish set is already classified for the next Olympic Games of Tokio 2020.
Images: Approach Snowy / Spanish Federation of Basketball