Spain won last Sunday the FIBA World Cup.
Here some facts about this worldcup:
- This was the 14th medal in the last 20 great basketball events for Spain.
- Ideal roster: Evan Fournier (FRA), Ricky Rubio (ESP), Marc Gasol (ESP), Bodgan Bogdanovic (SRB), Luis Scola (ARG)
- Forecasts before the worldcup considered Spain as one of the potential underachievers in the Worldcup.
- United States recorded worst ever finish (7th position)
- Ricky Rubio was awarded with the MVP title of the tournament
- Marc Gasol got the honour of being the second player that wins the World Cup and an NBA title in the same year (after Lamar Odom)
- It is the second Worldcup title for Spain after 2006 in Japan
- Ricky Rubio surpassed Argentina's Pablo Prigioni as the World Cup assists leader since FIBA started recording all game statistics in 1994.
- Marc Gasol definitely will be best known as Beer Papi from know on, after winning celebrations by Spanish national team.
Spain won last Sunday the FIBA World Cup.
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Here some facts about this worldcup:
- This was the 14th medal in the last 20 great basketball events for Spain.
- Ideal roster: Evan Fournier (FRA), Ricky Rubio (ESP), Marc Gasol (ESP), Bodgan Bogdanovic (SRB), Luis Scola (ARG)
- Forecasts before the worldcup considered Spain as one of the potential underachievers in the Worldcup.
- United States recorded worst ever finish (7th position)
- Ricky Rubio was awarded with the MVP title of the tournament
- Marc Gasol got the honour of being the second player that wins the World Cup and an NBA title in the same year (after Lamar Odom)
- It is the second Worldcup title for Spain after 2006 in Japan
- Ricky Rubio surpassed Argentina's Pablo Prigioni as the World Cup assists leader since FIBA started recording all game statistics in 1994.
- Marc Gasol definitely will be best known as Beer Papi from know on, after winning celebrations by Spanish national team.
edited Sep 17 '19 at 12:55 pm