Argentina 86 - Spain 81

It finally ended the dream World Cup Spain , and as it was compelling, must play the match for fifth place to another for the title, the Argentina Selection without Ginobili or Nocioni, had to rely on the game and Scola Delfino.

The meeting, one of the last of the World Basketball Championship , has shown that when these two powers meet, nothing is predictable and anything can happen, especially when reaching benefits that seem to close a surprising result.

And it was precisely this that happened, because Argentina had managed to prevail by 25 points ahead, until in the third quarter the Spanish Selected able to respond and, while Argentina was in 61, managed a comeback that helped to reduce this distance only a point.

This difference then would equal 80 in the fourth quarter, leaving at the minimum, although Spain could never be with advantage on the scoreboard until a triple by Pablo Prigioni closed the meeting by a 86-81 for the South Americans, who also benefited from the offensive acumen Carlos Delfino, who was brilliant with 27 points.

In this way, close the 2010 race in Turkey two teams that seemed to win the title, but eventually had to fight for a place in the top 5 of the tournament.