2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
Barclaycard Center, the venue of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
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| Event | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 14 September 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Referees | Stephen Seibel Borys Ryzhyk Eddie Viator |
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| Attendance | 13,673 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final was a basketball game that took place on 14 September 2014 at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, to determine the winner of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
This was the first time the United States and Serbia, after the secession of Montenegro, played against each other. With the United States victory, they tied Yugoslavia with five titles, the most in this competition. They also qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Americans qualified by virtue of being the defending Olympic champions, after defeating Spain in 2012 gold medal game. The United States were one of the seeded teams in the draw. They were ultimately drawn into Group C with Turkey, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Finland and Ukraine.
The United States faced wild cards Finland in their first game. The United States never looked back after erecting a 60–18 lead at halftime to score its first win. In the rematch of 2010's final, Turkey had a 5-point advantage at the half, but the Americans outscored the Turks 63–37 in the second half to notch their second win. In their next game, the United States again won easily, this time against New Zealand to remain undefeated in group play. They then topped the group with a 106–71 victory against the Dominican Republic. Against Ukraine, the Americans closed out group play undefeated, netting a fifth consecutive double-digit victory.
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