Has a FIBA World Cup game ever ended 72-56?
It has. 72-56 has been a FIBA World Cup final 4 times in 2,041 games. The first was Uruguay beat China on August 23, 1982; the latest was Ukraine beat Netherlands on February 26, 2023.
That makes 72-56 the 44th most common final score out of 1,178 that have ever occurred in FIBA World Cup. One point away, 73-56 has happened 1 times and 72-57 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1982 and 2019.