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SCORIGAMI: China 71, Italy 51 is the first 71-51 game in FIBA World Cup history

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Final · September 7, 2026

FIBA World Cup got a brand-new final score on September 7, 2026. China beat Italy 71-51, and in every FIBA World Cup game since 1950, no game had ever ended that way before.

Where 71-51 sits among nearby FIBA World Cup scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

The league's previous scorigami was 127-118, Canada over United States on September 10, 2023, 2 years and 12 months earlier. This is FIBA World Cup's 1st new final score of the 2026 season.

Its closest neighbors show how tight the score space had become: 72-51 had still never happened and 71-52 had still never happened. It sits in the busy heart of the grid, proof that even an ordinary-looking score can go a league's whole history without happening.

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