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SCORIGAMI: United States 97, France 79 is the first 97-79 game in FIBA World Cup history

Final · September 13, 2026

For the first time ever, FIBA World Cup produced a 97-79 final. United States beat France on September 13, 2026, filling a cell that had stayed empty across 2,041 games.

Where 97-79 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, 3 years 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: 98-79 had still never happened and 97-80 had happened 3 times. 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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