History of the Argentina national football team Cup champion, and Argentina's biggest loss since their 6-1 loss to Bolivia in 2009, and also tied the record for Argentina's biggest loss overall, by a margin of five goals. On 14 May 2018, Sampaoli announced a 35 man preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup, and the final squad list was released on 21 May 2018. When the World Cup in Russia came around, the tournament was a disaster for the "Albiceleste". Argentina competed in Group D. Argentina drew 1–1 with Iceland during their opening World Cup group match, with one goal scored by Sergio Agüero, and the other
2019 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team for the World Cup, when the Americans plans to switch to a team of NBA players coached by Gregg Popovich. After winning the past two World Cups in 2010 and 2014, Team USA is seeking to become the first country to capture three straight gold medals. In 2015, FIBA changed the World Cup qualification process into a two-round tournament of home-and-away round robins over 16 months, which was similar to FIFA World Cup's process for soccer. Olympic gold no longer resulted in an automatic World Cup bid. The U.S. is in the Americas group of 16 teams battling for 12