2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2019年国际篮联篮球世界杯[1]
2019 Nián Guójì Lánlián Lánqiú Shìjièbēi
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates31 August – 15 September
Officially opened byXi Jinping
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place France
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played92
Attendance794,951 (8,641 per match)
MVPSpain Ricky Rubio
Top scorerSouth Korea Ra Gun-ah
(23.0 points per game)
Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
(183 total points)

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 that did not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup (which was held the previous year). The tournament expanded from 24 to 32 teams.

The tournament also served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took the top two teams from each of the Americas and Europe, and the top team from each of Africa, Asia and Oceania, alongside the tournament's host Japan. Montenegro and the Czech Republic each made their first appearance as independent nations after previously being part of Serbia and Montenegro and Czechoslovakia respectively, while Poland marked its return to the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time since 1967.

The defending champions, the United States, experienced their worst result at a World Cup, losing to France in the quarter-finals and Serbia in the subsequent classification game.[2] The United States' previous worst result was sixth place in 2002. This was the first World Cup at which all three of the historically most successful teams (United States, Serbia/Yugoslavia and Russia/Soviet Union) failed to reach the semi-finals. Asian powerhouse and hosts China failed to get out of the first round, losing in shocking upsets to Poland and Venezuela. China ultimately missed the Asian qualifying spot for Tokyo, the first time in the country's history they did not qualify directly for the Olympics.

Spain captured their second title after beating Argentina in the final 95–75.[3] It was the second time Spain had reached a World Cup final, and its second win, while for Argentina it would prove to be its second defeat in three attempts. France went on to win the bronze medal for the second consecutive time after defeating Australia 67–59.[4]

Hosts selection

The whole bidding process started in April 2014. Bids from numerous nations were submitted. On 16 March 2015, it was confirmed that the World Cup would be staged in Asia, with China and Philippines as the final countries to be the basis for the selection of the host.[5][6] On 7 August 2015, it was announced that China won the bid against the Philippines and will host the upcoming World Cup.[7]

Voting results

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results
Nation Votes
 China 14
 Philippines 7

Venues

[8]

Beijing Nanjing
Wukesong Arena Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium
Capacity: 17,173 Capacity: 19,610
Shanghai Wuhan
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 11,700
Venues within Guangdong area
Dongguan Foshan
Dongguan Basketball Center Foshan International Sports & Cultural Arena
Capacity: 16,133 Capacity: 15,028
Guangzhou Shenzhen
Guangzhou Gymnasium Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre
Capacity: 11,468 Capacity: 12,381

Qualification

China as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament. The continental championships were no longer the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments were held over two years.[9]

The first round of the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Africa qualifiers featured 16 teams each, whereas Europe had 32 teams. Division A teams were split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups advanced to round two, and the last placed teams played the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.

In round two of the World Cup qualifiers, teams were split in groups of six, totalling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams carried over the points from round one, and faced other three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group qualified for the World Cup.

Starting 2019, no wild card selection was held, and the Olympic champions were not guaranteed a spot in the tournament.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou.[10]

Montenegro and the Czech Republic debuted in the World Cup. Montenegro was formerly a part of Yugoslavia, and later, Serbia and Montenegro teams, while the Czech Republic was a part of the old Czechoslovakia. Poland was returning to the World Cup, after participating in 1967. Canada, China, Germany, Ivory Coast, Russia, and Tunisia were returning to the World Cup after missing out in 2014. Croatia, Egypt, Finland, Mexico, Slovenia, and Ukraine were the teams that participated in 2014 that did not qualify in 2019. Brazil and the United States qualified in 2019, continuing their streaks in participating in all World Cups.

Qualified teams

Squads

Each team had a final roster of 12 players; a team can opt to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules from its roster.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[11]

1 – Suspended after the match France vs. Lithuania.[12][13]

Preparation games

Several teams participated in official tournaments or in exhibition ones, either ad hoc or already existing ones, to prepare for the World Cup.

Pan American Games

An official and traditional tournament in the Americas. Out of the eight teams from the tournament, five already qualified to the World Cup. Of these five, all except the United States had players expected to be in the World Cup rosters, with the USA playing with collegiate players. Argentina defeated Puerto Rico to win the gold medal.

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

An exhibition tournament. All four participating teams used the Acropolis Tournament as a warm-up. Serbia topped the table to win the championship, ahead of Greece.

Austiger Cup

An exhibition tournament. The four teams played in this tournament hosted by China as a warm-up to the World Cup. Serbia topped the table to win the championship, ahead of France.

Málaga Tournament

An exhibition tournament. Four teams participated in a preparation tournament hosted in Málaga, Spain. It was contested by Spain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, and the Philippines.[14]

Other games

Exhibition games were held as warm-ups for the World Cup. The United States defeated Spain in the Honda Center in Anaheim, which was between the top two teams in the FIBA World Rankings.[15] Australia's defeat of the United States in Marvel Stadium, Melbourne in the 2019 Australian International Basketball series was the first USA team's loss with NBA players since its 2006 FIBA World Championship semifinals loss to Greece. The USA is the second-youngest team in the tournament and features only two players with international experience. Notably the US is missing over 30 of their best players, who opted out either due to injury, or to prepare for the NBA season.[16][17]

Format

The tournament was played in three stages. During the first stage, the 32 qualified teams were sorted into eight groups of four (A-H) and each team in a group played the other three teams once. The top two teams from each group then advanced to the second group stage. In the second group stage, there were four groups of four (I-L) made up of the teams that advanced from the first round, with the teams that have not yet played each other facing off against one another once. The top two teams from groups I to L will qualify for the final knockout phase.[18]

Classification rounds were revived after they were not held in 2014.[19] They were traditionally held in every World Championship/World Cup and were last seen in action in 2010.[20]

In total, 92 games were played over a total of 16 days.

Draw

The draw took place on 16 March 2019 at Shenzhen Cultural Center in Shenzhen.[21]

Hosts China and the three best qualified teams as per the February 2019 FIBA World Rankings were seeded in Pot 1, and China and USA were assigned to groups A and E, respectively. The remaining 28 teams were allocated Pots 2-8 based on the 2019 FIBA World Ranking. Teams in pots 1, 4, 5 and 8 were drawn into Groups A, C, E and G, and Teams in pots 2, 3, 6 and 7 were drawn into Groups B, D, F and H.[22]

Aside from Europe, two teams from the same qualification zone could not be drawn into the same group. Canada was moved from Pot 5 to Pot 6, switching places with Iran (the best ranked team from that pot) to avoid having two teams from the Americas in the same group.[22]

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Global Ambassadors Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming, American singer and songwriter Jason Derulo, and Chinese idol singer Yang Chaoyue led the draw ceremony.

After the draw, Group H, which includes Australia, Canada, Lithuania, and Senegal, was described as the "group of death".[23]

Groups A, C, E, and G

Pot 1 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 8
 China (29) (host)(Group A)
United States (1) (Group E)
 Spain (2)
 France (3)
 Puerto Rico (16)
 Turkey (17)
 Dominican Rep. (18)
 Venezuela (20)
 Germany (22)
 Czech Republic (24)
 Poland (25)
 Iran (27)
 Japan (48)
 Jordan (49)
 Tunisia (51)
 Ivory Coast (64)

Groups B, D, F, and H

Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 6 Pot 7
 Serbia (4)
 Argentina (5)
 Lithuania (6)
 Greece (8)
 Russia (10)
 Australia (11)
 Brazil (12)
 Italy (13)
 Canada (23)
 Montenegro (28)
 Philippines (31)
 South Korea (32)
 Nigeria (33)
 Senegal (37)
 New Zealand (38)
 Angola (39)

Preliminary round

2019 FIBA World Championship final rankings.

Classification of teams

  1. Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point:
    • Win: 2 points
    • Loss: 1 point
    • Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing.
    • Loss by forfeit: 0 points, with a final score of 20–0 for the opponents of the forfeiting team.
  2. Head-to-head record via points system above
  3. Point difference in games among tied teams
  4. Points for in games among tied teams
  5. Point difference in all group games
  6. Points for in all group games

Source: FIBA[24]

Group A

Venue: Wukesong Arena, Beijing

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 239 208 +31 6 Second round
2  Venezuela 3 2 1 228 210 +18 5
3  China (H) 3 1 2 205 206 1 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 189 237 48 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
31 August 2019
Poland 80–69 Venezuela
Ivory Coast 55–70 China
2 September 2019
Venezuela 87–71 Ivory Coast
China 76–79 (OT) Poland
4 September 2019
Ivory Coast 63–80 Poland
Venezuela 72–59 China

Group B

Venue : Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 258 211 +47 6 Second round
2  Russia 3 2 1 230 219 +11 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 2 266 242 +24 4 17th–32nd classification
4  South Korea 3 0 3 208 290 82 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
31 August 2019
Russia 82–77 Nigeria
Argentina 95–69 South Korea
2 September 2019
Nigeria 81–94 Argentina
South Korea 73–87 Russia
4 September 2019
South Korea 66–108 Nigeria
Russia 61–69 Argentina

Group C

Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 247 190 +57 6 Second round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 213 218 5 5
3  Tunisia 3 1 2 205 235 30 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Iran 3 0 3 213 235 22 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
31 August 2019
Iran 81–83 Puerto Rico
Spain 101–62 Tunisia
2 September 2019
Tunisia 79–67 Iran
Puerto Rico 63–73 Spain
4 September 2019
Puerto Rico 67–64 Tunisia
Spain 73–65 Iran

Group D

Venue: Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Serbia 3 3 0 323 203 +120 6 Second round
2 Italy 3 2 1 277 215 +62 5
3  Angola 3 1 2 204 278 74 4 17th–32nd classification
4 Philippines 3 0 3 210 318 108 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
31 August 2019
Angola 59–105 Serbia
Philippines 62–108 Italy
2 September 2019
Italy 92–61 Angola
Serbia 126–67 Philippines
4 September 2019
Angola 84–81 (OT) Philippines
Italy 77–92 Serbia

Group E

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United States 3 3 0 279 204 +75 6 Second round
2  Czech Republic 3 2 1 247 240 +7 5
3  Turkey 3 1 2 254 251 +3 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Japan 3 0 3 188 273 85 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 September 2019
Turkey 86–67 Japan
Czech Republic 67–88 United States
3 September 2019
Japan 76–89 Czech Republic
United States 93–92 (OT) Turkey
5 September 2019
Turkey 76–91 Czech Republic
United States 98–45 Japan

Group F

Venue: Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 265 245 +20 6 Second round
2  Greece 3 2 1 266 236 +30 5
3  New Zealand 3 1 2 284 288 4 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Montenegro 3 0 3 216 262 46 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 September 2019
New Zealand 94–102 Brazil
Greece 85–60 Montenegro
3 September 2019
Montenegro 83–93 New Zealand
Brazil 79–78 Greece
5 September 2019
Brazil 84–73 Montenegro
Greece 103–97 New Zealand

Group G

Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 271 194 +77 6 Second round
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 206 234 28 5
3  Germany 3 1 2 238 210 +28 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Jordan 3 0 3 202 279 77 3
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 September 2019
Dominican Republic 80–76 Jordan
France 78–74 Germany
3 September 2019
Germany 68–70 Dominican Republic
Jordan 64–103 France
5 September 2019
Germany 96–62 Jordan
Dominican Republic 56–90 France

Group H

Venue: Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 276 242 +34 6 Second round
2  Lithuania 3 2 1 275 203 +72 5
3  Canada 3 1 2 243 260 17 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Senegal 3 0 3 175 264 89 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 September 2019
Canada 92–108 Australia
Senegal 47–101 Lithuania
3 September 2019
Australia 81–68 Senegal
Lithuania 92–69 Canada
5 September 2019
Canada 82–60 Senegal
Lithuania 82–87 Australia

Second round

Group I

Venue: Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 5 5 0 436 343 +93 10 Quarter-finals
2  Poland 5 4 1 383 373 +10 9
3  Russia 5 3 2 373 358 +15 8
4  Venezuela 5 2 3 355 366 11 7
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
6 September 2019
Poland 79–74 Russia
Argentina 87–67 Venezuela
8 September 2019
Venezuela 60–69 Russia
Poland 65–91 Argentina

Group J

Venue: Wuhan Sport Center Gymnasium, Wuhan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 395 319 +76 10 Quarter-finals
2 Serbia 5 4 1 482 331 +151 9
3 Italy 5 3 2 431 371 +60 8
4  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 349 402 53 7
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
6 September 2019
Serbia 90–47 Puerto Rico
Spain 67–60 Italy
8 September 2019
Puerto Rico 89–94 (OT) Italy
Spain 81–69 Serbia

Group K

Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United States 5 5 0 437 330 +107 10 Quarter-finals
2  Czech Republic 5 3 2 417 395 +22 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Greece 5 3 2 403 382 +21 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  Brazil 5 3 2 409 427 18 8[lower-alpha 1]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Czech Republic 1–1, +15, Greece 1–1, +6, Brazil 1–1, –21
7 September 2019
Brazil 71–93 Czech Republic
United States 69–53 Greece
9 September 2019
Czech Republic 77–84 Greece
United States 89–73 Brazil

Group L

Venue: Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 458 416 +42 10 Quarter-finals
2  France 5 4 1 447 369 +78 9
3  Lithuania 5 3 2 424 336 +88 8
4  Dominican Republic 5 2 3 337 390 53 7
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
7 September 2019
Australia 82–76 Dominican Republic
France 78–75 Lithuania
9 September 2019
Dominican Republic 55–74 Lithuania
France 98–100 Australia

17th–32nd Classification

Bottom 2 teams from each group in Round 1 played in the Classification Round.[25]

Group M

Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Nigeria 5 3 2 435 381 +54 8
2  China (H) 5 2 3 355 365 10 7
3  South Korea 5 1 4 361 438 77 6
4  Ivory Coast 5 0 5 326 400 74 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
6 September 2019
Nigeria 83–66 Ivory Coast
China 77–73 South Korea
8 September 2019
Ivory Coast 71–80 South Korea
China 73–86 Nigeria

Group N

Venue: Wukesong Arena, Beijing

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Tunisia 5 3 2 377 386 9 8
2  Iran 5 2 3 379 372 +7 7
3  Angola 5 1 4 350 435 85 6
4  Philippines 5 0 5 352 499 147 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
6 September 2019
Angola 62–71 Iran
Tunisia 86–67 Philippines
8 September 2019
Tunisia 86–84 Angola
Iran 95–75 Philippines

Group O

Venue: Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  New Zealand 5 3 2 497 470 +27 8
2  Turkey 5 2 3 434 427 +7 7
3  Montenegro 5 1 4 370 406 36 6
4  Japan 5 0 5 334 464 130 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
7 September 2019
New Zealand 111–81 Japan
Turkey 79–74 Montenegro
9 September 2019
Japan 65–80 Montenegro
Turkey 101–102 New Zealand

Group P

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Germany 5 3 2 409 364 +45 8
2  Canada 5 2 3 445 413 +32 7
3  Jordan 5 1 4 352 482 130 6
4  Senegal 5 0 5 330 432 102 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
7 September 2019
Canada 126–71 Jordan
Germany 89–78 Senegal
9 September 2019
Jordan 79–77 Senegal
Germany 82–76 Canada

Final round

Fifth place5th–8th classificationQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
10 September – Dongguan
 Argentina97
12 September – Dongguan Serbia8713 September – Beijing
Serbia94 Argentina80
United States8911 September – Dongguan France66
United States79
14 September – Beijing France8915 September – Beijing
Serbia90 Argentina75
 Czech Republic8110 September – Shanghai Spain95
 Spain90
12 September – Shanghai Poland7813 September – Beijing
Seventh place Poland84 Spain (2OT)95Third place game
14 September – Beijing Czech Republic9411 September – Shanghai Australia8815 September – Beijing
United States87 Australia82 France67
 Poland74 Czech Republic70 Australia59

Quarter-finals

Argentina vs. Serbia

10 September 2019
19:00
Argentina  9787 Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 29–26, 14–18, 29–20
Pts: Scola 20
Rebs: Deck 8
Asts: Campazzo 12
Pts: Bogdanović 21
Rebs: Jokić 10
Asts: Jokić 5
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Tolga Şahin (ITA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Spain vs. Poland

10 September 2019
21:00
Spain  9078  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 24–23, 21–17, 23–20
Pts: Rubio 19
Rebs: Rubio 5
Asts: Rubio 9
Pts: Slaughter 19
Rebs: Ponitka 11
Asts: Slaughter 6
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Takaki Kato (JPN)

United States vs. France

11 September 2019
19:00
United States 7989  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 21–27, 27–18, 13–26
Pts: Mitchell 29
Rebs: Mitchell 6
Asts: Barnes, Mitchell 4
Pts: Fournier 22
Rebs: Gobert 16
Asts: Fournier 4
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Australia vs. Czech Republic

11 September 2019
21:00
Australia  8270  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 16–13, 30–18, 19–22
Pts: Mills 24
Rebs: Kay 7
Asts: Mills 6
Pts: Auda 21
Rebs: Satoranský 9
Asts: Satoranský 13
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

Classification semi-finals

Serbia vs. United States

12 September 2019
19:00
Serbia 9489 United States
Scoring by quarter: 32–7, 12–33, 27–28, 23–21
Pts: Bogdanović 28
Rebs: Bjelica 5
Asts: Jokić 7
Pts: Barnes 22
Rebs: Middleton 6
Asts: Walker 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Yu Jung (TPE), Luis Castillo (ESP)

Poland vs. Czech Republic

12 September 2019
21:00
Poland  8494  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 12–20, 28–21, 21–30
Pts: Waczyński 22
Rebs: Kulig 7
Asts: Slaughter 10
Pts: Hruban 24
Rebs: Hruban 12
Asts: Satoranský 12
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SVN)

Semi-finals

Spain vs. Australia

13 September 2019
16:00
Spain  9588 (2OT)  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 10–16, 19–18, 20–16, Overtime: 9–9, 15–8
Pts: Gasol 33
Rebs: Fernández 7
Asts: Rubio 12
Pts: Mills 32
Rebs: Kay 11
Asts: Dellavedova 9
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Tolga Şahin (ITA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

Argentina vs. France

13 September 2019
20:00
Argentina  8066  France
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 18–14, 21–16, 20–18
Pts: Scola 28
Rebs: Scola 13
Asts: Campazzo 6
Pts: Fournier, Ntilikina 16
Rebs: Gobert 11
Asts: De Colo 4
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

Seventh place playoff

14 September 2019
16:00
United States 8774  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 19–16, 16–25, 24–19
Pts: Mitchell 16
Rebs: Turner 8
Asts: Mitchell 10
Pts: Ponitka 18
Rebs: Ponitka 7
Asts: Slaughter 5
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Yu Jung (TPE), Takaki Kato (JPN)

Fifth place playoff

14 September 2019
20:00
Serbia 9081  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 21–30, 28–12, 21–19
Pts: Bogdanović 31
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Jokić 7
Pts: Auda 16
Rebs: Balvín 10
Asts: Satoranský 6
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Third place playoff

15 September 2019
16:00
France  6759  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–14, 21–16, 25–13
Pts: De Colo 19
Rebs: Poirier 7
Asts: Batum 6
Pts: Ingles 17
Rebs: Bogut 6
Asts: Dellavedova 5
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Final

15 September 2019
20:00
Argentina  7595  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 17–20, 16–23, 28–29
Pts: Deck 24
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Campazzo 8
Pts: Rubio 20
Rebs: Fernández 10
Asts: Gasol 7
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Steve Anderson (USA)

Final standings

Pos Zone Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s) Europe  Spain[lower-alpha 1] 8 8 0 675 560 +115 Qualification to Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Americas  Argentina[lower-alpha 2] 8 7 1 688 591 +97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Europe  France[lower-alpha 1] 8 6 2 669 587 +82 Qualification to Summer Olympics
4 Oceania  Australia[lower-alpha 3] 8 6 2 687 648 +39
5 Europe Serbia 8 6 2 753 598 +155 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
6 Europe  Czech Republic 8 4 4 662 651 +11
7 Americas United States[lower-alpha 2] 8 6 2 692 587 +105 Qualification to Summer Olympics
8 Europe  Poland 8 4 4 619 644 25 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
9 Europe  Lithuania 5 3 2 424 336 +88 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
10 Europe Italy 5 3 2 431 371 +60
11 Europe  Greece 5 3 2 403 382 +21
12 Europe  Russia 5 3 2 373 358 +15
13 Americas  Brazil 5 3 2 409 427 18 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
14 Americas  Venezuela 5 2 3 355 366 11
15 Americas  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 349 402 53
16 Americas  Dominican Republic 5 2 3 337 390 53
17 Africa  Nigeria[lower-alpha 5] 5 3 2 435 381 +54 Qualification to Summer Olympics
18 Europe  Germany 5 3 2 409 364 +45 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
19 Oceania  New Zealand[lower-alpha 6] 5 3 2 497 470 +27
20 Africa  Tunisia 5 3 2 377 386 9
21 Americas  Canada 5 2 3 445 413 +32 Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
22 Europe  Turkey 5 2 3 434 427 +7
23 Asia  Iran[lower-alpha 7] 5 2 3 379 372 +7 Qualification to Summer Olympics
24 Asia  China (H) 5 2 3 355 365 10
25 Europe  Montenegro 5 1 4 370 406 36
26 Asia  South Korea 5 1 4 361 438 77
27 Africa  Angola 5 1 4 350 435 85
28 Asia  Jordan 5 1 4 352 482 130
29 Africa  Ivory Coast 5 0 5 326 400 74
30 Africa  Senegal 5 0 5 330 432 102
31 Asia  Japan[lower-alpha 8] 5 0 5 334 464 130 Already qualified to Summer Olympics
32 Asia  Philippines[lower-alpha 9] 5 0 5 352 499 147
Source: FIBA[26][27]
Rules for classification: 1) Positions in each group; 2) Win–loss ratio; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Spain and France qualified to the Summer Olympics as the top 2 teams from FIBA Europe.
  2. 1 2 Argentina and USA qualified to the Summer Olympics as the top 2 teams from FIBA Americas.
  3. Australia qualified to the Summer Olympics as top team from FIBA Oceania.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The 16 best non-qualifying teams will proceed to an Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
  5. Nigeria qualified to the Summer Olympics as top team from FIBA Africa.
  6. In February 2021, New Zealand withdrew from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
  7. Iran qualified to the Summer Olympics as top team from FIBA Asia.
  8. Japan qualified to the Summer Olympics as host country.
  9. New Zealand initially qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament by virtue of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they would pull out of the tournament. On the same day, FIBA announced that they would be replaced by the Philippines as the next-best team from the Asia-Oceania region in FIBA World Rankings.

Awards

The all-star team and MVP were announced on 15 September 2019.[28]

 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup champion 

Spain
2nd title

All-Tournament Team

All-Star Team
Guards Forwards Center
Spain Ricky Rubio
Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Argentina Luis Scola
France Evan Fournier
Spain Marc Gasol
MVP: Spain Ricky Rubio

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Points

#PlayerPldPtsPPG
1South Korea Ra Gun-ah511523.0
2Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović818322.9
3New Zealand Corey Webster511422.8
Australia Patty Mills818222.8
5Jordan Dar Tucker510521.0
6Turkey Cedi Osman510220.4
7France Evan Fournier815819.8
8Germany Dennis Schröder59819.6
9Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu59318.6
10New Zealand Isaac Fotu59218.4

Rebounds

#PlayerPldRebsRPG
1South Korea Ra Gun-ah56412.8
2Iran Hamed Haddadi55410.8
3Tunisia Salah Mejri55110.2
4France Rudy Gobert8739.1
5Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo5448.8
Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas5448.8
7Angola Yanick Moreira5438.6
8Philippines Andray Blatche5428.4
Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín8678.4
10Argentina Luis Scola8658.1

Assists

#PlayerPldAstsAPG
1Germany Dennis Schröder5479.4
2Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský8688.5
3Argentina Facundo Campazzo8627.8
4Dominican Republic Gelvis Solano5336.6
5Turkey Scottie Wilbekin4266.5
6Australia Matthew Dellavedova8506.3
7Venezuela Heissler Guillent5316.2
8Spain Ricky Rubio8486.0
9Australia Joe Ingles8455.6
New Zealand Corey Webster5285.6

Blocks

#PlayerPldBlksBPG
1Tunisia Salah Mejri5163.2
2France Rudy Gobert8151.9
3Germany Maxi Kleber591.8
United States Myles Turner8141.8
5Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas581.6
6Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman571.4
Canada Khem Birch571.4
Senegal Youssou Ndoye571.4
China Zhou Qi571.4
10Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín8101.3

Steals

#PlayerPldStlsSPG
1Tunisia Omar Abada5132.6
2Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo5122.4
Philippines Andray Blatche5122.4
Nigeria Josh Okogie5122.4
5Argentina Facundo Campazzo8162.0
Canada Khem Birch5102.0
Canada Melvin Ejim5102.0
Senegal Maurice Ndour591.8
9Tunisia Makram Ben Romdhane591.8
Iran Behnam Yakhchali591.8

Minutes

#PlayerPldMinsMPG
1South Korea Ra Gun-ah518036.1
2Iran Behnam Yakhchali517635.4
3Australia Patty Mills827133.9
Australia Joe Ingles827133.9
5Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský826533.2
6Jordan Dar Tucker516533.0
7Philippines Andray Blatche516432.9
8Germany Dennis Schröder516432.8
Tunisia Michael Roll516332.8
10Turkey Cedi Osman515332.7

Free throws

#PlayerFTMFTAFT%
1Poland Adam Waczyński283093.3
Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas141593.3
Lithuania Lukas Lekavičius141593.3
4Japan Yuta Watanabe262892.9
5Serbia Miroslav Raduljica212391.3
6Nigeria Josh Okogie192190.5
7Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský273090.0
8France Nando de Colo353989.7
9United States Harrison Barnes242788.9
10Serbia Vladimir Lučić212487.5

Field goal shooting

#PlayerFGMFGAFG%
1New Zealand Isaac Fotu345166.7
2Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas274264.3
3Jordan Ahmad Al Dwairi264360.5
4Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu376457.8
5Argentina Gabriel Deck427556.0
6Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović6010855.6
7France Nando de Colo427754.5
8Tunisia Salah Mejri315754.4
9Philippines CJ Perez254654.3
10New Zealand Corey Webster397254.2
Angola Yanick Moreira264854.2

Double-doubles

#PlayerPldDblDblDD%
1South Korea Ra Gun-ah55100
2Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín8337.5
Philippines Andray Blatche5360.0
Iran Hamed Haddadi5360.0
Germany Dennis Schröder5360.0
6Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo5240.0
France Rudy Gobert8225.0
Serbia Nikola Jokić8225.0
Tunisia Salah Mejri5240.0
Senegal Youssou Ndoye5240.0
Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský8225.0
Argentina Luis Scola8225.0
Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas5240.0

Efficiency

#PlayerPldMPGPPGEffEffPG
1South Korea Ra Gun-ah536.123.013226.4
2New Zealand Corey Webster529.822.812825.6
3Tunisia Salah Mejri530.916.212625.2
4Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović828.022.919724.6
5Germany Dennis Schröder532.819.611122.2
6Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský833.215.517221.5
7Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas522.614.010621.2
8Italy Danilo Gallinari529.817.210120.2
9Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo524.914.810020.0
10New Zealand Isaac Fotu524.618.49819.6

Team tournament averages

Points

#TeamPldPtsPPG
1 New Zealand549799.4
2 Serbia875394.1
3 Canada544589.0
4 Nigeria543587.0
5 Turkey543486.8

Rebounds

#TeamPldRebsRPG
1 United States834443.0
2 Nigeria521042.0
3 New Zealand520240.4
 Venezuela520240.4
5 South Korea520040.0

Assists

#TeamPldAstsAPG
1 Serbia820325.4
2 Australia818222.8
 Spain818222.8
4 Canada511322.6
 New Zealand511322.6

Blocks

#TeamPldBlksBPG
1 Nigeria5316.2
2 Senegal5244.8
3 France8344.3
4 Tunisia5214.2
5 United States8324.0
 Germany5204.0

Steals

#TeamPldStlsSPG
1 Nigeria55611.2
2 Argentina88010.0
3 Spain8729.0
4 China5448.8
5 Canada5438.6

Free throws

#TeamPldFTM/AFT%
1 Brazil572/8782.8
2 Puerto Rico564/7882.1
3 Germany575/9281.5
4 Lithuania591/11281.3
5 Serbia8152/19080.0

Field goal

#TeamPldFGM/AFG%
1 Serbia8260/48653.5
2 New Zealand5171/33850.6
3 France8236/48448.8
4 Lithuania5155/31948.6
5 Australia8252/52348.2

Player game highs

CategoryPlayerTeamOpponentTotal
PointsAhmad Al Dwairi Jordan Dominican Republic34
Dar Tucker Jordan Senegal
Yuta Watanabe Japan Montenegro
Patty Mills Australia Spain
ReboundsHamed Haddadi Iran Puerto Rico16
Ra Gun-ah South Korea Ivory Coast
Rudy Gobert France United States
AssistsScottie Wilbekin Turkey Montenegro13
Tomáš Satoranský Czech Republic Australia
StealsOmar Abada Tunisia Puerto Rico6
BlocksSalah Mejri Tunisia Angola8

Team game highs

CategoryTeamOpponentTotal
Points Canada Jordan126
 Serbia Philippines
Rebounds United States Japan58
Assists Canada Jordan37
 Serbia Philippines
Steals Argentina Poland16
Blocks Nigeria Argentina10
 Montenegro Japan
Difference Serbia Philippines59

Marketing

Opening ceremony of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

The official logo of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was officially unveiled on 21 March 2017 in a ceremony held in Shanghai. The logo's concept was inspired from the Beijing Opera where the actors symbolize concepts such as wisdom, persistence, power and perfection, which are prerequisite characteristics that the participating players of national team will need to exhibit "in order to succeed". The logo design was also inspired from the Chinese Dragon Dance, a cultural tradition depicting a story of two flying dragons battling over a shining pearl which is meant to parallel the competition of national teams for the Naismith Trophy. The logo was created by Shanghai-based agency Flagship.[29]

Sponsors

Infront China became the exclusive marketing partner for the domestic commercial rights of FIBA Basketball World Cup China 2019, according to a strategic cooperation agreement officially announced between Infront China, a Wanda Sports company, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Organizing Committee for the competition.[30]

Mascot

An international mascot design competition was organized with the winning mascot chosen by fans. Yan Xu's design, a Chinese Dragon-inspired mascot named Son of Dreams, was announced to be the winning mascot on 18 April 2018. Son of Dreams was born in China on 8 August 2015 one day after China was announced as the host according to the mascot's fictional biography. The magical horns of the mascot is described as having the ability to give the dragon "the power to see in the future, envisioning plays and moves before they actually happen". He wears a red and blue uniform with the tournament's logo and high tops by China's top player Yao Ming. The mascot was chosen over other finalists Speed Tiger who was inspired by a Siberian tiger and QiuQiu (a.k.a. Little Lightning) who was inspired by a Chinese lion. The official mascot made his first public appearance on 28 June 2018 in Shenzhen.[31]

Ball

On 16 March 2019, FIBA revealed the official ball that would be used in the World Cup, Molten BG5000, designed by Molten.[32]

Official song

The song "Champion" was released on 24 July 2019, and performed by American singer-songwriter Jason Derulo featuring Chinese singer Tia Ray. It was performed both in English and the host language Chinese.

Issues and concerns

There were concerns from national federations that they would not be able to play the qualifiers with players from top professional leagues globally (the National Basketball Association and EuroLeague), which was possible with professional leagues operating in mid-year.[33]

Broadcasters

The television rights holders by territory as follows:

Controversy

Australian center and NBA champion Andrew Bogut voiced concerns on the officiating in the semi-final match against Spain. During the match after a call he disagreed with, Bogut was seen gesturing with his hands that the officials had been bribed. Post-match, he claimed that it was a "disgrace" and encouraged people to look into where the headquarters are based. 3-time NBA champion and Australian assistant coach was less accusative but also cited their run of luck with officiating when the two sides meet.[61][62][63]

Patrick Mills was also controversially snubbed from the All-Star Five. Even being told he had been in the five before being omitted. Many fans and journalists felt that Mills should have been part of the All-Star Five.[64][65][66]

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