2019 FIBA World Championship

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 country	China
Dates	31 August – 15 September
Officially opened by	Xi Jinping
Teams	32 (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 played	92
Attendance	794,951 (8,641 per match)
MVP	Ricky Rubio
Top scorer	Ra Gun-ah (23.0 points per game) Bogdan Bogdanović (183 total points)
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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	Beijing Guangdong Shanghai Nanjing Wuhan	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	Dongguan Foshan Guangzhou Shenzhen	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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[a]
3	Greece	5	3	2	403	382	+21	8[a]
4	Brazil	5	3	2	409	427	−18	8[a]

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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 v t e	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

7 September 2019
Canada		126–71		Jordan
Germany		89–78		Senegal
9 September 2019
Jordan		79–77		Senegal
Germany		82–76		Canada

Final round

Quarter-finals

Argentina vs. Serbia

Spain vs. Poland

United States vs. France

Australia vs. Czech Republic

Classification semi-finals

Serbia vs. United States

Poland vs. Czech Republic

Semi-finals

Spain vs. Australia

Argentina vs. France

Seventh place playoff

Fifth place playoff

Third place playoff

Final

Final standings

Pos	Zone	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
	Europe	Spain[a]	8	8	0	675	560	+115	Qualification to Summer Olympics
	Americas	Argentina[b]	8	7	1	688	591	+97
	Europe	France[a]	8	6	2	669	587	+82	Qualification to Summer Olympics
4	Oceania	Australia[c]	8	6	2	687	648	+39
5	Europe	Serbia	8	6	2	753	598	+155	Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[d]
6	Europe	Czech Republic	8	4	4	662	651	+11
7	Americas	United States[b]	8	6	2	692	587	+105	Qualification to Summer Olympics
8	Europe	Poland	8	4	4	619	644	−25	Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[d]
9	Europe	Lithuania	5	3	2	424	336	+88	Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[d]
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[d]
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[e]	5	3	2	435	381	+54	Qualification to Summer Olympics
18	Europe	Germany	5	3	2	409	364	+45	Qualification to Olympic Qualifying Tournament[d]
19	Oceania	New Zealand[f]	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[d]
22	Europe	Turkey	5	2	3	434	427	+7
23	Asia	Iran[g]	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[h]	5	0	5	334	464	−130	Already qualified to Summer Olympics
32	Asia	Philippines[i]	5	0	5	352	499	−147

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
Ricky Rubio Bogdan Bogdanović	Luis Scola Evan Fournier	Marc Gasol
MVP: Ricky Rubio

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Points

#	Player	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Ra Gun-ah	5	115	23.0
2	Bogdan Bogdanović	8	183	22.9
3	Corey Webster	5	114	22.8
	Patty Mills	8	182	22.8
5	Dar Tucker	5	105	21.0
6	Cedi Osman	5	102	20.4
7	Evan Fournier	8	158	19.8
8	Dennis Schröder	5	98	19.6
9	Melih Mahmutoğlu	5	93	18.6
10	Isaac Fotu	5	92	18.4

Rebounds

#	Player	Pld	Rebs	RPG
1	Ra Gun-ah	5	64	12.8
2	Hamed Haddadi	5	54	10.8
3	Salah Mejri	5	51	10.2
4	Rudy Gobert	8	73	9.1
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	44	8.8
	Jonas Valančiūnas	5	44	8.8
7	Yanick Moreira	5	43	8.6
8	Andray Blatche	5	42	8.4
	Ondřej Balvín	8	67	8.4
10	Luis Scola	8	65	8.1

Assists

#	Player	Pld	Asts	APG
1	Dennis Schröder	5	47	9.4
2	Tomáš Satoranský	8	68	8.5
3	Facundo Campazzo	8	62	7.8
4	Gelvis Solano	5	33	6.6
5	Scottie Wilbekin	4	26	6.5
6	Matthew Dellavedova	8	50	6.3
7	Heissler Guillent	5	31	6.2
8	Ricky Rubio	8	48	6.0
9	Joe Ingles	8	45	5.6
	Corey Webster	5	28	5.6

Blocks

#	Player	Pld	Blks	BPG
1	Salah Mejri	5	16	3.2
2	Rudy Gobert	8	15	1.9
3	Maxi Kleber	5	9	1.8
	Myles Turner	8	14	1.8
5	Jonas Valančiūnas	5	8	1.6
6	Renaldo Balkman	5	7	1.4
	Khem Birch	5	7	1.4
	Youssou Ndoye	5	7	1.4
	Zhou Qi	5	7	1.4
10	Ondřej Balvín	8	10	1.3

Steals

#	Player	Pld	Stls	SPG
1	Omar Abada	5	13	2.6
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	12	2.4
	Andray Blatche	5	12	2.4
	Josh Okogie	5	12	2.4
5	Facundo Campazzo	8	16	2.0
	Khem Birch	5	10	2.0
	Melvin Ejim	5	10	2.0
	Maurice Ndour	5	9	1.8
9	Makram Ben Romdhane	5	9	1.8
	Behnam Yakhchali	5	9	1.8

Minutes

#	Player	Pld	Mins	MPG
1	Ra Gun-ah	5	180	36.1
2	Behnam Yakhchali	5	176	35.4
3	Patty Mills	8	271	33.9
	Joe Ingles	8	271	33.9
5	Tomáš Satoranský	8	265	33.2
6	Dar Tucker	5	165	33.0
7	Andray Blatche	5	164	32.9
8	Dennis Schröder	5	164	32.8
	Michael Roll	5	163	32.8
10	Cedi Osman	5	153	32.7

Free throws

#	Player	FTM	FTA	FT%
1	Adam Waczyński	28	30	93.3
	Paulius Jankūnas	14	15	93.3
	Lukas Lekavičius	14	15	93.3
4	Yuta Watanabe	26	28	92.9
5	Miroslav Raduljica	21	23	91.3
6	Josh Okogie	19	21	90.5
7	Tomáš Satoranský	27	30	90.0
8	Nando de Colo	35	39	89.7
9	Harrison Barnes	24	27	88.9
10	Vladimir Lučić	21	24	87.5

Field goal shooting

#	Player	FGM	FGA	FG%
1	Isaac Fotu	34	51	66.7
2	Jonas Valančiūnas	27	42	64.3
3	Ahmad Al Dwairi	26	43	60.5
4	Melih Mahmutoğlu	37	64	57.8
5	Gabriel Deck	42	75	56.0
6	Bogdan Bogdanović	60	108	55.6
7	Nando de Colo	42	77	54.5
8	Salah Mejri	31	57	54.4
9	CJ Perez	25	46	54.3
10	Corey Webster	39	72	54.2
	Yanick Moreira	26	48	54.2

Double-doubles

#	Player	Pld	DblDbl	DD%
1	Ra Gun-ah	5	5	100
2	Ondřej Balvín	8	3	37.5
	Andray Blatche	5	3	60.0
	Hamed Haddadi	5	3	60.0
	Dennis Schröder	5	3	60.0
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	2	40.0
	Rudy Gobert	8	2	25.0
	Nikola Jokić	8	2	25.0
	Salah Mejri	5	2	40.0
	Youssou Ndoye	5	2	40.0
	Tomáš Satoranský	8	2	25.0
	Luis Scola	8	2	25.0
	Jonas Valančiūnas	5	2	40.0

Efficiency

#	Player	Pld	MPG	PPG	Eff	EffPG
1	Ra Gun-ah	5	36.1	23.0	132	26.4
2	Corey Webster	5	29.8	22.8	128	25.6
3	Salah Mejri	5	30.9	16.2	126	25.2
4	Bogdan Bogdanović	8	28.0	22.9	197	24.6
5	Dennis Schröder	5	32.8	19.6	111	22.2
6	Tomáš Satoranský	8	33.2	15.5	172	21.5
7	Jonas Valančiūnas	5	22.6	14.0	106	21.2
8	Danilo Gallinari	5	29.8	17.2	101	20.2
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	24.9	14.8	100	20.0
10	Isaac Fotu	5	24.6	18.4	98	19.6

Team tournament averages

Points

#	Team	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	New Zealand	5	497	99.4
2	Serbia	8	753	94.1
3	Canada	5	445	89.0
4	Nigeria	5	435	87.0
5	Turkey	5	434	86.8

Rebounds

#	Team	Pld	Rebs	RPG
1	United States	8	344	43.0
2	Nigeria	5	210	42.0
3	New Zealand	5	202	40.4
	Venezuela	5	202	40.4
5	South Korea	5	200	40.0

Assists

#	Team	Pld	Asts	APG
1	Serbia	8	203	25.4
2	Australia	8	182	22.8
	Spain	8	182	22.8
4	Canada	5	113	22.6
	New Zealand	5	113	22.6

Blocks

#	Team	Pld	Blks	BPG
1	Nigeria	5	31	6.2
2	Senegal	5	24	4.8
3	France	8	34	4.3
4	Tunisia	5	21	4.2
5	United States	8	32	4.0
	Germany	5	20	4.0

Steals

#	Team	Pld	Stls	SPG
1	Nigeria	5	56	11.2
2	Argentina	8	80	10.0
3	Spain	8	72	9.0
4	China	5	44	8.8
5	Canada	5	43	8.6

Free throws

#	Team	Pld	FTM/A	FT%
1	Brazil	5	72/87	82.8
2	Puerto Rico	5	64/78	82.1
3	Germany	5	75/92	81.5
4	Lithuania	5	91/112	81.3
5	Serbia	8	152/190	80.0

Field goal

#	Team	Pld	FGM/A	FG%
1	Serbia	8	260/486	53.5
2	New Zealand	5	171/338	50.6
3	France	8	236/484	48.8
4	Lithuania	5	155/319	48.6
5	Australia	8	252/523	48.2

Player game highs

Category	Player	Team	Opponent	Total
Points	Ahmad Al Dwairi	Jordan	Dominican Republic	34
	Dar Tucker	Jordan	Senegal
	Yuta Watanabe	Japan	Montenegro
	Patty Mills	Australia	Spain
Rebounds	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	Puerto Rico	16
	Ra Gun-ah	South Korea	Ivory Coast
	Rudy Gobert	France	United States
Assists	Scottie Wilbekin	Turkey	Montenegro	13
	Tomáš Satoranský	Czech Republic	Australia
Steals	Omar Abada	Tunisia	Puerto Rico	6
Blocks	Salah Mejri	Tunisia	Angola	8

Team game highs

Category	Team	Opponent	Total
Points	Canada	Jordan	126
	Serbia	Philippines
Rebounds	United States	Japan	58
Assists	Canada	Jordan	37
	Serbia	Philippines
Steals	Argentina	Poland	16
Blocks	Nigeria	Argentina	10
	Montenegro	Japan
Difference	Serbia	Philippines	59

Marketing

Logo

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:

Territory	Rights holder	Ref
Andorra	Canal+ Mediaset	[34]
Angola	TPA	[34]
Argentina	DeporTV TV Pública TyC Sports	[35][36]
Australia	Fox Sports	[37]
Baltic states	TVPlay Sports	[34]
Belgium	BeTV	[34]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sport Klub	[34]
Brazil	SporTV	[38]
Bulgaria	BNT	[34]
Canada	DAZN	[39]
China	CCTV Tencent	[34]
Croatia	HRT Sport Klub	[34]
Cuba	ICRT	[34]
Cyprus	CYTA	[34]
Czech Republic	ČT	[34]
Estonia	TV3	[34]
Finland	Yle	[40]
France	Canal+	[41]
Georgia	GPB	[34]
Germany	Magenta Sport	[42]
Greece	ERT	[43]
Hong Kong	I-Cable	[44]
Hungary	M4 Sport	[34]
Iceland	RÚV	[34]
India	FanCode	[34]
Indonesia	TVRI	[45]
Ireland	Eurosport	[34]
Israel	Sport 5	[46]
Italy	Sky Sport	[47]
Japan	Fuji TV DAZN	[34][48]
Kosovo	RTK	[34]
Latin America	DirecTV Fox Sports	[49][34]
Latvia	TV3	[34]
Lebanon	LBC	[34]
Lithuania	TV3	[34]
Macau	TDM	[50]
Malaysia	Astro	[34]
MENA	beIN Sports	[34]
Mongolia	NTV	[34]
Montenegro	RTCG Sport Klub	[34]
Netherlands	Ziggo	[34]
New Zealand	Māori Television Sky	[51]
Nordic	NENT	[34]
North Macedonia	Sport Klub	[34]
Pacific Islands	Melania Media	[34]
Paraguay	TigoStarTV	[34]
Philippines	Cignal ESPN5	[52]
Poland	TVP	[53]
Portugal	Eleven Sports	[54]
Puerto Rico	WAPA-TV	[34]
Qatar	Al Kass	[34]
Russia	Match TV	[34]
Senegal	RTS	[34]
Serbia	RTS Sport Klub	[34]
Singapore	StarHub	[55]
Slovenia	Pop TV	[34]
South Korea	SPOTV	[34]
Spain	DAZN Mediaset	[56][57]
Sub-Saharan Africa	StarTimes Canal+	[58][34]
Switzerland	Canal+ SRG SSR Teleclub	[34]
Taiwan	Eleven Sports	[59]
Turkey	NTV S Sport	[34]
Ukraine	XSPORT	[34]
United Kingdom	Eurosport	[34]
United States	ESPN	[60]
Uruguay	ANTEL	[34]
Vietnam	HTV	[34]

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]

See also

• 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA official website
• FIBA Basketball World Cup Page