The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the

FIBA Basketball World Cup The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...

for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

that did not occur in the same year as the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

(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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, 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 Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

and

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

respectively, while Poland marked its return to the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time since 1967. The defending champions, the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

, experienced their worst result at a World Cup, losing to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

in the quarter-finals and

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

in the subsequent classification game. The United States' previous worst result was sixth place in

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

. This was the first World Cup at which all three of the historically most successful teams (United States,

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

) failed to reach the semi-finals. Asian powerhouse and hosts

, 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 , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

captured their second title after beating Argentina in the final by 95–75. 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.

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. On 7 August 2015, it was announced that China won the bid against the Philippines and will host the upcoming World Cup.

Voting results

Venues

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. 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, totaling 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.

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ...

and the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

debuted in the World Cup; Montenegro was formerly a part of

, and later,

teams, while the Czech Republic was a part of the old

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

was returning to the World Cup, after participating in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, and

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

were returning to the World Cup after missing out in

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

were the teams that participated in 2014 that did not qualify in 2019.

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and the

qualified in 2019, continuing their streaks in participating in all World Cups.

Qualified teams

;

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

(5) * * * * * ;

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

(7) * * * * * *

* ; Asia and Oceania (8) * * (host) * * * * * * ;

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

(12) * * * * * * * * * *

* *

Squads

Each team had a final roster of 12 players; a team can opt to have one

naturalized Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the in ...

player as per FIBA eligibility rules from its roster.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament. * Gentian Cici (ALB) * Juan Fernández (ARG) * Leandro Lezcano¹ (ARG) * Leandro Zalazar (ARG) * Scott Beker (AUS) * James Boyer (AUS) * Ademir Zurapović (BIH) * Guilherme Locatelli (BRA) * Cristiano Maranho (BRA) * Martin Horozov (BUL) * Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR) * Matthew Kallio (CAN) * Michael Weiland (CAN) * Felipe Ibarra (CHI) * Duan Zhu (CHN) * Ye Nan (CHN) * Yu Jung (TPE) * Carlos Peralta (ECU) * Yohan Rosso (FRA) * Carsten Straube (GER) * Georgios Poursanidis (GRE) * Harja Jaladri (INA) * Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ) * Saverio Lanzarini (ITA) * Manuel Mazzoni (ITA) * Tolga Şahin (ITA) * Takaki Kato (JPN) * Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) * Andris Aunkrogers (LVA) * Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LVA) * Omar Bermúdez (MEX) * Krishna Domínguez (MEX) * Ahmed Abaakil (MAR) * Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA) * Julio Anaya (PAN) *

Ferdinand Pascual Ferdinand "Bong" Pascual (born July 30, 1970) is a Filipino basketball referee who has officiated in the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympics. Early life and education Pascual was born on July 30, 1970 is a Filipino basketball referee. He has ...

(PHI) * Wojciech Liszka (POL) * Michał Proc (POL) * Alexis Mercado (PUR) * Jorge Vázquez (PUR) * Roberto Vázquez (PUR) * Aleksandar Glišić (SRB) * Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK) * Boris Krejič (SVN) * Luis Castillo (ESP) * Antonio Conde¹ (ESP) * Hwang In-tae (KOR) * Kim Jong-kuk (KOR) * Markos Michaelides (SUI) * Nicolas Fernandes (TAH) * Yener Yılmaz (TUR) * Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR) * Steve Anderson (USA) * Matthew Myers (USA) * Andrés Bartel (URU) * Daniel García¹ (VEN) ¹ – Suspended after the match France vs. Lithuania.

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

had players expected to be in the World Cup rosters, with the USA playing with collegiate players.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

defeated

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

to win the gold medal.

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

An exhibition tournament. All four participating teams used the Acropolis Tournament as a warm-up.

topped the table to win the championship, ahead of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

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

Málaga Tournament

An exhibition tournament. Four teams participated in a preparation tournament hosted in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, Spain. It was contested by Spain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, and the Philippines.

Other games

Exhibition games were held as warm-ups for the World Cup. The

defeated

in the

Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, ...

Anaheim Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...

, which was between the top two teams in the FIBA World Rankings.

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

's defeat of the United States in

Marvel Stadium Docklands Stadium, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the 2019 Australian International Basketball series was the first USA team's loss with NBA players since its

2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...

semifinals loss to

. 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.

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. Classification rounds were revived after they were not held in

. They were traditionally held in every World Championship/World Cup and were last seen in action in

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

. 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 Shenzhen Cultural Center includes Shenzhen Concert Hall and Shenzhen Library and is located in the Futian district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It was designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The vineyard-style concert hall seats 1800 and ...

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

. 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. 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. 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. FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Global Ambassadors

Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely r ...

and

Yao Ming Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Associat ...

, American singer and songwriter

Jason Derulo Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born September 21, 1989), known professionally as Jason Derulo (; formerly stylized as Derülo), is an American singer and songwriter.

, and Chinese idol singer

Yang Chaoyue Yang Chaoyue (, born July 31, 1998) is a Chinese actress and singer. After finishing third in Tencent's girl group survival show ''Produce 101'', she debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101. She was named by ''China Newsweek'' as one of the mos ...

led the draw ceremony. After the draw, Group H, which includes Australia, Canada, Lithuania, and Senegal, was described as the "

group of death A group of death in a multi-stage tournament is a group which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament. Thus, in ...

Groups A, C, E, and G

Groups B, D, F, and H

Preliminary round

Classification of teams

#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. #Head-to-head record via points system above #Point difference in games among tied teams #Points for in games among tied teams #Point difference in all group games #Points for in all group games Source: FIBA

Group A

Venue:

Wukesong Arena The Wukesong Arena (), also known as the Cadillac Arena () for sponsorship purposes, is a multipurpose indoor arena in Beijing. It was originally built for the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries and finals. Ground was broken on 29 M ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Group B

Venue : Wuhan Gymnasium,

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

Group C

Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium,

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

Group D

Venue:

Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center The Greater Bay Area International Sports and Cultural Center (), or GBA Center, is an indoor arena located in Foshan, China. It is used mostly for basketball matches and concerts. The arena opened on 10 November 2018 as the host of the 27th Ch ...

Foshan Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...

Group E

Venue:

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center The Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre (Simplified Chinese: 上海东方体育中心), also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue that started construction on December 30, 2008, and was completed in late 2010. The center ha ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

Group F

Venue: Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium,

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

Group G

Venue:

Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre Shenzhen Bay Sports Center (Simplified Chinese: 深圳湾体育中心), nicknamed Spring Cocoon ( zh, 春茧) for its shape, is a multiuse stadium in Shenzhen, China. It is used mostly for table tennis, swimming and soccer competitions. The ...

Group H

Venue:

Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre The Dongguan Basketball Centre (), also referred as Bank of Dongguan Basketball Centre () for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena located in Dongguan, China. It is used mostly for basketball matches and concerts. Guangdong Southern Tigers of ...

Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...

Second round

Group I

Venue:

Group J

Venue: Wuhan Gymnasium,

Group K

Venue:

Group L

Venue: Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium,

17th–32nd Classification

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

Group M

Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium,

Group N

Venue:

Group O

Venue:

Group P

Venue:

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

Awards

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

All-Tournament Team

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

{, class=" multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;" , style="width: 50.00%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Team tournament averages

{, class=" multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;" , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Points

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! Pts !! PPG , - , 1 , , , , 5 , , 497 , , 99.4 , - , 2 , , , , 8 , , 753 , , 94.1 , - , 3 , , , , 5 , , 445 , , 89.0 , - , 4 , , , , 5 , , 435 , , 87.0 , - , 5 , , , , 5 , , 434 , , 86.8 , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Rebounds

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! Rebs !! RPG , - , 1 , , , , 8 , , 344 , , 43.0 , - , 2 , , , , 5 , , 210 , , 42.0 , - , rowspan=2, 3 , , , , 5 , , 202 , , 40.4 , - , , , 5 , , 202 , , 40.4 , - , 5 , , , , 5 , , 200 , , 40.0 , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Assists

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! Asts !! APG , - , 1 , , , , 8 , , 203 , , 25.4 , - , rowspan=2, 2 , , , , 8 , , 182 , , 22.8 , - , , , 8 , , 182 , , 22.8 , - , rowspan=2, 4 , , , , 5 , , 113 , , 22.6 , - , , , 5 , , 113 , , 22.6 {, class=" multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;" , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Blocks

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! Blks !! BPG , - , 1 , , , , 5 , , 31 , , 6.2 , - , 2 , , , , 5 , , 24 , , 4.8 , - , 3 , , , , 8 , , 34 , , 4.3 , - , 4 , , , , 5 , , 21 , , 4.2 , - , rowspan=2, 5 , , , , 8 , , 32 , , 4.0 , - , , , 5 , , 20 , , 4.0 , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Steals

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! Stls !! SPG , - , 1 , , , , 5 , , 56 , , 11.2 , - , 2 , , , , 8 , , 80 , , 10.0 , - , 3 , , , , 8 , , 72 , , 9.0 , - , 4 , , , , 5 , , 44 , , 8.8 , - , 5 , , , , 5 , , 43 , , 8.6 , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Free throws

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! FTM/A !! FT% , - , 1 , , , , 5 , , 72/87 , , 82.8 , - , 2 , , , , 5 , , 64/78 , , 82.1 , - , 3 , , , , 5 , , 75/92 , , 81.5 , - , 4 , , , , 5 , , 91/112 , , 81.3 , - , 5 , , , , 8 , , 152/190 , , 80.0 {, class=" multicol" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0; border: 0; background:transparent; width:100%;" , style="width: 33.33%;" align="left" valign="top" ,

Field goal

{, class=wikitable width=auto , - !# !!Team !! Pld !! FGM/A !! FG% , - , 1 , , , , 8 , , 260/486 , , 53.5 , - , 2 , , , , 5 , , 171/338 , , 50.6 , - , 3 , , , , 8 , , 236/484 , , 48.8 , - , 4 , , , , 5 , , 155/319 , , 48.6 , - , 5 , , , , 8 , , 252/523 , , 48.2

Player game highs

{, class=wikitable , - !Category !! Player !! Team !! Opponent !! Total , - , rowspan=4, Points , , Ahmad Al Dwairi , , , , , , rowspan=4, 34 , - ,

Dar Tucker Darquavis Lamar "Dar" Tucker (born April 11, 1988) is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. High school Tucker attended Arthur Hill High School, in Saginaw, Michigan, where he pl ...

, , , , , - ,

Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...

, , , , , - , Patty Mills, , , , , - , rowspan=3, Rebounds , ,

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi ( fa, حامد حدادی, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He plays at the center position and is 7'2" (2.18 meters) tall a ...

, , , , , , rowspan=3, 16 , - ,

Ra Gun-ah Ra Gun-ah (Korean: 라건아; born Ricardo Preston Ratliffe; February 20, 1989) is an American-born South Korean basketball player for Jeonju KCC Egis of the Korean Basketball League (KBL) and the South Korea national basketball team. Ra played ...

, , , , , - ,

Rudy Gobert Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( ; born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in their international competitions. ...

, , , ,

, - , rowspan=2, Assists , ,

Scottie Wilbekin Scottie Jordan Wilbekin (born April 5, 1993) is an American-born naturalized Turkish professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Flori ...

, , , , , , rowspan=2, 13 , - ,

Tomáš Satoranský Tomáš Satoranský (born 30 October 1991) is a Czech professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he primarily plays at the point guard position, but he can also play as a shooting ...

, , , , , - , Steals , ,

Omar Abada Omar Abada ( ar, عمر عبادة, born 20 April 1993) is a Tunisian professional basketball player who plays for Al Wahda Damascus of the Syrian Basketball League. Abada also plays for the Tunisia national basketball team. Born in Tunis, he s ...

, , , , , , 6 , - , Blocks , ,

Salah Mejri Salah Mejri ( ar, صالح الماجري; born June 15, 1986) is a Tunisian professional basketball player for Beirut Club. He also represents the senior Tunisian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the center p ...

, , , , , , 8

Team game highs

{, class=wikitable , - !Category !! Team !! Opponent !! Total , - , rowspan=2, Points , , , , , , rowspan=2, 126 , - , , , , - , Rebounds , ,

, , , , 58 , - , rowspan=2, Assists , , , , , , rowspan=2, 37 , - , , , , - , Steals , , , , , , 16 , - , rowspan=2, Blocks , , , , , , rowspan=2, 10 , - , , , , - , Difference , , , , , , 59

Marketing

FIBA Basketball World Cup opening ceremony 3

Logo

The official logo of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was officially unveiled on 21 March 2017 in a ceremony held in

. The logo's concept was inspired from the

Beijing Opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...

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.

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

. 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

Ball

On 16 March 2019,

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...

revealed the official ball that would be used in the World Cup, Molten BG5000, designed by

Molten Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy of the solid increases, typically by the application of heat or pressure, which inc ...

Official song

The song "Champion" was released on 24 July 2019, and performed by American singer-songwriter

Jason Derulo Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born September 21, 1989), known professionally as Jason Derulo (; formerly stylized as Derülo), is an American singer and songwriter.

featuring Chinese singer

Tia Ray Tia Ray (simplified Chinese: 袁娅维; traditional Chinese: 袁婭維; pinyin: Yuán Yàwéi; born 12 December) is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Hunan, China. She rose to fame in 2012 as a contestant on the televised singing competition The V ...

. 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 The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

and EuroLeague), which was possible with professional leagues operating in mid-year.

Broadcasters

The television rights holders by territory as follows: {, class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:left;" !Territory !Rights holder !Ref , - , Andorra , , , - , Angola , TPA , , - , Argentina , , , - , Australia , Fox Sports , , - ,

Baltic states The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...

TVPlay Sports TV3 Sport is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched 7 January 2009 as Viasat Sport Baltic. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia ...

, , - , Belgium , BeTV , , - , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Sport Klub , , - , Brazil , SporTV , , - , Bulgaria ,

BNT The Bulgarian National Television (Bulgarian: Българска национална телевизия, ''Balgarska natsionalna televizia'') or BNT (БНТ), stylized as ·Б·Н·Т· since 2018, is a public television broadcaster of Bulgaria. ...

, , - , Canada , DAZN , , - , China , , , - , Croatia , , , - , Cuba , ICRT , , - , Cyprus ,

CYTA CYTA Ltd. (; short for "Cyprus Telecommunication Authority"; gr, Αρχή Τηλεπικοινωνιών Κύπρου (ΑΤΗΚ), ''Archí Tilelikoinonión Kýprou (ATIK)'' ) is a telecommunication provider in Cyprus. The Cyprus Telecommunicat ...

, , - , Czech Republic ,

ČT Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov ...

, , - , Estonia ,

TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to: Television *Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso *Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala *Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EPTV ...

, , - , Finland ,

Yle Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

, , - , France , Canal+ , , - , Georgia , GPB , , - , Germany , Magenta Sport , , - , Greece , ERT , , - , Hong Kong , I-Cable , , - , Hungary , M4 Sport , , - , Iceland ,

RÚV Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) (pronounced or ) ( en, 'The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service') is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization. Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional cent ...

, , - , India , FanCode , , - , Indonesia , TVRI , , - , Ireland ,

Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two ...

, , - , Israel , Sport 5 , , - , Italy , Sky Sport , , - , Japan , , , - , Kosovo , RTK , , - , Latin America , , , - , Latvia ,

, , - , Lebanon ,

LBC LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and began to broadcast ...

, , - , Lithuania ,

, , - , Macau ,

TDM TDM may refer to: * ''TDM (film), TDM'', a 2023 Indian Marathi language, Marathi comedy film * TDM (Macau) (), a Macanese radio and television network * The Yamaha TDM, a motorcycle model * Target Disk Mode, a boot mode on certain Macintosh compute ...

, , - , Malaysia ,

Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), ...

, , - ,

MENA MENA, an acronym in the English language, refers to a grouping of countries situated in and around the Middle East and North Africa. It is also known as WANA, SWANA, or NAWA, which alternatively refers to the Middle East as Western Asia (or a ...

, beIN Sports , , - , Mongolia , NTV , , - , Montenegro , , , - , Netherlands , Ziggo , , - , New Zealand , , , - , Nordic , NENT , , - , North Macedonia , Sport Klub , , - ,

Pacific Islands Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Depending on the context, the term ''Pacific Islands'' may refer to one of se ...

, Melania Media , , - , Paraguay , TigoStarTV , , - , Philippines , , , - , Poland , TVP , , - , Portugal ,

Eleven Sports Eleven Sports is a multinational sports and entertainment media group. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, it is owned by Andrea Radrizzani's sports and media investment platform Aser Ventures. Eleven Sports' business model initially centred a ...

, , - , Puerto Rico ,

WAPA-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-language Independent station (North America), independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by :es:Hemisphere Media Group, Hemisphere Media Group, w ...

, , - , Qatar , Al Kass , , - , Russia ,

Match TV Match TV (russian: Матч ТВ) is a Russian federal sports channel owned by Gazprom Media. The channel began broadcasting on November 1, 2015 and was created in accordance with the order of Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the assista ...

, , - , Senegal ,

RTS RTS may refer to: Medicine * Rape trauma syndrome, the psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim * Revised Trauma Score, a system to evaluate injuries secondary to violent trauma * Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome, a condition characterized by ...

, , - , Serbia , , , - , Singapore , StarHub , , - , Slovenia , Pop TV , , - , South Korea , SPOTV , , - , Spain , , , - ,

Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

, , , - , Switzerland , , , - , Taiwan ,

, , - , Turkey , , , - , Ukraine , XSPORT , , - , United Kingdom ,

, , - , United States ,

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

, , - , Uruguay , ANTEL , , - , Vietnam , HTV ,

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 seeing gesturing with his hands that the officials had been bribed. Post match Claiming it was a "disgrace" and encouraging 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. 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 could not believe he was omitted.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basketball, World Cup, 2019

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

World Cup 2019 in Chinese sport World Cup, 2019

Hosts selection

Voting results

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Referees

Preparation games

Pan American Games

Acropolis International Basketball Tournament

Austiger Cup

Málaga Tournament

Other games

Format

Draw

Groups A, C, E, and G

Groups B, D, F, and H

Preliminary round

Classification of teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second round

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

17th–32nd Classification

Group M

Group N

Group O

Group P

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

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Team tournament averages

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Blocks

Steals

Free throws

Field goal

Player game highs

Team game highs

Marketing

Logo

Sponsors

Mascot

Ball

Official song

Issues and concerns

Broadcasters

Controversy

See also

References

External links