Group A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Ivory Coast, Poland, Venezuela and China. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Wukesong Arena, Beijing. [1] After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round. [2]
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Ivory Coast | African Best third placed team | 24 February 2019 | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 13th place (1982, 1986) | 64 |
 Poland | European Second Round Group J Top 3 | 22 February 2019 | 1967 | 2 | 1 | 5th place (1967) | 25 |
 Venezuela | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2006 | 4 | 1 | 11th place (1990) | 20 |
 China | Host nation | 7 August 2015 | 2010 | 9 | 1 | 8th place (1994) | 30 |
| 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 |
All times are local (UTC+8).
This was the first competitive game between Poland and Venezuela.
This was the fourth meeting between the Ivory Coast and China in the World Cup. The Chinese have won all three prior meetings, including their 2010 match-up, which was the most recent game.
This was the first competitive game between Venezuela and the Ivory Coast.
2 September 2019 16:00 |
| Venezuela | 87–71 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter:26–17, 23–15, 24–24, 14–15 | ||
| Pts: Guillent 31 Rebs: Ruiz 8 Asts: Guillent 7 | Pts: Abouo 16 Rebs: Pamba 6 Asts: Diabate, Fofana 4 | |
Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 6,051 Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Harja Jaladri (IDN) |
This was the first competitive game between China and Poland.
2 September 2019 20:00 |
| China | 76–79 (OT) | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter:25–15, 10–24, 19–18, 18–15, Overtime: 4–7 | ||
| Pts: Yi 24 Rebs: Wang 9 Asts: Guo, Zhao J. 4 | Pts: Ponitka 25 Rebs: Ponitka 9 Asts: Slaughter 4 | |
Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 11,646 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Boris Krejič (SVN), Ahmed Abaakil (MAR) |
This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Poland.
4 September 2019 16:00 |
| Ivory Coast | 63–80 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter:24–20, 8–16, 17–19, 14–25 | ||
| Pts: Abouo 23 Rebs: Abouo, Thompson 6 Asts: Diabate 6 | Pts: Waczyński 16 Rebs: Kulig 7 Asts: Waczyński 6 | |
Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 7,845 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Nicolas Fernandes (TAH), Samir Abaakil (MAR) |
This was the second meeting between Venezuela and China in the World Cup. The Venezuelans won their first meeting in 1990. The Venezuelans also won their last competitive game against the Chinese, in the 2016 Olympics.
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