2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A

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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]

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Teams

TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performance FIBA World Ranking
AsDateLastTotalStreak
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast African Best third placed team 24 February 2019 2010 4113th place (1982, 1986)64
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland European Second Round Group J Top 322 February 2019 1967 215th place (1967)25
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Americas Second Round Group F Top 32 December 2018 2006 4111th place (1990)20
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Host nation7 August 2015 2010 918th place (1994)30

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 330239208+316 Second round
2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 321228210+185
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (H)31220520614 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 303189237483
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

Poland vs. Venezuela

This was the first competitive game between Poland and Venezuela.

31 August 2019
16:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg8069Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–12, 16–15, 20–18
Pts: Sokołowski 16
Rebs: Hrycaniuk 10
Asts: Slaughter 5
Pts: Chourio 15
Rebs: Ruiz 10
Asts: Guillent 8
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Matthew Myers (USA), Nicolas Fernandes (TAH)

Ivory Coast vs. China

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.

31 August 2019
20:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg5570Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:16–14, 13–15, 12–22, 14–19
Pts: Edi 10
Rebs: Koné, Thompson 8
Asts: Diabate, Pamba 3
Pts: Yi 19
Rebs: Yi, Zhai 8
Asts: Guo 8
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Boris Krejič (SVN), Harja Jaladri (IDN)

Venezuela vs. Ivory Coast

This was the first competitive game between Venezuela and the Ivory Coast.

2 September 2019
16:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg8771Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  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)

China vs. Poland

This was the first competitive game between China and Poland.

2 September 2019
20:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7679 (OT)Flag of Poland.svg  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)

Ivory Coast vs. Poland

This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Poland.

4 September 2019
16:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg6380Flag of Poland.svg  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)

Venezuela vs. China

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.

4 September 2019
20:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg7259Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:18–10, 15–13, 18–18, 21–18
Pts: Guillent 15
Rebs: Colmenares, Ruiz 7
Asts: Guillent 8
Pts: Fang 13
Rebs: Yi 8
Asts: Zhao J. 4
Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 11,324
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Matthew Myers (USA), Boris Krejič (SVN)

References

  1. "Procedure for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw". FIBA. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. "Star-studded FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw completed in Shenzhen". fiba.basketball. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.