2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H

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Group H of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Canada, Senegal, Lithuania and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan. [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 Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Americas Second Round Group F Top 33 December 2018 2010 1416th place (1978, 1982)23
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal African Second Round Group F Top 222 February 2019 2014 5214th place (1978)37
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania European Second Round Group J Top 317 September 2018 2014 543rd place (2010)6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Asian Second Round Group F Top 330 November 2018 2014 1245th place (1982, 1994)11

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330276242+346 Second round
2Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 321275203+725
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 312243260174 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 303175264893
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

Canada vs. Australia

This was sixth game between Canada and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians won in the 2000 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

1 September 2019
15:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg92108Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 20–23, 37–24, 15–32
Pts: Birch 18
Rebs: Ejim 6
Asts: Pangos 8
Pts: Dellavedova 24
Rebs: Bogut 9
Asts: Ingles 10
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 9,930
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Gentian Cici (ALB)

Senegal vs. Lithuania

This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Lithuania.

1 September 2019
19:30
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg47101Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 11–21, 12–29, 14–24
Pts:three players 8
Rebs: M. Faye 5
Asts: M. Faye 4
Pts:three players 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 7,008
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Australia vs. Senegal

This was the first game between Australia and Senegal in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 1980 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019
15:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8168Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 18–17, 24–17, 21–18
Pts: Mills 22
Rebs: Ingles 10
Asts: Ingles 9
Pts: Dalmeida 14
Rebs: Ndoye 10
Asts: Dalmeida 4
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Lithuania vs. Canada

This was the second game between Lithuania and Canada in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won the first match-up in 2010, the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019
19:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg9269Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:24–14, 22–22, 24–18, 22–15
Pts: Ulanovas 15
Rebs: Sabonis, Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Wiltjer 24
Rebs:three players 4
Asts: Pangos 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 6,801
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Canada vs. Senegal

This was the third game between Canada and Senegal in the World Cup. The Canadians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians also won in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
15:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8260Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 22–10, 26–14, 23–14
Pts: Joseph 24
Rebs: Birch 10
Asts: Pangos 5
Pts: M. Faye 14
Rebs: Ndour 12
Asts: Dalmeida 7
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Lithuania vs. Australia

This was the fourth game between Lithuania and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 2014. The Australians also won in the 2016 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
19:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg8287Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 22–25, 19–16, 22–19
Pts: Grigonis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 7
Asts: Sabonis 4
Pts: Mills 23
Rebs: Baynes 13
Asts: Ingles 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Alexis Mercado (PUR)

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.