2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group M

Group M was one of four groups of the classification round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 6 to 8 September 2019, and consisted of the bottom-two teams from Groups A and B. The results from the preliminary round were carried over. The teams in Group A played against the teams from Group B, with all games played at Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32. ^{[1] [2]}

Qualified teams

Group	Third place	Fourth place
A	China	Ivory Coast
B	Nigeria	South Korea

Standings

Pos	Team	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

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

All times are local UTC+8.

Games

Nigeria vs. Ivory Coast

6 September 2019 16:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	83–66	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter:24–18, 13–17, 26–11, 20–20
Pts: Vincent 15 Rebs: Diogu 9 Asts: Okogie 5		Pts: Thompson 19 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Diabaté, Fofana 4

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Attendance: 6,717 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

China vs. South Korea

6 September 2019 20:00

Boxscore

China	77–73	South Korea
Scoring by quarter:19–18, 16–14, 19–20, 23–21
Pts: Guo, Zhao R. 16 Rebs: Zhou 14 Asts: Guo 5		Pts: Ra Gun-ah 21 Rebs: Ra Gun-ah 12 Asts: Kim, Park 4

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Attendance: 8,923 Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Carsten Straube (GER), James Boyer (AUS)

Ivory Coast vs. South Korea

8 September 2019 14:00

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	71–80	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 16–32, 17–16, 24–14
Pts: Abouo 15 Rebs: Fofana 7 Asts: Edi 4		Pts: Ra Gun-ah 26 Rebs: Ra Gun-ah 16 Asts: Park 6

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Attendance: 7,213 Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), James Boyer (AUS), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR)

China vs. Nigeria

8 September 2019 20:00

Boxscore

China	73–86	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter:21–19, 10–16, 20–25, 22–26
Pts: Yi 27 Rebs: Wang 7 Asts: Sun 9		Pts: Okogie 18 Rebs: Aminu 8 Asts: Aminu 6

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Carsten Straube (GER)

References

1. "Competition System". 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.

External links

• Official website