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

Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was
rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 that did not occur in the same
year as the FIFA World Cup (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, 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 and Czechoslovakia respectively, while Poland marked its return to the FIBA
Basketball World Cup for the first time since 1967.
The defending champions, the United States, experienced their worst result at a World Cup,
losing to France in the quarter-finals and Serbia in the subsequent classification game.[1] The
United States' previous worst result was sixth place in 2002. This was the first World Cup at
which all three of the historically most successful teams (United
States, Serbia/Yugoslavia and Russia/Soviet Union) failed to reach the semi-finals.
Spain captured their second title after beating Argentina in the final by 95–75.[2] For Spain, this
was the second time that it reaches a World Cup final, winning both, while for Argentina it meant
the second defeat in a WC final. France went on to win the bronze medal for the second
consecutive time after defeating Australia 67–59.[3]

Contents

 1Hosts selection
o 1.1Voting results
 2Venues
 3Qualification
o 3.1Qualified teams
 4Squads
 5Referees
 6Preparation games
o 6.1Pan American Games
o 6.2Acropolis International Basketball Tournament
o 6.3Austiger Cup
o 6.4Málaga Tournament
o 6.5Other games
 7Format
 8Draw
o 8.1Groups A, C, E, and G
o 8.2Groups B, D, F, and H
 9Preliminary round
o 9.1Classification of teams
o 9.2Group A
o 9.3Group B
o 9.4Group C
o 9.5Group D
o 9.6Group E
o 9.7Group F
o 9.8Group G
o 9.9Group H
 10Second round
o 10.1Group I
 o 10.2Group J
o 10.3Group K
o 10.4Group L
 1117th–32nd Classification
o 11.1Group M
o 11.2Group N
o 11.3Group O
o 11.4Group P
 12Final round
o 12.1Quarter-finals
 12.1.1Argentina vs. Serbia
 12.1.2Spain vs. Poland
 12.1.3United States vs. France
 12.1.4Australia vs. Czech Republic
o 12.2Classification semi-finals
 12.2.1Serbia vs. United States
 12.2.2Poland vs. Czech Republic
o 12.3Semi-finals
 12.3.1Spain vs. Australia
 12.3.2Argentina vs. France
o 12.4Seventh place match
o 12.5Fifth place match
o 12.6Bronze medal match
o 12.7Final
 13Final standings
 14Awards
o 14.1All-Tournament Team
 15Statistical leaders
o 15.1Player tournament averages
o 15.2Team tournament averages
o 15.3Player game highs
o 15.4Team game highs
 16Marketing
o 16.1Logo
o 16.2Sponsors
o 16.3Mascot
o 16.4Ball
o 16.5Official song
 17Issues and concerns
 18Broadcasters
 19See also
 20References
 21External links

Hosts