2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship.[1] Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup was held five years later, in 2019, to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.[2]

Countdown clock outside the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland as of June 2013.

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Copa Mundial de la FIBA España 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	30 August – 14 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	France
Fourth place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played	76
Attendance	645,135 (8,489 per match)
MVP	Kyrie Irving
Top scorer	J. J. Barea (22.0 points per game)

The United States won their fifth world championship, after beating silver medal winning Serbia in the Final. France claimed the third place, while Lithuania finished fourth in the tournament.

Host selection

FIBA opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008.[3] Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain,[4] France,[5] Denmark,[6] Russia,[7] Saudi Arabia,[8] Qatar,[9] Italy,[10] Greece,[11] and China.[12]

Among the nine, only three were shortlisted by FIBA: China which would have hosted the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship later that year, Italy which last hosted a FIBA tournament in EuroBasket Women 2007, and FIBA EuroBasket 2007 host Spain.

On 23 May 2009, after voting by the FIBA Central Board in Geneva in which the Chinese and Spanish representatives abstained, China was the first to be eliminated in the first round of voting. In the final round, Arvydas Sabonis and Saša Djordjević announced that Spain won the hosting rights with eleven votes as opposed to Italy's eight.[13]

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results (final round)
Nation	Votes
Spain	11
Italy	8
China	Eliminated

Venues

The Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid was the main venue, hosting the final and half of the matches in the final round. While no arenas from the 1986 FIBA World Championship were reused, the current Madrid arena was built on the site of the original venue that was destroyed by fire in 2001, which was a venue used in 1986. Amongst venues used in FIBA EuroBasket 2007, the arenas in Granada, Seville and Madrid were reused. One arena, the Gran Canaria Arena, was the only new venue, being built after the tournament was awarded to Spain. The other cities hosted a group.

On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six.[14] This was Barcelona's first time being part of a major international event in basketball since the 1997 EuroBasket, in which the Palau Sant Jordi hosted the final stages.[14] Barcelona will host half of the games in the knockout stage, including a semifinal.

Below is a list of the confirmed venues which were used to host games during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Connor Floor was the official supplier of the basketball courts for each of the six sites.[15][16]

Iberian peninsula		Madrid	Barcelona	Granada
Madrid Barcelona Bilbao Seville Granada		Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Capacity: 13,700	Palau Sant Jordi Capacity: 15,700	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada Capacity: 9,507
		Bilbao	Seville	Las Palmas
		Bizkaia Arena Capacity: 16,200	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo Capacity: 7,200	Gran Canaria Arena Capacity: 9,700
Canary Islands
	Las Palmas

Qualification

Status of teams with the intent of participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

  Qualified

  Eliminated

  Did not enter

  Disqualified and suspended by FIBA

  Not a member of FIBA

There were 24 teams taking part in the 2014 World Cup of Basketball. After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Cup.[17]

• Host nation: 1 berth
• 2012 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone
• FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 3 berths
• FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 2 berths
• FIBA Africa: 16 teams competing for 3 berths
• FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths
• FIBA Europe: 24 teams competing for 6 berths
• Wild card: 4 berths

Qualified teams

As of 21 September 2013, twenty teams had already qualified for the final tournament in 2014. To complete the 24-team tournament, FIBA would announce the four wild cards after a meeting in Barcelona on 1–2 February 2014; they could have announced an initial list of teams that would be considered after a Buenos Aires meeting on 23–24 November 2013.[18] But later the FIBA Central Board decided not to trim the list of wild card applicants on their Buenos Aires meeting, making all 15 teams eligible to be selected on the February meeting at Barcelona.[19]

On 1 February 2014, FIBA announced that it had allocated the wild cards to Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey.[20]

Event	Date	Location	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 May 2009	Geneva	1	Spain
2012 Olympics	29 July–12 August 2012	London	1	United States
2013 FIBA Africa Championship	20–31 August 2013	Abidjan	3	Angola  Egypt  Senegal
2013 FIBA Americas Championship	30 August–11 September 2013	Caracas	4	Mexico  Puerto Rico  Argentina  Dominican Republic
2013 FIBA Asia Championship	1–11 August 2013	Manila	3	Iran  Philippines  South Korea
FIBA EuroBasket 2013	4–22 September 2013	Slovenia	6	France  Lithuania  Croatia  Slovenia  Ukraine  Serbia
2013 FIBA Oceania Championship	14–18 August 2013	Auckland Canberra	2	Australia  New Zealand
Wild cards	1 February 2014	Barcelona	4	Brazil  Finland  Greece  Turkey
TOTAL			24

Suspension of Senegal

On the FIBA Central Board meeting in Buenos Aires, FIBA suspended the basketball federations of Guatemala, Morocco and Senegal indefinitely "due to their inability to properly function as the governing body for basketball in their respective countries."[21] The Senegalese federation was suspended reportedly due to age fabrication in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Men and for Women; the Senegalese federation was dissolved as a result.[22] On 2 February, FIBA lifted the suspension on the Senegalese federation after they complied with all of the requirements imposed by the FIBA, clearing the way for the participation of its national team in the tournament.[20]

Rule and format changes

This was the first time the NBA-style 4.90m rectangular free throw lane, the 1.25m restricted arc, and extended three point line (6.6 m [21' 8"] from the basket at the corners; 6.75 m [22' 1.75"] elsewhere) took effect in the tournament.

The final round was held in two arenas: in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid and Palau Sant Jordi, as opposed to a singular arena in 2010. Also, the arrangement of the round of 16 match-ups in the bracket were changed. In 2010, a team from Group A or B can meet a team from Group C or D as early in the quarterfinals, and cannot meet their groupmates until the semifinals. In 2014, teams from Groups A and B were in one half of the bracket played in Madrid, while teams from Groups C and D were in the other half and played in Barcelona; teams from Groups A and B could not meet teams from Group C or D until the final or third-place playoff, and could meet their groupmates as early as the quarterfinals.

In 2010, the round of 16 games were held in a span of four days, or two matches per day; in 2014, there would be four games per day, and the round of 16 will be done in two days. From the semifinals onward, unlike in 2010 where the semifinals were held in one day, and the third-place playoff and the final on the next day, the semifinals in 2014 were held on two days, followed by the third-place playoff the next day, and the final on the day after, or one game per day. Finally, the classification round for 5th place was also eliminated.

Draw

The draw was held on 3 February 2014 at 19:00 CET at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.[23] On 2 February, FIBA released the pots on how the teams would be drawn. "Pot 1" included the top 4 teams in the FIBA World Rankings, while the other pots were grouped on geographical and sporting criteria.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
United States (1)  Spain (2)  Argentina (3)  Lithuania (4)	Angola (15)  Finland (39)  Senegal (41)  Egypt (46)	New Zealand (19)  Iran (20)  South Korea (31)  Philippines (34)	Serbia (11)  Slovenia (13)  Croatia (16)  Ukraine (45)	Brazil (10)  Puerto Rico (17)  Mexico (24)  Dominican Republic (26)	Greece (5)  Turkey (7)  France (8)  Australia (9)

There were no restrictions in drawing teams from pots except for the following:

• Spain and the United States, as the top 2 teams, were to be placed on opposite sides of the bracket for knockout play. As a result, Spain went to Group A and the US to Group C. The other teams in the pot would thus be drawn to either Group B or D.
• Finland could not be placed in a group that already had a European team; therefore they could only be placed in the group containing the USA or Argentina.
• Australia could not be placed in a group that already contained New Zealand. They were also required to be put into a group that already had two European teams.[24]

After a team's group was drawn, another draw followed to determine their position in the group, and consequently, the order of games to be played. In this draw, there were four pots, "Pot A" to "Pot D", each corresponding to each preliminary round group, containing six numbers; here, the pot corresponding to the drawn group of a team was drawn to determine its position in the order of games, such as "A1" to "A6", for Group A teams. Finally, after the groupings and order of games were determined, FIBA assigned one group to each preliminary round host city.[25][26]

Former Spanish international Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Croatia's Dino Rađa, José Ortiz of Puerto Rico and Angolan Jean-Jacques Conceição assisted in the draw.[26]

Group A, which included European champions France, hosts Spain, and traditional powerhouse Serbia has been labeled as the "group of death".[27] The Americans, meanwhile, avoided the "bracket of death" of Groups A and B by landing in Group C, setting up a rematch of the 2010 final against Turkey, which were selected as wild cards, and a possible late knockout match-up against European runners-up Lithuania.[28]

Squads

Each team had a roster of 12 players; a team could opt to have one naturalized player from its roster. The final rosters had to be finalized at the team managers' meeting at the night prior to the first game. The final roster of 12 players per team must have been taken from a list of at most 24 players submitted to FIBA two months before the beginning of the championship.

Preparation matches

2014 South American Basketball Championship

The 2014 South American Basketball Championship in Isla Margarita, Venezuela was a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and for the 2015 Pan-American Games. Venezuela defeated World Cup participants Argentina (who played with its "B" team) to win the title; the other team in the World Cup, Brazil (who also played with its "B" team), finished in third place defeating Uruguay. All four teams qualified to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship while only the top three teams qualified to the 2015 Pan-American Games.

2014 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup in Wuhan, China was a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China. Iran defeated Chinese Taipei to win the title and qualify outright; the other team in the World Cup, the Philippines, defeated China in the third place playoff.

2014 Centrobasket

The 2014 Centrobasket in Tepic, Mexico is a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and for the 2015 Pan-American Games. The three teams in the World Cup occupied the top three places. Mexico defeated Puerto Rico in the final, while Dominican Republic finished third place defeating Cuba. All four teams qualified to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship while only the top three teams qualified to the 2015 Pan-American Games.

2014 William Jones Cup

The 2014 William Jones Cup was a friendly tournament in New Taipei, Taiwan. Egypt is the only World Cup team participated; they finished third. Iran sent their "B-team", while South Korea sent in a Korean Basketball League team.

2014 Antibes International Basketball Tournament

Australia won this friendly tournament in Antibes, France organized by Fédération Française de Basket-Ball. The Philippines, France, and Ukraine were the other teams that participated.

Preliminary round

How teams are ranked:

1. Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point:
   • Win: 2 points
   • Loss: 1 point
   • Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing.
   • Loss by forfeit: 0 points, with a final score of 20–0 for the opponents of the forfeiting team.
2. Head-to-head record via points system above
3. Goal average on games among tied teams
4. Goal average on all group games
5. Drawing of lots

Qualified to the final round

Group A

Venue: Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	440	314	+126	10
Brazil	5	4	1	416	333	+83	9
France	5	3	2	376	357	+19	8
Serbia	5	2	3	387	378	+9	7
Iran	5	1	4	344	406	−62	6
Egypt	5	0	5	311	486	−175	5

30 August 2014
Egypt		64–85		Serbia
France		63–65		Brazil
Iran		60–90		Spain
31 August 2014
Serbia		73–74		France
Brazil		79–50		Iran
Spain		91–54		Egypt
1 September 2014
Iran		70–83		Serbia
France		94–55		Egypt
Brazil		63–82		Spain
3 September 2014
Egypt		73–88		Iran
Serbia		73–81		Brazil
Spain		88–64		France
4 September 2014
Brazil		128–65		Egypt
Iran		76–81		France
Serbia		73–89		Spain

Group B

Venue: Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Greece	5	5	0	414	349	+65	10
Croatia	5	3	2	414	398	+16	8	1–0
Argentina	5	3	2	420	371	+49	8	0–1
Senegal	5	2	3	348	399	−51	7
Puerto Rico	5	1	4	388	446	−58	6	1–0
Philippines	5	1	4	383	404	−21	6	0–1

30 August 2014
Croatia		81–78	OT	Philippines
Puerto Rico		75–98		Argentina
Greece		87–64		Senegal
31 August 2014
Argentina		85–90		Croatia
Senegal		82–75		Puerto Rico
Philippines		70–82		Greece
1 September 2014
Croatia		75–77		Senegal
Argentina		85–81		Philippines
Puerto Rico		79–90		Greece
3 September 2014
Philippines		73–77		Puerto Rico
Senegal		46–81		Argentina
Greece		76–65		Croatia
4 September 2014
Senegal		79–81	OT	Philippines
Croatia		103–82		Puerto Rico
Argentina		71–79		Greece

Group C

Venue: Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	5	5	0	511	345	+166	10
Turkey	5	3	2	365	372	−7	8
Dominican Republic	5	2	3	347	386	−39	7	1–1, 1.022
New Zealand	5	2	3	347	376	−29	7	1–1, 0.993
Ukraine	5	2	3	344	369	−25	7	1–1, 0.985
Finland	5	1	4	342	408	−66	6

30 August 2014
Ukraine		72–62		Dominican Republic
New Zealand		73–76		Turkey
United States		114–55		Finland
31 August 2014
Dominican Republic		76–63		New Zealand
Finland		81–76		Ukraine
Turkey		77–98		United States
2 September 2014
Ukraine		64–58		Turkey
United States		98–71		New Zealand
Finland		68–74		Dominican Republic
3 September 2014
New Zealand		73–61		Ukraine
Turkey		77–73	OT	Finland
Dominican Republic		71–106		United States
4 September 2014
Finland		65–67		New Zealand
Ukraine		71–95		United States
Turkey		77–64		Dominican Republic

Group D

Venue: Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Lithuania	5	4	1	383	331	+52	9	1–0
Slovenia	5	4	1	425	374	+51	9	0–1
Australia	5	3	2	404	373	+31	8
Mexico	5	2	3	370	372	−2	7	1–0
Angola	5	2	3	375	399	−24	7	0–1
South Korea	5	0	5	316	424	−108	5

30 August 2014
Angola		80–69		South Korea
Australia		80–90		Slovenia
Mexico		74–87		Lithuania
31 August 2014
South Korea		55–89		Australia
Slovenia		89–68		Mexico
Lithuania		75–62		Angola
2 September 2014
Angola		55–79		Mexico
Australia		82–75		Lithuania
South Korea		72–89		Slovenia
3 September 2014
Mexico		62–70		Australia
Slovenia		93–87		Angola
Lithuania		79–49		South Korea
4 September 2014
Australia		83–91		Angola
South Korea		71–87		Mexico
Lithuania		67–64		Slovenia

Final round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

6 September – Madrid

Spain

89

10 September – Madrid

Senegal

56

Spain

52

6 September – Madrid

France

65

Croatia

64

12 September – Madrid

France

69

France

85

7 September – Madrid

Serbia

90

Greece

72

10 September – Madrid

Serbia

90

Serbia

84

7 September – Madrid

Brazil

56

Brazil

85

14 September – Madrid

Argentina

65

Serbia

92

6 September – Barcelona

United States

129

United States

86

9 September – Barcelona

Mexico

63

United States

119

6 September – Barcelona

Slovenia

76

Slovenia

71

11 September – Barcelona

Dominican Republic

61

United States

96

7 September – Barcelona

Lithuania

68

Third place

Lithuania

76

9 September – Barcelona

13 September – Madrid

New Zealand

71

Lithuania

73

France

95

7 September – Barcelona

Turkey

61

Lithuania

93

Turkey

65

Australia

64

Round of 16

6 September 2014 16:00

Boxscore

United States	86–63	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–14, 24–11, 20–25
Pts: Curry 20 Rebs: Faried 8 Asts: Curry, Rose 4		Pts: Ayón 25 Rebs: Ayón 8 Asts: Gutiérrez 3

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 14,200 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Carlos Julio (ANG), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

6 September 2014 18:00

Boxscore

France	69–64	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 16–7, 23–12, 23–30
Pts: Batum 14 Rebs: Gelabale 6 Asts: Diaw 5		Pts: Bogdanović 27 Rebs: Šarić 7 Asts: Lafayette 6

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 12,600 Referees: Anthony Jordan (USA), José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

6 September 2014 20:00

Boxscore

Dominican Republic	61–71	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 13–23, 20–16, 13–17
Pts: Feldeine 18 Rebs: Martínez 11 Asts: Feldeine 3		Pts: Z. Dragić 18 Rebs: Slokar 6 Asts: G. Dragić 6

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 10,324 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Juan González (ESP)

6 September 2014 22:00

Boxscore

Spain	89–56	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 18–11, 21–15, 27–13
Pts: P. Gasol 17 Rebs: M. Gasol, Ibaka 6 Asts: Rubio 6		Pts: Faye, Badji 12 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: D'Almeida 4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,400 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

7 September 2014 16:00

Boxscore

New Zealand	71–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 17–13, 24–22, 21–18
Pts: C. Webster 26 Rebs: Vukona 10 Asts: Penney 3		Pts: Valančiūnas 22 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 7,783 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

7 September 2014 18:00

Boxscore

Serbia	90–72	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 23–22, 18–13, 26–17
Pts: Bogdanović 21 Rebs: Bjelica 10 Asts: Teodosić 5		Pts: Calathes 14 Rebs: Kaimakoglou 6 Asts: Printezis 5

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,100 Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

7 September 2014 20:00

Boxscore

Turkey	65–64	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–17, 12–15, 19–14
Pts: Güler, Preldžić 16 Rebs: Preldžić 7 Asts: Tunçeri 3		Pts: Baynes 15 Rebs: Baynes 7 Asts: Dellavedova 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 6,339 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Steven Anderson (USA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

7 September 2014 22:00

Boxscore

Brazil	85–65	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 20–15, 24–13, 28–16
Pts: Neto 21 Rebs: Varejão 9 Asts: Varejão, Nenê 4		Pts: Prigioni 18 Rebs: Scola 7 Asts: Scola, Prigioni 3

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,450 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Sreten Radović (CRO), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

Quarterfinals

9 September 2014 17:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	73–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–10, 14–16, 26–17
Pts: Seibutis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 13 Asts: Seibutis, Pocius 3		Pts: Gönlüm 13 Rebs: Aşık 10 Asts: Preldžić 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 9,752 Referees: Juan González (ESP), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Eddie Viator (FRA)

9 September 2014 21:00

Boxscore

Slovenia	76–119	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 20–20, 22–37, 12–33
Pts: G. Dragić 13 Rebs: Balažič, Lorbek 6 Asts: G. Dragić 4		Pts: Thompson 20 Rebs: Davis 11 Asts: Rose 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 13,674 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

10 September 2014 18:00

Boxscore

Serbia	84–56	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 16–15, 29–12, 18–12
Pts: Teodosić 23 Rebs: Bjelica 8 Asts: Bjelica 5		Pts: Varejão 12 Rebs: Varejão 9 Asts: Huertas 9

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 12,550 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

10 September 2014 22:00

Boxscore

France	65–52	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–13, 7–15, 23–9
Pts: Diaw 15 Rebs: Gobert 13 Asts: Heurtel, Diot 4		Pts: P. Gasol 17 Rebs: P. Gasol 8 Asts: Fernández 3

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,673 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Semifinals

11 September 2014 21:00

Boxscore

United States	96–68	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–19, 33–14, 20–19
Pts: Irving 18 Rebs: Gay 7 Asts: Irving 4		Pts: Valančiūnas, Kuzminskas 15 Rebs: Kuzminskas 9 Asts: Juškevičius, Seibutis 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 15,070 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Sreten Radović (CRO)

12 September 2014 22:00

Boxscore

France	85–90	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 17–25, 14–15, 39–29
Pts: Batum 35 Rebs: Diaw 10 Asts: Heurtel 6		Pts: Teodosić 24 Rebs: Bjelica 7 Asts: Bjelica, Marković 5

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,470 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

Third place playoff

13 September 2014 18:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	93–95	France
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 23–21, 29–21, 22–31
Pts: Valančiūnas 25 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Seibutis 4		Pts: Batum 27 Rebs: Lauvergne 9 Asts: Diaw 4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Juan González (ESP)

Final

14 September 2014 21:00

Boxscore

United States	129–92	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 35–21, 32–20, 38–26, 24–25
Pts: Irving 26 Rebs: Cousins 9 Asts: Rose 6		Pts: Bjelica, Kalinić 18 Rebs: Marković 6 Asts: Teodosić 7

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Attendance: 13,673 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Eddie Viator (FRA)

Statistics

Player tournament averages

Points # Player Pld Pts PPG 1 J. J. Barea 5 110 22.0 2 Andray Blatche 5 106 21.2 Bojan Bogdanović 6 127 21.2 3 Pau Gasol 7 140 20.0 4 Luis Scola 6 117 19.5 5 Hamed Haddadi 5 94 18.8 6 Yanick Moreira 5 89 17.8 7 Gustavo Ayón 5 88 17.6 Francisco García 5 88 17.6 8 Aron Baynes 5 84 16.8

Rebounds # Player Pld Rebs RPG 1 Andray Blatche 5 69 13.8 2 Hamed Haddadi 5 57 11.4 3 Gorgui Dieng 6 64 10.7 4 Ioannis Bourousis 6 55 9.2 5 Luis Scola 6 51 8.5 6 Jonas Valančiūnas 9 76 8.4 7 Ömer Aşık 7 59 8.4 8 Yanick Moreira 5 41 8.2 9 Anderson Varejão 7 56 8.0 10 Kenneth Faried 9 70 7.8

Assists # Player Pld Asts APG 1 Petteri Koponen 5 29 5.8 2 Xane D'Almeida 6 32 5.3 3 Ricky Rubio 7 36 5.1 4 Eugene Jeter 5 25 5.0 5 Miloš Teodosić 9 40 4.4 6 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 5 22 4.4 7 Facundo Campazzo 6 26 4.3 Nikos Zisis 6 26 4.3 9 Goran Dragić 7 30 4.3 10 Pablo Prigioni 6 25 4.2

Blocks # Player Pld Blks BPG 1 Lee Jong-hyun 5 13 2.6 2 Pau Gasol 7 16 2.3 3 Anthony Davis 9 19 2.1 4 Kim Jong-kyu 5 10 2.0 5 Hamady N'Diaye 6 11 1.8 6 Ömer Aşık 7 11 1.6 7 Gorgui Dieng 6 9 1.5 Eloy Vargas 6 9 1.5 9 Marc Gasol 7 10 1.4 10 Serge Ibaka 6 8 1.3

Steals # Player Pld Stls SPG 1 Ricky Rubio 7 25 3.6 2 Mehdi Kamrani 5 13 2.6 3 James Harden 9 19 2.1 4 Renaldo Balkman 5 10 2.0 5 Kyrie Irving 9 17 1.9 6 Gorgui Dieng 6 11 1.8 Pablo Prigioni 6 11 1.8 8 Joe Ingles 5 9 1.8 9 Maleye N'Doye 6 10 1.7 Dario Šarić 6 10 1.7

Minutes # Player Pld Mins MPG 1 Gorgui Dieng 6 218 36.3 2 Andray Blatche 5 169 33.8 3 Bojan Bogdanović 6 201 33.5 4 Luis Scola 6 195 32.5 5 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 5 162 32.4 6 Gustavo Ayón 5 161 32.2 7 Gabe Norwood 5 159 31.8 8 Armando Costa 5 157 31.4 Petteri Koponen 5 157 31.4 10 Eugene Jeter 5 156 31.2

Free throws # Player FTA FTM FT% 1 David Huertas 15 14 93.3 2 J.J. Barea 32 28 87.5 3 Jimmy Alapag 15 13 86.7 4 Domen Lorbek 21 18 85.7 5 Teemu Rannikko 17 14 82.4 6 Marc Gasol 22 18 81.8 7 Nemanja Bjelica 38 31 81.6 8 James Harden 42 34 81.0 Jonas Valančiūnas 42 32 81.0 10 Andray Blatche 30 24 80.0 Eugene "Pooh" Jeter 25 20 80.0

Field goal shooting # Player FGA FGM FG% 1 Pau Gasol 85 54 63.5 2 Kenneth Faried 79 50 63.3 3 Francisco García 54 33 61.1 4 Gustavo Ayón 59 36 61.0 5 Renaldo Balkman 40 24 60.0 6 Yanick Moreira 64 38 59.4 7 Kyrie Irving 80 45 56.3 8 Goran Dragić 83 46 55.4 9 Miloš Teodosić 75 41 55.4 10 Anthony Davis 82 45 54.9 Miroslav Raduljica 82 45 54.9

Double-doubles # Player Pld DblDbl DD% 1 Andray Blatche 5 5 100 2 Hamed Haddadi 5 3 60.0 3 Ioannis Bourousis 6 3 50.0 Gorgui Dieng 6 3 50.0 5 Jonas Valančiūnas 9 3 33.3 6 Yanick Moreira 5 2 40.0 7 Ömer Aşık 6 2 33.3 8 Kenneth Faried 9 2 22.2 Nemanja Bjelica 9 2 22.2 10 Gustavo Ayon 5 1 20.0 Aron Baynes 5 1 20.0

Efficiency # Player Pld MPG PPG RPG Eff EffPG 1 Andray Blatche 5 33.8 24.2 13.8 112 22.4 2 Pau Gasol 7 26.5 20.0 5.9 152 21.7 3 Hamed Haddadi 5 29.4 18.8 11.4 101 20.2 Yanick Moreira 5 20.4 17.8 8.2 101 20.2 5 Jonas Valančiūnas 9 24.8 14.4 8.4 178 19.8 6 Gorgui Dieng 6 36.3 16.0 10.7 117 19.5 7 Gustavo Ayón 5 32.2 17.6 7.6 96 19.2 Luis Scola 6 32.4 19.5 8.5 115 19.2 9 Ioannis Bourousis 6 26.5 11.5 9.2 114 19.0 10 Francisco García 5 28.2 17.6 3.2 91 18.2

Team tournament averages

Offensive points # Team Pld Pts PPG 1 United States 9 941 104.6 2  Spain 7 581 83.0 3  Serbia 9 743 82.6 4  Slovenia 7 572 81.7 5  Greece 6 486 81.0

Defensive points # Team Pld Pts PPG 1  Spain 7 435 62.2 2  Brazil 7 482 68.9 3 United States 9 644 71.6 4  Lithuania 9 654 72.7 5  Turkey 7 509 72.7

Rebounds # Team Pld Rebs RPG 1 United States 9 403 44.8 2  Angola 5 202 40.4 3  Dominican Republic 6 238 39.7  New Zealand 6 238 39.7 5  Philippines 5 195 39.0

Assists # Team Pld Asts APG 1 United States 9 184 20.4 2  Spain 7 126 18.0 3  Greece 6 106 17.7 4  Australia 6 102 17.0 5  Serbia 9 151 16.8

Blocks # Team Pld Blks BPG 1  South Korea 5 33 6.6 2  Spain 7 41 5.9 3 United States 9 50 5.6 4  Senegal 6 28 4.7 5  Greece 6 25 4.2

Steals # Team Pld Stls SPG 1 United States 9 109 12.1 2  Iran 5 48 9.6 3  Senegal 6 53 8.8 4  Spain 7 60 8.6 5  Angola 5 40 8.0

Minutes # Team Pld Mins MPG 1  Philippines 5 1051 210.2 2  Finland 5 1025 205.0 3  Senegal 6 1226 204.3 4  Croatia 6 1225 204.2 5  Turkey 7 1428 204.0

Free throws # Team Pld FTM/A FT% 1  Philippines 5 74/93 79.6 2  Lithuania 9 144/187 77.0 3  Spain 7 115/151 76.2 4  Greece 6 87/115 75.7 5  Puerto Rico 5 84/112 75.0

Field goal # Team Pld FGM/A FG% 1 United States 9 361/690 52.3 2  Serbia 9 270/542 49.8 3  Brazil 7 216/438 49.3 4  France 9 254/519 48.9 5  Slovenia 7 214/438 48.9

Tournament game highs

Statistic	Player	Total	Opponent (Date)	Team	Total	Opponent (Date)
Points	Yanick Moreira	38	Australia (4 Sep)	United States	129	Serbia (14 Sep)
Offensive Rebounds	Yanick Moreira	10	Australia (4 Sep)	Angola United States	24 24	Mexico (2 Sep)  Slovenia (9 Sep)
Defensive Rebounds	Andray Blatche	14	Greece (31 Aug)	Brazil  France	36 36	Egypt (4 Sep)  Egypt (1 Sep)
Rebounds	Ömer Aşık	20	Ukraine (2 Sep)	United States	54	Slovenia (9 Sep)
Assists	Xane D'Almeida Raulzinho Neto Pablo Prigioni Nikos Zisis	14 (OT) 10 10 10	Philippines (4 Sep)  Egypt (4 Sep)  Puerto Rico (30 Aug)  Croatia (3 Sep)	Brazil	35	Egypt (4 Sep)
Steals	Ricky Rubio	7	Serbia (4 Sep)	United States	18	Finland (30 Aug)
Blocks	Anthony Davis	5	Dominican Republic (3 Sep)	Spain	13	Senegal (6 Sep)

Final rankings

Final rankings of teams.

Method of breaking ties:[29]

• Ranked 17th–24th:
  1. Place in preliminary round group (5th placed teams ranked 17th–20th; 6th placed teams ranked 21st–24th)
  2. Win–loss record in preliminary round group
  3. Goal average in preliminary round group
• Ranked 5th–16th:
  1. Furthest round eliminated
  2. Win–loss record in preliminary round group
  3. Place in preliminary round group
  4. Goal average in preliminary round group
• Ranked 1st–4th:
  1. Result of final and third-place playoff

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Preliminary round				FIBA World Ranking
								Grp	Rank	W–L	GA	Old	New	+/−
	United States	9	9	0	941	644	+297	C	N/A			1	1	0
	Serbia	9	5	4	743	720	+23	A				11	7	+4
Eliminated at the semifinals
	France	9	6	3	690	656	+34	A	N/A			8	5	+3
4th	Lithuania	9	6	3	693	654	+39	D				4	4	0
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th	Spain	7	6	1	581	435	+146	A	1st	5–0	1.4013	2	2	0
6th	Brazil	7	5	2	557	482	+75	A	2nd	4–1	1.2492	10	9	+1
7th	Slovenia	7	5	2	572	554	+18	D		4–1	1.1364	13	13	0
8th	Turkey	7	4	3	491	509	−18	C		3–2	0.9812	7	8	−1
Eliminated at the round of 16
9th	Greece	6	5	1	486	439	+47	B	1st	5–0	1.1862	5	10	−5
10th	Croatia	6	3	3	478	467	+11	B	2nd	3–2	1.0402	16	12	+4
11th	Argentina	6	3	3	485	456	+29	B	3rd	3–2	1.1321	3	3	0
12th	Australia	6	3	3	468	438	+30	D		3–2	1.0831	9	11	−2
13th	Dominican Republic	6	2	4	408	457	−49	C		2–3	0.8990	26	20	+6
14th	Mexico	6	2	4	433	458	−25	D	4th	2–3	0.9946	24	19	+5
15th	New Zealand	6	2	4	418	452	−34	C		2–3	0.9229	19	21	−2
16th	Senegal	6	2	4	404	488	−84	B		2–3	0.8722	41	30	+11
5th place in preliminary round groups
17th	Angola	5	2	3	375	399	−24	D	5th	2–3	0.9398	15	16	−1
18th	Ukraine	5	2	3	344	369	−25	C		2–3	0.9322	45	40	+5
19th	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	388	446	−58	B		1–4	0.8700	17	15	+2
20th	Iran	5	1	4	344	406	−62	A		1–4	0.8473	20	17	+3
6th place in preliminary round groups
21st	Philippines	5	1	4	383	404	−21	B	6th	1–4	0.9480	34	31	+3
22nd	Finland	5	1	4	342	408	−66	C		1–4	0.8382	39	35	+4
23rd	South Korea	5	0	5	316	424	−108	D		0–5	0.7453	31	27	+4
24th	Egypt	5	0	5	311	486	−175	A		0–5	0.6399	46	41	+5

Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Awards

Kyrie Irving was named MVP

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Champion
United States 5th title

Most Valuable Player
Kyrie Irving

All-Tournament Team

• Kyrie Irving – MVP
• Miloš Teodosić
• Nicolas Batum
• Kenneth Faried
• Pau Gasol

Special Awards

• Philippines – MVF Best Country (on Fan support throughout the tournament)[30]

Controversies

Australia's alleged tanking

At their final group matches between Australia and Angola, Australia rested their key players towards the end of the game, allowing for Angola to win 91–83, after the Boomers led at the half by double digits. Australia fell to third place, thereby allowing them to face the United States at the semifinals instead of the quarterfinals if they finished second. This so-called "tanking" was blasted by Goran Dragić, whose Slovenian team were defeated by Lithuania in the final group match, dropping them to second place, causing them to face the Americans instead in the quarterfinals if they reach that far. Dragic implored on FIBA "to do something about" it.[31]

Right after Australia's elimination by Turkey in the first round, FIBA announced that the Boomers were under investigation for tanking. Australia coach Andrej Lemanis rejected the accusation that they tanked, saying he rested his players for the next stage due to the heavy tournament schedule, adding that: "We always, as Australians, compete the right way".[32]

On 26 November 2014, Australia was cleared of tanking by FIBA.[33][34][35][36]

Marketing

Road show and trophy tour

A tour of the Naismith Trophy was held to promote the event. The trophy was on display at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans in February 2014, then the tour visited several countries in Latin America, Europe and the Philippines from April to mid-July.[37] It also visited South Africa during the finals of the South African Premier Basketball League in August.[38]

Prior to this, FIBA and the Spanish Basketball Federation held a road show that ran from 2012 to 2014 visiting key Spanish cities, with some of the final stops being the host cities, and at Ljubljana, Slovenia during FIBA EuroBasket 2013.[39]

Ball

On 30 January, FIBA revealed the official ball that would be used in the World Cup. Designed by Molten, it "will be the first time ever a custom designed basketball has been developed exclusively for an individual event".[40]

Mascots

Olé and Hop (official mascots)

On 31 January, FIBA revealed the mascots of the World Cup: Olé and Hop. Olé and Hop's name came from the word "alley-oop"; they are directly inspired from the 2014 World Cup logo, and will have a tour of host cities leading up to the championship.[41]

Theme song

"Sube la Copa" by Huecco was named the official theme song of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The song, starting from 27 August, can be downloaded on iTunes, Spotify and Deezer, with all of the proceeds going to the FEB's Casa Espana, Huecco's Fundacion Dame Vida, and FIBA's International Basketball Foundation.[42]

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[43]

Carlos Julio Alejandro Chiti Michael Aylen Vaughan Mayberry Marcos Benito Cristiano Maranho Arnaud Kom Njilo Stephen Seibel Michael Weiland Sreten Radović Reynaldo Mercedes Joseph Bissang Eddie Viator Robert Lottermoser

Christos Christodoulou Elias Koromilas Guerrino Cerebuch Luigi Lamonica Yuji Hirahara Yevgeniy Mikheyev Mohammad Al-Amiri Oļegs Latiševs José Reyes Kingsley Ojeaburu Ferdinand Pascual Fernando Rocha Jorge Vázquez

Luis Vázquez Ilija Belošević Milivoje Jovčić Matej Boltauzer Juan Arteaga Juan González Benjamin Jiménez Miguel Pérez Rüştü Nuran Borys Ryzhyk Steven Anderson Anthony Jordan Alejandro Sánchez

See also

• 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women

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External links

• Official website
• FIBA official website
• FIBA Basketball World Cup Page