2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A

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]

Teams
Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking
As Date Last Total Streak
 Ivory CoastAfrican Best third placed team24 February 201920104113th place (1982, 1986)64
 PolandEuropean Second Round Group J Top 322 February 20191967215th place (1967)25
 VenezuelaAmericas Second Round Group F Top 32 December 201820064111th place (1990)20
 ChinaHost nation7 August 20152010918th place (1994)30

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 239 208 +31 6 Second round
2  Venezuela 3 2 1 228 210 +18 5
3  China (H) 3 1 2 205 206 −1 4 17th–32nd Classification
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 189 237 −48 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

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  80–69  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  55–70  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  87–71  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  76–79 (OT)  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  63–80  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  72–59  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.
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