2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E

Group E of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Czech Republic, Turkey, United States and Japan. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai.[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
 TurkeyEuropean Second Round Group I Top 32 December 2018201455Runners-up (2010)17
 Czech RepublicEuropean Second Round Group K Top 316 September 2018N/A11Debut24
United StatesAmericas Second Round Group E Top 32 December 201820141818Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)1
 JapanAsian Second Round Group F Top 424 February 201920065111th place (1967)48

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United States 3 3 0 279 204 +75 6 Second round
2  Czech Republic 3 2 1 247 240 +7 5
3  Turkey 3 1 2 254 251 +3 4 17th–32nd Classification
4  Japan 3 0 3 188 273 −85 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

Turkey vs. Japan

This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Japan.

1 September 2019
16:30
Turkey  86–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 19–23, 20–14, 19–18
Pts: Mahmutoğlu 17
Rebs: İlyasova 9
Asts: Balbay 8		 Pts: Fazekas, Hachimura 15
Rebs: Hachimura 7
Asts: Baba 4
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 16,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)

Czech Republic vs. United States

This was the first competitive game between the Czech Republic and the United States.

1 September 2019
20:30
Czech Republic  67–88 United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 15–26, 19–23, 19–22
Pts: Satoranský 17
Rebs: Bohačík 9
Asts: Satoranský 5		 Pts: Mitchell 16
Rebs: Turner 7
Asts: Walker 4
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 17,800
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Duan Zhu (CHN)

Japan vs. Czech Republic

This was the first competitive game between Japan and the Czech Republic.

3 September 2019
16:30
Japan  76–89  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 22–27, 15–19, 21–25
Pts: Hachimura 21
Rebs: Fazekas 10
Asts: Hachimura, Shinoyama 4		 Pts: Bohačík, Schilb 22
Rebs: Balvín 8
Asts: Satoransky 7
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 12,200
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

United States vs. Turkey

This was the third game between the United States and Turkey, with the Americans winning the prior two games, including in 2014, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019

20:30
United States 93–92 (OT)  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 21–21, 18–19, 16–20, Overtime: 12–11
Pts: Middleton 15
Rebs: Tatum 11
Asts: Walker 7		 Pts: İlyasova 23
Rebs: İlyasova 14
Asts: Osman 4
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 18,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Turkey vs. Czech Republic

This was the first game between Turkey and the Czech Republic in the World Cup. The Turks won in EuroBasket 2007, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
16:30
Turkey  76–91  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 19–21, 25–23, 16–25
Pts: Osman 24
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: four players 3		 Pts: Hruban 18
Rebs: Balvín 11
Asts: Schilb 8
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

United States vs. Japan

This was the first game between the United States and Japan in the World Cup. The Americans won in the 1972 Olympics, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
20:30
United States 98–45  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 33–14, 28–8, 14–14
Pts: Brown 20
Rebs: Turner 9
Asts: Walker 8		 Pts: Baba 18
Rebs: Takeuchi 6
Asts: Watanabe 2
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Duan Zhu (CHN)

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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