The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the biggest edition of FIBA’s flagship event with a record 32 participating teams.
The 18th edition of FIBA basketball World Cup is to start from August 31, 2019. China is the host for the 2019 FIBA World Cup schedule. The tournament this time has 32 participating teams and will be held in eight different cities of China namely Beijing, Foshan, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
There are altogether 92 matches that will be played in 16 days. The tournament will end with the final match on Sunday, 15th September 2019.
The venue for finals in Beijing. The participating 32 teams are grouped into 8 groups of four teams each. Unlike other times, this time the seven teams coming top ( 2 teams coming top from Europe, 2 teams coming top from American continents, one team coming top each from Oceania, Asia, and Africa continents) will be qualified automatically to the Olympic games that are to be held in Tokyo in 2020.
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The next top 16 teams according to the points in the FIBA World Cup 2019, will be given participation in one of the four Qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Tournament Groups:
The 32 teams for the 18th basketball world cup is grouped to 8 groups of four teams each. Here are all the groups and the teams in them. The groups are named alphabetically from A to H.
GROUP A Teams
COTE D’IVOIRE, POLAND, VENEZUELA, CHINA
GROUP B Teams
RUSSIA, ARGENTINA, KOREA, NIGERIA
GROUP C Teams
SPAIN, IRAN, PUERTO RICO, TUNISIA
GROUP D Teams
ANGOLA, PHILIPPINES, ITALY, SERBIA
GROUP E Teams
TURKEY, CZECH REPUBLIC, USA, JAPAN
GROUP F Teams
GREECE, NEW ZEALAND, BRAZIL, MONTENEGRO
GROUP G Teams
The DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FRANCE, GERMANY, JORDAN
GROUP H Teams
CANADA, SENEGAL, LITHUANIA, AUSTRALIA
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Tournament Fixtures and Schedule:
Here are the fixture and schedule details with venue and timings for the 2019 FIBA basketball World Cup
August 31, 2019 (Saturday)
(3:30 PM) Angola vs. Serbia
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(4:00 PM) Poland vs. Venezuela
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(4:30PM) Russia vs. Nigeria
venue: Wuhan Sports centre, Wuhan
(4:30PM) Iran vs. Puerto Rico
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
(7:30PM) Philippines vs. Italy
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(8:00PM) Cote d’Ivoire vs. China
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(8:30PM) Argentina vs. Korea
venue: Wuhan Sports centre, Wuhan
(8:30PM) Spain vs. Tunisia
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
September 1, 2019 (Sunday)
(3:30PM) Canada vs. Australia
Venue: Dongguan Basketball centre, Dongguan
(4:00PM) New Zealand vs. Brazil
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sport Park, Nanjing
(4:30PM) Turkey vs. Japan
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(4:30PM) Dominican Republic vs. Jordan
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
(7:30PM) Senegal vs. Lithuania
Venue: Dongguan Basketball center, Dongguan
(8:00PM) Greece vs. Montenegro
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sports Park, Nanjing
(8:30PM) USA vs. the Czech Republic
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(8:30PM) France vs. Germany
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
September 2, 2019 (Monday)
(3:30PM) Italy vs. Angola
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(4:00PM) Venezuela vs. Cote d’Ivoire
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(4:30PM) Nigeria vs. Argentina
venue: Wuhan Sports center, Wuhan
(4:30 PM) Tunisia vs. Iran
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
(7:30 PM) Philippines vs. Serbia
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(8:00 PM) China vs. Poland
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(8:30 PM) Korea vs. Russia
venue: Wuhan Sports Center, Wuhan
(8:30 PM) Puerto Rico vs. Spain
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
September 3, 2019 (Tuesday)
(3:30PM) Australia vs. Senegal
Venue: Dongguan Basketball centre, Dongguan
(4:00PM) Montenegro vs. New Zealand
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sport Park, Nanjing
(4:30PM) Japan vs. Czech Republic
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(4:30PM) Germany vs. the Dominican Republic
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
(7:30PM) Lithuania vs. Canada
Venue: Dongguan Basketball centre, Dongguan
(8:00PM) Brazil vs. Greece
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sport Park, Nanjing
(8:30PM) USA vs. Turkey
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(8:30PM) Jordan vs. France
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
September 4, 2019 (Wednesday)
(3:30PM) Philippines vs. Angola
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(4:00PM) Cote d’Ivoire vs. Poland
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(4:30PM) Korea vs. Nigeria
venue: Wuhan Sports Center, Wuhan
(4:30PM) Puerto Rico vs. Tunisia
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
(7:30PM) Italy vs. Serbia
Venue: Foshan International Sports & Cultural arena, Foshan
(8:00PM) Venezuela vs. China
Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
(8:30PM) Russia vs. Argentina
venue: Wuhan Sports centre, Wuhan
(8:30PM) Spain vs. Iran
venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou
September 5, 2019 (Thursday)
(3:30PM) Canada vs. Senegal
Venue: Dongguan Basketball centre, Dongguan
(4:00PM) Brazil vs. Montenegro
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sport Park, Nanjing
(4:30PM) Turkey vs. Czech Republic
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(4:30PM) Germany vs. Jordan
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
(7:30PM) Lithuania vs. Australia
Venue: Dongguan Basketball centre, Dongguan
(8:00PM) Greece vs. New Zealand
Venue: Gymnasium of Youth Olympic Games Sport Park, Nanjing
(8:30PM) USA vs. Japan
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre, Shanghai
(8:30PM) Dominican Republic vs. France
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen
September 6-9, 2019 (Classification Round 17-32)*
September 10-11, 2019 (Quarterfinals)
September 12, 2019 (Classification Round 5-8)
September 13, 2019 (Semifinals)
September 14, 2019 (Classification Round 5-6)
September 15, 2019 (Final & Loser’s final )
Loser’s final
4 PM, Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
Tournament Final
8 PM, Venue: Wukesong sports arena, Beijing
Classification round matches will be played by the two low scored teams from each group for positions 17-32. The two top scoring teams will be qualified for the second round matches.
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