International basketball competition
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup .
Team
Qualification
Appearance
Best performance
FIBA World Ranking
As
Date
Last
Total
Streak
China
Host nation
7 August 2015
2010
9
1
8th place (1994 )
30
Tunisia
African Second Round Group E Top 2
15 September 2018
2010
2
1
24th place (2010 )
51
Nigeria
African Second Round Group F Top 2
15 September 2018
2006
4
1
13th place (1998 )
33
Greece
European Second Round Group L Top 3
16 September 2018
2014
8
4
Runners-up (2006 )
8
Germany
European Second Round Group L Top 3
16 September 2018
2010
6
1
3rd place (2002 )
22
Czech Republic
European Second Round Group K Top 3
16 September 2018
N/A
1
1
Debut
24
Lithuania
European Second Round Group J Top 3
17 September 2018
2014
5
4
3rd place (2010 )
6
Australia
Asian Second Round Group F Top 3
30 November 2018
2014
12
4
5th place (1982 , 1994 )
11
France
European Second Round Group K Top 3
30 November 2018
2014
8
4
3rd place (2014 )
3
Angola
African Second Round Group F Top 2
1 December 2018
2014
8
5
9th place (2006 )
39
New Zealand
Asian Second Round Group E Top 3
1 December 2018
2014
6
5
4th place (2002 )
38
South Korea
Asian Second Round Group E Top 3
2 December 2018
2014
8
2
11th place (1970 )
32
Spain
European Second Round Group I Top 3
2 December 2018
2014
12
10
Champions (2006 )
2
Turkey
European Second Round Group I Top 3
2 December 2018
2014
5
5
Runners-up (2010 )
17
United States
Americas Second Round Group E Top 3
2 December 2018
2014
18
18
Champions (1954 , 1986 , 1994 , 2010 , 2014 )
1
Venezuela
Americas Second Round Group F Top 3
2 December 2018
2006
4
1
11th place (1990 )
20
Argentina
Americas Second Round Group E Top 3
2 December 2018
2014
14
9
Champions (1950 )
5
Canada
Americas Second Round Group F Top 3
3 December 2018
2010
14
1
6th place (1978 , 1982 )
23
Brazil
Americas Second Round Group F Top 3
21 February 2019
2014
18
18
Champions (1959 , 1963 )
12
Senegal
African Second Round Group F Top 2
22 February 2019
2014
5
2
14th place (1978 )
37
Italy
European Second Round Group J Top 3
22 February 2019
2006
9
1
4th place (1970 , 1978 )
13
Poland
European Second Round Group J Top 3
22 February 2019
1967
2
1
5th place (1967 )
25
Russia
European Second Round Group K Top 3
24 February 2019
2010
5
1
Runners-up (1994 , 1998 )
10
Japan
Asian Second Round Group F Top 3
24 February 2019
2006
5
1
11th place (1967 )
48
Jordan
Asian Second Round Group E Top 3
24 February 2019
2010
2
1
23rd place (2010 )
49
Iran
Asian Second Round Group F Top 3
24 February 2019
2014
3
3
19th place (2010 )
27
Philippines
Asian best fourth placed team
24 February 2019
2014
6
2
3rd place (1954 )
31
Serbia
European Second Round Group L Top 3
24 February 2019
2014
3
3
2nd (2014 )
4
Ivory Coast
African Best third placed team
24 February 2019
2010
4
1
13th place (1982 , 1986 )
64
Montenegro
European Second Round Group I Top 3
25 February 2019
N/A
1
1
Debut
28
Puerto Rico
Americas Second Round Group E Top 3
25 February 2019
2014
14
9
4th place (1990 )
16
Dominican Republic
Americas best fourth placed team
25 February 2019
2014
3
2
12th place (1978 )
18
The continental championships no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments were held over two years in a home-and-away format.[ 1]
The first round of the qualifiers were held in late 2017 and early 2018. The Americas, Asia / Oceania and Africa qualifiers featured 16 teams each, whereas Europe had 32 teams. Division A teams was split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups advanced to round two, and last placed teams played the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.
Round two of the World Cup qualifiers were held in late 2018 and early 2019. Teams were split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams carried over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group qualified for the World Cup.
Starting in 2019, no wild card qualification were held, and the Olympic champions no longer directly qualified to the World Cup.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou , China .[ 2]
FIBA zone
Qualifying tournaments
World Cup berths
Division A top ranked teams
Division B maximum possible entrants
Allocated berths
Berth as the host nation
Total berths
FIBA Africa
16
2
5
0
5
FIBA Americas
16
2
7
0
7
FIBA Asia FIBA Oceania
16
17
7
1
8
FIBA Europe
32
13
12
0
12
Total
80
114
31
1
32
Confederation qualifications [ edit ]
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Egypt 2–0; Morocco 0–2
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Ivory Coast 1–1, +4 PD; Mozambique 1–1, –4 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Cameroon 1–1, +16 PD; Egypt 1–1, –16 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Nigeria 1–1, +7 PD; Senegal 1–1, –7 PD
^ a b Rwanda 2–0; Mali 0–2
Best third placed team [ edit ]
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Venezuela 1–1, +4 PD; Brazil 1–1, –4 PD
^ a b Chile 1–1, +1 PD; Colombia 1–1, –1 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Venezuela 1–1, +4 PD; Brazil 1–1, –4 PD
^ Virgin Islands did not arrive timely to play against Brazil and game was forfeited.[ 3]
^ a b Chile 1–1, +16 PD; Virgin Islands 1–1, –16 PD
^ The Virgin Islands do not receive a point for the forfeit loss to Brazil[ 3]
Best fourth placed team [ edit ]
FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania [ edit ]
All 16 teams which qualified for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup played in the Asian qualification round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which included teams from FIBA Oceania.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Australia defeated Philippines by default following a brawl left Philippines with only 1 player on court
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Jordan 1–1, +3 PD; Lebanon 1–1, –3 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points. 2) Head-to-head results. 3) Points difference. 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Qatar 2–0; Iraq 0–2
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b New Zealand 1–1, +3 PD; South Korea 1–1, –3 PD
^ a b Jordan 1–1, +15 PD; China 1–1, –15 PD
^ China qualified as the host nation, and to determine the final standings of the Asian Qualifiers, China was not included. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group were taken into account for the final standings.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Japan 2–0; Iran 0–2
Best fourth placed team [ edit ]
^ China, the fourth placers of Group E already qualified as the host nation, and to determine the final standings of the Asian Qualifiers, China was not included. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group were taken into account for the final standings. Lebanon, the fifth placers, were considered as fourth placers for the purpose of determining the team that qualified as the best fourth placed team.
Pre-qualified teams (24 of 32 Teams)[ edit ]
European Pre-Qualifiers [ edit ]
The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 had also qualified for Division A of FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying. The last eight teams qualified through the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Pre-Qualifiers which were held in August 2017.[ 4]
In order to determine the last eight spots in Division A, 13 teams participated in four home-and-away round robin groups on 2 to 19 August 2017. The draw to determine the 4 groups was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 10 December 2016.[ 4]
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Sweden 2–0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2
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FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Belarus 1–1, +2, Portugal 1–1, –2
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Turkey 1–1, +3, Latvia 1–1, –3
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Poland 1–1, +3; Hungary 1–1, –3
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Netherlands 1–1, +3; Croatia 1–1, –3
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Bulgaria 2–0; Iceland 0–2
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Montenegro 1–1, +3 PD; Latvia 1–1, –3 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Italy 1–1, +3 PD; Poland 1–1, –3 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Russia 1–1, +18 PD; Czech Republic 1–1, –18 PD
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Georgia 2–0; Israel 0–2
Statistical leaders [ edit ]
As of 25 February 2019
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