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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H

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Group H of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Canada, Senegal, Lithuania and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan.[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

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Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking
As Date Last Total Streak
 Canada Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 3 December 2018 2010 14 1 6th place (1978, 1982) 23
 Senegal African Second Round Group F Top 2 22 February 2019 2014 5 2 14th place (1978) 37
 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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 276 242 +34 6 Second round
2  Lithuania 3 2 1 275 203 +72 5
3  Canada 3 1 2 243 260 −17 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Senegal 3 0 3 175 264 −89 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

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All times are local (UTC+8).

Canada vs. Australia

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This was sixth game between Canada and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians won in the 2000 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

1 September 2019
15:30
Canada  92–108  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 20–23, 37–24, 15–32
Pts: Birch 18
Rebs: Ejim 6
Asts: Pangos 8
Pts: Dellavedova 24
Rebs: Bogut 9
Asts: Ingles 10
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 9,930
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Gentian Cici (ALB)

Senegal vs. Lithuania

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This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Lithuania.

1 September 2019
19:30
Senegal  47–101  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 11–21, 12–29, 14–24
Pts: three players 8
Rebs: M. Faye 5
Asts: M. Faye 4
Pts: three players 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Kalnietis 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 7,008
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Australia vs. Senegal

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This was the first game between Australia and Senegal in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 1980 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019
15:30
Australia  81–68  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–17, 24–17, 21–18
Pts: Mills 22
Rebs: Ingles 10
Asts: Ingles 9
Pts: Dalmeida 14
Rebs: Ndoye 10
Asts: Dalmeida 4
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Lithuania vs. Canada

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This was the second game between Lithuania and Canada in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won the first match-up in 2010, the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019
19:30
Lithuania  92–69  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 22–22, 24–18, 22–15
Pts: Ulanovas 15
Rebs: Sabonis, Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Pts: Wiltjer 24
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Pangos 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Attendance: 6,801
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Canada vs. Senegal

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This was the third game between Canada and Senegal in the World Cup. The Canadians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians also won in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
15:30
Canada  82–60  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 22–10, 26–14, 23–14
Pts: Joseph 24
Rebs: Birch 10
Asts: Pangos 5
Pts: M. Faye 14
Rebs: Ndour 12
Asts: Dalmeida 7
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Lithuania vs. Australia

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This was the fourth game between Lithuania and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 2014. The Australians also won in the 2016 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
19:30
Lithuania  82–87  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 22–25, 19–16, 22–19
Pts: Grigonis 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 7
Asts: Sabonis 4
Pts: Mills 23
Rebs: Baynes 13
Asts: Ingles 8
Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Alexis Mercado (PUR)

References

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  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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