Group B of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Russia, Argentina, South Korea and Nigeria. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan.[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
edit| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Russia |
European Second Round Group K Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | Runners-up (1994, 1998) | 10 |
 Argentina |
Americas Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 14 | 9 | Champions (1950) | 5 |
 South Korea |
Asian Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 2 | 11th place (1970) | 32 |
 Nigeria |
African Second Round Group F Top 2 | 15 September 2018 | 2006 | 4 | 1 | 13th place (1998) | 33 |
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 211 | +47 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Russia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 219 | +11 | 5 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 266 | 242 | +24 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
| 4 | South Korea
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 290 | −82 | 3 |
Games
editAll times are local (UTC+8).
Russia vs. Nigeria
editThis was the first game between Russia and Nigeria in the World Cup. The Russians won against Nigeria in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the last competitive game between the two teams.
31 August 2019
16:30 |
| Russia |
82–77 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 22–22, 18–23, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: Kulagin 16 Rebs: Kurbanov 7 Asts: Fridzon, Zubkov 4 |
Pts: Okogie 18 Rebs: Metu 6 Asts: Okogie 4 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Takaki Kato (JPN), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ) |
Argentina vs. South Korea
editThis was the second game between Argentina and South Korea in the World Cup, with the Argentinians winning the first game in 1994. Argentina also won their last competitive game against South Korea in the 1996 Olympics.
31 August 2019
20:30 |
| Argentina |
95–69 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–17, 28–16, 24–25 | ||
| Pts: Laprovíttola 17 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
Pts: Ratliffe 31 Rebs: Ratliffe 15 Asts: Lee 7 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 4,585 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Carsten Straube (GER) |
Nigeria vs. Argentina
editThis was the third game between Nigeria and Argentina in the World Cup. Argentina have won both games, and also won its last competitive game against the Nigerians at the 2016 Olympics.
2 September 2019
16:30 |
| Nigeria |
81–94 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 26–15, 18–29, 20–22 | ||
| Pts: Okogie 18 Rebs: Aminu 8 Asts: Okogie 5 |
Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 8 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Takaki Kato (JPN), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ) |
South Korea vs. Russia
editThis was the first game between South Korea and Russia in the World Cup. The Russians won against South Korea in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the last competitive game between the two teams.
2 September 2019
20:30 |
| South Korea |
73–87 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 19–13, 12–23, 24–24 | ||
| Pts: Ratliffe 19 Rebs: Ratliffe 10 Asts: Lee 5 |
Pts: Fridzon, Vorontsevich 13 Rebs: Kurbanov, Vorontsevich 7 Asts: Kurbanov 9 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 1,637 Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Markos Michaelides (SUI) |
South Korea vs. Nigeria
editThis was the first competitive game between South Korea and Nigeria.
4 September 2019
16:30 |
| South Korea |
66–108 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 16–32, 19–30, 16–29 | ||
| Pts: Ratliffe 18 Rebs: Ratliffe 11 Asts: Lee, Park 4 |
Pts: Eric 17 Rebs: Eric, Metu 9 Asts: Iroegbu 6 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 3,147 Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Carsten Straube (GER), Markos Michaelides (SUI) |
Russia vs. Argentina
editThis was the fourth game between Russia and Argentina in the World Cup. The Russians won their last competitive game against Argentina, in the 2012 Olympics.
4 September 2019
20:30 |
| Russia |
61–69 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 16–27, 7–14, 21–16 | ||
| Pts: Zubkov 18 Rebs: Vorontsevich, Zubkov 7 Asts: Sopin 4 |
Pts: Campazzo 21 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Campazzo 7 | |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 6,255 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Takaki Kato (JPN) |
References
edit- ^ "Procedure for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw". FIBA. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Star-studded FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw completed in Shenzhen". fiba.basketball. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.