2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Ivory Coast, Poland, Venezuela and China. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Wukesong Arena, Beijing.^[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
Ivory Coast	African Best third placed team	24 February 2019	2010	4	1	13th place (1982, 1986)	64
Poland	European Second Round Group J Top 3	22 February 2019	1967	2	1	5th place (1967)	25
Venezuela	Americas Second Round Group F Top 3	2 December 2018	2006	4	1	11th place (1990)	20
China	Host nation	7 August 2015	2010	9	1	8th place (1994)	30

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	239	208	+31	6	Second round
2	Venezuela	3	2	1	228	210	+18	5
3	China (H)	3	1	2	205	206	−1	4	17th–32nd classification
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	3	189	237	−48	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

Poland vs. Venezuela

This was the first competitive game between Poland and Venezuela.

31 August 2019 16:00

Boxscore

Poland	80–69	Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–12, 16–15, 20–18
Pts: Sokołowski 16 Rebs: Hrycaniuk 10 Asts: Slaughter 5		Pts: Chourio 15 Rebs: Ruiz 10 Asts: Guillent 8

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Matthew Myers (USA), Nicolas Fernandes (TAH)

Ivory Coast vs. China

This was the fourth meeting between the Ivory Coast and China in the World Cup. The Chinese have won all three prior meetings, including their 2010 match-up, which was the most recent game.

31 August 2019 20:00

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	55–70	China
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–15, 12–22, 14–19
Pts: Edi 10 Rebs: Koné, Thompson 8 Asts: Diabate, Pamba 3		Pts: Yi 19 Rebs: Yi, Zhai 8 Asts: Guo 8

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Boris Krejič (SVN), Harja Jaladri (IDN)

Venezuela vs. Ivory Coast

This was the first competitive game between Venezuela and the Ivory Coast.

2 September 2019 16:00

Boxscore

Venezuela	87–71	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 23–15, 24–24, 14–15
Pts: Guillent 31 Rebs: Ruiz 8 Asts: Guillent 7		Pts: Abouo 16 Rebs: Pamba 6 Asts: Diabate, Fofana 4

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 6,051 Referees: Matthew Myers (USA), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Harja Jaladri (IDN)

China vs. Poland

This was the first competitive game between China and Poland.

2 September 2019 20:00

Boxscore

China	76–79 (OT)	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 10–24, 19–18, 18–15, Overtime: 4–7
Pts: Yi 24 Rebs: Wang 9 Asts: Guo, Zhao J. 4		Pts: Ponitka 25 Rebs: Ponitka 9 Asts: Slaughter 4

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 11,646 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Boris Krejič (SVN), Ahmed Abaakil (MAR)

Ivory Coast vs. Poland

This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Poland.

4 September 2019 16:00

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	63–80	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 8–16, 17–19, 14–25
Pts: Abouo 23 Rebs: Abouo, Thompson 6 Asts: Diabate 6		Pts: Waczyński 16 Rebs: Kulig 7 Asts: Waczyński 6

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 7,845 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Nicolas Fernandes (TAH), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Venezuela vs. China

This was the second meeting between Venezuela and China in the World Cup. The Venezuelans won their first meeting in 1990. The Venezuelans also won their last competitive game against the Chinese, in the 2016 Olympics.

4 September 2019 20:00

Boxscore

Venezuela	72–59	China
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 15–13, 18–18, 21–18
Pts: Guillent 15 Rebs: Colmenares, Ruiz 7 Asts: Guillent 8		Pts: Fang 13 Rebs: Yi 8 Asts: Zhao J. 4

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 11,324 Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Matthew Myers (USA), Boris Krejič (SVN)