2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Spain, Iran, Puerto Rico and Tunisia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou.^[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
Spain	European Second Round Group I Top 3	2 December 2018	2014	12	10	Champions (2006)	2
Iran	Asian Second Round Group F Top 3	24 February 2019	2014	3	3	19th place (2010)	27
Puerto Rico	Americas Second Round Group E Top 3	25 February 2019	2014	14	9	4th place (1990)	16
Tunisia	African Second Round Group E Top 2	15 September 2018	2010	2	1	24th place (2010)	51

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	247	190	+57	6	Second round
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	213	218	−5	5
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	205	235	−30	4	17th–32nd classification
4	Iran	3	0	3	213	235	−22	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

Iran vs. Puerto Rico

This was the first competitive game between Iran and Puerto Rico.

31 August 2019 16:30

Boxscore

Iran	81–83	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 19–15, 16–20, 16–32
Pts: Haddadi, Yakhchali 22 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Jamshidi 5		Pts: Huertas 32 Rebs: Balkman 6 Asts: three players 4

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ye Nan (CHN)

Spain vs. Tunisia

This was the first competitive game between Spain and Tunisia.

31 August 2019 20:30

Boxscore

Spain	101–62	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–22, 30–8, 29–15
Pts: Rubio 17 Rebs: J. Hernangómez 8 Asts: W. Hernangómez, Llull 5		Pts: Mejri 15 Rebs: Mejri 7 Asts: Abada 6

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), James Boyer (AUS)

Tunisia vs. Iran

This was the second game in the World Cup between Tunisia and Iran. The Iranians won in 2010, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

2 September 2019 16:30

Boxscore

Tunisia	79–67	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 15–16, 15–13, 20–19
Pts: Mejri 22 Rebs: Mejri 15 Asts: three players 5		Pts: Geramipoor 18 Rebs: Haddadi 11 Asts: Haddadi 8

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR)

Puerto Rico vs. Spain

This was the second game in the World Cup between Puerto Rico and Spain. The Puerto Ricans won in 2002, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

2 September 2019 20:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	63–73	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 14–19, 10–21, 18–16
Pts: Clavell 13 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Browne 6		Pts: Gasol 19 Rebs: Rubio 8 Asts: Fernández 6

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), James Boyer (AUS)

Puerto Rico vs. Tunisia

This was the first competitive game between Puerto Rico and Tunisia.

4 September 2019 16:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	67–64	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–14, 14–23, 15–9
Pts: Balkman 14 Rebs: Balkman 9 Asts: Browne 8		Pts: Abada, Mejri 14 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9 Asts: Roll 5

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Krishna Domínguez (MEX)

Spain vs. Iran

This was the second game in the World Cup between Spain and Iran. The Spaniards won in 2014, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

4 September 2019 20:30

Boxscore

Spain	73–65	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 15–10, 19–22, 21–12
Pts: Gasol 16 Rebs: J. Hernangómez 10 Asts: Rubio 5		Pts: Jamshidi 15 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Nikkhah, Haddadi 6

Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR), Ye Nan (CHN)