2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
18th FIBA Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	China
Teams	32 (from 214 federations)
Venues	8 (in 8 host cities)
Official website
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup (simplified Chinese: 2019年世界杯篮球赛; traditional Chinese: 2019年世界盃籃球賽) will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in China and described that it will mark a new era for the competition. Rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, this edition will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup since 1967 that will not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but year following. Also, the group stage will expand from 24 to 32 teams.The top 7 teams (where 2 teams each are coming from the Americas and Europe; And the top team from Africa, Asia and Oceania) in this competition will qualify directly for the 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo.

Host selection

The whole bidding processed started in April 2014. Bids from numerous nations were submitted. On 16 March 2015, it was confirmed that the World Cup will be staged in Asia, with China and Philippines as the final countries to be the basis for the selection of the Hosts.^[1][2] On 7 August 2015, it was announced that China won the bid against the Philippines and will host the upcoming World Cup.^[3]

Voting results

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results
Nation	Votes
China	14
Philippines	7

Venues

Beijing	Beijing Guangdong (see below) Shanghai Nanjing Wuhan	Nanjing
LeSports Center		Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium
Capacity: 18,000		Capacity: 20,000 (new venue)
Shanghai		Wuhan
Mercedes-Benz Arena		Wuhan Gymnasium
Capacity: 18,000		Capacity: 13,000
Venues within Guangdong province
Dongguan	Dongguan Foshan Guangzhou Shenzhen	Foshan
Dongguan Basketball Center		Foshan Metro Sports Arena (new venue)
Capacity: 16,000		Capacity: 14,700
Guangzhou		Shenzhen
Guangzhou International Sports Arena		Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 18,000		Capacity: 18,000

Qualification

China as hosts automatically qualifies for the tournament. The continental championships will no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments will be held over two years.^[4]

The first round of the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Africa qualifiers will feature 16 teams each, whereas Europe will have 32 teams. Division A teams will be split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups will advance to round two, and last placed teams will play the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.

In round two of the World Cup qualifiers, teams will be split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams will carry 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 will qualify for the World Cup.

Starting 2019, no Wild card qualification will be held, and the Olympic Champions will not directly qualify.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	FIBA World Ranking	FIBA Zone	FIBA Zone Ranking
	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak
China	Host	7 August 2015	2010	8	1	8th place (1994) / Classification round	14	FIBA Asia	1

Format

The tournament will be played in three stages. In the first stage, the 32 qualified teams will be sorted into eight groups of four (A-H), each team in a group will play each other once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the second group stage. In the second group stage there will be four groups (I-L) of four made up of the teams that advanced from the first round, again playing each other once. The top two teams from groups I to L will qualify for the final knockout phase.^[5]

Reports suggest that the classification rounds will be revived after it was not held in 2014, it was traditionally held in every World Championship/World Cup and was seen last in action on 2010.^[6]

In total, 96 games will be played over a total of 16 days.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Second round		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Second round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Quarter-finals		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Quarter-finals		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Quarter-finals		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to Quarter-finals		—
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Final round

5th place game

5th-8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

7th place game

Bronze medal game

Issues and concerns

There are concerns from national associations that they will not be able to play the qualifiers with players from top professional leagues globally (National Basketball Association of North America and the Turkish Airlines Euroleague), which is possible with the continental championships held in mid-year.^[7]

References

1. "Mainini: calendar, system of competition and 3x3 our biggest priorities" (Press release). FIBA. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
2. PR N°20 – Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition
3. "PR N°30 - People's Republic of China to host 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup". FIBA. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
4. FIBA competitions calendar format 2017–2020
5. "2017-2021: FIBA New Competition System". FIBA.com. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
6. "SBP close to P5-million in spending for 2019 FIBA World Cup bid, hopes to be on November shortlist". Interaksyon.com. Manila: InterAksyon. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
7. FIBA schedule could leave NBA out - ESPN, September 19, 2013