2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E

Basketball tournament group stage

Group E of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Czech Republic, Turkey, United States and Japan. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai.[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

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Turkey | European Second Round Group I Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | Runners-up (2010) | 17
Czech Republic | European Second Round Group K Top 3 | 16 September 2018 | N/A | 1 | 1 | Debut | 24
United States | Americas Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 18 | 18 | Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014) | 1
Japan | Asian Second Round Group F Top 4 | 24 February 2019 | 2006 | 5 | 1 | 11th place (1967) | 48

## Standings

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Pos | Team

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 279  | 204  | +75  | 6  | Second round
2  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 2  | 1  | 247  | 240  | +7  | 5
3  |  Turkey | 3  | 1  | 2  | 254  | 251  | +3  | 4  | 17th–32nd classification
4  |  Japan | 3  | 0  | 3  | 188  | 273  | −85  | 3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

## Games

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All times are local (UTC+8).

### Turkey vs. Japan

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This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Japan.

1 September 2019
16:30

Boxscore

Turkey | 86-67 |  Japan

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Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 19–23, 20–14, 19–18
Pts: Mahmutoğlu 17
Rebs: İlyasova 9
Asts: Balbay 8 |  | Pts: Fazekas, Hachimura 15
Rebs: Hachimura 7
Asts: Baba 4

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 16,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)

### Czech Republic vs. United States

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This was the first competitive game between the Czech Republic and the United States.

1 September 2019
20:30

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Boxscore

Czech Republic | 67-88 |  United States

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Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 15–26, 19–23, 19–22
Pts: Satoranský 17
Rebs: Bohačík 9
Asts: Satoranský 5 |  | Pts: Mitchell 16
Rebs: Turner 7
Asts: Walker 4

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 17,800
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Duan Zhu (CHN)

### Japan vs. Czech Republic

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This was the first competitive game between Japan and the Czech Republic.

3 September 2019
16:30

Boxscore

Japan | 76-89 |  Czech Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 22–27, 15–19, 21–25
Pts: Hachimura 21
Rebs: Fazekas 10
Asts: Hachimura, Shinoyama 4 |  | Pts: Bohačík, Schilb 22
Rebs: Balvín 8
Asts: Satoransky 7

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 12,200
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

### United States vs. Turkey

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This was the third game between the United States and Turkey, with the Americans winning the prior two games, including in 2014, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2019

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20:30

Boxscore

United States | 93-92 (OT) |  Turkey

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Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 21–21, 18–19, 16–20, Overtime: 12–11
Pts: Middleton 15
Rebs: Tatum 11
Asts: Walker 7 |  | Pts: İlyasova 23
Rebs: İlyasova 14
Asts: Osman 4

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 18,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

### Turkey vs. Czech Republic

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This was the first game between Turkey and the Czech Republic in the World Cup. The Turks won in EuroBasket 2007, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
16:30

Boxscore

Turkey | 76-91 |  Czech Republic

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Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 19–21, 25–23, 16–25
Pts: Osman 24
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: four players 3 |  | Pts: Hruban 18
Rebs: Balvín 11
Asts: Schilb 8

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

### United States vs. Japan

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This was the first game between the United States and Japan in the World Cup. The Americans won in the 1972 Olympics, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

5 September 2019
20:30

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Boxscore

United States | 98-45 |  Japan

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Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 33–14, 28–8, 14–14
Pts: Brown 20
Rebs: Turner 9
Asts: Walker 8 |  | Pts: Baba 18
Rebs: Takeuchi 6
Asts: Watanabe 2

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Duan Zhu (CHN)

## 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.

## External links

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* Official website

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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Stages|

| Preliminary round|

* Group A
* Group B
* Group C
* Group D
* Group E
* Group F
* Group G
* Group H

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Second round|

* Group I
* Group J
* Group K
* Group L

Classification round|

* Group M
* Group N
* Group O
* Group P

Knockout round|

* Final round
* Final

Teams (Squads)|

* Angola
* Argentina
* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* China (host)
* Czech Republic
* Dominican Republic
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Italy
* Iran
* Ivory Coast
* Japan
* Jordan
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Philippines
* Poland
* Puerto Rico
* Russia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* United States
* Venezuela

Venues|

* Cadillac Arena
* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre
* Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center
* Guangzhou Gymnasium
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium
* Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
* Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre
* Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium

Qualification|

* Africa
* Americas
* Asia
* Europe
* Serbia

Bids|

* China
* Philippines

Others|

* Seeding
* Philippines–Australia basketball brawl

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