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
 SpainEuropean Second Round Group I Top 32 December 201820141210Champions (2006)2
 IranAsian Second Round Group F Top 324 February 201920143319th place (2010)27
 Puerto RicoAmericas Second Round Group E Top 325 February 201920141494th place (1990)16
 TunisiaAfrican Second Round Group E Top 215 September 201820102124th 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
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
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
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
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
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
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)

References
  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.
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