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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
17th FIBA Basketball World Cup
Spain2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup – official logo
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates30 August–14 September
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Official website
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship.[1] Hosted by Spain, it is the last time the tournament is held on the current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup will be held five years later, in 2019, to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.[2]

Countdown clock outside the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland as of June 2013.

The winner will automatically qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If Brazil wins the tournament, the runner-up will qualify for the 2016 Olympics by default as Brazil is already qualified as host country of the Olympics.

Host selection

FIBA opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008.[3] Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain,[4] France,[5] Denmark,[6] Russia,[7] Saudi Arabia,[8] Qatar,[9] Italy,[10] Greece,[11] and China.[12]

Among the nine, only three were shortlisted by FIBA: China which would have hosted the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship later that year, Italy which last hosted a FIBA tournament in EuroBasket Women 2007, and FIBA EuroBasket 2007 host Spain.

On 23 May 2009, after voting by the FIBA Central Board in Geneva in which the Chinese and Spanish representatives abstained, China was the first to be eliminated in the first round of voting. In the final round, Arvydas Sabonis and Saša Djordjević announced that Spain won the hosting rights with eleven votes as opposed to Italy's eight.[13]

Venues

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid will be the main venue, hosting the final and half of the matches in the final round. While no arenas from the 1986 FIBA World Championship will be reused, the current Madrid arena was built on the site of the original venue that was destroyed by fire in 2001, which was a venue used in 1986. Amongst venues used in FIBA EuroBasket 2007, the arenas in Granada, Seville and Madrid will be reused. One arena, the Gran Canaria Arena, is the only new venue, being built after the tournament was awarded to Spain. The other cities will host a group.

On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six.[14] This will be Barcelona's first time being part of a major international event in basketball since the 1997 EuroBasket, in which the Palau Sant Jordi hosted the final stages.[14] Barcelona will host half of the games in the knockout stage, including a semifinal.

Below is a list of the confirmed venues which will be used to host games during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Connor Floor will be the official supplier of the basketball courts for each of the six sites.[15]

Iberian peninsula Madrid Barcelona Granada
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Capacity: 15,500 		Palau Sant Jordi
Capacity: 16,500 		Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Capacity: 7,500
Barakaldo Seville Las Palmas
Bizkaia Arena
Capacity: 15,414 		Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Capacity: 10,200 		Gran Canaria Arena
Capacity: 11,500
Canary Islands

Qualification

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
Status of teams with the intent of participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
  Qualified
  Eliminated
  Did not enter
  Disqualified and suspended by FIBA
  Not a member of FIBA

There will be 24 teams taking part in the 2014 World Cup of Basketball. After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Cup.[16]

Qualified teams

As of 21 September 2013, twenty teams have already qualified for the final tournament in 2014. To complete the 24-team tournament, FIBA would announce the four wild cards after a meeting in Barcelona on 3 February 2014; they may announce an initial list of teams that would be considered after a Buenos Aires meeting on 23–24 November 2013.[17] The FIBA Central Board decided not to trim the list of wild card applicants on their Buenos Aires meeting, making all 15 teams eligible to be selected on the February meeting at Barcelona.[18]

On 1 February 2014, FIBA announced that it had allocated the wild cards to Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey.[19]

Event Date Location Berths Qualified
Host nation 23 May 2009 Switzerland Geneva 1  Spain
2012 Olympics 29 July–12 August 2012 United Kingdom London 1  United States
2013 FIBA Africa Championship 20–31 August 2013 Ivory Coast Abidjan 3  Angola
 Egypt
 Senegal
2013 FIBA Americas Championship 30 August–11 September 2013 Venezuela Caracas 4  Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Dominican Republic
2013 FIBA Asia Championship 1–11 August 2013 Philippines Manila 3  Iran
 Philippines
 South Korea
FIBA EuroBasket 2013 4–22 September 2013  Slovenia 6  France
 Lithuania
 Croatia
 Slovenia
 Ukraine
 Serbia
2013 FIBA Oceania Championship 14–18 August 2013 New Zealand Auckland
Australia Canberra 		2  Australia
 New Zealand
Wild cards 1 February 2014 Spain Barcelona 4  Brazil
 Finland
 Greece
 Turkey
TOTAL 24

Suspension of Senegal

On the FIBA Central Board meeting in Buenos Aires, FIBA suspended the basketball federations of Guatemala, Morocco and Senegal indefinitely "due to their inability to properly function as the governing body for basketball in their respective countries."[20] The Senegalese federation was suspended reportedly due to age fabrication in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Men and for Women; the Senegalese federation was dissolved as a result.[21] On 2 February, FIBA lifted the suspension on the Senegalese federation after they complied with all of the requirements imposed by the FIBA, clearing the way for the participation of its national team in the tournament.[19]

Rule and format changes

This will be the first time the new expanded free throw lane, the restricted arc, and extended three point line (6.6 m [21' 8"] from the basket at the corners; 6.75 m [22' 1.75"] elsewhere) take effect in the tournament.

The final round will be held in two arenas: in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid and Palau Sant Jordi, as opposed to a singular arena in 2010. Also, the ordering of the round of 16 match-ups were changed. In 2010, a team from Group A or B can meet a team from Group C or D as early in the quarterfinals, and cannot meet their groupmates until the semifinals. In 2014, teams from Groups A and B are in one half of the bracket and will play in Madrid, while teams from Groups C and D are in the other half and will play in Barcelona; teams from Groups A and B won't meet teams from Group C or D until the final or third-place playoff, and can meet their groupmates as early as the quarterfinals.

In 2010, the round of 16 games were held in a span of four days, or two matches per day; in 2014, there would be four games per day, and the round of 16 will be done in two days. From the semifinals onward, unlike in 2010 where the semifinals were held in one day, and the third-place playoff and the final on the next day, the semifinals in 2014 will be held on two days, followed by the third-place playoff the next day, and the final on the day after, or one game per day. Finally, the classification round for 5th place was also eliminated.

Draw

The draw was held on 3 February 2014 at 19:00 CET at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.[22] On 2 February, FIBA released the pots on how the teams would be drawn. "Pot 1" included the top 4 teams in the FIBA World Rankings for men, while the other pots were grouped on geographical and sporting criteria.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

 Argentina (3)
 Lithuania (4)
 Spain (2)
United States (1)

 Angola (15)
 Egypt (46)
 Senegal (41)
 Finland (39)

 Iran (20)
 South Korea (31)
 Philippines (34)
 New Zealand (19)

 Croatia (16)
 Serbia (11)
 Slovenia (13)
 Ukraine (45)

 Brazil (10)
 Dominican Republic (26)
 Mexico (24)
 Puerto Rico (17)

 Australia (9)
 France (8)
 Greece (5)
 Turkey (7)

There were no restrictions in drawing teams from pots except for the following:

  • Spain and the United States, as the top 2 teams, were to be placed on opposite sides of the bracket for knockout play. As a result, Spain went to Group A and the USA to Group C. The other teams in the pot would thus be drawn to either Group B or D.
  • Finland could not be placed in a group that already had a European team; therefore they could only be placed in the group containing the USA or Argentina.
  • Australia could not be placed in a group that already contained New Zealand, and thus had to be placed in a group that already had two European teams.

After a team's group was drawn, another draw followed to determine their position in the group, and consequently, the order of games to be played. In this draw, there were four pots, "Pot A" to "Pot D", each corresponding to each preliminary round group, containing six numbers; here, the pot corresponding to the drawn group of a team was drawn to determine its position in the order of games, such as "A1" to "A6", for Group A teams. Finally, after the groupings and order of games were determined, FIBA assigned one group to each preliminary round host city.[23][24]

Former Spanish international Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Croatia's Dino Rađa, José Ortiz of Puerto Rico and Angolan Jean-Jacques Conceição assisted in the draw.[24]

Group A, which included European champions France, hosts Spain, and traditional powerhouse Serbia has been labeled as the "group of death".[25] The Americans, meanwhile, avoided the "bracket of death" of Groups A and B by landing in Group C, setting up a rematch of the 2010 final against Turkey, which were selected as wild cards, and a possible late knockout match-up against European runners-up Lithuania.[26]

Squads

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads

Each team has a roster of 12 players; a team may opt to have one naturalized player from its roster. The final rosters shall be finalized at the team managers' meeting at the night prior to the first game. The final roster of 12 players per team must be taken from a list of at most 24 players submitted to FIBA two months before the beginning of the championship.

Preparation matches

2014 South American Basketball Championship

Main article: 2014 South American Basketball Championship

The 2014 South American Basketball Championship in Isla Margarita, Venezuela is a qualifying tournament for the 2015 Pan-American Games. Venezuela defeated World Cup participants Argentina (that played with its "B" team) to win the title; the other team in the World Cup, Brazil (that also played with its "B" team), finished in third place defeating Uruguay. All four teams qualified to the 2015 Pan-American Games.

2014 FIBA Asia Cup

Main article: 2014 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup in Wuhan, China is a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China. Iran defeated Chinese Taipei to win the title and qualify outright; the other team in the World Cup, the Philippines, defeated China in the third place playoff.

2014 Centrobasket

Main article: 2014 Centrobasket

The 2014 Centrobasket in Tepic, Mexico is a qualifying tournament for the 2015 Pan-American Games. The three teams in the World Cup occupied the top three places. Mexico defeated Puerto Rico in the final, while Dominican Republic finished third.

2014 William Jones Cup

Main article: 2014 William Jones Cup

The 2014 William Jones Cup was a friendly tournament in New Taipei, Taiwan. Egypt is the only World Cup team participated; they finished third. Iran sent their "B-team", while South Korea sent in a Korean Basketball League team.

2014 Antibes International Basketball Tournament

Main article: 2014 Antibes International Basketball Tournament

Australia won this friendly tournament in Antibes, France organized by Fédération Française de Basket-Ball. The Philippines, France, and Ukraine were the other teams that participated.

Preliminary round

Current rankings of teams.

How teams are ranked:

  1. Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point:
    • Win: 2 points
    • Loss: 1 point
    • Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing.
    • Loss by forfeit: 0 points, with a final score of 20–0 for the opponents of the forfeiting team.
  2. Head-to-head record via points system above
  3. Points difference on games among tied teams
  4. Points average on all group games
  5. Drawing of lots
Qualified to the Final Round
Eliminated from competition

Group A

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain (H) 5 5 0 440 314 +126 10 Round of 16
2  Brazil 5 4 1 416 333 +83 9
3  France 5 3 2 376 357 +19 8
4  Serbia 5 2 3 387 378 +9 7
5  Iran 5 1 4 344 406 −62 6
6  Egypt 5 0 5 311 486 −175 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
30 August 2014
Egypt  64–85  Serbia Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
France  63–65  Brazil Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Iran  60–90  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
31 August 2014
Serbia  73–74  France Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Brazil  79–50  Iran Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Spain  91–54  Egypt Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
1 September 2014
Iran  70–83  Serbia Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
France  94–55  Egypt Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Brazil  63–82  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
3 September 2014
Egypt  73–88  Iran Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Serbia  73–81  Brazil Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Spain  –  France Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
4 September 2014
Brazil  –  Egypt Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Iran  –  France Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
Serbia  –  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada

Group B

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 5 5 0 414 349 +65 10 Round of 16
2  Croatia 5 3 2 414 398 +16 8[a]
3  Argentina 5 3 2 420 371 +49 8[a]
4  Senegal 5 2 3 348 399 −51 7
5  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 388 446 −58 6[b]
6  Philippines 5 1 4 383 404 −21 6[b]
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Puerto Rico 1–0 Philippines


30 August 2014
Croatia  81–78 OT  Philippines Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Puerto Rico  75–98  Argentina Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Greece  87–64  Senegal Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
31 August 2014
Argentina  85–90  Croatia Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Senegal  82–75  Puerto Rico Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Philippines  70–82  Greece Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
1 September 2014
Croatia  75–77  Senegal Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Argentina  85–81  Philippines Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Puerto Rico  79–90  Greece Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
3 September 2014
Philippines  73–77  Puerto Rico Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Senegal  46–81  Argentina Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Greece  76–65  Croatia Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
4 September 2014
Senegal  –  Philippines Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Croatia  –  Puerto Rico Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Argentina  –  Greece Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo

Group C

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 511 345 +166 10 Round of 16
2  Turkey 5 3 2 365 372 −7 8
3  Dominican Republic 5 2 3 347 386 −39 7[a]
4  New Zealand 5 2 3 347 376 −29 7[a]
5  Ukraine 5 2 3 344 369 −25 7[a]
6  Finland 5 1 4 342 408 −66 6
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Dominican Republic 1–1 (1.022 GAvg), New Zealand 1–1 (0.993 GAvg), Ukraine 1–1 (0.985 GAvg),
30 August 2014
Ukraine  72–62  Dominican Republic Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo
New Zealand  73–76  Turkey Bizkaia Arena
United States 114–55  Finland Bizkaia Arena
31 August 2014
Dominican Republic  76–63  New Zealand Bizkaia Arena
Finland  81–76  Ukraine Bizkaia Arena
Turkey  77–98 United States Bizkaia Arena
2 September 2014
Ukraine  64–58  Turkey Bizkaia Arena
United States 98–71  New Zealand Bizkaia Arena
Finland  68–74  Dominican Republic Bizkaia Arena
3 September 2014
New Zealand  73–61  Ukraine Bizkaia Arena
Turkey  77–73 OT  Finland Bizkaia Arena
Dominican Republic  – United States Bizkaia Arena
4 September 2014
Finland  –  New Zealand Bizkaia Arena
Ukraine  – United States Bizkaia Arena
Turkey  –  Dominican Republic Bizkaia Arena

Group D

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 4 1 383 331 +52 9[a] Round of 16
2  Slovenia 5 4 1 425 374 +51 9[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 404 373 +31 8
4  Mexico 5 2 3 370 372 −2 7[b]
5  Angola 5 2 3 375 399 −24 7[b]
6  South Korea 5 0 5 316 424 −108 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–0 Angola
30 August 2014
Angola  80–69  South Korea Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
Australia  80–90  Slovenia Gran Canaria Arena
Mexico  74–87  Lithuania Gran Canaria Arena
31 August 2014
South Korea  55–89  Australia Gran Canaria Arena
Slovenia  89–68  Mexico Gran Canaria Arena
Lithuania  75–62  Angola Gran Canaria Arena
2 September 2014
Angola  55–79  Mexico Gran Canaria Arena
Australia  82–75  Lithuania Gran Canaria Arena
South Korea  72–89  Slovenia Gran Canaria Arena
3 September 2014
Mexico  62–70  Australia Gran Canaria Arena
Slovenia  93–87  Angola Gran Canaria Arena
Lithuania  79-49  South Korea Gran Canaria Arena
4 September 2014
Australia  –  Angola Gran Canaria Arena
South Korea  –  Mexico Gran Canaria Arena
Lithuania  –  Slovenia Gran Canaria Arena

Final round

Main article: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup final round
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
6 September – Madrid
 
 
 Spain89
 
10 September – Madrid
 
 Senegal56
 
 Spain52
 
6 September – Madrid
 
 France65
 
 Croatia64
 
12 September – Madrid
 
 France69
 
 France85
 
7 September – Madrid
 
 Serbia90
 
 Greece72
 
10 September – Madrid
 
 Serbia90
 
 Serbia84
 
7 September – Madrid
 
 Brazil56
 
 Brazil85
 
14 September – Madrid
 
 Argentina65
 
 Serbia92
 
6 September – Barcelona
 
 United States129
 
 United States86
 
9 September – Barcelona
 
 Mexico63
 
 United States119
 
6 September – Barcelona
 
 Slovenia76
 
 Slovenia71
 
11 September – Barcelona
 
 Dominican Republic61
 
 United States96
 
7 September – Barcelona
 
 Lithuania68 Third place
 
 Lithuania76
 
9 September – Barcelona13 September – Madrid
 
 New Zealand71
 
 Lithuania73 France95
 
7 September – Barcelona
 
 Turkey61  Lithuania93
 
 Turkey65
 
 
 Australia64
 

Round of 16

6 September 2014
C3 vs. D2
6 September 2014
C1 vs. D4
7 September 2014
C4 vs. D1
7 September 2014
C2 vs. D3

Quarterfinals

9 September 2014
WEF5 vs. WEF6
9 September 2014
WEF7 vs. WEF8
10 September 2014
WEF1 vs. WEF2
10 September 2014
WEF3 vs. WEF4

Semifinals

11 September 2014
21:00
WQF1 vs. WQF2
12 September 2014
22:00
WQF3 vs. WQF4

Third place playoff

13 September 2014
18:00
LSF1 vs. LSF2

Final

14 September 2014
21:00
WSF1 vs. WSF2

Statistics

Player tournament averages

Team tournament averages

Tournament game highs

Statistic Player Total Opponent (Date) Team Total Opponent (Date)
Points Spain Pau Gasol 33  Iran (30 Aug)  United States 114  Finland (30 Aug)
Rebounds Turkey Ömer Aşık 20  Ukraine (2 Sep)  Dominican Republic 49  Finland (2 Sep)
Assists Argentina Pablo Prigioni 10  Puerto Rico (30 Aug)  France 31  Egypt (1 Sep)
Steals United States Stephen Curry
Spain Ricky Rubio		 5  Turkey (31 Aug)
 Iran (30 Aug)		  United States 18  Finland (30 Aug)
Blocks 10 players 3 various  Greece
 South Korea		 8  Philippines (31 Aug)
 Australia (31 Aug)

Marketing

Road show and trophy tour

A tour of the Naismith Trophy is currently being held to promote the event, and is scheduled to end at early August. The trophy was on display at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans in February, then the tour visited several countries in Latin America, Europe and the Philippines from April to mid-July.[27] It also visited South Africa during the finals of the South African Basketball National League in August.[28]

Prior to this, FIBA and the Spanish Basketball Federation held a road show that ran from 2012 to 2014 visiting key Spanish cities, with the some of the final stops being the host cities, and at Ljubljana, Slovenia during FIBA EuroBasket 2013.[29]

Ball

On 30 January, FIBA revealed the official ball that will be used in the World Cup. Designed by Molten, it "will be the first time ever a custom designed basketball has been developed exclusively for an individual event".[30]

Mascots

On 31 January, FIBA revealed the mascots of the World Cup: Olé and Hop. Olé and Hop's name came from the word "alley-oop"; they are directly inspired from the 2014 World Cup logo, and will have a tour of host cities leading up to the championship.[31]

Theme song

"Sube la Copa" by Huecco was named the official theme song of the FIBA Basketball World Cup on. The song, starting from 27 August, can be downloaded on iTunes, Spotify and Deezer, with all of the proceeds going to the FEB's Casa Espana, Huecco's Fundacion Dame Vida, and FIBA's International Basketball Foundation.[32]

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[33]

See also

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  33. ^ Referees
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