2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A

thumb|Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, host of Group A games. Group A of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Spain, Serbia, France, Brazil, Egypt and Iran. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all games played at Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round. Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceFIBA World RankingAsDateLastTotalStreakESP Host May 23, 2009 2010 11 9 Champions (2006) / Final 2SRB FIBA Eurobasket 2013 7th place September 21, 2013 2010 15 5 Champions (1998, 2002) / Final (1998, 2002) 11FRA 1974 FIBA EuroBasket 2013 winner September 18, 2013 2010 6 3 4th place (1954) / Final round 8BRA Wild card selection February 1, 2014 2010 17 17 Champions (1959, 1963) / Final round 10EGY 2013 FIBA Africa Championship runner-up August 30, 2013 1994 6 1 5th place (1950) / Final round 46IRI 2013 FIBA Asia Championship winner August 10, 2013 2010 2 2 19th place (2010) / Classification round 20 Standings main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F ESP 5 0 440 314 H BRA 4 1 416 333 FRA 1974 3 2 376 357 SRB 2 3 387 378 IRI 1 4 344 406 EGY 0 5 311 486 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 All times are local UTC+2. 30 August Egypt vs. Serbia This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Serbia. #eee 30 August 2014 15:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada EGY 64 SRB 85 13–21 18–22 12–25 21–17 Boxscore El-Gammal 12 Elmekawi 5 El-Sabagh 5 Teodosić 15 Birčević 9 three players 4 Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Michael Weiland (CAN) 3,000 France vs. Brazil This was the fifth meeting between France and Brazil in the World Cup. Brazil has won three games, with Frances's only win coming from their last meeting in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, which was also their last competitive game against each other. #eee 30 August 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada FRA 1974 63 BRA 65 18–11 8–17 15–18 22–19 Boxscore Diaw 15 Diaw 6 Diaw 5 Huertas 16 Varejão 9 Huertas 5 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Anthony Jordan (USA), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) 4,200 Iran vs. Spain This was the first competitive game between Iran and Spain. #eee 30 August 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada IRN 60 ESP 90 18–27 15–21 17–22 10–20 Boxscore Kamrani 18 Haddadi 15 Nikkhah 4 P. Gasol 33 M. Gasol 10 Rubio 5 Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) 7,000 31 August Serbia vs. France This was the first game between Serbia and France in the World Cup. The two teams have met twice in the EuroBasket, with France winning in 2011, and Serbia winning in 2013. #eee 31 August 2014 15:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada SRB 73 FRA 1974 74 21–20 21–14 20–26 11–14 Boxscore Raduljica 21 Raduljica 7 Teodosić 5 Lauvergne 19 Batum 6 Heurtel 6 Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) 7,070 Brazil vs. Iran This was the second meeting between Brazil and Iran in the World Cup. Brazil won on their first game, in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. #eee 31 August 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada BRA 79 IRN 50 17–18 23–6 21–12 18–14 Boxscore Garcia 12 Varejão, Splitter 6 Huertas 6 Jamshidi 13 Haddadi 7 Afagh, Jamshidi 2 Michael Weiland (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) 7,070 Spain vs. Egypt This was the fourth game between Spain and Egypt in the World Cup. Spain has won two, including their last meeting at the 1994 FIBA World Championship. #eee 31 August 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada ESP 91 EGY 54 26–10 16–14 22–13 27–17 Boxscore Ibaka 18 Ibaka 8 Rubio 7 El-Gammal 16 Ibrahim 7 El-Gammal 3 Anthony Jordan (USA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) 7,691 1 September Iran vs. Serbia This was the first competitive game between Iran and Serbia. #eee 1 September 2014 15:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada IRN 70 SRB 83 18–21 20–21 13–25 19–16 Boxscore Haddadi 29 Haddadi 5 Nikkhah 7 Bjelica 18 Bjelica 10 Teodosić 9 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) 6,597 France vs. Egypt This was the second game between France and Egypt in the World Cup, with France winning their first meeting in the 1950 FIBA World Championship. France won the last competitive game against Egypt at the 1984 Olympics. #eee 1 September 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada FRA 1974 94 EGY 55 23–15 26–11 19–10 26–19 Boxscore Lauvergne 12 Lauvergne 7 Heurtel 8 El-Gammal 12 El-Gammal 4 El-Gammal 3 Michael Weiland (CAN), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT) 6,597 Brazil vs. Spain This was the eighth game between Brazil and Spain. Spain has won 6 games, including their last game in the 2002 FIBA World Championship, with Brazil's only win coming from their meeting in the 1986 FIBA World Championship. Brazil won in the last competitive game against Spain at the 2012 Olympics. #eee 1 September 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada BRA 63 ESP 82 14–30 18–15 15–21 16–16 Boxscore Barbosa 11 Nenê, Marquinhos 5 Barbosa, Taylor 2 P. Gasol 26 P. Gasol 9 Rubio 6 Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Anthony Jordan (USA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) 8,810 3 September Egypt vs. Iran This was the first game between Egypt and Iran. #eee 3 September 2014 15:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada EGY 73 IRN 88 15–27 26–21 15–16 17–24 Boxscore Shousha 15 Kamal 5 El-Gammal, El-Sabagh 3 Nikkhah 24 Haddadi 15 Nikkhah 6 Anthony Jordan (USA), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) 4,122 Serbia vs. Brazil This was the first competitive game between Serbia and Brazil. #eee 3 September 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada SRB 73 BRA 81 16–23 16–25 32–12 9–21 Boxscore Teodosić 14 Bjelica, Raduljica 5 Teodosić 5 Vieira 21 Varejão 9 Splitter 6 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Michael Weiland (CAN) 4,122 Spain vs. France This was the third game between France and Spain in the World Cup. Both teams split their first two games, with France winning in their last game at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The French won at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 semifinals, the last competitive game between them. #eee 3 September 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada ESP 88 FRA 1974 64 22–19 22–15 21–16 23–14 Boxscore M. Gasol 17 Ibaka 8 Rubio 8 Batum, Diot 11 Pietrus 8 Diaw 3 Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) 8,849 4 September Brazil vs. Egypt This was the second game between Brazil and Egypt in the World Cup. Brazil won their first meeting in the 1950 FIBA World Championship. Their latest competitive game against each other was a Brazil victory at the 1988 Olympics. #eee 4 September 2014 15:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada BRA 128 EGY 65 37–10 30–13 24–25 37–17 Boxscore Barbosa 22 Varejão 10 Neto 10 El-Gammal 16 Gendy, Elmekawi 5 El-Gammal 5 Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) 6,928 Iran vs. France This was the first game between Iran and France in the World Cup. Their only other competitive meeting was in the 1948 Olympics in which France won. #eee 4 September 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada IRN 76 FRA 1974 81 23–13 10–24 16–26 27–18 Boxscore Nikkhah 23 Haddadi 15 Kamrani 5 Heurtel 15 Lauvergne 5 Heurtel 4 Michael Weiland (CAN), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) 6,928 Serbia vs. Spain This was the second meeting between Serbia and Spain in the World Cup. Serbia defeated Spain in their meeting at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Spain won the last competitive game against Serbia at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013. #eee 4 September 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada SRB 73 ESP 89 20–34 15–20 21–17 17–18 Boxscore Bjelica 19 Bjelica 10 Bogdanović 4 P. Gasol 20 M. Gasol 8 Rubio 6 Anthony Jordan (USA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) 8,559 External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page Group A Category:2014–15 in Spanish basketball Category:2014–15 in Brazilian basketball Category:2014–15 in French basketball Category:Serbia at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Category:2014 in Iranian sport Category:2014 in Egyptian sport