2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B

thumb| Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, host of Group B games. Group B of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Philippines, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Greece and Croatia. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all games played at Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round. Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceFIBA World RankingAsDateLastTotalStreakPHI 2013 FIBA Asia Championship runner-up August 10, 2013 1978 5 1 3rd place (1954) / Final round 34SEN 2013 FIBA Africa Championship 3rd place August 31, 2013 2006 4 1 14th place (1978) / Preliminary round 41PUR 2013 FIBA Americas Championship runner-up September 7, 2013 2010 12 8 4th place (1990) / Third place playoff 17ARG 2013 FIBA Americas Championship 3rd place September 8, 2013 2010 13 8 Champions (1950) / Final round 3GRE Wild card selection February 1, 2014 2010 6 3 2nd place (2006) / Final 5CRO FIBA EuroBasket 2013 4th place September 19, 2013 2010 3 2 3rd place (1994) / Third place playoff 16 Standings main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F GRE 5 0 414 349 CRO 3 2 414 398 Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Argentina ARG 3 2 420 371 B SEN 2 3 348 399 PUR 1 4 388 446 Head-to-head record: Puerto Rico 1–0 Philippines PHI 1 4 383 404 E 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 Croatia vs. Philippines This was the first competitive game between Croatia and the Philippines. #eee 30 August 2014 12:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville CRO 81 PHI 78 23–9 14–22 20–18 14–22 10–7 Boxscore Bogdanović 26 Tomić 11 Tomić, Šarić 4 Blatche 28 Blatche 12 Alapag 6 José Reyes (MEX), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Fernando Rocha (POR) 3,500 Puerto Rico vs. Argentina This was the second meeting between Puerto Rico and Argentina in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first meeting in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. In their last competitive game against each other, Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. #eee 30 August 2014 17:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville PUR 75 ARG 98 19–27 19–18 11–24 26–29 Boxscore Barea 24 Clemente 6 Barea 4 Scola 20 Nocioni 11 Prigioni 10 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Ilija Belošević (SRB) 5,300 Greece vs. Senegal This was the second meeting between Greece and Senegal in the World Cup. Greece won the first meeting in the 1998 FIBA World Championship. #eee 30 August 2014 20:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville GRE 87 SEN 64 18–9 27–8 19–19 23–28 Boxscore Kaimakoglou 20 Kaimakoglou 8 Sloukas 4 Dieng 21 Dieng 14 three players 2 Juan González (ESP), Carlos Julio (ANG), Stephen Seibel (CAN) 3,100 31 August Argentina vs. Croatia This was the first meeting between Argentina and the Croatia in the World Cup. The two teams previously met in the Summer Olympics, Argentina won in the 2008 Olympics, while Croatia won in 1996. #eee 31 August 2014 13:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville ARG 85 CRO 90 20–28 24–18 19–29 22–15 Boxscore Scola 30 Scola 9 Campazzo 6 Simon 18 Šarić 9 Lafayette 9 Juan González (ESP), José Reyes (MEX), Fernando Rocha (POR) 6,109 Senegal vs. Puerto Rico This was the third meeting between Senegal and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first two games, including their last match-up in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. #eee 31 August 2014 17:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville SEN 82 PUR 75 20–29 21–11 22–18 19–17 Boxscore Faye 20 Dieng 13 D'Almeida, Diop 3 Balkman 21 Balkman, Santiago 7 Rivera 5 Michael Aylen (AUS), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Carlos Julio (ANG) 5,554 Philippines vs. Greece This was the first competitive game between the Philippines and Greece. #eee 31 August 2014 20:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville PHI 70 GRE 82 10–20 17–17 18–21 25–24 Boxscore Blatche 21 Blatche 14 Alapag 3 Printezis 25 Bourousis 10 Papanikolaou 4 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Stephen Seibel (CAN) 5,554 1 September Croatia vs. Senegal This was the first meeting between Croatia and Senegal. #eee 1 September 2014 12:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville CRO 75 SEN 77 16–18 16–23 20–18 23–18 Boxscore Bogdanović, Šarić 15 Tomić 9 Šarić 4 Dieng 27 Dieng 8 D'Almeida 5 Michael Aylen (AUS), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Stephen Seibel (CAN) 4,380 Argentina vs. Philippines This was the second meeting between Argentina and the Philippines in the World Cup. Argentina won the first meeting in the 1974 FIBA World Championship. #eee 1 September 2014 17:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville ARG 85 PHI 81 22–25 21–13 28–23 14–20 Boxscore Scola 19 Mata 9 Scola, Campazzo 4 de Ocampo 18 Blatche 15 Castro, Alapag 2 Ilija Belošević (SRB), Juan González (ESP), Carlos Julio (ANG) 6,071 Puerto Rico vs. Greece This was the second meeting between Puerto Rico and Greece in the World Cup. Greece won the two games, including their latest match-up in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. #eee 1 September 2014 20:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville PUR 79 GRE 90 19–20 14–21 19–27 27–22 Boxscore Balkman 23 Franklin 6 Barea 5 Zisis 19 Kaimakoglou 11 Bourousis 6 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), José Reyes (MEX), Fernando Rocha (POR) 6,071 3 September Philippines vs. Puerto Rico This was the fourth meeting between the Philippines and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first meeting in the 1959 FIBA World Championship. In their last competitive game, the Puerto Ricans defeated the Filipinos at the 1972 Olympics. #eee 3 September 2014 13:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville PHI 73 PUR 77 25–13 19–26 13–22 16–16 Boxscore Blatche 25 Blatche 14 de Ocampo 3 Barea 30 Franklin 9 Rivera 3 José Reyes (MEX), Juan González (ESP), Carlos Julio (ANG) 4,998 Senegal vs. Argentina This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Argentina. #eee 3 September 2014 17:30 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville SEN 46 ARG 81 15–20 9–21 14–12 8–28 Boxscore Dieng 11 Dieng 8 D'Almeida 4 Scola 22 Scola 14 Laprovíttola 6 Ilija Belošević (SRB), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Stephen Seibel (CAN) 5,725 Greece vs. Croatia This was the third meeting between Greece and Croatia in the World Cup. Croatia won the first two meetings, all in the 1994 FIBA World Championship. Croatia won in the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 in their last competitive game against each other. #eee 3 September 2014 20:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville GRE 76 CRO 65 16–14 20–9 15–16 25–26 Boxscore Papanikolaou, Kaimakoglou 14 Bourousis 10 Zisis 10 Bogdanović 20 Tomić 9 Lafayette 3 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Fernando Rocha (POR) 5,725 4 September Senegal vs. Philippines This was the first meeting between Senegal and the Philippines in the World Cup. The Philippines has previously met Senegal twice in the Olympics, winning both games, including their last match-up at the 1972 Olympics. #eee 4 September 2014 14:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville SEN 79 PHI 81 19–13 5–24 20–12 20–15 15–17 Boxscore Faye 20 Dieng 14 D'Almeida 13 Blatche, Alapag 18 Blatche 14 Alapag 4 Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Rocha (POR), Carlos Julio (ANG) 5,132 Croatia vs. Puerto Rico This was the first meeting between Croatia and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. The two countries previously played at the 2008 Summer Olympic Qualifying Tournament won by Croatia. #eee 4 September 2014 18:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville CRO 103 PUR 82 28–16 25–20 31–21 19–25 Boxscore Bogdanović 23 Markota, Simon 7 Ukić 6 Barea 20 Huertas 4 Rivera 6 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Stephen Seibel (CAN) 7,047 Argentina vs. Greece This was the third meeting between Argentina and Greece in the World Cup. Greece won the first two meetings, including their last match-up at the 1990 FIBA World Championship. Argentina won the last competitive game against Greece at the 2008 Olympics. #eee 4 September 2014 22:00 Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville ARG 71 GRE 79 16–28 17–16 17–20 21–15 Boxscore Scola 17 Scola, Campazzo 5 Campazzo 5 Calathes 18 Bourousis 15 Zisis 5 José Reyes (MEX), Michael Aylen (AUS), Juan González (ESP) 7,047 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 B Category:2014–15 in Greek basketball Category:2014–15 in Croatian basketball Category:2014–15 in Argentine basketball Category:2014 in Senegalese sport Category:2014 in Puerto Rican sports Category:Philippines at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup