2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C

none thumb|Bizkaia Arena, host of Group C games. Group C of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Dominican Republic, Turkey, the United States, Finland, New Zealand and Ukraine. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo (at Greater Bilbao). After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round. Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceFIBA World RankingAsDateLastTotalStreakDOM 2013 FIBA Americas Championship 4th place September 8, 2013 1978 2 1 12th place (1978) / Preliminary round 26TUR Wild card selection February 1, 2014 2010 4 4 2nd place (2010) / Final 7USA United States Gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics August 12, 2012 2010 17 17 Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010) / Final round (1954), Final (1986, 1994, 2010) 1FIN Wild card selection February 1, 2014 1 1 Debut 39NZL 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up August 18, 2013 2010 5 4 4th place (2002) / Third place playoff 19UKR FIBA EuroBasket 2013 6th place September 20, 2013 1 1 Debut 45 Standings main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F USA United States 5 0 511 345 TUR 3 2 365 372 DOM 2 3 347 386 Head-to-head record: Dominican Republic 1–1 (1.022 GAvg), New Zealand 1–1 (0.993 GAvg), Ukraine 1–1 (0.985 GAvg), NZL 2 3 347 376 C UKR 2 3 344 369 C FIN 1 4 342 408 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 Ukraine vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the Dominican Republic. #eee 30 August 2014 12:30 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo UKR 72 DOM 62 12–13 15–14 21–13 24–22 Boxscore Jeter 16 Korniyenko, Kravtsov 7 Gladyr 3 García 18 Vargas, Báez 9 García 4 Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Alejandro Chiti (ARG) 6,500 New Zealand vs. Turkey This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Turkey. #eee 30 August 2014 16:00 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo NZL 73 TUR 76 17–8 21–20 18–24 17–24 Boxscore C. Webster 22 Vukona 8 Tait 3 Savaş 16 Preldžić 6 Hersek, Preldžič 3 Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI) 6,800 United States vs. Finland This was the first competitive game between the US and Finland in the World Cup. The Americans defeated the Finns in their only other match-up at the 1964 Olympics. 31 August Dominican Republic vs. New Zealand This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and the New Zealand. #eee 31 August 2014 12:30 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo DOM 76 NZL 63 14–16 20–11 17–23 25–13 Boxscore García 29 Báez 9 Coronado, Feldeine 4 Abercrombie 22 Penney 5 four players 3 Miguel Pérez (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR) 14,427 Finland vs. Ukraine This was the first competitive game between Finland and Ukraine in the World Cup. The two teams previously met twice in qualifying for the 1995 EuroBasket, with Finland winning both match-ups. #eee 31 August 2014 16:00 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo FIN 81 UKR 76 20–22 15–15 22–15 24–24 Boxscore Huff 23 Murphy, Huff 8 Koponen 9 Jeter 24 Kravtsov 8 Jeter 9 Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI) 14,427 Turkey vs. United States This was the second meeting between Turkey and the United States. The Americans won the last match-up at the 2010 FIBA World Championship Final. 2 September Ukraine vs. Turkey This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and Turkey in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met seven times in the EuroBasket, with Turkey winning five games, including the last match-up at EuroBasket Division A 2009. #eee 2 September 2014 15:00 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo UKR 64 TUR 58 13–13 12–13 16–13 23–19 Boxscore Mishula 19 Kravtsov 7 Jeter 6 Aşık 16 Aşık 20 Hersek, Preldžić 3 Miguel Pérez (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Alejandro Sánchez (URU) 14,399 United States vs. New Zealand This was the second meeting between the US and the New Zealand in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up, at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. Finland vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Finland and the Dominican Republic. #eee 2 September 2014 21:30 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo FIN 68 DOM 74 15–16 17–25 18–19 18–14 Boxscore Koponen 23 Lee 6 Koponen 9 Vargas 18 Vargas 13 Feldeine 6 Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR) 14,446 3 September New Zealand vs. Ukraine This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Ukraine. #eee 3 September 2014 15:00 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo NZL 73 UKR 61 18–19 18–11 17–15 20–16 Boxscore Penney 17 Fotu 10 Frank 4 Korniyenko 15 Natyazhko 6 Jeter 6 Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR), Miguel Pérez (ESP) 7,290 Turkey vs. Finland This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Finland in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met six times in EuroBasket with Turkey winning four of them. Last meeting in EuroBasket 2013 went to Finland. #eee 3 September 2014 17:30 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo TUR 77 FIN 73 10–15 17–26 26–18 15–9 9–5 Boxscore Aşık 22 three players 8 Güler, Preldžić 5 Koponen 17 Murphy 6 Koponen 5 Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI) 7,290 Dominican Republic vs. United States This was the second meeting between the Dominican Republic and the US in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up at the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The Americans won in their last competitive game against the Dominicans at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship. 4 September Finland vs. New Zealand This was the first competitive game between Finland and New Zealand. #eee 4 September 2014 15:00 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo FIN 65 NZL 67 12–18 20–26 13–13 20–10 Boxscore Lee 17 three players 5 Rannikko 7 Fotu 18 Vukona 12 Tait 5 Miguel Pérez (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG), Alejandro Sánchez (URU) 15,483 Ukraine vs. United States This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the USA. Turkey vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Turkey and the Dominican Republic. #eee 4 September 2014 21:30 Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo TUR 75 DOM 61 14–13 27–10 19–18 17–23 Boxscore Savaş 15 Aşık 10 Preldžić, Tunçeri 5 García 18 Martínez 9 Coronado 6 Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB) 10,303 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 C Group Category:2014–15 in Turkish basketball Category:2014–15 in Ukrainian basketball Category:2014–15 in Finnish basketball Category:2014 in New Zealand basketball Category:2014 in Dominican Republic sport