2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2014 edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup the women's tournament 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women May 2024 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 Copa Mundial de la FIBA España 2014 Spain 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup logo.jpg 175px Spain 30 August – 14 September Felipe VI 24 5 6 6 United States 5 Serbia France 1974 Lithuania 76 645135 USA Kyrie Irving PUR J. J. Barea (22.0 points per game) 2010 2019 The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/50470/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120128203258/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/50470/arti.html dead 28 January 2012 PR N°1 – FIBA Basketball World Cup officially launched in Madrid 26 January 2012 FIBA 26 January 2012 The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup was held five years later, in 2019, to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2012/11/11/hoops-world-cup/1697399/ Hoops World Cup will be played on years opposite soccer USA Today 2017-07-20 thumb|300px|Countdown clock outside the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland as of June 2013. The United States won their fifth world cup, after beating silver medal-winning Serbia in the Final. France claimed the third place, while Lithuania finished fourth in the tournament. Host selection FIBA opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/langid/1/newsid/23144/presReleArti.html PR N°2 – Bidding process for the 2014 FIBA World Championship opened FIBA.com 2008-01-10 2008-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080430225833/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/langid/1/newsid/23144/presReleArti.html 30 April 2008 dead Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23258/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080914073650/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23258/arti.html dead 14 September 2008 PR N°3 – Spain, 1st bidding candidate to host the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-01-22 2008-05-27 France,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23426/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064016/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23426/arti.html dead 19 June 2009 PR N°10 – France, 2nd candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-02-08 2008-05-27 Denmark,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23509/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064023/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23509/arti.html dead 19 June 2009 PR N°11 – Denmark, 3rd candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-02-18 2008-05-27 Russia,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23623/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064039/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/23623/arti.html dead 19 June 2009 PR N°15 – Russia, 4th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-03-04 2008-05-27 Saudi Arabia,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24266/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619204017/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24266/arti.html dead 19 June 2009 PR N°21 – Saudi Arabia, 5th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-04-21 2008-05-27 Qatar,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24285/arti.html https://archive.today/20120730022444/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24285/arti.html dead 30 July 2012 PR N°22 – Qatar, 6th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-04-22 2008-05-27 Italy,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24329/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619204021/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24329/arti.html dead 19 June 2009 PR N°24 – Italy, 7th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-04-25 2008-05-27 Greece,http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24393/arti.html PR N°28 – Greece, 8th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-04-29 2008-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080601235937/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24393/arti.html 1 June 2008 dead and China.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24404/arti.html PR N°30 – China, 9th candidate interested in hosting the 2014 FIBA World Champ FIBA.com 2008-04-30 2008-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080604091748/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/24404/arti.html 4 June 2008 dead 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.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/30278/arti.html ESP – Spain selected to host 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA.com 2008-05-22 2009-05-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090527082509/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/30278/arti.html 27 May 2009 dead + 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup bidding results(final round) Nation Votes118Eliminated Venues The Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid was the main venue, hosting the final and half of the matches in the final round. While no arenas from the 1986 FIBA World Championship were 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 were reused. One arena, the Gran Canaria Arena, was the only new venue, being built after the tournament was awarded to Spain. The other cities hosted a group. On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six.Barcelona and FIBA 2014 FIBA.com This was 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. Barcelona will host half of the games in the knockout stage, including a semifinal. Below is a list of the confirmed venues which were used to host games during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Connor Floor was the official supplier of the basketball courts for each of the six sites.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/69277/arti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130918180349/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/69277/arti.html dead 18 September 2013 Connor Sport Court International to provide courts for 2014 FIBA World Cuphttps://www.fiba.basketball/en/Module/c9dad82f-01af-45e0-bb85-ee4cf50235b4/fad61471-bbe9-451c-bd6e-d11affc0ace4 https://web.archive.org/web/20190227061836/http://www.fiba.basketball/en/Module/c9dad82f-01af-45e0-bb85-ee4cf50235b4/fad61471-bbe9-451c-bd6e-d11affc0ace4 live 27 February 2019 2014 FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP MEDIA GUIDE – GUÍA DE MEDIOS Iberian PeninsulaMadridBarcelonaGranada Spain 300 center Spain 40.4 -3.6833333 Madrid left 8 Spain 41.3833333 2.1833333 Barcelona left 8 Spain 43.25 -2.9666667 Bilbao top 8 Spain 37.3772222 -5.9869444 Seville bottom 8 Spain 37.1833333 -3.6 Granada right 8 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de MadridCapacity: 13,700Palau Sant JordiCapacity: 15,700Palacio Municipal de Deportes de GranadaCapacity: 9,507150px150px150pxBilbaoSevilleLas PalmasBizkaia ArenaCapacity: 16,200Palacio Municipal de Deportes San PabloCapacity: 7,200Gran Canaria ArenaCapacity: 9,700Canary Islands150px150px150px114pxSpain Canary Islands 186 center Spain Canary Islands 28.15 -15.416667 Las Palmas top 8 Qualification 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification thumb|459x459px|#0000ff Teams qualified#ffcc00 Teams failed to qualify#000000 Teams withdrew#cccccc Teams did not enter There were 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.http://www.fiba.com/downloads/Regulations/2012/FIBABook2AG.pdf Internal Regulations 2010 – Book 2 FIBA 8 August 2012 1 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140401131051/http://www.fiba.com/downloads/Regulations/2012/FIBABook2AG.pdf dead Host nation: 1 berth 2012 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed from that country's FIBA zone FIBA Asia: 15 teams competing for 3 berths FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 2 berths FIBA Africa: 16 teams competing for 3 berths FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 4 berths FIBA Europe: 24 teams competing for 6 berths Wild card: 4 berths Qualified teams As of 21 September 2013, twenty teams had 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 1–2 February 2014; they could have announced an initial list of teams that would be considered after a Buenos Aires meeting on 23–24 November 2013.http://fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/69874/presReleArti.html PR N°22 – Qualification for Spain 2014 ends, attribution of four wild cards to come FIBA 2013-09-26 2013-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20130929012606/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/69874/presReleArti.html 29 September 2013 dead But later 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.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/70551/presReleArti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131128192735/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/70551/presReleArti.html dead 28 November 2013 PR N°25 – Addition of two NFs, new competition system for youth events headline Central Board FIBA 2013-11-25 2014-01-03 On 1 February 2014, FIBA announced that it had allocated the wild cards to Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71233/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140202113129/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71233/article.html dead 2 February 2014 PR N°4 – Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey awarded wild cards for Spain 2014 FIBA.com 2014-02-01 2014-02-01 EventDateLocationBerthsQualifiedHost nation23 May 2009SUI Geneva1ESP2012 Olympics29 July–12 August 2012GBR London1USA2013 FIBA Africa Championship20–31 August 2013CIV Abidjan3ANGEGYSEN2013 FIBA Americas Championship30 August–11 September 2013VEN Caracas4MEXPURARGDOM2013 FIBA Asia Championship1–11 August 2013PHI Manila3IRIPHIKORFIBA EuroBasket 20134–22 September 2013SVN6FRA 1974LTUCROSVNUKRSER2013 FIBA Oceania Championship14–18 August 2013NZL AucklandAUS Canberra2AUSNZLWild cards1 February 2014ESP Barcelona4BRAFINGRETUR 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."http://fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/70551/presReleArti.html PR N°25 – Addition of two NFs, new competition system for youth events headline Central Board FIBA.com 2013-11-25 2014-02-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140129213927/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/70551/presReleArti.html 29 January 2014 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.http://www.africareview.com/Sports/Senegal-dissolves-basketball-association/-/979186/2100228/-/rgn7v6/-/index.html Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal Tamba-Jean Matthew Africa Review 2013-12-05 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219125918/http://www.africareview.com/Sports/Senegal-dissolves-basketball-association/-/979186/2100228/-/rgn7v6/-/index.html 19 February 2014 dead 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. Rule and format changes This was the first time the NBA-style 4.90m rectangular free throw lane, the 1.25m 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) took effect in the tournament. The final round was 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 arrangement of the round of 16 match-ups in the bracket 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 were in one half of the bracket played in Madrid, while teams from Groups C and D were in the other half and played in Barcelona; teams from Groups A and B could not meet teams from Group C or D until the final or third-place playoff, and could 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 were 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 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup seeding The draw was held on 3 February 2014 at 19:00 CET at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71139/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140131080638/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71139/article.html dead 31 January 2014 Official draw headlines exciting week on Road to Spain 2014 FIBA.com 2014-01-28 2014-01-31 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, while the other pots were grouped on geographical and sporting criteria. 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.FIBA Draw Video 3 February 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZe2uTRgAeA FIBA YouTube video 20 May 2023 Group A, which included European champions France, hosts Spain, and traditional powerhouse Serbia has been labeled as the "group of death".http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_VHACRq3SJT668RpnEPBL82.coid_jf3axOQHJrcVod8H3E4vx3.articleMode_on.html 2014 World Cup Groups Revealed FIBA Europe 2014-02-04 2014-03-29 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.https://www.espn.com/blog/marc-stein/post/_/id/1344/team-usas-2014-off-to-great-start Team USA's 2014 off to great start Marc Stein Marc Stein (reporter) ESPN 2014-02-04 2014-03-29 Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6USA United States (1) ESP (2) ARG (3) LTU (4)ANG (15) FIN (39) SEN (41) EGY (46)NZL (19) IRI (20) KOR (31) PHI (34)SRB (11) SLO (13) CRO (16) UKR (45)BRA (10) PUR (17) MEX (24) DOM (26)GRE (5) TUR (7) FRA 1974 (8) AUS (9) Squads 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads Each team had a roster of 12 players; a team could opt to have one naturalized player from its roster. The final rosters had to be finalized at the team managers' meeting at the night prior to the first game. The final roster of 12 players per team must have been 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 2014 South American Basketball Championship The 2014 South American Basketball Championship in Isla Margarita, Venezuela was a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and for the 2015 Pan-American Games. Venezuela defeated World Cup participants Argentina (who played with its "B" team) to win the title; the other team in the World Cup, Brazil (who also played with its "B" team), finished in third place defeating Uruguay. All four teams qualified to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship while only the top three teams qualified to the 2015 Pan-American Games. 2014 FIBA Asia Cup 2014 FIBA Asia Cup The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup in Wuhan, China was 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 2014 Centrobasket The 2014 Centrobasket in Tepic, Mexico is a qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and 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 place defeating Cuba. All four teams qualified to the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship while only the top three teams qualified to the 2015 Pan-American Games. 2014 William Jones Cup 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 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 thumb|400px|2014 FIBA World Championship final rankings. How teams are ranked: 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. Head-to-head record via points system above Goal average on games among tied teams Goal average on all group games Drawing of lots Qualified to the final round Group A 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A Venue: Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada 30 August 2014 EGY 64–85 SRB FRA 1974 63–65 BRA IRN 60–90 ESP31 August 2014 SRB 73–74 FRA 1974 BRA 79–50 IRN ESP 91–54 EGY1 September 2014 IRN 70–83 SRB FRA 1974 94–55 EGY BRA 63–82 ESP3 September 2014 EGY 73–88 IRN SRB 73–81 BRA ESP 88–64 FRA 19744 September 2014 BRA 128–65 EGY IRN 76–81 FRA 1974 SRB 73–89 ESP Group B thumb|Croatia against Philippines 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B Venue: Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville 30 August 2014 CRO 81–78 OTPHI PUR 75–98 ARG GRE 87–64 SEN31 August 2014 ARG 85–90 CRO SEN 82–75 PUR PHI 70–82 GRE1 September 2014 CRO 75–77 SEN ARG 85–81 PHI PUR 79–90 GRE3 September 2014 PHI 73–77 PUR SEN 46–81 ARG GRE 76–65 CRO4 September 2014 SEN 79–81OT PHI CRO 103–82 PUR ARG 71–79 GRE Group C 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C Venue: Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo 30 August 2014 UKR 72–62 DOM NZL 73–76 TUR United States USA 114–55 FIN31 August 2014 DOM 76–63 NZL FIN 81–76 UKR TUR 77–98 USA United States2 September 2014 UKR 64–58 TUR United States USA 98–71 NZL FIN 68–74 DOM3 September 2014 NZL 73–61 UKR TUR 77–73 OTFIN DOM 71–106 USA United States4 September 2014 FIN 65–67 NZL UKR 71–95 USA United States TUR 77–64 DOM Group D thumb|South Korea against Mexico 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D Venue: Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas 30 August 2014 ANG 80–69 KOR AUS 80–90 SVN MEX 74–87 LTU31 August 2014 KOR 55–89 AUS SVN 89–68 MEX LTU 75–62 ANG2 September 2014 ANG 55–79 MEX AUS 82–75 LTU KOR 72–89 SVN3 September 2014 MEX 62–70 AUS SVN 93–87 ANG LTU 79–49 KOR4 September 2014 AUS 83–91 ANG KOR 71–87 MEX LTU 67–64 SVN Final round 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup final round Round of 16 thumb|USA against Mexico #eee #eee #eee #eee Quarterfinals #eee #eee Semifinals #eee Third place playoff #eee Final 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final #ffffd0 Statistics Player tournament averages + Points# Player Pld Pts PPG1 PUR J. J. Barea 5 110 22.02 PHI Andray Blatche 5 106 21.2CRO Bojan Bogdanović 6 127 21.23 ESP Pau Gasol 7 140 20.04 ARG Luis Scola 6 117 19.55 IRI Hamed Haddadi 5 94 18.86 ANG Yanick Moreira 5 89 17.87 MEX Gustavo Ayón 5 88 17.6DOM Francisco García 5 88 17.68 AUS Aron Baynes 5 84 16.8 + Rebounds# Player Pld Rebs RPG1 PHI Andray Blatche 5 69 13.82 IRI Hamed Haddadi 5 57 11.43 SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 64 10.74 GRE Ioannis Bourousis 6 55 9.25 ARG Luis Scola 6 51 8.56 LTU Jonas Valančiūnas 9 76 8.47 TUR Ömer Aşık 7 59 8.48 ANG Yanick Moreira 5 41 8.29 BRA Anderson Varejão 7 56 8.010 USA Kenneth Faried 9 70 7.8 + Assists# Player Pld Asts APG1 FIN Petteri Koponen 5 29 5.82 SEN Xane D'Almeida 6 32 5.33 ESP Ricky Rubio 7 36 5.14 UKR Eugene Jeter 5 25 5.05 SRB Miloš Teodosić 9 40 4.46 IRI Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 5 22 4.47 ARG Facundo Campazzo 6 26 4.3 GRE Nikos Zisis 6 26 4.39 SVN Goran Dragić 7 30 4.310 ARG Pablo Prigioni 6 25 4.2 + Blocks# Player Pld Blks BPG1 KOR Lee Jong-hyun 5 13 2.62 ESP Pau Gasol 7 16 2.33 USA Anthony Davis 9 19 2.14 KOR Kim Jong-kyu 5 10 2.05 SEN Hamady N'Diaye 6 11 1.86 TUR Ömer Aşık 7 11 1.67 SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 9 1.5 DOM Eloy Vargas 6 9 1.59 ESP Marc Gasol 7 10 1.410 ESP Serge Ibaka 6 8 1.3 + Steals# Player Pld Stls SPG1 ESP Ricky Rubio 7 25 3.62 IRI Mehdi Kamrani 5 13 2.63 USA James Harden 9 19 2.14 PUR Renaldo Balkman 5 10 2.05 USA Kyrie Irving 9 17 1.96 SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 11 1.8 ARG Pablo Prigioni 6 11 1.88 AUS Joe Ingles 5 9 1.89 SEN Maleye N'Doye 6 10 1.7 CRO Dario Šarić 6 10 1.7 + Minutes# Player Pld Mins MPG1 SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 218 36.32 PHI Andray Blatche 5 169 33.83 CRO Bojan Bogdanović 6 201 33.54 ARG Luis Scola 6 195 32.55 IRI Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 5 162 32.46 MEX Gustavo Ayón 5 161 32.27 PHI Gabe Norwood 5 159 31.88 ANG Armando Costa 5 157 31.4 FIN Petteri Koponen 5 157 31.410 UKR Eugene Jeter 5 156 31.2 + Free throws# Player FTA FTM FT%1 PUR David Huertas 15 14 93.32 PUR J.J. Barea 32 28 87.53 PHI Jimmy Alapag 15 13 86.74 SLO Domen Lorbek 21 18 85.75 FIN Teemu Rannikko 17 14 82.46 ESP Marc Gasol 22 18 81.87 SRB Nemanja Bjelica 38 31 81.68 USA James Harden 42 34 81.0LTU Jonas Valančiūnas 42 32 81.010 PHI Andray Blatche 30 24 80.0UKR Eugene Jeter 25 20 80.0 + Field goal shooting# Player FGA FGM FG%1 ESP Pau Gasol 85 54 63.52 USA Kenneth Faried 79 50 63.33 DOM Francisco García 54 33 61.14 MEX Gustavo Ayón 59 36 61.05 PUR Renaldo Balkman 40 24 60.06 ANG Yanick Moreira 64 38 59.47 USA Kyrie Irving 80 45 56.38 SVN Goran Dragić 83 46 55.49 SRB Miloš Teodosić 75 41 55.410 USA Anthony Davis 82 45 54.9SRB Miroslav Raduljica 82 45 54.9 + Double-doubles# Player Pld DblDbl DD%1 PHI Andray Blatche 5 5 1002 IRI Hamed Haddadi 5 3 60.03 GRE Ioannis Bourousis 6 3 50.0SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 3 50.05 LTU Jonas Valančiūnas 9 3 33.36 ANG Yanick Moreira 5 2 40.07 TUR Ömer Aşık 6 2 33.38 USA Kenneth Faried 9 2 22.2SRB Nemanja Bjelica 9 2 22.210 MEX Gustavo Ayon 5 1 20.0AUS Aron Baynes 5 1 20.0 + Efficiency# Player Pld MPG PPG RPG Eff EffPG1 PHI Andray Blatche 5 33.8 24.2 13.8 112 22.42 ESP Pau Gasol 7 26.5 20.0 5.9 152 21.73 IRI Hamed Haddadi 5 29.4 18.8 11.4 101 20.2ANG Yanick Moreira 5 20.4 17.8 8.2 101 20.25 LTU Jonas Valančiūnas 9 24.8 14.4 8.4 178 19.86 SEN Gorgui Dieng 6 36.3 16.0 10.7 117 19.57 MEX Gustavo Ayón 5 32.2 17.6 7.6 96 19.2 ARG Luis Scola 6 32.4 19.5 8.5 115 19.29 GRE Ioannis Bourousis 6 26.5 11.5 9.2 114 19.010 DOM Francisco García 5 28.2 17.6 3.2 91 18.2 Team tournament averages + Offensive points# Team Pld Pts PPG1 USA United States 9 941 104.62 ESP 7 581 83.03 SER 9 743 82.64 SVN 7 572 81.75 GRE 6 486 81.0 + Defensive points# Team Pld Pts PPG1 ESP 7 435 62.22 BRA 7 482 68.93 USA United States 9 644 71.64 LTU 9 654 72.75 TUR 7 509 72.7 + Rebounds# Team Pld Rebs RPG1 USA United States 9 403 44.82 ANG 5 202 40.43 DOM 6 238 39.7 NZL 6 238 39.75 PHI 5 195 39.0 + Assists# Team Pld Asts APG1 USA United States 9 184 20.42 ESP 7 126 18.03 GRE 6 106 17.74 AUS 6 102 17.05 SRB 9 151 16.8 + Blocks# Team Pld Blks BPG1 KOR 5 33 6.62 ESP 7 41 5.93 USA United States 9 50 5.64 SEN 6 28 4.75 GRE 6 25 4.2 + Steals# Team Pld Stls SPG1 USA United States 9 109 12.12 IRI 5 48 9.63 SEN 6 53 8.84 ESP 7 60 8.65 ANG 5 40 8.0 + Minutes# Team Pld Mins MPG1 PHI 5 1051 210.22 FIN 5 1025 205.03 SEN 6 1226 204.34 CRO 6 1225 204.25 TUR 7 1428 204.0 + Free throws# Team Pld FTM/A FT%1 PHI 5 74/93 79.62 LTU 9 144/187 77.03 ESP 7 115/151 76.24 GRE 6 87/115 75.75 PUR 5 84/112 75.0 + Field goal# Team Pld FGM/A FG%1 USA United States 9 361/690 52.32 SER 9 270/542 49.83 BRA 7 216/438 49.34 FRA 1974 9 254/519 48.95 SLO 7 214/438 48.9 + Tournament game highsStatistic Player Total Opponent (Date) Team Total Opponent (Date)Points ANG Yanick Moreira 38 AUS (4 Sep) USA United States 129 SRB (14 Sep)OffensiveRebounds ANG Yanick Moreira 10 AUS (4 Sep) ANGUSA United States 2424 MEX (2 Sep)SVN (9 Sep)DefensiveRebounds PHI Andray Blatche 14 GRE (31 Aug) BRAFRA 1974 3636 EGY (4 Sep)EGY (1 Sep)Rebounds TUR Ömer Aşık 20 UKR (2 Sep) USA United States 54 SVN (9 Sep)Assists SEN Xane D'AlmeidaBRA Raulzinho NetoARG Pablo PrigioniGRE Nikos Zisis 14 (OT)101010 PHI (4 Sep)EGY (4 Sep)PUR (30 Aug)CRO (3 Sep) BRA 35 EGY (4 Sep)Steals ESP Ricky Rubio 7 SRB (4 Sep) USA United States 18 FIN (30 Aug)Blocks USA Anthony Davis 5 DOM (3 Sep) ESP 13 SEN (6 Sep) Final standings thumb|400px|Final rankings of teams. Method of breaking ties:https://www.fiba.basketball/en/Module/c9dad82f-01af-45e0-bb85-ee4cf50235b4/fad61471-bbe9-451c-bd6e-d11affc0ace4 https://web.archive.org/web/20190227061836/http://www.fiba.basketball/en/Module/c9dad82f-01af-45e0-bb85-ee4cf50235b4/fad61471-bbe9-451c-bd6e-d11affc0ace4 live 27 February 2019 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Media Guide FIBA 16 5 September 2014 Ranked 17th–24th: Place in preliminary round group (5th placed teams ranked 17th–20th; 6th placed teams ranked 21st–24th) Win–loss record in preliminary round group Goal average in preliminary round group Ranked 5th–16th: Furthest round eliminated Win–loss record in preliminary round group Place in preliminary round group Goal average in preliminary round group Ranked 1st–4th: Result of final and third-place playoff # Team Pld W L PF PA PD Preliminary round FIBA World Ranking Grp W–L GA Old New +/−USA 9 9 0 941 644 +297 C colspan=2 rowspan=2 1 1 0SRB 9 5 4 743 720 +23 A 11 7 +4FRA 1974 9 6 3 690 656 +34 A colspan=2 rowspan=2 8 5 +34thLTU 9 6 3 693 654 +39 D 4 4 05thSPA 7 6 1 581 435 +146 A 5–0 1.4013 2 2 06thBRA 7 5 2 557 482 +75 A 4–1 1.2492 10 9 +17thSVN 7 5 2 572 554 +18 D 4–1 1.1364 13 13 08thTUR 7 4 3 491 509 −18 C 3–2 0.9812 7 8 −19thGRE 6 5 1 486 439 +47 B 5–0 1.1862 5 10 −510thCRO 6 3 3 478 467 +11 B 3–2 1.0402 16 12 +411thARG 6 3 3 485 456 +29 B 3–2 1.1321 3 3 012thAUS 6 3 3 468 438 +30 D 3–2 1.0831 9 11 −213thDOM 6 2 4 408 457 −49 C 2–3 0.8990 26 20 +614thMEX 6 2 4 433 458 −25 D 2–3 0.9946 24 19 +515thNZL 6 2 4 418 452 −34 C 2–3 0.9229 19 21 −216thSEN 6 2 4 404 488 −84 B 2–3 0.8722 41 30 +1117thANG 5 2 3 375 399 −24 D 2–3 0.9398 15 16 −118thUKR 5 2 3 344 369 −25 C 2–3 0.9322 45 40 +519thPUR 5 1 4 388 446 −58 B 1–4 0.8700 17 15 +220thIRI 5 1 4 344 406 −62 A 1–4 0.8473 20 17 +321stPHI Philippines 5 1 4 383 404 −21 B 1–4 0.9480 34 31 +322ndFIN 5 1 4 342 408 −66 C 1–4 0.8382 39 35 +423rdKOR 5 0 5 316 424 −108 D 0–5 0.7453 31 27 +424thEGY 5 0 5 311 486 −175 A 0–5 0.6399 46 41 +5 Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Awards thumb|right|220px|Kyrie Irving was named MVP bk 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup champion USA 5th Most Valuable PlayerUSA Kyrie Irving All-Tournament Team FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team USA Kyrie Irving – MVP SRB Miloš Teodosić FRA 1974 Nicolas Batum USA Kenneth Faried ESP Pau Gasol Special awards PHI Philippines – MVF Best Country (on Fan support throughout the tournament)FIBA MVF Best Country Award: Philippines – 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014-09-14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_pcwRg1C4Q 2017-07-20 Controversies Australia's alleged tanking At their final group matches between Australia and Angola, Australia rested their key players towards the end of the game, allowing for Angola to win 91–83, after the Boomers led at the half by double digits. Australia fell to third place, thereby allowing them to face the United States at the semifinals instead of the quarterfinals if they finished second. This so-called "tanking" was blasted by Goran Dragić, whose Slovenian team were defeated by Lithuania in the final group match, dropping them to second place, causing them to face the Americans instead in the quarterfinals if they reach that far. Dragic implored on FIBA "to do something about" it. https://www.si.com/nba/2014/09/04/australia-angola-tanking-goran-dragic-fiba-world-cup Australia accused of 'fixing' in ugly loss to Angola at FIBA World Cup 2014-09-04 2014-09-17 Sports Illustrated Golliver Ben Right after Australia's elimination by Turkey in the first round, FIBA announced that the Boomers were under investigation for tanking. Australia coach Andrej Lemanis rejected the accusation that they tanked, saying he rested his players for the next stage due to the heavy tournament schedule, adding that: "We always, as Australians, compete the right way". https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/sep/09/australias-boomers-under-investigation-for-tanking Australia's Boomers under investigation for 'tanking' 2014-09-09 2014-09-17 The Guardian London On 26 November 2014, Australia was cleared of tanking by FIBA.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/boomers-cleared-of-tanking/5920938 Boomers cleared of tanking by FIBA 2014-11-27 ABC News Australia 2017-07-20https://au.sports.yahoo.com/basketball/news/article/-/25626101/australia-cleared-of-tanking-angola-match/ Australia cleared of tanking Angola match – Yahoo!7 Sport 2014-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206060033/https://au.sports.yahoo.com/basketball/news/article/-/25626101/australia-cleared-of-tanking-angola-match/ 6 December 2014 http://www.sportal.com.au/basketball/news/australia-cleared-of-tanking-at-fiba-basketball-world-cup/1qnp1qz5qztoz15ofkg4mm518i Basketball Australia cleared of tanking at FIBA Basketball World Cup SPORTAL 2014-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141204170144/http://www.sportal.com.au/basketball/news/australia-cleared-of-tanking-at-fiba-basketball-world-cup/1qnp1qz5qztoz15ofkg4mm518i 4 December 2014 https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/11941823/fiba-clears-australia-tanking-world-cup FIBA clears Aussies of tanking at World Cup ESPN 2017-07-20 Marketing Road show and trophy tour A tour of the Naismith Trophy was held to promote the event. The trophy was on display at the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans in February 2014, then the tour visited several countries in Latin America, Europe and the Philippines from April to mid-July.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/72503/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125057/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/72503/article.html dead 13 April 2014 Trophy Tour hits the road to promote 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA.com 2014-04-09 2014-04-13 It also visited South Africa during the finals of the South African Premier Basketball League in August.https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2014/news/FIBA-Naismith-Trophy-on-first-ever-visit-of-African https://web.archive.org/web/20200907164830/http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2014/news/FIBA-Naismith-Trophy-on-first-ever-visit-of-African live 7 September 2020 FIBA – Naismith Trophy on first-ever visit of African continent FIBA.com 2014-08-07 2014-08-10 Prior to this, FIBA and the Spanish Basketball Federation held a road show that ran from 2012 to 2014 visiting key Spanish cities, with some of the final stops being the host cities, and at Ljubljana, Slovenia during FIBA EuroBasket 2013.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/event-guide/p/road-show.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130707090542/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/event-guide/p/road-show.html dead 7 July 2013 Road Show 2014 FIBA.com 2014-04-13 Ball On 30 January, FIBA revealed the official ball that would 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".http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/70112/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101441/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/70112/article.html dead 2 February 2014 PR N°2 – Official Ball of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup unveiled FIBA.com 2014-01-30 2014-01-31 Mascots thumb|right|Olé and Hop (official 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.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71223/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101730/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/71223/article.html dead 2 February 2014 PR N°2 – Olé and Hop – two hands as Official Mascots of Spain 2014, presented by Beko FIBA.com 2014-01-31 2014-01-31 Theme song "Sube la Copa" by Huecco was named the official theme song of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. 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.https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2014/news/PR-N-39--Sube-la-Copa--official-song-of-the-2014-FI https://web.archive.org/web/20190617075311/http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2014/news/PR-N-39--Sube-la-Copa--official-song-of-the-2014-FI live 17 June 2019 PR N°39 – 'Sube la Copa', official song of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, released FIBA.com 2014-08-12 2014-08-31 Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees 22em ANG Carlos Julio ARG Alejandro Chiti AUS Michael Aylen AUS Vaughan Mayberry BRA Marcos Benito BRA Cristiano Maranho CMR Arnaud Kom Njilo CAN Stephen Seibel CAN Michael Weiland CRO Sreten Radović DOM Reynaldo Mercedes FRA 1974 Joseph Bissang FRA 1974 Eddie Viator GER Robert Lottermoser GRE Christos Christodoulou GRE Elias Koromilas ITA Guerrino Cerebuch ITA Luigi Lamonica JPN Yuji Hirahara KAZ Yevgeniy Mikheyev KUW Mohammad Al-Amiri LAT Oļegs Latiševs MEX José Reyes NGA Kingsley Ojeaburu PHI Ferdinand Pascual POR Fernando Rocha PUR Jorge Vázquez PUR Luis Vázquez SRB Ilija Belošević SRB Milivoje Jovčić SVN Matej Boltauzer ESP Juan Arteaga ESP Juan González ESP Benjamin Jiménez ESP Miguel Pérez TUR Rüştü Nuran UKR Borys Ryzhyk USA Steven Anderson USA Anthony Jordan URU Alejandro Sánchez See also Sports Basketball Spain 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women References External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx FIBA Basketball World Cup Page 2014 World Cup Category:2014–15 in Spanish basketball Category:August 2014 sports events in Spain Category:September 2014 sports events in Spain Category:Basketball competitions in Catalonia Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Spain Category:International sports competitions in Catalonia