Guide to 2019 FIBA World Cup

By Utkan Şahin / info@eurohoops.net

2019 FIBA World Cup is right ahead of us and you are more than welcome to follow all the hype around it with Eurohoops’ huge World Cup file!

Eurohoops family is happy to provide you with a file, where you can see the latest situation for every single team of the FIBA World Cup, which will be held between 31 August – 15 September in China.

Below you can find the team rosters, news, preparation games, to-watch list and much more from the biggest basketball event in the world.

In addition, you will also have easy access to preparation games’ statistics in this very file as well.

Group A – Beijing

Cote D’Ivoire
Poland
Venezuela
China

Group B – Wuhan

Russia
Argentina
Korea
Nigeria

Group C – Guangzho

Spain
Iran
Puerto Rico
Tunisia

Group D – Foshan

Angola
Philippines
Italy
Serbia

Group E – Shanghan

Turkey
Czech Republic
United States of America
Japan

Group F – Nanting

Greece
New Zealand
Brazil
Montenegro

Group G – Shenzen

Dominican Republic
France
Germany
Jordan

Group H – Dongguan

Canada
Senegal
Lithuania
Australia

• All you need to do is to click on a country’s name in order to visualize the national team.
• You can see game stats by clicking on *.
• Players’ new teams are not taken into consideration.

Cote D’Ivoire – Roster (12 players) – Group A

Souleyman Diabate (Nancy – PG) 25 games 10.2 points, 7.2 assists, 1.9 rebounds
Bryan Pamba (Caen – PG) 16 games 5.5 points, 1.7 assists, 1.2 rebounds
Jean Benoit Cyrille (ABC – PG) – No stats –

Charles Abouo (Blois – SG/F) 23 games 10.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Guy Edi (Chalon Reims – SF) 14 games 3.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.6 assist-

Vafessa Fofana (Nantes – SF) 34 games 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists
Tiegbe Bamba (Chartres – F) 12 games 9.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists

Deon Thompson (Zalgiris – PF/C) 33 games 6.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.6 assist

Frejus Zerbo (JL Bourg – C) 18 games 0.7 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.2 assist
Adjehi Baru (Coruna – C) 10 games 3.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.6 block
Bali Coulibaly (La Rochelle – C) 33 games 10.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.4 assist
Mohamed Kone (Vichy – C) 36 games 8.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.0 block

Head coach: Paolo Povia, in charge since 2015

• Cote D’Ivoire has 2 players from 2017 Afrobasket and 9 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.3 years (The 15th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: 1 player
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 5 players
Number of players over-30: 5 players
Youngest player of the roster: Jean Benoit Cyrille – 19-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Mohamed Kone – 38-year-old
Average height of the roster: 197.0 centimeters (The 23th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 3 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 3 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Jean Benoit Cyrille – 1.71 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Mohamed Kone- 2.11 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

PRO B (France 2. League): 6 players
LNB (France): 2 players
NM1 (France 3 League): 1 player
LKL (Lithuanian): 1 player
D1 (Cote D’Ivoire): 1 player
LEP Gold (Spain 2. League): 1 player

EuroLeague: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (4-6)

30 July Cote D’Ivoire-Switzerland: 69-68 (Deon Thompson 12 points, Roberto Kovac 20 points) *
31 July Cote D’Ivoire-Italy: 58-69 (Vafessa Fofana 10 points, A. Gentile 22 points) *
07 August Cote D’Ivoire-Philippines: 83-94 (Andrey Blatche 18 points)
09 August Cote D’Ivoire-Spain: 62-79 (Vafessa Fofana 14 points, Willy Hernangomez 14 points) *
10 August Cote D’Ivoire-Philippines: 63-73 (Deon Thompson 20 points, Robert Bollick 19 points) *
13 August Cote D’Ivoire-Holland B: 66-60
15 August Cote D’Ivoire-Holland B: 55-71
17 August Cote D’Ivoire-Iowa State: 69-98
24 August Cote D’Ivoire-Fujian: 78-58
26 August Cote D’Ivoire-Qingdao Eagles: 78-59

Lineup

PG: Souleymen Diabete – Bryan Pamba – Jean Cyrille
SG: Guy Edi-  Charles Abouo
SF: Vafessa Fofana – Tiegbe Bamba
PF: Deon Thompson – Bali Coulibaly
C : Mohamed Kone – Frejus Zerbo – Adjehi Baru

Who is missing the competition?

Jean Francois Kebe, Nisre Zouzoua, Cedric-Elio Bah and Herve Lamizana won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Côte d’Ivoire players have gone on a strike a few days ahead of China’s FIBA World Cup.
– The Cote D’Ivoire neutralized Deon Thompson ahead of the tournament.
– Cote D’Ivoire, started preparations on July 10th.
– Nisre Zouzoua, Herve Lamizana, Cedric-Elio Bah, Jacques Kouassi, Fode Traore and Isaac Cisse were cut prelimanary squad.
– Amadou Sidibe cut prelimanary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Deon Thompson
Team’s youngster: Jean Benouit Cyrille
Target: At least a victory
Who can shine out in the competition?: Vafessa Fofana
Biggest success: Cote D’Ivoirewon the gold medals in 1981 and 1985 Afrobasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Cote D’Ivoire was third in the group. – Senegal and Nigeria –
How many times did they participate: 3 times (their biggest success is 13th spot in 1982 World Cup )

Poland – Roster (12 players) – Group A

Łukasz Koszarek (Góra – PG) 64 games 7.3 points, 4.5 assists, 1.9 rebounds
Kamil Łączyński (Anwil – PG) 51 games 5.2 points, 6.6 assists, 2.6 rebounds

A.J. Slaughter (ASVEL – G) 61 games 9.6 points, 1.5 assists, 1.5 rebounds
Karol Gruszecki (Toruń – SG) 49 games 10.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists
Mateusz Ponitka (Kuban – SG/F) 47 games 9.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists

Michał Sokołowski (Góra – SF) 65 games 11.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists
Adam Waczyński (Malaga – SF) 56 games 6.9 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists

Damian Kulig (Toruń – PF) 27 games 11.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists
Aaron Cel (Toruń – PF) 46 games 11.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Aleksander Balcerowski (Gran Canaria – C) 10 games 0.1 point, 1.6 rebounds, 0.4 assist
Adam Hrycaniuk (Arka Gdynia – C) 65 games 6.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.8 assist
Dominik Olejniczak (Ole Miss – C) 33 games 5.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.7 assist

Head coach: Mike Taylor, in charge since 2014

• Poland has 8 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 11 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.7 years (The 22th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 2 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 6 players
Youngest player of the roster: Aleksander Balcerowski – 18-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Lukasz Koszarek – 35-year-old
Average height of the roster: 199.4 centimeters (The 15th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 5 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 5 players
Shortest player of the roster: Kamil Łączyński – 1.83 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Dominik Olejniczak – 2.13 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

PKL (Poland): 7 players
ACB (Spain): 2 players
LNB (France): 1 player
VTB: 1 player
NCAA: 1 player

7DAYS EuroCup: 4 players
BCL: 3 players
EuroLeague: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (3-7)

09 August Poland-Jordan: 92-51 (Damian Kulig 14 points Dar Tucker 17 points) *
10 August Poland-Czech: 76-81 (Mateus Ponitka 15 points, Tomas Satoransky 21 points) *
11 August Poland-Tunisia: 64-75 (Mateusz Ponitka 12 points, Makram Ben Romdhane 21 points)  *
16 August Poland-Czech: 86-96 (Michal Sokolowski 22 points, Mateusz Pontika 14 points) *
17 August Poland-Hungary: 73-80 (Adam Waczynski 16 points, Marko Filipovity 16 points) *
18 August Poland-Germany: 84-92 (Mateusz Ponitka 17 points, Dennis Schröder 33 points) *
21 August Poland-Holland: 77-71 (Mateusz Ponitka 13 points, Yannick Franke 16 points) *
24 August Poland-Nigeria: 84-87 (AJ Slaughter 22 points, Gabe Vincent 20 points) *
25 August Poland-Iran: 88-83 (Adam Waczynski 16 points, Hamed Haddadi 17 points) *
27 August Poland-Montenegro: 65-70 (Aaron Cel 13 points, Nikola Vucevic 13 points) *

Lineup

PG: Lukasz Koszarek – AJ Slaughter- Kamil Laczynski
SG: Matuesz Ponitka –  Karol Gruszecki
SF: Adam Waczynski –  Michal Sokolowski
PF: Damian Kulig – Aaron Cel – Aleksander Balcerowski
C : Adam Hrycaniuk –  Dominik Olejniczak

Who is missing the competition?

Marcin Gortat retired from the national team. Also Tomasz Gielo, Maciej Lampe Przemyslaw Karnowski and Przemysław Zamojski won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Poland, started preparations on July 29th.
– AJ Slaughter, joined the team on August 12th.
– Przemysław Zamojski, Michal Michalak, Jarosław Zyskowski, Michał Nowakowski and Adrian Bogucki were cut preliminary squad.
– Tomasz Gielo, Maciej Lampe and Dariusz Wyka were cut preliminary squad.
– Jakub Schenk and Krzysztof Sulima were cut prelimanary squad.
– Poland will announce the World Cup roster on August 30th.
– Coach Taylor said, “We will choose Łukasz Kolenda or Kamil Łączyński”
– Mathieu Wojciechowski and Łukasz Kolenda were cut preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Mateusz Ponitka
Team’s youngster: Aleksandar Balcerowski
Target: To qualify as the group leader
Who can shine out in the competition?: Michal Sokolowski
Biggest success: Poland won the silver medal in 1963 Eurobasket
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Poland was third in the group.  – Italy and Lithuania –
How many times did they participate: 2 times (first time 1967)

Venezuela – Roster (12 players) – Group A

Gregory Vargas (Guaros – PG) 25 games 5.0 points, 4.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds
Heissler Guillent (Guaros – PG) 29 games 12.4 points, 4.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds

Jhornan Zamora (Trotamundos – SG) 10 games 9.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Pedro Chourio (Trotamundos – SG) 55 games 8.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists

Jose Vargas (Guaros – SF) 29 games 9.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists
Dwight Lewis (Gimnasia – SG/F) 42 games 13.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists

Anthony Perez (Trotamundos – F) 20 games 11.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists
Luis Bethelmy (Guaros – PF) 29 games 7.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists
Michael Carrera (Trotamundos – PF) 30 games 8.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Miguel Ruiz (Trotamundos – PF) 21 games 3.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists

Nestor Colmenares (Guaros – PF) 29 games 12.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists
Windi Graterol (Boca Juniors – C) 47 games 10.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 block

Head coach: Fernando Duro

• Venezuela has 7 players from 2017 AmericaBasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 30.5 years (The 30th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25:  None
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 8 players
Youngest player of the roster: Anthony Perez – 25-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Jose Vargas – 37-year-old
Average height of the roster: 195.7 centimeters (The 29th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 3 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 6 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 3 players
Shortest player of the roster: Gregory Vargas – 1.80 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Anthony Perez – 2.05 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

V-LPB (Venezuela): 10 players
Liga-A (Argentina): 2 players

Schedule of preparation games (4-6)

31 July Venezuela-Puerto Rico: 64-73 (Jhornan Zamora 12 points, Devon Collier 13 points) *
01 August Venezuela-USA B: 53-70 (Nestor Colmenares 16 points, Myles Powell 30 points) *
02 August Venezuela-Virgin Islands: 87-84 (Jhornan Zamora 19 points, Georgio Milligan 22 points) *
03 August Venezuela-Uruguay: 78-68 (Jhornan Zamora 15 points, Martin Rojas 17 points)  *
08 August Venezuela-Russia: 54-69 (Gregory Vargas 13 points, Andrey Vorontsevich 16 points) *
09 August Venezuela-Senegal: 69-75 (Nestor Colmenares 19 points, Mouhammad Faye 25 points)  *
10 August Venezuela-Italy: 54-72 (Nestor Colmenares 12 points, Awudu Abass 16 points) *
23 August Venezuela-Senegal: 81-74 (Jhornan Zamora 16 points, Yousso NDoye 16 points)
25 August Venezuela-Turkey: 71-68 (Heissler Guillent 13 points, Cedi Osman 33 points) *
27 August Venezuela-Greece: 51-74 (Jhoman Zamora 14 points, Giannis Bourousis 12 points) *

Lineup

PG: Gregory Vargas – Heissler Guillent
SG: Jhornan Zamora – Pedro Chourio
SF: Jose Vargas – Dwight Lewis
PF: Luis Beltelmy –  Michael Carrera – Anthony Perez
C : Nestor Colmenares – Windi Graterol – Migeul Ruiz

Who is missing the competition?

John Cox, Gregory Echenique, Greivis Vazquez – ex NBA player -, David Cubillan won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Venezuela started preparations in Pan Games. Venezuela is 5th in the tournament.
– Edwin Mijares, Jose Bracho, Elder Gimenez, Cesar Garcia, Jose Materan, Adrian Espinoza, Eliezer Montano and Javinger Vargas were cut from the preliminary squad.
– David Cubillan was removed from the squad for an injury.
– Venezuela squad which has been preparing in Italy for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, decided not to train anymore and went on a strike, according to Cancha Latina.
– Gregory Echenique, Jose Ascanio and Yohanner Sifontes were cut from the preliminary.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Gregory Vargas
Target: To qualify from the first group stage
Who can shine out in the competition?: Jhornan Zamora
Biggest success: Venezuela won the gold medal in 2015 America Cup
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Venezuela was second in the group.  – Canada –
How many times did they participate: 4 times (last time 2006)

China – Roster (12 players) – Group A

Zhao Jiwei (Liaoning – PG) 16 games 3.8 points, 2.6 assists, 2.0 rebounds
Fang Shuo (Beijing S. – PG) 40 games 11.1 points, 4.3 assists, 2.4 rebounds
Sun Minghui (Zhejiang G. – G) 44 games 8.1 points, 3.6 assists, 2.8 rebounds

Ailun Guo (Xinjiang T. – G) 49 games 23.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists
Rui Zhao (Guangdong T. – SG) 51 games 11.1 points, 3.3 assists, 2.8 rebounds
Kelanbaike Makan (Xinjiang T. – SG) 50 games 7.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists

Abudushalamu Abudurexiti (Xinjiang T. – F) 55 games 18.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 assistss
Zhai Xiaochuan (Beijing S. – PF) 47 games 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists

Yi Jianlian (Guangdong T. – PF/C) 49 games 22.1 points, 9.8 rebounds, 0.9 assist

Zhou Qi (Houston Rockets – C) 1 game 2.0 points
Wang Zhelin (Fujian – C) 46 games 24.7 points, 13.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists
Junfei Ren (Guangdong T. – C) 51 games 14.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists

Head coach: Li Nan, in charge since 2017

• China has 3 players from 2017 AsiaBasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 25.4 years (The 1st youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 5 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 6 players
Number of players over-30: 1 player
Youngest player of the roster: Abudushalamu Abudurexiti – 23-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Yi Jianlian – 31-year-old
Average height of the roster: 199.1 centimeters (The 17th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Zhao Jiwei – 1.83 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Zhou Qi – 2.12 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

CBA (China): 11 players
NBA: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (9-8)

19 June China-New Zealand Breakers: 89-77 (Wang Zhelin 25 points, Daniel Johnson 20 points) *
21 June China-New Zealand Breakers: 101-98 (Wang Zhelin 23 points, Corey Webster 22 points) *
23 June China-New Zealand Breakers: 74-86 (Wang Zhelin 15 points, Corey Webster 23 points) *
05 July China-Miami Heat: 62-103 (Wang Zhenlin 12 points, Tyler Herro 23 points) *
06 July China-Sacramento Kings: 77-94 (Ailun Guo 20 points, Kyle Guy 21 points) *
08 July China–Charlotte Hornets: 84-80 (Zhou Qui 17 points, Arnoldas Kulboka 18 points) *
10 July China–Milwaukee Bucks: 67-84 (Zhou Qui 14 points, Jock Landale 23 points) *
12 July China–Phoenix Suns: 64-94 (Ailun Guo 15 points, Elie Okobo 11 points) *
23 July China–Tunisia: 74-50 (Ailun Guo 17 points, Makram Romdeham 10 points) *
24 July China-Croatia B: 59-72 (Ailun Guo 18 points, Roko Rogic 20 points) *
26 July China-Cameroon: 84-70 (Zhao Rui 18 points, Joseph Dengua 12 points) *
28 July China–Cameroon: 85-63 (Zhao Rui 17 points, Bogmis Thierry 16 points) *
10 August China-Angola: 73-62 (Zhou Qui 13 points, Yannick Moreira 11 points) *
11 August China-Croatia B: 89-73 (Yi Jianlian 19 points, Tony Perkovic 19 points) *
12 August China – Puerto Rico: 78-72 (Yi Jianlian 22 points, David Huertas 20 points) *
23 August China-Brazil: 84-90 (Ailun Guo 22  points, Vitor Benite 23 points) *
25 August China-Brazil: 70-73 (Zhao Rui 13 points, Leandro Barbosa 14 points) *

Lineup

PG: Zhao Jiwei – Shau Fan – Sun Minghui
SG: Ailun Gu0 – Kelanbaike Makan
SF: Abudushalamu Abudurexiti –  Rui Zhao
PF: Yi Jinlian –  Zhai Xiaochuan
C : Zhou Qui -Wang Zhelin – Junfei Ren

Who is missing the competition?

Ding Yangyuhang, wont play in this tournament.

News

– Hosts started preparations on May 15th.
– Zhou Qui, Ailun Gun and Ding Yangyuhang suffered from various injuries ahead of the training camp.
– Yi Jianlian has got injured during the camp.
– Liu Zhixuan, Wu Qian, Kevin Zhang, Ding Yanyuhang, Chen Linjian and Hu Jinqiu were cut preliminary squad.
– Zijie Shen and Zhou Peng were cut preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Yi Jinlian
Team’s youngster: Zhou Qui
Target: To qualify from the first group stage
Who can shine out in the competition?: Abudushalamu Abudurexiti
Biggest success: 16 championships in AsiaBasket
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Hosts
How many times did they participate: 7 times (their biggest success is 8th spot in 1994 World Cup)

Russia – Roster (12 players) – Group B

Mikhail Kulagin (CSKA Moskova – PG) 19 games 7.3 points, 2.0 assists, 0.9 rebound
Grigory Motovilov (Spartak-Primorye – PG) 37 games 11.6 points, 2.8 assists, 1.6 rebounds
Andrei Sopin (TEMP-SUMZ – PG) 14 games 6.3 points, 2.6 assists, 1.9 rebounds

Vitaly Fridzon (Lokomotiv Kuban – SG) 48 games 8.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists
Evgeny Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod – G) 47 games 8.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Sergey Karasev (Zenit – SF) 27 games 12.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists
Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA Moskova – F) 69 games 6.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists

Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA Moskova – PF) 57 games 3.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.8 assist
Andrey Zubkov (Khimki – PF) 57 games 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Semen Antonov (CSKA Moskova – F) 59 games 4.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.5 assist

Evgeny Valiev (Zenit – PF) 40 games 5.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Vladimir Ivlev (Lokomotiv Kuban – C) 46 games 3.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.6 assist

Head coach: Sergey Bazarevich, in charge since 2016

• Russia has 7 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 10 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.1 years (The 13th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 3 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 5 players
Youngest player of the roster: Grigory Motovilov – 21-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Vitaly Fridzon – 33-year-old
Average height of the roster: 198.6 centimeters (The 19th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 3 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Andrei Sobin – 1.86 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Vladimir Ivlev  – 2.07 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

VTB: 10 players
Russia League: 2 players

EuroLeague: 5 players
7DAYS EuroCup: 4 players

Schedule of preparation games (6-3)

2 August Russia-Jordan: 111-71 (Vitaly Fridzon 22 points, Dar Tucker 15 points)  *
4 August Russia-Iran: 84-91 (Andrey Vorontsevich 14 points, Hamed Haddadi 26 points) *
8 August Russia-Venezuela: 69-54 (Andrey Vorontsevich 16 points, Gregory Vargas 13 points) *
9 August Russia-Italy: 72-70 (Vitaly Fridzon 16 points, Alessandro Gentile 13 points)  *
10 August Russia-Senegal: 73-56 (Grigor Motovilov 17 points, Babacar Toure 13 points) *
17 August Russia-Lithuania: 72-88 (Andrey Zubkov 15 points, Domantas Sabonis 25 points) *
18 August Russia-Finland: 81-67 (Sergey Karasev 18 points, Mikko Koivisto 14 points) *
26 August Russia-Argentina: 64-85 (Grigory Motovilov 14 points, Gabriel Deck 17 points) *
28 August Russia-Spain: 74-55 (Vitaly Fridzon 14 points, Willy Hernangomez 26 points) *

Lineup

PG: Mikhail Kulagin – Grigor Motovilov – Andrei Sopin
SG: AVitaly Fridzon – Evgeny Baburin
SF: Sergey Karasev – Nikita Kurbanov
PF: Andrey Vorontsevich – Andrey Zubkov – Semen Antonov
C : Vladimir Ivlev – Evgeny Valiev

Who is missing the competition?

Alexey Shved, Dmitry Kulagin, Timofey Mozgov, Joel Bolomboy ve Dmitry Khvostov won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Russia started preparations on July 17th.
– Vyacheslav Zaitsev, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Alexander Khomenko, Petr Gubanov, Stanislav Ilnitsky, Vladislav Trushkin, Timofey Mozgov (injury) were cut preliminary squad.
– Bad luck for Alexey Shved who will miss China’s World Cup due to a foot injury. He said, “I could not even think that I would miss the World Cup. I’m so sad.”
– Dmitry Kulagin will not participate in the 2019 FIBA World Cup due to his eye injury.
– Former NBA champion Timofey Mozgov is forced to skip the World Cup due to a leg problem that kept him sidelined in 2018-2019.
– CSKA Moscow guard Ivan Ukhov was named to the roster but was then ruled out since he hasn’t fully recovered from an injury he sustained in the VTB League Finals.
– Sergey Karasev was injured during the match against Italy.
– Coach Sergey Karasev said, “I willl wait for Mozgov until the last moment.”
– Artem Klimenko ve Andrei Lopatin were cut preliminary squad.
– Russian national team center Joel Bolomboy will miss the 2019 World Cup.
– Nikita Balashov was cut preliminary squad.
– Artem Zabelin ve Alexander Platunov were cut preliminary squad.
– Sergey Karasev: Not a lot of people are talking about us but we know our potential

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Sergey Karasev
Team’s youngster: Grigor Motovilov
Target: To qualify from the first group stage
Who can shine out in the competition?: Grigor Motovilov
Biggest success: Russia won the gold medal in 2007 EuroBasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Russia was second in the group – France –
How many times did they participate: 5 times (their biggest success is 2nd spot  in 1994 and 1998 World Cup)

Argentina – Roster (12 players) – Group B

Facu Campazzo (Real Madrid – PG) 80 games 9.8 points, 5.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds
Nicolas Laprovittola (Joventut – PG) 38 games 17.5 points, 6.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds
Luca Vildoza (Baskonia – PG) 71 games 9.0 points, 3.5 assists, 2.1 rebounds

Nicolas Brussino (Tenerife – SG/F) 55 games 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists
Lucio Redivo (Breogan – SG) 32 games 10.8 points, 2.2 assists, 1.9 rebounds
Máximo Fjellerup (San Lorenzo – SG) 60 games 6.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists

Gabriel Deck (Real Madrid – F) 75 games 4.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 0.9 assist
Patricio Garino (Baskonia – SF) 43 games 6.9 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.6 assist

Luis Scola (Shanghai S. – PF) 48 games 19.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists
Agustín Cáffaro (Libertad S. – PF) 49 games 10.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 assist

Marcos Delia (Joventut – C) 48 games 6.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.8 assist
Tayavek Gallizzi (Regatas C. – C) 47 games 9.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.5 block

Head coach: Sergio Hernández, in charge since 2015

• Argentina has 10 players from 2017 AmericaBasket and 11 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 26.5 years (The 5th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 4 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 7 players
Number of players over-30: 1 player
Youngest player of the roster: Máximo Fjellerup – 21-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Luis Scola – 39-year-old
Average height of the roster: 19k7.4 centimeters (The 22th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Facu Campazzo  – 1.79 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Marcos Delia — 2.09 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

ACB (Spain): 6 players
Liga A (Argentina): 5 players
CBA (China): 1 player

EuroLeague: 4 players
BCL: 1 players

Schedule of preparation games (9-4)

26 July Argentina-Uruguay: 92-64 (Luis Scola 15 points, Luciano Parodi 17 points) *
27 July Argentina-Puerto Rico: 76-67 (Luis Scola 24 points, Justin Reyes 16 points)  *
31 July Argentina-Uruguay: 102-65 (Gabriel Deck 23 points, Luciano Parodi 11 points) *
01 August Argentina-Dominican R.: 102-97 (Gabriel Deck 24 points, Adris De Leon 21 points) *
02 August Argentina-Mexico: 64-72 (Gabriel Deck 13 points, Jose Estrada 18 points) *
3 August Argentina-USA B: 114-75 (Gabriel Deck 23 points, David Duke 16 points) *
4 August Argentina-Puerto Rico: 84-66 (Luis Scola 28 points, Devon Collier 19 points) *
15 August Argentina-Brazil: 82-89 (Nicolas Laprovittola 18 points, Vitor Benite 15 points) *
16 August Argentina-Montenegro: 85-77 (Gabriel Deck 23 points, Petar Popovih 13 points) *
17 August Argentina-France: 58-77 (Luis Scola 16 points, Mathias Lessort 13 points) *
22 August Argentina-Japan: 108-93 (Nicolas Brussino 21 points, Rui Hachimura 23 points) *
26 August Argentina-Russia: 85-64 (Gabriel Deck 17 points, Grigory Motovilov 14 points) *
27 August Argentina-Spain: 76-84 (Luis Scola 24 points, Ricky Rubio 25 points) *

Lineup

PG: Facu Campazzo – Nicolas Laprovittola
SG: Luca Vildoza – Máximo Fjellerup – Luca Redivo
SF: Nicolas Brussino – Patricio Garino
PF: Gabriel Deck – Augustin Caffaro
C : Luis Scola – Marco Delia – Tayavek Gallizz

Who is missing the competition?

Roberto Acuna and Javier Saiz having made the team in AmericaBasket 2017, are not present in this tournament.

News

– Argentina, started preparations in Pan Games. Argentina won gold medal in the tournament.
– Marcos Mata, Francisco Caffaro and Facundo Pinero were cut preliminary squad.
– Campazzo: “Argentina can make it to the Olympics”
– With Argentina in the lead over Russia at Ningbo, China, Facundo Campazzo picked up a sprained right ankle, as the Argentinian basketball federation has announced.
– Facu Campazzo on recovery: “Improving; I don’t intend to rush anything”

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Luis Scola & Facu Campazzo
Team’s youngster: Máximo Fjellerup
Target: To qualify as the group leader and get the ticket for 2020 Tokio Olympics
Who can shine out in the competition?: Gabriel Deck
Biggest success: Argentina won the gold medal in 2004 Olympic Games
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Argentina was second in the group.  – USA –
How many times did they participate: 14 times (their biggest success is 1st spot  in 1950 World Cup)

Korea – Roster (12 players) – Group B

Chan-Hee Park (Incheon ET – PG) 57 games 6.2 points, 5.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds
Heo Hoon (Busan – G) 35 games 11.5 points, 4.1 assists, 2.4 rebounds
Kim SunhYung (Seoul SK – PG) 44 games 14.0 points, 3.9 assists, 3.6 rebounds

Lee JungHyun (Jeonju KCC – SG) 53 games 17.0 points, 4.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds
Lee DaeSung (Ulsin Phoebus – SG) 43 games 14.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists

Yang HeeJong (Anyang – SF) 48 games 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Choi JunYong (Seoul SK – SF) 32 games 7.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists

Jung HyoGeun (Incheon ET – PF) 60 games 10.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists
Yang Sangjae (Incheon ET – PF/C) 56 games 11.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists

Lee SeoungHyun (Goyang Orions – C) 18 games 11.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists
Ricardo Ratliffe (Ulsin Phoebus – PF/C) 59 games 24.2 points, 13.9 rebounds, 1.3 blocks
Kim Jong-Kyu (LG Sakers – C) 59 games 12.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.2 blocks

Head coach: Hur Jae, in charge since 2015

• Korea has 8 players from 2017 AsiaBasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.4 years (The 16th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 2 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 5 players
Number of players over-30: 5 players
Youngest player of the roster: Hee Hoon – 23-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Yang HeeJong – 35-year-old
Average height of the roster: 195.2 centimeters (The 31th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 5 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 5 players
Shortest player of the roster: Hee Hoon – 1.81 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Kim Jong-Kyu – 2.07 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

KBL (Korea): 12 players

Schedule of preparation games (1-2)

24 August Korea-Lithuania: 57-86 (Ricardo Ratliffe 24 points, Jonas Valanciunas 20 points)
25 August Korea-Czech Republic: 89-97 (Ricardo Ratliffe 29 points, Tomas Satoransky 21 points) *
27 August Korea-Angola: 91-76 (Ricardo Ratliffe 18 points, Carlos Morias 21 points) *

Lineup

PG: Kim SunhYung – Chan-Hee Park – Heo Hoon
SG: Lee JungHyun – Lee DaeSung
SF: Choi JunYong – Yang HeeJong
PF: Lee SeoungHyun – Sanghjae Kang – Hyogeun Jung
C: Ricardo Ratliffe – Jongkyu Kim

Who is missing the competition?

SeKeun Oh ve Jeon JunBeom having made the team in AsiaBasket 2017, are not present in this tournament.

News

– YoungJun An, SeKeun An, JunBeom Jun, DongSeop Lim and KyoChang Song were cut preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Ricardo Ratliffe
Team’s youngster: Hee Hoon
Target: The first games win since 1994
Who can shine out in the competition?: Lee SeoungHyun
Biggest success: Korean won the gold medals in 1969 and 1997 AsiaBasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Korean was second in the group.  – New Zealand –
How many times did they participate: 7 times (their biggest success is 13th spot in 1994 World Cup)

Nigeria – Roster (12 players) – Group B

Ben Uzoh (? – G) * No stats *
Ike Iroegbu (Lietkabelis – PG) 30 games 12.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists

Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves – SG) 74 games 7.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Gabe Vincent (Stockton Kings – SG) 24 games 8.7 points, 2.5 assists, 2.2 rebounds

Al-Farouq Aminu (Portland TrailBlazers – F) 81 games 9.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Stan Okoye (Zaragoza – F) 37 games 14.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists
Jordan Nwora (Louisville – SF) 34 games 16.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists

Ike Diogu (? – PF) * No stats *
Chimezie Metu (SA Spurs – PF) 29 games 1.7 points, 1.2 rebounds, 0.4 assists
Talib Zanna (Ironi Ziona – PF) 43 games 10.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists

Ekpe Udoh (Utah Jazz – C) 51 games 2.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.6 block
Michael Eric (Darüşşafaka Tekfen – C) 52 games 11.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.9 block

Head coach: Alex Nwora, in charge since 2017

• Nigeria has 2 players from 2017 Afrobasket and 8 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.
  

Average age of the roster: 26.8 years (The 7th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 5 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 3 players
Number of players over-30: 4 players
Youngest player of the roster: Jordan Nwora – 20-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Ike Diogu – 35-year-old
Average height of the roster: 200.5 centimeters (The 7th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 1 player
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Ike Iroegbu – 1.88 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Michael Eric – 2.11 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

NBA: 4 players
G-League: 1 player
I-BSL (Israel): 1 player
ACB (Spain): 1 player
BSL (Turkey): 1 player
LKL (Lithuania): 1 player
NCAA: 1 player

* Last teams are uncertain for two players.

Schedule of preparation games (5-1)

20 July Nigeria-Dominic Republic: 85-81
22 July Nigeria-Dominic Republic: 89-87
07 August Nigeria-Canada: 87-96 (Josh Okogie 18 points, Khem Birch 14 points)
09 August Nigeria-Canada: 90-81 (Jordan Nwora 19 points, Phil Scrubb 12 points) *
23 August Nigeria-Poland: 87-84 (Gabe Vincent 20 points, AJ Slaughter 22 points) *
25 August Nigeria-Montenegro: 89-86 (Jordan Nwora 19 points, Bojan Dubljevic 20 points) *

Lineup

PG: Ben Uzoh – Ike Iroegbu
SG: Josh Okogie – Gabe Vincent
SF: Al-Farouq Aminu – Stan Okoye – Jordan Nwora
PF: Ike Diogu – Chimezie Metu – Talib Zanna
C: Ekpe Udoh – Michael Eric

Who is missing the competition?

David Nwaba, Semi Ojeyele, Festus Ezeli, Miye Oni, Chuma Okeke and Kezei Okpala won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Nigeria has announced the largest prelimanary roster. – 44 players -.
– Nigeria is the latest national team facing financial issues ahead of the World Cup. Ekpe Udoh, “With two weeks before the FIBA World Cup, the Nigerian Sports Commission refuses to release the money allocated to us for training, travel, and food! We have a special team and possibly the best yet. I hope this gets resolved soon. Not surprised though.”
– Despite the financial woes that went public, the Nigerian national team will represent the African country in the upcoming FIBA World Cup
– Team Nigeria arrives in China; will participate in Peak Tournament.
– Alade Aminu, Deji Akindele and Ike Nwamu were cut prelimanary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Al-Farouq Aminu
Team’s youngster: Jordan Nwora
Target: To surprise in the group against Arjentina and Russia.
Who can shine out in the competition?: Josh Okogie
Biggest success: Nigeria won the gold medal in 2015 Afrobasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Nigeria was leader in the group
How many times did they participate: 3 times (Last time 2006 World Cup)

Spain – Roster (12 players) – Group C

Ricky Rubio (Utah Jazz – PG) 68 games 12.7 points, 6.1 assists, 3.5 rebounds
Quino Colom (Bahçeşehir Basket – PG) 28 games 15.2 points, 6.1 assists, 3.1 rebounds
Sergio Llull (Real Madrid – PG) 66 games 10.5 points, 3.7 assists, 2.0 rebounds
Pau Ribas (Barcelona – PG) 65 games 6.2 points, 2.2 assists, 1.8 rebounds

Rudy Fernandez (Real Madrid – SF) 71 games 8.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists
Xavi Rabaseda (Gran Canaria – SF) 61 games 6.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Javier Beirán (Tenerife – F) 48 games 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists

Juan Hernangomez (Denver Nuggets – F) 70 games 5.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.8 assist
Victor Claver (Barcelona – F) 61 games 5.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Pierre Oriola (Barcelona – PF/C) 81 games 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.7 assist

Marc Gasol (Toronto Raptors) 79 games 13.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists
Willy Hernangomez (Charlotte Hornets – C) 58 games 7.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist

Head coach: Sergio Scariolo, in charge since 2015

• Spain has 5 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 5 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 29.6 years (The 26th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 player
Number of players between 25 and 30: 3 players
Number of players over-30: 8 players
Youngest player of the roster: Juan Hernangomez – 23-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Marc Gasol – 34-year-old
Average height of the roster: 200.8 centimeters (The 5th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 1 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 5 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Quino Colom – 1.88 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Marc Gasol – 2.16 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

ACB (Spain): 7 players
NBA: 4 players
BSL (Turkey): 1 player

EuroLeague: 6 player
BCL: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (5-2)

02 August Spain-Lithuania: 78-70 (Willy Hernangomez 23 points, Lukas Lekavicius 10 points) *
09 August Spain-Cote D’Ivoire: 79-62 (Willy Hernangomez 14 points, Vafessa Fofana 14 points) *
10 August Spain-Congo: 96-64 (Willy Hernangomez 24 points, R. Mvouika 16 points) *
16 August Spain-USA 81-90 (Marc Gasol 19 points, Ricky Rubio 16 points) *
22 August Spain-Dominic Republic: 102-70 (Rick Rubio 20 points, Eloy Vargas 11 points) *
27 August Spain-Argentina: 84-76 (Ricky Rubio 25 points, Luis Scola 24 points) *
28 August Spain-Russia: 55-74 (Willy Hernangomez 26 points, Vitaly Fridzon 14 points) *

Lineup

PG: Ricky Rubio – Quino Colom
SG: Sergio Llull – Pau Ribas
SF: Rudy Fernandez – Javier Berian  – Xavi Rabaseda
PF: Juan Hernangomez – Victor Claver
C : Marc Gasol – Willy Hernangomez – Pierre Oriola

Who is missing the competition?

Pau Gasol, Sergio Rodriguez, Serge Ibaka, Nikola Mirotic and Alex Abrines wont play in this tournament.

News

– Sergio Scariolo: “For many years we have the pressure of being one of the favorite”
– Sergio Rodriguez said: “It has been a tough and complicated decision because for me, playing with the Spanish national team and representing my country during these 15 years has always been an exciting priority.
– Sergio Scariolo on the first prep game of Spain: “There is no selfishness”
– Ricky Rubio: “It was like watching a movie, we knew that the US will win”
– Juancho Hernangomez: “Marc Gasol is a leader, an example”
– Marc Gasol: “I want us to keep making history for Spanish basketball”
– Sergio Llull: “Without players, there is no basketball”
– Scariolo: “People in Europe sometimes don’t realize how deep the NBA world is”
– Joan Sastre and Pablo Aguilar were cut preliminary squad.
– Scariolo: “We play against the best team in the competition”
– Willy Hernangomez: “We want to win more with the Spanish NT”
– Ilimane Diop and Jaime Fernandez were cut prelimanry squad.
– Marc Gasol: “I don’t feel bad for USA, they have whole bunch of talent coming up”
– Sergio Scariolo: “Marc Gasol has stomach problems”

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Marc Gasol
Team’s youngster: Juan Hernangomez
Target: To qualify as the group leader and get the ticket for 2020 Tokio Olympics
Who can shine out in the competition?: Willy Hernangomez
Biggest success: They have won 10 medals in 12 tournaments that they attend
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Spain was leader in the group.
How many times did they participate: 11 times (their biggest success is 1st spot  in 2006 World Cup)

Iran – Roster (12 players) – Group C

Sajjad Mashayekhi (Petrochimi – PG) 20 games 10.0 points, 4.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds
Hamed Hosseinzadeh (Chemidor – PG) 24 games 10.8 points, 3.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds

Behnam Yakchali (Petrochimi – SG) 24 games 19.0 points, 3.9 assists, 3.2 rebounds
Rasoul Mozafari (Naft Abadan – G) 28 games 11.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists

Mohammad Jamshidi (Chemidor – SF) 18 games 19.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (? – SF) * No stats *

Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Naft Abadan – PF) 28 games 17.2 points, 12.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists
Mike Rostampour (Naft Abadan – PF) 28 games 11.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 0.8 assist
Arman Zangeneh (Chemidor – PF/C) 24 games 10.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists

Aaron Geramipoor (? – PF/C) * No stats *
Hamed Haddadi (Champville – C) 31 games 11.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.6 blocks
Meisam Mirzaei (Petrochimi – C) 24 games 13.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Head coach: Mehran Shahintab, in charge since 2018

• Iran has 4 players from 2017 AsiaBasket and 11 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.2 years (The 14th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 player
Number of players between 25 and 30: 83 players
Number of players over-30: 3 players
Youngest player of the roster: Behnam Yakchali – 24-year-old (The 13th tallest team of the tournament)
Oldest player of the roster: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami – 36-year-old
Average height of the roster: 199.9 centimeters
Number of players with the height under-190: 3 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 3 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Sajjad Mashayekhi – 1.83 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Hamed Haddadi – 2.18 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

Superleague (Iran): 9 players
Leb DivA (Lebanon): 1 player

* Last teams are uncertain for two players.

Schedule of preparation games (6-4)

26 July Iran-Slovakia: 79-74  *
27 July Iran-Denmark: 99-94 *
28 July Iran-Portugal: 74-70  *
03 August Iran-Jordan: 82-70 (Behnam Yakchali 21 points, Jordan Al-Dasuqi 15 points) *
04 August Iran-Russia: 91-84 (Hamed Haddadi 26 points, Andrey Vorontsevich 14 points)  *
08 August Iran-Greece: 69-82 (Hamed Haddadi 20 points, Georgios Printezis 14 points)
10 August Iran-Hungary: 90-82 (Mohammad Jamshidi 28 points, Benedek Varadi 18 points)  *
11 August Iran-Greece: 58-88 (Hamed Haddadi 18 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo 19 points) *
23 August Iran-Montenegro: 77-89 (Nikola Vucevic 17 points)
25 August Iran-Poland: 83-88 (Hamed Haddadi 17 points, Adam Waczynski 16 points) *

Lineup

PG: Sajjad Mashayekhi – Hamed Hosseinzadeh
SG: Behnam Yakchali –  Rasoul Mozafari
SF: Mohammad Jamshidi – Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
PF: Mohahmmad Hassazadeh – Mike Rostampour – Arman Zangeneh
C: Hamed Haddadi – Meisam Mirzaei – Aaron Geramipor

Who is missing the competition?

Farid Aslani, Arsalan Kazemi and Oshin Sahakianhaving made the team in AsiaBasket 2017, are not present in this tournament.

News

– Keyvan Riaei, Rouzbeh Arghavan, Navid Niktash, Amir Sedighi, Sina Vahedi, Navid Rezaefiar andw Behshad Arabzadeh were cut preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Hamed Haddadi
Target: To qualify from the first group stage in Iran history’s first time
Who can shine out in the competition?: Behnam Yakchali
Biggest success: Iran won the gold medals in 2007, 2009 and 2013 AsiaBasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Iran was third in the group – Japan, Australia –
How many times did they participate: 3 times (their biggest success is 19th spot in 2010 World Cup)

Puerto Rico – Roster (12 players) – Group C

Gary Browne (San German – PG) 4 games 24.5 points, 9.5 assists, 5.5 rebounds
Angel Rodriguez (Rio Grande Valley – PG) 10 games 12.2 points, 5.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds

David Huertas (Arecibo – SG) 20 games 18.1 points, 3.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds
Javier Mojica (Bayamon – SG) 37 games 17.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists
Gian Clavell (Estudiantes – SG/F) 38 games 12.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists

Alex Franklin (Quebradillas – SF) 28 games 7.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists
Isaiah Pinerio (San Diego – SF) 36 games 18.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists

Ramon Clemente (San Lorenzo – PF) 51 games 4.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.4 assist
Devin Collier (Arecibo – PF) 18 games 5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.8 block

Chris Brady (Fukushima Firebonds – C) 52 games 14.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists
Jorge Diaz (Quebradillas – C) 50 games 6.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.1 blocks
Renaldo Balkman (San Miguel – C) 25 games 25.6 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists

Head coach: Eddie Casiano, in charge since 2016

• Puerto Rico has 3 players from 2017 AmericaBasket and 9 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.8 years (The 23th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 2 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 5 players
Number of players over-30: 5 players
Youngest player of the roster: Chris Brady- 23-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Renaldo Balkman – 35-year-old
Average height of the roster: 197.2 centimeters (The 26th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Angel Rodriguez – 1.80 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Jorge Diaz – 2.11 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

BSN (Puerto Rico): 6 players
NCAA: 1 players
G-League:: 1 player
ACB (Spain): 1 player
Liga A (Argentina): 1 player
JBL (Japan): 1 player
ABL (Asean League): 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (6-6)

27 July Puerto Rico-Argentina: 67-76 (Justin Reyes 16 points, Luis Scola 24 points) *
31 July Puerto Rico-Venezuela: 73-64 (Devin Collier 13 points, Jhornan Zamora 12 points) *
01 August Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands: 101-89 (Isaac Sosa 25 points, Walter Hodge 27 points) *
02 August Puerto Rico-USA B: 87-84 (Devin Collier 23 points, Jermiane Samuels 17 points) *
03 August Puerto Rico-Dominic Republic: 65-53 (Isaac Sosa 13 points, Eloy Vargas 15 points) *
04 August Puerto Rico-Argentina: 66-84 (Devin Collier 19 points, Luis Scola 28 points)  *
10 August Puerto Rico-Croatia B: 66-70 (Devin Collier 15 points, Karlo Lukacic 13 points) *
11 August Puerto Rico-Angola: 66-64 (Devin Collier 14 points, Yannick Moreira 15 points) *
12 August Puerto Rico-China: 72-78 (David Huertas 20 points, Yi Jianlian 22 points) *
23 August Puerto Rico-Turkey:  64-72 (David Huertas 12 points, Cedi Osman 12 points) *
25 August Puerto Rico-Senegal: 61-90 (Maurice Ndour 14 points,)
27 August Puerto Rico-China B: 89-85

Lineup

PG: Angel Rodriguez – Gray Browne
SG: Gian Clavell – David Huertas – Javier Mojica
SF: Isaiah Pinerio – Alex Franklin
PF: Ramon Clemente – Devin Collier
C :  Renaldo Balkman – Chris Brady – Jorge Diaz

Who is missing the competition?

JJ Barea, Shabazz Napier, Maurice Harkless, Jonathan Isaac, Jordan Murphy, Tremont Holter, Ricky Davis, Carlos Rivera and Tyler Davis won’t play in this tournament.

News

– JJ Barea will not play in the upcoming FIBA World Cup. Puerto Rico’s guard will continue his ricovery from a ruptured Achilles.
– Puerto Rico, started preparations in Pan Games. Puerto Rico won silver medal in the tournament.
– Puerto Rico called John Holland to the preliminary roster but he didnt come. Puerto Rico fined 45.000 dollars and he banned Puerto Rico League for a year.
– Ricky Davis retired from the national team.
– Carlos Rivera and Tyler Davis were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Renaldo Balkman was included in the Puerto Rico squad.
– Ivan Gandia and Emmanuel Andujar were cut from the preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Gian Clavell
Team’s youngster: Chris Brady
Target: To qualify from the first group stage
Who can shine out in the competition?: Isaiah Pineria
Biggest success: Puerto Rico won the gold medals in 1980, 1989 and 1995 AmericaBasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Puerto Rico was third in the group – USA, Argentina –
How many times did they participate: 14. times (their biggest success is 4th spot in 1990 World Cup)

Tunisia – Roster (12 players) – Group C

Omar Abada (Chamond Basket – PG) 35 games 7.2 points, 2.7 assists, 1.5 rebounds
Nizar Knioua (Rades – G) 5 games 5.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Omar Mouhli (Rades – G) 5 games 6.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists

Michael Roll (Maccabi – SG) 69 maç 8.9 sayı, 2.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds
Mourad El Mabrouk (Rades – SG) 5 games 11.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists

Ziyed Chennoufi (Rades – SF) 3 games 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Radhouane Slimane (US Monastis – F) * No stats *

Mohamed Abbassi (Rades – PF) 2 games 6.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.5 block
Makram Ben Romdhane (Chamond Basket – PF / C) 38 games 11.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists

Salaj Mejri (Dallas Mavericks – C) 36 games 3.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.7 block
Mokthar Ghayaza (Rades – C) 5 games 5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Mohamed Hadidane (Rades – C) 5 games 5.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists

Head coach: Mario Palma, in charge since 2016

• Tunisia has 9 players from 2017 Afrobasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.
  

Average age of the roster: 31.9 years (The 32th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: None
Number of players between 25 and 30: 2 players
Number of players over-30: 10 players
Youngest player of the roster: Omar Abada – 26-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Radhouane Slimane – 38-year-old
Average height of the  roster: 198.9 centimeters (The 18th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 3 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 2 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Mourad El Mabrouk – 1.85 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Salaj Mejri – 2.17 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

TBL (Tunisia): 8 players
PRO B (France 2. League): 2 players
NBA: 1 player
I-BSL (Israel): 1 player

EuroLeague: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (3-5)

23 July Tunisia-China: 50-74 (Makram Romdhane 10 points, Ailun Gun 17 points)  *
24 July Tunisia-Latvia B: 74-71 (Makram Romdhane 16 points, Kristaps Mediss 23 points) *
06 August Tunisia-Turkey: 54-64 (Salah Mejri 19 points, Furkan Korkmaz 14 points) *
07 August Tunisia-France: 56-94 (Mourad El Mabrouk 16 points, Evan Fournier 17 points) *
09 August Tunisia-Czech Rep.: 66-80 (Mourad El Mabrouk 13 points, Vojtech Hruban 16 points)  *
10 August Tunisia-Jordan: 80-68 (Makram Romdhane 14 points, Dar Tucker 24 points)  *
11 August Tunisia-Poland: 75-64 (Makram Romdhane 21 points, Mateusz Ponitk 12 points) *
23 August Tunisia-Germany: 70-89 (Salah Mejri 30 points, Andreas Obst 17 points) *
25 August Tunisia-Japan: 78-76 (Michael Roll 19 points, Yuta Watanabe 17 points) * 

Lineup

PG: Omar Abada – Omar Mouhli – Nizar Knioua
SG: Michael Roll – Mourad El Mabrouk
SF: Radhouane Slimane – Ziyed Chennoufi
PF: Makram Ben Romdhane – Mohamed Abbassi
C: Salah Mejri – Mohamed Hadidane – Mokthar Ghayaza

Who is missing the competition?

Firas Lahiani won’t play in this tournament

News

– Achrey Khayati ve Hamza Foudhyli were cut from the preliminary squad
– Tunisia will go to China on August 19.
– Salah Mejri was injured on his knee against Jordan.
– Renaldo Balkman was included in the Tunisia squad.
– Lassaad Chouaya, Amrou Bouallegue and Haithem Saada were cut from the preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Salah Mejri & Michael Roll
Target: Getting their first win in World Cup.
Who can shine out in the competition?: Omar Abada
Biggest success: Tunisia won the gold medals in 2011 and 2017 Afrobasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Tunisia was the leader in the group
How many times did they participate: 2 times (First time 2010 World Cup)

Angola – Roster (12 players) – Group D

Gerson Domingos (Interclube – PG) * No stats *
Jaques Conceicao (Benfica – PG) 33 games 2.4 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.6 assist
Gerson Gonçalves (Luando – G) 5 games 6.6 points, 3.0 assists, 2.8 rebounds

Olimpia Cipriano (Luando – SG) 5 games 11.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Carlos Morias (Luanda – G) 2 games 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.0 assist

Jose Antonio (Luando – SF) 5 games 5.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist
Leonel Paulo (Luando – SF) 5 games 11.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists

Reggie Moore (Atletico Sport – PF) * No stats *
Eduorda Mingas (Desportivo – PF/C) 7 games 12.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Yanick Moreira (V. Bologna – C) 45 games 8.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.7 assist
Valdelicio Joaquim (Quimper – C) 34 games 13.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 0.7 assist
Hermanegildo Mbunga (Luando – C) 5 games 4.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.4 block

Head coach: Will Voight, in charge since 2017

• Angola has 8 players from 2017 Afrobasket and 11 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.
  

Average age of the roster: 31.2 years (The 31th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 2 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 6 players
Youngest player of the roster: Gerson Domingose – 23-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Eduorda Mingas – 40-year-old
Average height of the roster: 196.1 centimeters (The 26th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 1 player
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 8 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Gerson Domingos – 1.79 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Valdelicio Joaquim – 2.08 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

Angola League: 9 players
P-LPB (Portugal): 1 player
LNB B (France 2. League): 1 player
Lega Basket (Italy): 1 player

BCL: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (1-6)

10 August Angola-China: 62-73 (Yannick Moreira 11 points, Zhou Qui 13 points) *
11 August Angola-Puerto Rico: 64-66 (Yannick Moreira 15 points, Devin Collier 14 points) *
12 August Angola-Croatia B: 93-73 (Olimpia Cipriano 24 points, Tony Perkovic 21 points) *
24 August Angola-Czech Rep.: 65-84 (Valdelicio Joaquim 14 points, Ondrej Balvin 17 points) *
25 August Angola-Lithuania: 56-91 (Carlos Morias 13 points, Jonas Valanciunas 16 points) *
27 August Angola-Korea: 76-91  (Carlos Morias 21 points, Ricardo Ratliffe 18 points) *

Lineup

PG: Gerson Domingos – Jaques Conceicao – Gerson Gonçalves
SG: Carlos Morias – Olimpia Cipriano
SF: Leonel Paulo – Jose Antonio
PF: Reggie Moore – Eduorda Mingas
C : Yanick Moreira – Valdelicio Joaquim – Hermanegildo Mbunga

Who is missing the competition?

Atlanta Hawks player’s Bruno Fernando and Kansas player’s Silvio De Sousa, wont play in this tournament.

News

– If Eduorda Mingas plays in the cup, he will be the third player in cup history to play in the tournament for 5 straight times.
– Angola Basketball Federation paid their players for World Cup and they announced that all expenses for their friendly games will be covered by their opponents
– Kansas player’s Silvio De Sousa, out of Angola World Cup roster.
– Malick Cisse, Benvindo Quimbamba, Julio Afonso ve Jone Pedro were cut from the preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Yanick Moreira
Team’s youngster: Gerson Domingos
Target: Defeat the Philippines
Who can shine out in the competition?: Gerson Gonçalves
Biggest success: Angola has won 11 times gold medals Afrobasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Angola was second in the group – Tunisia –
How many times did they participate: 8. times ( their biggest success is 9th spot  in 2006 World Cup)

Philippines – Roster (12 players) – Group D

Mark Barroca (Magnolia H. – PG) 41 games 12.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists
Kiefer Ravena (NLEX Road – G) * No stats *
Robert Bolick (NorthPort B. – G) 25 games 13.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists

Paul Dalistan (Magnolia H. – SG) 41 games 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists
Jaymar Perez (Columbian DYIP – SG) 22 games 19.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists
Ruger Pogoy (TNT KaTropa – SG) 30 games 16.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Gabe Norwood (Painters – SF) 37 games 6.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists
Troy Rasoria (TNT KaTropa – SF) 27 games 14.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist

Raymond Almazan (Meralco Bolts – PF/C) 14 games 7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 blocks
Japeth Aguilar (Barangay G. – PF/C) 31 games 14.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.2 blocks

Andrey Blatche (Tianjin G. – C) 19 games 20.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists
June Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen – C) 43 games 18.5 points, 13.0 rebounds, 1.7 blocks

Head coach: Yeng Guiao, in charge since 2018

• The Philippines have 5 players from 2017 AsiaBasket and 10 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.8 years (The 24th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 player
Number of players between 25 and 30: 5 players
Number of players over-30: 6 players
Youngest player of the roster: Robert Bolick – 24 year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Gabe Norword – 33 year-old
Average height of the roster: 193.2 centimeters (The 32th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 6 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 1 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 5 players
Shortest player of the roster: Mark Barroca – 1.76 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Andrey Blatche – 2.11 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

PBA (Philipines): 11 players
CBA (China): 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (3-1)

06 August Philippines-Congo: 102-80 (Andrey Blatche 25 points) *
07 August Philippines-Cote D’Ivoire: 94-83 (Andrey Blatche 18 points) *
09 August Philippines-Congo: 71-82 (Robert Bollick 21 points, R. Mvouika 21 points) *
10 August Philippines-Cote D’Ivoire: 73-63 (Robert Bollick 19 points, Deon Thompson 20 points) *
23 August Philippines–Adelaide 36ers: 92-83 (Andray Blatche 19 points, Ramome Moore 16 points) *
25 August Philippines-Adelaide 36ers: 74-85 (Andray Blatche 16 points, Daniel Johnson 16 points)

Lineup

PG: Mark Barroca – Kiever Revena – Robert Bollick
SG: Ruger Pugoy – Jaymar Perez – Paul Dalistan
SF: Gabe Norwood – Troy Rasoria
PF: Raymond Almazan – Japeth Aguilar
C : Andrey Blatche – June Fajorda

Who is missing the competition?

Jordan Clarkson, Stanley Pringle, Christian Standhardinger, Matthew Wright, Terrence Romoe and Jayson Castro won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Jordan Clarkson won’t play in this tournament.
– Marco Lassiter and Stanley Pringle suffered from various injuries ahead of the training camp.
– Troy Rosairo, Roger Pogoy, Christian Standhardinger play in the league finals. So they didn’t join the Spain camp.
– Only 9 players will join the Spain camp.
– Kiefer Ravena, is still ineligible to play pending the conclusion of his 18-month suspension by FIBA on August 24. Ravena is not expected to participate in the tune-ups and tournament as his FIBA-imposed suspension does not lapse until Aug. 24 but came along to help the team in whatever capacity needed.
– Gabe Norwood suffered a mild groin strain during the team’s first game against Congo.
– Philippines will go to China on August 19.
– Stanley Pringle, Matthew Wright, Marco Lassiter, Beua Belga, Christian Standhardinger ve Poy Erram were cut prelimanary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Andrey Blatche
Team’s youngster: Robert Bolick
Target: At least a victory
Who can shine out in the competition?: Jaymar Perez
Biggest success: Philippines has won 5 times gold medals Asiabasket.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Philippines was fourth in the group.
How many times did they participate: 6 times (their biggest success is 3rd spot in 1954 World Cup )

Italy – Roster (12 players) – Group D

Daniel Hackett (CSKA Moskova – G) 71 games 7.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists
Ariel Filloy (Avellino – PG) 47 games 8.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds
Luca Vitali (Brescia – PG) 32 games 8.3 points, 5.3 assists, 2.4 rebounds

Marco Belinelli (SA Spurs – SG) 79 games 10.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Amedeo Della Valle (O. Milano – G) 46 games 5.9 points, 1.3 rebounds, 0.9 assist

Luigi Datome (Fenerbahçe Beko – SF) 54 games 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Alessandro Gentile (Estudiantes – SF) 23 games 14.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Awudu Abass (Brescia – SF) 40 games 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists

Danilo Gallinari (LA Clippers – F) 68 games 19.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 0.7 assist
Jeff Brooks (O. Milano – PF) 69 games 6.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist

Amedeo Tessitori (Treviso – C) 45 games 12.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 0.9 block
Paul Biligha (Venezia – C) 47 games 3.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.6 block

Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti, in charge since 2017

• Italy has 6 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 10 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 29.2 years (The 25th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 player
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 7 players
Youngest player of the roster: Amedeo Tessitori – 24 year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Marco Belinelli – 33 year-old
Average height of the roster: 200.0 centimeters (The 11th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: None
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 5 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Ariel Filloy – 1.90 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Amedeo Tessitori – 2.08 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

Lega Basket (Italy): 6 players
NBA: 2 players
BSL (Turkey): 1 player
ACB (Spain): 1 player
VTB: 1 player
Seria A2 (Italy 2. League): 1 player

EuroLeague: 4 players
7DAYS EuroCup: 2 players
BCL: 2 players

Schedule of preparation games (4-7)

30 July Italy-Romania: 88-60 (A. Gentile 14 points, Emanuel Cate 12 points) *
31 July Italy-Cote D’Ivoire: 69-58 (A. Gentile 22 points, Vafessa Fofana 10 points) *
08 August Italy-Senegal: 111-54 (Pietro Aradori 15 points, Babacar Toure 15 points) *
09 August Italy-Russia: 70-72 (Alessandro Gentile 13 points, Vitaly Fridzon 16 points)  *
10 August Italy-Venezuela: 72-54 (Awudu Abass 16 points, Nestor Colmenares 12 points) *
16 August Italy-Greece: 63-83 (Marco Belinelli 13 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo 12 points) *
17 August Italy-Serbia: 64-96 (Marco Belinelli 16 points, Nikola Jokic 20 points) *
18 August Italy-Turkey: 70-72 (Alessandro Gentile 26 points, Cedi Osman 20 points) *
23 August Italy-Serbia: 65-71 (Marco Belinelli 18 points, Bogdan Bogdanovic 15 points) *
25 August Italy-France: 80-82 (Marco Bellinelli 20 points, Evan Fournier 29 points) *
26 August Italy-New Zealand: 82-88 (Danilo Gallinari 22 points, Corey Webster 21 points) *

Lineup

PG: Daniel Hackett – Luca Vitali –  Ariel Filloy
SG: Marco Belinelli – Amedeo Della Valle
SF: Awudu Abass – Alessandro Gentile
PF: Danilo Gallinari – Gigi Datome
C: Jeff Brook – Paul Biligha – Amedeo Tessitori

Who is missing the competition?

Nicolo Melli and Pietro Aradori wont play in this tournament.

News

– The Italian Basketball Federation confirmed Nicolo Melli will not compete in 2019 FIBA World Cup.
– Achille Polonara , Davide Pascolo, Stefano Tonut, Diego Flaccadori and Davide Moretti were cut preliminary squad.
– Andrea Cinciarini, Riccardo Moraschini and Michele Vitali are no longer with the Italian national team.
– Danilo Gallinari will sit out for a few days after going through appendectomy
– Gigi Datome and Danilo Gallinari will miss the upcoming Acropolis International Tournament set to take place between August 16th and August 18th at Athens. However, Datome is set to take part in the last friendlies at China and Gallinari to be ready for the start of the World Cup.
– Pietro Aradori was cut from the Italian World Cup squad. 
– The Italian national team has been preparing for the 2019 FIBA World Cup without two key players in Danilo Gallinari and Luigi Datome but the two are now ready to step on the floor
– Giampaolo Ricci and Brian Sacchetti were cut preliminary squad.
– Italy’s Marco Belinelli: We are not scared of nobody

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Danilo Gallinari
Team’s youngster: Amedeo Tessitori
Target: Get the ticket for 2020 Tokio Olympics
Who can shine out in the competition?: Alessandro Gentile
Biggest success: Italy won the gold medals in 1983 and 1999 Eurobasket
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Italy was second in the group. – Lithuania –
How many times did they participate: 9 times (their biggest success is 4th spot in 1978 World Cup )

Serbia – Roster (12 players) – Group D

Vasilije Micic (Anadolu Efes – PG) 71 games 12.9 points, 5.9 assists, 2.4 rebounds
Stefan Jovic (Bayern Münih – PG) 62 games 6.9 points, 4.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds

Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sacramento Kings – SG) 70 games 14.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists
Marko Guduric (Fenerbahçe Beko – SG) 75 games 9.9 points, 2.4 assists, 2.3 rebounds

Vladimir Lucic (Bayern Münih – SF) 72 games 10.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Marko Simonovic (Zenit – F) 46 games 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist

Nemanja Bjelica (Sacramento Kings – PF) 77 games 9.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists
Stefan Bircevic (Bonn – PF) 43 games 6.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.8 assist

Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets – C) 80 games 20.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists
Boban Marjanovic (Philadelphia 76ers – C) 58 games 7.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.9 assist
Nikola Milutinov (Olympiakos – C) 52 games 11.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 0.7 block
Miroslav Raduljica (Jiangsu Dragons – C) 48 games 23.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists

Head coach: Sasha Djordjevic, in charge since 2013

• Serbia has 7 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 10 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.0 years (The 12th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 2 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 5 players
Number of players over-30: 5 players
Youngest player of the roster: Marko Guduric – 24-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Marko Simonovic – 33-year-old
Average height of the roster: 205.7 centimeters (The 1st tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: None
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 8 players
Shortest player of the roster: Vasilije Micic – 1.95 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Boban Marjanovic – 2.22 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

NBA: 4 players
BBL (Germany): 3 players
BSL (Turkey): 2 players
VTB: 1 player
HEBA (Greece): 1 player
CBA (China): 1 player

EuroLeague: 5 players
7DAYS EuroCup: 1 player
BCL: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (9-0)

04 August Serbia-Cacak: 97-66 (Boban Marjanovic and Miroslav Raduljica 18 points)  *
07 August Serbia-Finland: 95-75 (Stefan Jovic 12 points, Elias Vakkonen 12 points)  *
10 August Serbia-Lithuania: 72-68 (Bogdan Bogdanovic 18 points, Marius Grigonis 18 points) *
12 August Serbia-Lithuania: 95-91 (Bogdan Bogdanovic 27 points, Jonas Valanciunas 18 points) *
16 August Serbia-Turkey: 87-72 (Nikola Jokic 18 points, Furkan Korkmaz 16 points) *
17 August Serbia-Italy: 96-64 (Nikola Jokic 20 points, Marco Belinelli 16 points) *
18 August Serbia-Greece: 85-80 (Bogdan Bogdanovic 28 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo 20 points) *
23 August Serbia-Italy: 71-65 (Bogdan Bogdanovic 15 points, Marco Belinelli 18 points) *
25 August Serbia-New Zealand: 88-78 (Nikola Milutinov 19 points, Tai Webster 16 points) *
27 August Serbia-France: 61-56 (Miroslav Raduljica 13 points, Nicolas Batum 9 points) *

Lineup

PG: Stefan Jovic – Vasilije Micic
SG: Bogdan Bogdanovic – Marko Guduric
SF: Vladimir Lucic – Marko Simonovic
PF: Nikola Jokic – Nemanja Bjelica – Stefan Bircevic
C : Boban Marjanovic – Nikola Milutinov – Miroslav Raduljica

Who is missing the competition?

Milos Teodosic, Nikola Kalinic, Nemanja Nedovic, Ognjen Kuzmic, Dragan Milosavljevic and Stefan Markovic wont play in this tournament.

News

– Ilija Djokovic, Stefan Pot, Nemanja Nedovic, Branko Lazic, Vanja Marinkovic, Ognjen Jaramaz, Ognjen Dobric, Nikola Kalinic, Nemanja Dangubic, Rade Zagorac, Stefan Jelovac, Nikola Miskovic, Borisa Simanic, Dragan Apic, Dejan Kravic were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Olimpia Milano guard Nemanja Nedovic reacted to his exclusion from the 18-man preliminary roster of the Serbian national team for the 2019 World Cup.
– On leaving players like Nikola Kalinic and Nemanja Nedovic out of the preliminary squad, Djordjevic admitted: “I carry the responsibility for those decisions. Looking at the team, I think we are ready and full in every position. It was a tough decision.”
– Ognjen Kuzmic was involved in a serious car accident.
– The Serbian Basketball Federation announced that forward Milan Macvan departed from the training camp ahead of the 2019 World Cup to travel to Japan.
– Serbia head coach Sasha Djordjevic cut Dejan Todorovic, Aleksa Avramovic and Nikola Jovanovic from the preliminary squad of the national team ahead of the 2019 World Cup.
– Serbia coach Djordjevic: “If we meet Team USA, may God help them”
– Djordjevic: “A World Cup medal is always our obligation”
– Nemanja Bjelica on Serbia’s path to FIBA gold: “What if the USA loses?”
– Bogdan Bogdanovic: “I still get goosebumps when playing for Serbia”
– Raduljica on FIBA World Cup: “It would be nice to face USA in the final and beat them this time”
– Milos Teodosic will not return to action through the 2019 FIBA World Cup
– Dragan Milosavljevic out of World Cup
– Boban Marjanovic: “The goal is Gold”
– The Serbian NT flies to China without Milos Teodosic, who is most likely ruled out as coach Djordjevic mentions.
– Sasha Djordjevic: “We have to be physically dominant”
– Serbia’s Bjelica will miss the World Cup opener vs. Angola
– Boban Marjanovic: Of course, it won’t be easy at the World Cup

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Nikola Jokic
Target: To qualify as the group leader and get the medals
Who can shine out in the competition?: Vasilije Micic
Biggest success: Serbia won the gold medals in 1998 and 2002 World Cup
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Serbia was third in the group. – Greece and Germany –
How many times did they participate: 5 times (their biggest success is 1st spot 1998 and 2002 World Cup)

Turkey – Roster (12 players) – Group E

Scott Wilbekin (Maccabi – PG) 65 games 13.2 points, 3.5 assists, 2.2 rebounds
Doğuş Balbay (Anadolu Efes – PG) 78 games 3.0 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists

Furkan Korkmaz (Philadelphia 76ers – SG) 48 games 5.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Buğrahan Tuncer (Anadolu Efes – SG) 48 games 4.0 points, 2.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds
Yiğit Arslan (TOFAŞ – SG) 44 games 6.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Melih Mahmutoğlu (Fenerbahçe Beko – SG) 77 games 7.5 points, 1.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists

Cedi Osman (Cleveland Cavaliers – F) 76 games 13.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists
Metecan Birsen (Anadolu Efes – F) 47 games 3.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.6 assists

Ersan İlyasova (Milwaukee Bucks – PF) 67 games 6.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.8 assists

Semih Erden (İstanbul BBSK – C) 28 games 13.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 0.9 blocks
Sertaç Şanlı (Anadolu Efes – C) 51 games 5.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.5 blocks
Ege Arar (Galatasaray DS – C) 37 games 2.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.8 blacks

Head coach: Ufuk Sarıca, in charge since 2017

• Turkey has 7 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 26.5 years (The 5th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 5 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 3 players
Youngest player of the roster: Furkan Korkmaz – 22-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Semih Erden – 33-year-old
Average height of the roster: 199.9 centimeters (The 12th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 3 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Doğuş Balbay – 1.85 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Sertaç Şanlı – 2.12 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

BSL (Turkey): 8 players
NBA: 3 players
I-BSL (Israel): 1 player

EuroLeague: 6 players
7DAYS EuroCup: 2 players

Schedule of preparation games (7-3)

05 August Turkey-France: 74-69 (Cedi Osman 19 points, Adrien Moerman 12 points) *
06 August Turkey-Tunisia: 64-54 (Furkan Korkmaz 14 points, Salah Mejri 19 points) *
12 August Turkey-Senegal: 94-59 (Ersan İlyasova 16 points, Maurice Ndour 14 points) *
13 August Turkey-Jordan: 106-72 (Furkan Korkmaz 15 points, Dar Tucker 15 points)  *
16 August Turkey-Serbia: 72-87 (Furkan Korkmaz 16 points, Nikola Jokic 18 points) *
17 August Turkey-Greece: 70-84 (Furkan Korkmaz 25 points, Georgios Printezis 18 points) *
18 August Turkey-Italy: 72-70 (Cedi Osman 20 points, Alessandro Gentile 26 points) *
23 August Turkey-Puerto Rico: 72-64 (Cedi Osman 12 points, David Huertas 12 points) *
25 August Turkey-Venezuela: 68-71 (Cedi Osman 33 points, Heissler Guillent 13 points) *
27 August Turkey-Dominican Rep.: 87-59 (Melih Mahmutoğlu 16 points, Rigoberto Mendoza 9 points) *

Lineup

PG: Scottie Wilbekin – Doğuş Balbay
SG: Furkan Korkmaz – Melih Mahmutoğlu – Buğrahan Tuncer
SF: Cedi Osman – Yiğit Arslan
PF: Ersan İlyasova – Metecan Birsen
C : Semih Erden – Sertaç Şanlı – Ege Arar

Who is missing the competition?

Kartal Özmızrak, Tolga Geçim and Ömer Faruk Yurtseven wont play in this tournament. Sinan Güler retired from the national team.

News

– Kartal Özmızrak and Tolga Geçim were removed from the squad for an injury.
– Ali Muhammed, Mert Akar, Şehmus Hazer, Yiğitcan Saybir, Ayberk Olmaz and Berke Atar were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Cedi Osman: “It’s tough, but not impossible to beat USA”
– Semih Erden has got injured during the camp.
– Rıdvan Öncel and Göksenin Köksal were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Turkoglu: We can’t thank Osman and Korkmaz enough
– Metin Türen and Muhsin Yaşar were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Turkish NT landed in China
– Berk Uğurlu cut from the preliminary squad.
– Berkan Durmaz cut from the preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Cedi Osman
Target: To qualify as the group  and get the ticket for 2020 Tokio Olympics
Who can shine out in the competition?: Furkan Korkmaz
Biggest success: Turkey won the silver medal in 2010 World Cup
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Turkey was second in the group.  – Spain –
How many times did they participate: 5 times (their biggest success is 2nd spot  in 2010 World Cup)

Czech Republic – Roster (12 players) – Group E

Tomas Satoransky (Washington Wizards – PG) 80 games 8.8 points, 4.9 assists, 3.5 rebounds
Jakub Sirina (Opava – PG) 45 games 11.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists
Tomas Vyoral (Nymburk – PG) 54 games 5.6 points, 2.8 assists, 2.1 rebounds

Vojtech Hruban (Nymburk – SG/F) 60 games 13.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists
Pavel Pumprla (Nymburk – F) 57 games 1.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists

Blake Schilb (Chalons – SF) 33 games 13.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists
Jaromir Bohacik (Nymburk – SG/F) 60 games 12.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists
Lukas Palyza (Prostejov – SF) 41 games 19.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists

Patrik Auda (Pistoia – PF/C) 27 games 11.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.9 assist

Ondrej Balvin (Gran Canaria – C) 57 games 6.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 0.5 block
Martin Peterka (Nymburk – PF/C) 60 games 8.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.0 assist
Martin Kriz (Nymburk – PF/C) 56 games 6.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.8 assist

Head coach: Ronen Ginzburg, in charge since 2013

• Czech has 8 players from 2017 EuroBasket and 12 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the  roster.

Average age of the roster: 28.5 years (The 17th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 1 player
Number of players between 25 and 30: 9 players
Number of players over-30: 2 players
Youngest player of the roster: Martin Peterka – 24-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Blake Schilb – 35-year-old
Average height of the roster: 200.2 centimeters (The 9th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 1 player
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200:  7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Jakub Sirina – 1.86 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Ondrej Balvin – 2.17 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

NBL (Czech): 8 players
ACB (Spain): 1 player
NBA: 1 player
LNB (France): 1 player
Lega Basket (Italy): 1 player

BCL: 7 players
EuroLeague: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (7-2)

09 August Czech Rep.-Tunisia: 80-66 (Vojtech Hruban 16 points, Mourad El Mabrouk 13 points)  *
10 August Czech Rep.-Poland: 81-76 (Tomas Satoransky 21 points, Mateus Ponitka 15 points) *
11 August Czech Rep.-Jordan: 98-67 (Vit Krejci 15 points, Fadi İbrahim 16 points) *
16 August Czech Rep.-Poland: 96-86 (Vojtech Hruban 26 points, Michal Sokolowski 22 points) *
17 August Czech Rep.-Germany: 68-87 (Patrik Auda 12 points, Dennis Schroder 21 points) *
18 August Czech Rep.-Holland: 103-83 (Tomas Satoransky 17 points, Marko Filipovity 19 points) *
24 August Czech Rep.-Angola: 84-65 (Ondrej Balvin 17 points, Valdelicio Joaquim 14 points) *
25 August Czech Rep.-Korea: 97-89 (Jaromir Bohacik 23 points, Ricardo Ratliffe 29 points) *
27 August Czech Rep.-Lithuania: 79-82 (Jaromir Bohacik 16 points, Mantas Kalnetis 13 points) *

Lineup

PG: Tomas Satoransky – Jakub Sirina – Tomas Vjoral
SG: Jaromir Bohacik –  Pavel Pumprla
SF: Vojtech Hruban – Blake Schilb – Lukas Palyza
PF: Patrik Auda – Martin Kriz
C : Ondrej Balvin – Martin Peterka

Who is missing the competition?

Jan Vesely won’t play in this tournament.

News

– Jan Vesely to miss World Cup due to injury. He said, “Unfortunately, I will not play in the World Cup. Health is more important. I have to heal my injured knee, so I will not be able to prepare for the World Cup”
– Tomas Satoransky: “Facing the USA is special”
– Jakub Tuma, Miroslav Štafl, Jan Zidek, Petr Herman, David Jelinek, David Böhm, Michael Mares, Viktor Pulpan and Petr Safarcik were cut from the preliminary squad.
– Vit Krejci and Simon Pursl were cut from the preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Tomas Satoransky
Target: To qualify from the first group stage
Who can shine out in the competition?: Ondrej Balvin
Biggest success: Czech Republic finished 7th place in EuroBasket 2015.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Czech Republic was third in the group. – France and Russia –
How many times did they participate: 1 time

United States of America – Roster (12 players) – Group E

Kemba Walker (Charlotte Hornets – PG) 82 games 25.6 points, 5.9 assists, 4.4 rebounds
Derrick White (SA Spurs – PG) 67 games 9.9 points, 3.9 assists, 3.7 rebounds

Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics – G) 80 games 8.8 points, 4.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds
Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz – SG) 77 games 23.7 points, 4.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds
Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics – SF) 74 games 13.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists

Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics – SF) 79 games 15.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists
Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks – SG) 77 games 18.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists
Joe Haris (Brooklyn Nets -SF) 76 games 13.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists

Mason Plumlee (Denver Nuggets – PF/C) 82 games 7.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 assist
Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings – F) 77 games 16.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists

Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks – C) 81 games 12.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 blocks
Myles Turner (Indiana Pacers – C) 74 games 13.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.7 blocks

Head coach: Gregg Popovich, in charge since 2019

• USA has 1 player from Rio 2016 Olympic and 1 player from World Cup 2014 in the  roster.

Average age of the roster: 25.7 years (The 2nd youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 5 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 6 players
Number of players over-30: 1 players
Youngest player of the roster: Jayson Tatum – 20-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Brook Lopez – 31-year-old
Average height of the roster: 200..2 centimeters (The 8th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 1 player
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 7 players
Shortest player of the roster: Kemba Walker – 1.85 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Brook Lopez – 2.15 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

NBA: 12 players

Schedule of preparation games (3-1)

09 August USA Blue Team-USA White Team: 97-78 (Jayson Tatum 14 points, Derrick White 11 points) *
16 August USA-Spain: 90-81 (Donovan Mitchell 13 points, Marc Gasol 19 points) *
22 August USA-Australia: 102-86 (Kemba Walker 23 points, Patty Mills 19 points) *
24 August USA-Australia: 94-98 (Kemba Walker 22 points, Patty Mills 30 points) *
26 August USA-Canada: 84-68 (Jaylen Brown 19 points, Kyle Wiltjer 21 points) *

Lineup

PG: Kemba Walker – Derrick White
SG: Donovan Mitchell – Jaylen Brown – Marcus Smart
SF: Jayson Tatum – Khris Middleton – Joe Harris
PF: Harrison Barnes – Mason Plumlee
C : Brook Lopez – Myles Turner

Who is missing the competition?

James Harden, Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon, Bradley Beal, Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Andre Drummond, Kevin Love, Tobias Harris, Montrezl Harrell, Julius Randle and JJ Reddick withdraw from USA’s World Cup training camp.

Also LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler won’t play in this tournament.

News

– De’Aaron Fox was promoted to the preliminary roster of Team USA ahead of the 2019 World Cup
– Derrick White, Joe Harris and Marvin Bagley were promoted to the preliminary roster of Team USA
– Thaddeus Young and Bam Adebayo had been cut from the senior roster.
– Marvin Bagley III withdraws from Team USA’s training camp to focus on the upcoming NBA season
– Kyle Lowry announced via Instagram that he will not be fit for the upcoming tournament.
– Kyle Kuzma: “To be in Team USA and learn from Gregg Popovich, it’s really great”
– Gregg Popovich on Team USA absences: “I only care about who is here”
– Popovich on Sasha: “People will talk but it’s usually not something I respond to”
– Kemba Walker on Sasha Djordjevic: I’m fine with a little bit of trash talking
– The final squad in the USA will be announced after the Spanish match.
– PJ Tucker and De’Aaron Fox withdraw from Team USA’s training camp to focus on the upcoming NBA season.
– Gregg Popovich on Team USA’s chemistry and bonding time
– Popovich on coaching in front of 51,200 fans: It felt like I was in a movie
– Kuzma out with injury, USA announces final World Cup roster
– Donovan Mitchell: “This is a dogfight
– Gregg Popovich: “Nobody wins forever”
– Gregg Popovich, Team USA players react to completion of World Cup prep games

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Kemba Walker
Target: Get the gold medal
Who can shine out in the competition?: Jayson Tatum
Biggest success: USA has won 14 gold medals in the Olympic games.
What did they do in the Qualifiers: USA was the leader in the group.
How many times did they participate: 18 times (they won 15 times medals)

Japan – Roster (12 players) – Group E

Seiya Ando (Toyota Alvark – PG) 66 games 9.9 points, 3.2 assists, 2.0 rebounds
Ryusei Shinoyama (Kawasaki Brave – PG) 62 games 8.9 points, 4.4 assists, 1.5 rebounds

Daiki Tanaka (Toyota Alvark – SG) 55 games 9.8 points, 4.3 assists, 2.1 rebounds
Makoto Hiejima (Link Tochigi – SG) 33 games 10.3 points, 3.2 assists, 2.1 rebounds
Shuto Ando (Nagoya Diamond – SG) 63 games 14.3 points, 2.6 assists, 2.3 rebounds

Yuta Wanatabe (Memphis Grizzlies – F) 15 games 2.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.5 assist
Yudai Baba (Toyota Alvark – SF) 65 games 10.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists

Rui Hachimura (Gonzaga – F) 37 games 19.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists
Joji Takeuchi (Toyota Alvark – PF) 64 games 5.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.0 assist
Kosuke Takeuchi (Link Tochigi – PF/C) 60 games 7.5 points, 5.2 riband, 0.7 block

Avi Schafer (Toyota Alvark – C) 14 games 1.2 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.1 assist
Nick Fazekas (Kawasaki Brave – C) 59 games 22.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists

Head coach: Julio Lamas, in charge since 2017

• Japan has 6 players from 2017 AsiaBasket and 9 players from World Cup Qualifiers in the roster.

Average age of the roster: 27.4 years (The 9th youngest team of the tournament)
Number of players under-20: None
Number of players between 20 and 25: 4 players
Number of players between 25 and 30: 4 players
Number of players over-30: 4 players
Youngest player of the roster: Rui Hachimura – 21-year-old
Oldest player of the roster: Nick Fazeker – 34-year-old
Average height of the roster: 197.0 centimeters (The 24th tallest team of the tournament)
Number of players with the height under-190: 2 players
Number of players with the height between 190 and 200: 4 players
Number of players with the height over 200: 6 players
Shortest player of the roster: Ryusei Shinoyamai – 1.78 centimeters
Tallest players of the roster: Nick Fazekas – 2.10 centimeters

The leagues where players compete:

B League (Japan): 10 players
NBA: 1 player
NCAA: 1 player

Schedule of preparation games (2-3)

12 August Japan-New Zealand: 99-89 (Rui Hachimura 35 points, Tai Webster 18 points) *
14 August Japan-New Zealand: 87-104 (Rui Hachimura 19 points, Ethan Rusbatch 16 points) *
22 August Japan-Argentina: 93-108 (Rui Hachimura 23 points,  Nicolas Brussino 21 points) *
24 August Japan-Germany:  86-83 (Rui Hachimura 31 points, Dennis Schroder 16 points) *
25 August Japan-Tunisia: 76-78 (Yuta Watanabe 17 points, Salah Mejri 20 points) *

Lineup

PG: Ryusei Shinoyama – Seiya Ando
SG: Daika Tanaka – Makoto Hiejima – Shutu Ando
SF: Yuta Wanatabe – Yudai Baba
PF: Rui Hachimura – Joji Takeuchi – Kosuke Takeuchi
C : Nick Fazekas – Avi Schafer

Who is missing the competition?

Yuki Togasha, Ryoma Hashimito, Ryumo Ono, Atsuya Ota, Ira Brown and Takatoshi Furukawa wont play in this tournament.

News

– Yuki Togasha was removed from the squad for an injury.
– Hugh Watanabe, the youngest member of the team, continued his career in volleyball until last February
– Coach Julio Lamas, “We have the best roster in our history. Our goal is to defeat one of the European countries”
– Leo Vendram, Hugh Watanabe, Atsuya Ota ve Tenketsu Harimoto were cut preliminary squad.

7 Basic things regarding the team

Team’s main star: Rui Hachimura
Team’s youngster: Avi Schafer
Target: Defeat one of the European teams
Who can shine out in the competition?: Yudai Baba
Biggest success: Japan won gold medals 1965 and 1971 AsiaBasket
What did they do in the Qualifiers: Japan was third in the group. – Australia –
How many times did they participate: 5 times (their biggest success is 11th spot in 1967 World Cup)