2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
Race one was won by Yvan Muller for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Gianni Morbidelli for ALL–INKL.com Münnich Motorsport.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
After two rounds, José María López led the drivers' championship by twelve points over teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
The compensation weight system came into effect for the third round of the championship. The Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1, Honda Civic WTCC and Lada Granta 1.6T all remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb). The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC gained 60 kilograms (132 lb) to bring it up to 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
Tom Coronel returned after being forced to miss the Race of France due to damage sustained to his Chevrolet Cruze at the opening round of the season. After initially expecting to miss the practice sessions while final repairs were made, Coronel was able to take part in Friday testing. NIKA Racing entered a TC2 Honda Civic for Yukinori Taniguchi who will be racing at selected events in 2014.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Testing and free practice
Gabriele Tarquini led a Honda 1–2–3 in Friday testing, Mehdi Bennani in the Proteam Racing–run car was second with Tiago Monteiro third.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Testing and free practice
López set the pace in free practice one on a drying track. Yvan Muller was second fastest but 1.2 seconds off the time set by his teammate, while Tom Chilton was third in the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Testing and free practice
Yvan Muller led a Citroën 1–2–3 in free practice two, Bennani in fourth was the highest placed Honda and Chilton in sixth was the fastest Chevrolet.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
López was quickest in the first part of qualifying with Bennani and Muller having topped the times earlier on in the session. Robert Huff had been close to making it through to Q2 but he was knocked out of the top twelve following a late improvement by Hugo Valente. Pasquale di Sabatino took pole position in the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini set the benchmark time in Q2 and ensured he would progress through to Q3. López was second, Monteiro third and Muller and Loeb taking the last two spots for the final part of qualifying. Bennani missed out on Q3 due to Monteiro's late improvement while Valente and Michelisz spoiled their lap times with mistakes, ending the session 11th and 12th respectively. Dušan Borković finished tenth to secure pole position for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Muller claimed pole in the Q3 shootout at the head of a Citroën 1–2–3 while Monteiro was the best of the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team pair who ended up fourth and fifth.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
The Campos Racing car of Borković failed the ride height test in post–qualifying scrutineering and had all of his qualifying times disallowed, sending him to the back of the grid for both races. This moved Valente up to pole position for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
Monteiro and Tarquini passed Loeb at the start while Muller kept ahead of López. Loeb lost further places to Bennani and Michelisz who had moved up from 11th on the grid on the opening lap. Chilton and Coronel had slight contact early on and on lap three, Chilton was shown a black and orange flag for his loose bonnet. By the midpoint of the race the Lukoil Lada Sport cars of Huff and Thompson were under threat from the Campos Racing cars of Valente and Borković.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
Morbidelli had passed the Lada pair earlier and now fellow Chevrolet racers Valente and Borkovic were trying to pass. A slide from Huff on lap nine opened up a gap for Valente to pass. After 14 laps Muller led a Citroën 1–2 with Monteiro taking the final podium place. Di Sabatino won in the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Morbidelli got a better start than Valente who also lost out to Monteiro at the start. There was slight contact between Coronel and the best placed Citroën of Muller; Muller dived up the inside of Coronel at the start of the second lap although Coronel made the switch back to retain fourth place. By lap seven Coronel was still keeping Muller and Lopez behind, allowing Morbidelli, Monteiro and Valente to break away from the rest of the field. Monteiro was by now putting Morbidelli under pressure for first place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
On lap twelve Muller began to come under pressure from López which reduced the pressure on Coronel ahead of them, the trio had spent much of the race running together. Morbidelli made a mistake on the final lap at the turn six chicane, Monteiro closed up and Valente also tried to have a go at Monteiro although no positions changed. Morbidelli crossed the finish line to claim his first win for ALL–INKL.com Münnich Motorsport ahead of Monteiro and Valente. Coronel held off Muller all the way to the end to finish fourth. Engstler was victor in the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Prior to the Race of Austria, Lukoil Lada Sport's James Thompson was disqualified from the previous three races after the seal on his engine was found to have been broken without permission. This included both races in Hungary and the race in Slovakia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2014 FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 26 October 2014 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. This was the first time the race was held on the full Grand Prix layout.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Gabriele Tarquini for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. López secured his first World Touring Car Championship drivers' title in race one, becoming the first Argentine driver to win a world drivers' championship since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
López led the drivers' championship coming into the round, ninety–three points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler had secured the Yokohama Trophy title at the previous race in Shanghai.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
Campos Racing put another different driver in their second TC2 SEAT with Henry Kwong replacing William Lok. Citroën Total WTCC reduced to three cars with Ma Qing Hua not participating in the Japanese round.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kilograms (22 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,130 kilograms (2,491 lb) and the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s lost 10 kilograms (22 lb) to equal their weight to the Hondas on 1,130 kilograms (2,491 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
López set the pace in Friday testing, the session had been stopped briefly following an off for Kwong which left gravel scattered across the track.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was at the top of timing pages in first free practice on Saturday morning, López was second and Gabriele Tarquini's Honda was third.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was quickest ahead of Gianni Morbidelli in free practice two. Dušan Borković hit trouble early on, oversteering into the trackside barriers at turn eight and causing considerable damage to his Chevrolet.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying. The session was interrupted at the halfway stage when Felipe De Souza spun off and beached his Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW in the gravel. After a brief delay the session resumed with ten minutes remaining, Tom Chilton was quickest early on before López and Muller set their first competitive times. The Ladas waited in the pit lane before going out with Robert Huff in twelfth place in the times. In the final few minutes of the session Norbert Michelisz moved into eleventh place, bumping Huff down and out of a place in Q2.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
Muller was quickest once again in the second session ahead of López and Sébastien Loeb, Chilton and Hugo Valente were fourth and fifth. All four Honda drivers missed out on progressing to Q3 but Gabriele Tarquini finished tenth which would put him on pole for race two, Dušan Borković would share the front row with him.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
In Q3 López took pole with Muller and Loeb helping Citroën fill the top three places. Chilton and Valente completed the Q3 results.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race One
López led Muller in the open stages of the race, behind them the battle for third was being contested between Chilton, Valente and Loeb. On lap seven Muller suffered a left-rear puncture and crawled back to the pits to retire, promoting Valente to second. Chilton passed Valente to take second at Spoon Curve on lap ten, Valente then ran wide at 130R which allowed Loeb through and Michelisz ran through the Casio Chicane while he also tried to pass the slow Chevrolet of Valente. After leading every lap, López won the race and secured the drivers' championship title in his first full season. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
Tarquini led Borković away from the start, at the end of the first lap Michelisz tapped the back of Borković forcing the Serbian driver to cut the chicane. On the second lap López had a moment at 130R and ran wide as he ran in the slipstream of his Citroën teammates, Loeb ahead of him did the same on the following lap. On lap five Loeb braked too late into the hairpin, at the same time Muller ran into the back of Valente who suffered rear suspension failure in the collision and slowed.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
As Muller and Loeb slowed, López was able to catch and pass Loeb to move up to sixth place. Borković began to close in on Tarquini in the last few laps but Tarquini held on to take the win with Borković leading Michelisz across the line. John Filippi was the Yokohama Trophy winner for then first time in 2014.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the first round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 13 April 2014 at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, Morocco.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
It was the first round for the new Super 2000 TC1 technical regulations.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC during the team's first weekend in the World Touring Car Championship. Race one was won by José María López and race two was won by Sébastien Loeb.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
New technical regulations were brought in for the start of the 2014 season, the existing Super 2000 cars were given bigger wings, tyres and more power in order to improve the racing. Older specification cars will still be allowed under TC2T regulations although they will be approximately 5 seconds per lap slower; drivers of these cars would be eligible for the Yokohama Trophy. Qualifying will be split into three parts, Q3 will see the top five drivers in Q2 set one lap time to determine the grid for race one. The race distances for all races will increase to 60 km (37.3 mi) in length.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
The works Honda and Lada teams were joined by new entry Citroën. Chevrolet were represented by six privately run cars built by RML Group.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
Yvan Muller set the pace in testing on the Friday before the race, José María López and Sébastien Loeb made it a Citroën 1–2–3. Hugo Valente was fourth and the quickest Chevrolet driver ahead of Tiago Monteiro in fifth and Robert Huff's Lada sixth.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
Citroën were quickest once again in free practice one, this time courtesy of nine–time World Rally Championship champion Loeb. The session was ended a couple of minutes early after Tom Coronel crashed at one of the chicanes.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was back on top in free practice two ahead of López and Loeb. The session was red flagged following a collision at the second chicane between the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini and the Chevrolet of Gianni Morbidelli. The damage sustained in the accident forced Tarquini to sit out the rest of the weekend while Morbidelli would be unable to take part in qualifying.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
In first segment of qualifying, Muller, Loeb and López continued their practice form to fill the first three places while Chevrolet cars filled the next four places. The three remaining Hondas went through to Q2 while René Münnich made it through to Q2 for the very first time. The session was red flagged with forty seconds to go when the TC2T car of Petr Fulín crashed at turn 11.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Loeb topped the second part of qualifying ahead of López and Muller, Borković and Chilton were fourth and fifth and thus progressed through to the Q3 pole shootout. Coronel finished tenth to claim pole for race two where he would share the front row with Mehdi Bennani.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
In Q3 it was López who set the fastest lap to claim pole, 0.018 seconds ahead of Muller. Loeb was fourth ahead of Chilton while Borković was black flagged for leaving the pit lane early.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying Muller had his fastest time in Q3 disallowed after cutting one of the chicanes, dropping him from second to fourth.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Fulín withdrew from the races on Sunday morning after he sustained heavy damage to his Campos Racing SEAT during qualifying.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Münnich jumped the start while Muller moved ahead of Chilton. Münnich was making a slow get away, he was tapped by a number of cars as they went around him at the start. Münnich then cut the first chicane and had a near-miss with team mate Morbidelli. At the end of the first lap Münnich was issued with a drive-through penalty for jumping the start and he went into the pits for the first time during the race.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Hugo Valente and Bennani were involved in a minor scrap at the final chicane, the two made contact and Bennani lost his rear bumper which briefly brought out yellow flags in the final sector while it was cleared. On lap five Borković tried to go up the side of Monteiro at the final corner, Monteiro moved across and the two made contact with the Honda driver sustaining minor damage. On lap 13 Norbert Michelisz slowed with a problem on his Honda, allowing Bennani to move up to 7th position. The three Citroën cars held position for the remainder of the race, López leading Loeb and Muller to the finish line. Chilton finished fourth over six seconds behind Muller while Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2T class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
After the race Borković was given a 10–second penalty after his team removed the SD card from the onboard camera. The penalty dropped him form fifth to sixth place in the final classification.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
The start of race two was delayed when it was found a number of cars were in the wrong positions on the grid. Huff was unable to start the race due to turbo problems while his team mate James Thompson was taken ill. Coronel got away well at the start while Bennani tried to go up the inside of the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet. Coronel was turned across the front of Bennani's car and bounced back across the track when he hit the wall, Muller was also caught up in the incident and stopped on the circuit.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
The safety car was brought out before the race was stopped on lap two. After a lengthy delay, the race was restarted behind the safety car with Bennani leading Monteiro. Loeb immediately challenged Monteiro for second and took the place at the first corner. Bennani was issued with a drive through penalty for causing a collision on the second lap as he was demoted by Loeb to second place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Valente and Monteiro had a coming together at one of the chicanes while disputing third place, soon after López got involved in the fight and he took fourth from Valente and then third from Monteiro. On lap 8 Borković stopped on the circuit in the third sector and the safety car was brought out once again. Valente was then able to pass Monteiro to move into third. The race was restarted on lap 10, Bennani was moving back through the field following his penalty and moved up to 7th at the expense of Morbidelli.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
One lap later at the same place Bennani moved ahead of Mikhail Kozlovskiy for sixth place. On lap 14 Monteiro suffered a problem on his right-front wheel causing him to drop down the order and moving Bennani up to fourth. Loeb claimed his first WTCC victory ahead of team mate López, Valente claimed his first WTCC podium by finishing third. Chilton and Bennani had been battling for fourth in the final laps and a drag race to the finish line saw Chilton finish ahead by 0.03 seconds. Engstler was the TC2T class winner by finishing eighth.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Following his drive–through penalty during the race, Bennani was given a three–place grid penalty for the next race in France. Bennani was later excluded from the race for having an underweight car, moving Monteiro up into the final points position.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia (formally the 2014 FIA WTCC Lukoil Race of Russia) was the sixth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. It was held on June 8, 2014 at the Moscow Raceway in Volokolamsk, Russia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC. José María López won race one and Ma Qing Hua won race two. Ma's victory in race two was the first for a Chinese driver in a FIA World Championship race.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after the first five rounds, forty–one points ahead of his teammates and defending champion Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
Citroën Total WTCC expanded to four cars for the Russian round with Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua joining the team. Campos Racing added a second TC2T SEAT for WTCC débutant Nikita Misiulia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
The compensation weights were changed after the previous round. The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs and Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s both gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) of ballast to increase their weight to 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Free practice
Muller was fastest in the first practice session, Gabriele Tarquini was second for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team and Tom Coronel was third in the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Free practice
Muller stayed on top in the second practice session, Tarquini was second once again while Hugo Valente was third quickest in the Campos Racing Chevrolet.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini set the pace in the first part of qualifying with his teammate Tiago Monteiro second. Coronel just missed out on a place in Q2, ending the session five–hundredths of a second down on Dušan Borković. Robert Huff was the best placed of the Lada drivers in 14th while Gianni Morbidelli was 17th after running wide at turn six and damaging his front splitter. TC2 cars filled the last four positions with Franz Engstler claiming pole position and Misiulia taking the final grid slot.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
López led the second part of qualifying ahead of Tarquini, Sébastien Loeb, Tom Chilton and Monteiro. Muller failed to get through to the third session after experiencing oversteer in his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC. Valente ended the session tenth to claim pole position for race two with Ma Qing Hua sharing the front row. Honda privateers Norbert Michelisz and Mehdi Bennani would start race two from the second row.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
López went on to claim pole position in the Q3 shootout, Tarquini and Monteiro finished second and third ahead of Loeb and Chilton.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
Tarquini charged up the inside of López at the start but the Citroën driver hung on around the outside to retain the lead. On the first lap Muller began his recovery from a bad qualifying by taking Chilton for fifth place while his teammate Loeb moved up to third at the expense of Monteiro. At the end of the second lap Borković tried a pass up the inside of Valente at the final corner and collided with the rear of his teammate, putting both drivers out of the race on the spot.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
The race was run under yellow flags in the final sector for the next two laps while the stricken Chevrolets were removed from the outside of the final corner. Once the yellow flags cleared Chilton retook fifth place off Muller on the pit straight after Muller ran wide at the last corner. Another driver making up after a poor qualifying was Coronel and by lap six he was hassling Michelisz for eighth place before passing him at the last corner on lap eight.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
In the TC2 class Misiulia passed John Filippi to move up to third in class, he held this position briefly before going off at the final corner on lap nine and putting his SEAT into the tyre barriers. In the final laps of the race there were two battles developing in the top five; Loeb was pursuing Tarquini for second while Muller was chasing Chilton's fourth place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
It was on the final lap that Muller completed the pass at the first corner on Chilton by first trying to go around the outside of the Chevrolet and then switching to the inside. López had built up a lead of 3.1 seconds at the finish line and took victory with Tarquini holding off Loeb for second place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Campos Racing hurried to repair the car of pole sitter Valente during the fifteen minutes of repair time and got the car out three seconds before the pit lane closed. His teammate Borković did not get out in time and started the race from the pitlane. Valente started on pole and Michelisz jumped up ahead of Ma, López failed to get away and was sat on the grid as the rest of the field disappeared around the first corner.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
There was contact as Muller got turned around the front of Bennani as Loeb and Chilton ran wide to avoid the incident. There was contact between Mikhail Kozlovskiy and James Thompson further back while at the start of the second lap Michelisz was defending from Ma who was looking to take back second place. Race leader Valente was issued with a drive–through penalty for not having his wheel fitted at the five-minute warning before the start of the race; the battle between Michelisz and Ma would now become the battle for the lead.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
On lap three Loeb lost two places to Coronel and Morbidelli, up ahead Ma and Michelisz continued to battle for the lead with Ma trying a pass on Michelisz on the last corner on lap three and four. Chilton ran wide on lap five and then was tapped from behind by Morbidelli, the two incidents dropped him from fourth to outside the points in eleventh. Lap six saw Muller moving up the order and taking the Hondas of Bennani and Monteiro in one move in the opening part of the lap.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Valente went into the pit lane to serve his penalty on lap seven as Ma took the lead of the race from Michelisz. Tarquini went off the circuit and after a brief delay resumed near the back of the field before returning his car to the pits to retire. At the end of lap eight Muller moved up to second with a pass on Michelisz who now had his rear bumper hanging off. On lap 12 the second factory Honda of Monteiro slowed down with technical problems which moved René Münnich up into the final points place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Ma and Muller had built up a gap of six seconds to Michelisz in third who was holding off Bennani, Coronel, Loeb and Chilton. Michelisz lost the back of his car on lap 15 and dropped behind Bennani and Coronel and into the clutches of Loeb at the start of the last lap who was himself under attack from Chilton. Despite slowing down at the finish line Ma secured his first WTCC victory ahead of Muller. Bennani took the final podium place with Coronel fourth and Loeb took fifth from Michelisz with a tap on a rear of the Zengő Motorsport Honda at the last corner.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Following a collision with Chilton during the race, Monteiro was given a five–place grid penalty for the first race in Belgium.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia was the fourth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia. It was held on 11 May 2014 at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring in Orechová Potôň, Slovakia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia
Race one was won by Sébastien Loeb for Citroën Total WTCC. Race two was cancelled due to heavy rain, the first time a race had been cancelled in the history of the World Touring Car Championship.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
Coming into the event José María López was leading the drivers' championship by ten points over teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler led the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
No changes were made to the compensation weight system after the Hungarian round. The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC remained the heaviest cars at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb) while the rest of the grid remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
Petr Fulín returned the championship with Campos Racing, driving a TC2 SEAT León WTCC. NIKA Racing and their driver Yukinori Taniguchi withdrew their entry at the last minute.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Testing and free practice
López was quickest in Friday testing, nearly nine–tenths faster than the Honda of Tiago Monteiro. Hugo Valente was the highest placed Chevrolet driver while the quickest Lada driver was Robert Huff in 14th place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Testing and free practice
In the first practice session on Saturday morning it was López who topped the times once again. The session was stopped a minute early after Huff stopped on track with electrical problems in his Lada Granta 1.6T.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Testing and free practice
López completed his domination of practice by setting the pace in the second free practice session. An off for Tom Coronel sent the ROAL Motorsport driver through the gravel while Huff continued to have technical problems but managed to set the 14th fastest time.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
Norbert Michelisz was quickest in the first part of qualifying. Proteam Racing's Mehdi Bennani failed to set a time after technical problems prevented him from getting out onto the track for most of the session. Lukoil Lada Sport's Mikhail Kozlovskiy also failed to set a time. Sébastien Loeb almost failed to progress through to the second session when his car required attention in the pits having only set a banker lap on used tyres. He got out just before the end of the session and set a quick enough to time to progress despite his engine cutting–out just before the finish line.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
López was back at the top of the timing sheets in second part of qualifying, a session which was disrupted by a red flag. The bonnet on Gabriele Tarquini's Honda flew open and he went off the track with Monteiro and Huff following him off the circuit. Michelisz was the only Honda driver to get through the Q3 along with the three Citroën drivers and Münnich Motorsport's Gianni Morbidelli. Monteiro ended the session tenth and took pole position on the reversed grid for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
López took pole position in Q3 and led a Citroën 1–2–3 with Loeb second and Muller third. Michelisz ended up fourth ahead of Morbidelli.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race One
The race started on a wet track with rain falling at the start. Loeb moved into the lead at the start with Michelisz moving up to third behind López. Engstler went off on the first lap while Huff got himself up into the top ten after a good start. By the second lap Loeb and López were breaking away from the rest of the field with the third Citroën of Muller chasing Michelisz briefly before he went into the pits to serve a drive–through penalty for a jump start.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race One
Both Dušan Borković and Mehdi Bennani slipped in the wet conditions on lap three, Borković holding the slide while Bennani dipped off the circuit. Muller who was now climbing back up through the field after his penalty was the next to have a minor off in the wet conditions. Borković then had another off on lap four, going through the gravel and pulling part of the rear bumper on his Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 off in the process.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race One
Nearer the front the battle for fourth place was between the ROAL Motorsport drivers, Tom Coronel eventually managed to pass Tom Chilton on lap five. By lap six the conditions on the track had got much wetter with cars becoming unstable on the main straight. The wetter conditions handed the advantage to the Lada cars with Huff engaging in a battle for eighth with Tarquini before the safety car came out. Three laps were completed behind the safety car to reach minimum race distance of 75 percent. The race was eventually red flagged on lap nine and Loeb declared the winner.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race One
Prior to the Race of Austria, Lukoil Lada Sport's James Thompson was disqualified from the previous three races after the seal on his engine was found to have been broken without permission. This included both races in Hungary and the race in Slovakia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race Two
After race one was stopped early due to heavy rain, the decision was taken to cancel race two. The heavy rain meant the medical helicopter was unable to take off and the fading light were contributing factors to the decision.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the third season of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series, co-organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style racing cars from four ACO categories. World Championship titles were awarded for Le Mans Prototypes drivers and for LMP1 manufacturers, and several World Endurance Cups and Endurance Trophies were also awarded. The eight race series began in April at the Silverstone Circuit and concluded in November at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
The World Endurance Championship for Drivers was won by Toyota Racing pairing Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi, as they won four of the season's eight races. Davidson and Buemi finished as champions by 39 points, ahead of Audi Sport Team Joest trio Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer, who won successive races at Le Mans and the Circuit of the Americas. Ten points further behind in third place, was the Porsche Team's Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
With their victory in São Paulo, Dumas, Jani and Lieb gained the tie-break over Audi Sport Team Joest's Lucas di Grassi and Tom Kristensen. The season's other event was won by the sister Toyota team of Mike Conway, Stéphane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz in Bahrain, while Nicolas Lapierre was a part of the winning team at Silverstone and Spa with Davidson and Buemi. With five wins, Toyota won the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, 45 points ahead of Audi. Rebellion Racing won the two privateer trophies on offer for the LMP1-L cars, winning all eight races; five wins for the No. 12 entry of Mathias Beche, Nick Heidfeld and Nicolas Prost, with three wins for the sister No. 13 entry of Andrea Belicchi, Dominik Kraihamer and Fabio Leimer.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
Consistent finishing within the LMP2 class was enough to give the No. 27 entry from SMP Racing the FIA Endurance Trophy for the class, while Sergey Zlobin won the drivers' championship. Despite only winning at Le Mans – which awarded double points, where he was partnered with Anton Ladygin and Mika Salo – Zlobin, achieved six podium finishes with four different teammates and won the championship by nine points. G-Drive Racing, with drivers Julien Canal, Olivier Pla and Roman Rusinov won four races, but retirements at Le Mans and São Paulo ultimately denied them the titles.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
Similarly, seven points further in arrears, KCMG with drivers Richard Bradley and Matthew Howson won three races but also suffered two retirements at Le Mans and Shanghai. Tsugio Matsuda (Circuit of the Americas) and Alexandre Imperatori (Bahrain and São Paulo) were also part of winning KCMG teams, but did not contest the whole season.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
In the GT element of the series, the World Endurance Cup was won by AF Corse and drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander. Bruni and Vilander took 4 victories during the season, and finished 33.5 points clear of the next best driver Frédéric Makowiecki, driving for Porsche Team Manthey. Makowiecki won twice during the season, winning with Marco Holzer and Richard Lietz at Silverstone, and with Patrick Pilet in Shanghai. Lietz and Pilet finished third and fourth in the standings respectively.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
The only other winners in the GT standings as a whole, was Aston Martin Racing at the Circuit of the Americas and São Paulo, with drivers Stefan Mücke and Darren Turner. In the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Pro teams standings, AF Corse finished 20 points clear of Porsche Team Manthey. In the separate sub-classifications for the LMGTE amateur class, Aston Martin Racing won seven out of the eight races, to take a 1–2 in the teams' championship. In the drivers' championship, David Heinemeier Hansson and Kristian Poulsen won the title with four wins and four second places.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
They finished 34 points clear of the sister entry of Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Christoffer Nygaard, who won a trio of races. Third place went to Nicki Thiim, 20 points further adrift, who was a part of the Heinemeier Hansson-Poulsen entry at 5 events. The season's other winners were AF Corse at Spa, with drivers Marco Cioci, Luís Pérez Companc and Mirko Venturi.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Calendar
A provisional calendar was published by the FIA World Endurance Championship on 20 September 2013. All eight races remained from the 2013 schedule, although with some dates changed. On 18 October, the calendar was revised to avoid some collisions with Formula One races. At the World Motor Sport Council meeting on 4 December 2013 the FIA confirmed the 2014 schedule. The round at Fuji Speedway took place on 12 October, avoiding a clash with the United SportsCar Petit Le Mans, and the provisional round at Interlagos was confirmed. The schedule was revised again on 31 January 2014, moving the São Paulo round to 30 November to avoid clashes with Formula One.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Calendar
The rounds at the Circuit of the Americas and the Bahrain International Circuit both finished in night-time conditions.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries
The FIA unveiled an entry of 31 cars for the 2014 season of the World Endurance Championship, divided into five categories: Le Mans Prototype 1-Hybrid (LMP1-H), 1-Lightweight (LMP1-L), and 2 (LMP2), and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Amateur (LMGTE Am).


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1-H
LMP1-H became the unique category for the factory prototype teams in 2014 after the LMP1 category was split in two. Audi returned with a revised R18, led by the defending World Champion duo of Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval, joined by Lucas di Grassi. 2012 World Champions Benoît Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler, and André Lotterer were in the sister Audi, while a third car also entered the Spa and Le Mans rounds. Toyota also returned with an all-new TS040 while retaining the same drivers from their past two seasons. Porsche expanded their World Endurance Championship effort beyond LMGTE with their all-new 919, bringing with them a collection of factory drivers, former Formula One driver Mark Webber, and newcomer to the championship Brendon Hartley.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP1-L
The new LMP1-L category, designed solely for privateers without hybrid systems in their cars, featured two-time winners of the FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams, Rebellion Racing. The team developed two all-new Toyota-powered R-One chassis, but started the season with their familiar Lolas while they awaited the completion of the R-Ones. Fabio Leimer of Switzerland became the new rookie on the team, replacing Neel Jani, who was promoted to the Porsche factory team. The Kodewa-backed Lotus team moved up from the LMP2 category with their new CLM P1/01 with a new engine in the World Championship from British firm Advanced Engine Research (AER). However, Lotus missed the season's first three races as the car was not yet ready.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
The LMP2 class, nine strong in 2013, saw a significant reduction in its entrant list for 2014, with defending LMP2 champions OAK Racing downsizing their operation to a single Morgan entry, taking over the Russian G-Drive title that came with driver Roman Rusinov, before being replaced mid-season by OAK's newer Ligier JS P2 model. Russian outfit SMP Racing, in conjunction with AF Corse, shifted from the European Le Mans Series with their pair of Orecas, while Hong Kong-based team KCMG moved from the Asian Le Mans Series with a solo Oreca, after running invitational entries in the WEC in 2013.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMP2
Greaves Motorsport returned to the European Le Mans Series for 2014 after two years in the WEC, while PeCom Racing's LMP2 effort was dissolved. Delta-ADR and Fabien Giroix, formerly of Gulf Racing Middle East, merged their teams under the Millennium Racing name, but the two-car entry withdrew from the series prior to the first round due to financial problems. Strakka Racing announced a switch from the LMP1 category to co-develop an LMP2 coupé with Japanese manufacturer Dome, the S103. However, Strakka's 2014 program was delayed and eventually cancelled after issues with developing the car evolved.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Pro
Much remained the same in the LMGTE Pro category, with Porsche, Aston Martin, and AF Corse Ferrari each with two full-season cars. Davide Rigon was promoted within AF Corse following the departures of Giancarlo Fisichella and Kamui Kobayashi, while Frédéric Makowiecki switched allegiances from Aston Martin to Porsche. Fernando Rees, LMGTE Am champion in 2012 with Larbre Compétition, was promoted to LMGTE Pro alongside Darryl O'Young and Alex MacDowall, with their World Touring Car Championship team Bamboo Engineering, associated with Aston Martin to lead one of the company's entries. British privateers Ram Racing moved to the World Endurance Championship after their 2013 European Le Mans Series LMGTE title led by Matt Griffin and Álvaro Parente in the first of the team's Ferraris. However, the team withdrew from the series after Le Mans.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Am
Defending LMGTE Am champions 8 Star returned with their Ferrari, picking up Proton Competition's Paolo Ruberti and Gianluca Roda to co-drive with team owner Enzo Potolicchio. They were joined in the Ferrari camp by AF Corse as well as Ram Racing's second Ferrari, which was also withdrawn after Le Mans. Proton Competition upgraded their Porsche to the 2013-specification 911 RSR, while series newcomers Prospeed Competition bolstered Porsche's efforts. Aston Martin also retained their dual amateur entries, with 2013 LMP2 championship runner-up David Heinemeier Hansson moving to the all Danish squad.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries, LMGTE Am
Krohn Racing returned to the United States for the United SportsCar Championship, while IMSA Performance entered the European Le Mans Series. 2012 LMGTE Amateur Endurance Trophy winners Larbre Compétition switched to the European Le Mans Series, competing in LMP2; the team had the intention to take part in the WEC rounds following the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but later backed out of these plans.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Entries were required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point was awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car for each category in qualifying. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race result points allocation was doubled. Furthermore, a race must complete three laps under green flag conditions in order for championship points to be awarded.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' Championships
Five titles were awarded to drivers in the 2014 season. A World Championship was reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers. A World Cup was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. Further, three FIA Endurance Trophies were also awarded to drivers in the LMP1-L, LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturers' Championships
Two manufacturers' championships were held in the FIA WEC, one for sports prototypes and one for grand tourers. The World Manufacturers' Championship was only open to manufacturer entries in the LMP1 category, while the World Cup for GT Manufacturers allowed entries from both LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am to participate. Both titles allowed the top two finishing cars from each manufacturer to earn points toward their total.


2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams championships
Teams in each of the FIA WEC categories, with the exception of LMP1-H, were eligible for their own FIA Endurance Trophies. Each entry, regardless of team, was scored separately.


2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the first edition of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 3 May with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season came to end on 23 November, at San Luis, Argentina.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, hosted by Russia, was an international 3x3 basketball event that feature separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run from 5 June to 8 June 2014 in Moscow. It is co-organized by the FIBA.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
Qatar won their first title after defeating the defending champions Serbia 18–13 in the men's final. In the women's it was the defending champions USA that defeated Russia 15-8.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships hosted in Russia was contested by 24 teams.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament, Participating teams
All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 24 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament, Dunk contest
The Dunk Contest also called Nike Dunk Contest due to sponsorship reasons, was held from 7–8 June 2014. Each team can enter 1 player to participate in the dunk contest. There are two phases, the qualification and the final, which consists of the semi-finals and final). Each player has three attempts to complete both a first and a second dunk which was graded by members of the jury (0 or 5-10). 7 players entered to the competition.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships hosted in Russia was contested by 24 teams.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament, Participating teams
Four FIBA zones were represented at the tournament with no team from FIBA Oceania qualifying for the event. The top 24 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour was an international 3x3 basketball between 3x3 basketball teams. The tournament is organized by FIBA.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The Grand Final of the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour was held in Sendai, Japan on 11–12 October.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The winners of an event organised in Japan, the winners of the Beijing Masters and the best two teams from the other Masters fought for two days for the pride to represent their city, the 20,000 USD winners' cheque and a chance to be crowned FIBA 3x3 World Tour Champions.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
A win at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final also means a guaranteed spot at the 2014 FIBA 3x3 All-Stars, held in Doha, Qatar on 12 December and whose prize money and appearance fee reached a grand total of 120,000 USD.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The fans also get to see a Dunk Contest and the Samsung Shoot-Out Contest, exhibition games and live performances from DJs, dancers and other street artists.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour, Finals Qualification
Six Masters Tournaments were held in six cities in six countries. 12 teams participated in the finals to be which was held in Sendai, Japan on October 11–12. Best teams from each masters tournament qualified for the finals.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Beijing Masters
The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Beijing Masters was a 3x3 basketball tournament that was held in Beijing, China at the Wukesong Hi-Park from 2–3 August 2014. The top team qualified for the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final which was held in Sendai, Japan. The Word Tour Final is branded as a "Tokyo" Final but recently this was changed to Sendai.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Beijing Masters, Participants
Twelve teams were qualified to participate at the Beijing Masters.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters
The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters was a 3x3 basketball tournament held in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines at the SM Megamall from 19–20 July 2014. The top two best teams, Doha and Manila West qualified for the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final.


2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters, Participants
12 teams qualified to participate at the Manila Masters. India's team Team Bangalore J.U. qualified but later withdrew from the tournament. Team Medan, fourth-place winner of the Indonesian qualifiers replaced Team Bangalore.


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2014 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (29th edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in La Goulette, Tunisia from December 11 to 20, 2014. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Club Africain was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of six, the top four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals and final.


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo from Angola was the winner.


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
BC M'Tsapere * Club Africain Malabo Kings Recreativo do Libolo Sporting Alexandria


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Abidjan Basket Club ASB Mazembe Étoile Sportive Radès Mark Mentors Primeiro de Agosto US Monastir


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Recreativo do Libolo rosterAndre Owens, Benvindo Quimbamba, Eduardo Mingas, Elmer Felix, Erik Coleman, Ezequiel Silva, Filipe Abraão, Luís Costa, Manda João, Mílton Barros, Valdelício Joaquim, Vladimir Pontes, Coach: Norberto Alves


2014 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2014 FIBA Africa Club Championship.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
The 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 19th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Madagascar from August 2 to 10, with the games played at the Palais des Sports Mahamasina in Antananarivo.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Egypt defeated Tunisia 80–69 in the final to win their 5th title. The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2015 Under-19 World Cup.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, Final standings
Egypt rosterAhmed Mahmoud, Mamdouh Elkaft, Basem Alian, Kareem Aly, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Mohamed Mohamed, Abdelrahman Mohamed, Ahmed Elsayed, Karim Azab, Bassam Hassan, Mohamed Youssef, Mohamed Mohamed, Coach: Jemc Branislav


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from September 19–28 in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 8 national teams and won by Mali.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, Final standings
Mali rosterAssitan Traore, Astan Soumare, Awa Keita, Christinie Dakouo, Djeneba N'Diaye, Fanta Djire, Hawa Bagayoko, Kadidia Maiga, Kani Keita, Korotoumou Konare, Mariam Coulibaly, Mariam Maiga, Coach: Mohamed Salia


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.


2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The 2014 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (20th edition), was an international basketball tournament that took place at the Salle Olympique Raed Bejaoui, in Sfax, Tunisia, from November 28 to December 7, 2014. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Club Sportif Sfaxien, was contested by 9 teams split into 2 groups, the first four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage (quarter, semis and final).


2014 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Club Sportif Sfaxien Kenya Ports Authority First Bank Primeiro de Agosto


2014 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Interclube rosterAngelina Golome, Astrida Vicente, Elsa Eduardo, Luzia Simão, Felizarda Jorge, Italee Lucas, Luzia Simão, Merciana Fernandes, Nadir Manuel, Ngiendula Filipe, Rosemira Daniel, Sequoia Holmes Coach: Manuel Sousa


2014 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2014 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.


2014 FIBA Americas League
The 2014 FIBA Americas League was played between January and March, 2014. It was the 7th edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions.


2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women was an international basketball competition that took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States from August 6–10, 2014. It was the tenth edition of the championship, and was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. Eight national teams from across the Americas, composed of women aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament. The United States won their seventh consecutive gold in this event by beating Canada in the final, 104–74.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will be the 25th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The tournament was supposed to be held in Kuwait on June 5–13, 2014, but FIBA Asia, through a communique to the National Federations representing the qualified teams, had announced that the tournament will be rescheduled after the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women sometime in the third-fourth week of October, after they (National Federations) mentioned that they require their top players to be available for the National Team’s preparations for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification
The qualifications for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup are still ongoing; it started this early 2014 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification, Central Asia
Turkmenistan's Belent Ashgabat will be the CABA subzone's representative to the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification, Persian Gulf
Qatar's Al-Sadd and UAE's Al-Ahli have qualified to represent Gulf subzone, and a team representing Kuwait has qualified automatically as the hosts.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification, Southeast Asia
The 2014 SEABA Champions Cup was the qualification for Southeast Asia in the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. It was a single game between Malaysia and Singapore and was held on April 26, 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After intense and hard-fought three quarters, the home team pulled out a 17–9 scoring in the final frame to claim the lone SEABA spot, 59–47.


2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification, West Asia
The 2014 WABA Champions Cup was the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The three best teams  qualify for 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The tournament was held from March 8 to March 13, 2014 in Tehran, Iran.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup
2014 FIBA Asia Cup was the 5th FIBA Asia Cup, a top-level international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Wuhan, Hubei, China from 11–19 July 2014. Iran won the tournament by defeating Chinese Taipei 89–79 in the final and thus automatically qualified for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship to be held in China.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup is ten (10). Each zone had one place, and the hosts (China) and the defending FIBA Asia Championship titleholder (Iran) were automatically qualified. The other two places were allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship; as a result, Southeast Asia and East Asia zones were allocated an additional berth each.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup, Qualification
In the event of a withdrawal or non-participation by qualified teams, FIBA Asia has the right to invite other teams, while endeavoring to maintain, as far as possible, a certain balance between Sub-Zones.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup, Qualification
Included are teams' FIBA World Ranking prior to the tournament.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup, Draw
The draw was held on June 8, 2014 at Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, Hubei, China.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup, Final round
The teams in this round will be the Top 4 teams per group


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Qualifying for the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup was held to determine the eight teams that will participate in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, aside from the host team China and 2013 FIBA Asia Championship winners Iran. Qualification was via FIBA Asia zone, with each zone having an automatic one berth, plus additional berths from the teams' zones of the second and third runners-up in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, Central Asia
Uzbekistan was Central Asia's representative, but withdrew prior to the tournament. They were not replaced.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, East Asia
Chinese Taipei and Japan qualified automatically by virtue of being the lone registrants in East Asian qualifying.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, South Asia
The 2014 South Asian Basketball Association Championship in Kathmandu, Nepal determined South Asia's qualifier.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, Southeast Asia
The 2014 Southeast Asian Basketball Association Cup in Batam, Indonesia determined Southeast Asia's two qualifiers.


2014 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, West Asia
The 2014 West Asian Basketball Association Championship in Amman, Jordan determined South Asia's qualifier. Iran, which has sent in its under-18 team in preparation for the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship automatically qualified whether or not they win the tournament by virtue of winning the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
The 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship is the 23rd edition of the FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Doha, Qatar on August 19–28, 2014.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship is sixteen. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones had two places, and the hosts (Qatar) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Draw
The draw and schedule of games for the Preliminary Round Competition has been announced. Al-Gharafa Stadium was named as the main venue for the duration of the tournament, with six out of eight games will be played there. The FIBA Boys' World Ranking are shown within the parenthesis.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Draw
Japan (28) Chinese Taipei (31) Iraq (76) Hong Kong (60)


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. The tournament was held in Amman, Jordan from October 10 to October 17.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
China defeated Japan in the finals, 60-53 to notch their fourteenth title, while Korea edged Chinese Taipei in the battle for Third Place, 57-54. China, Japan and Korea will represent FIBA Asia at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women which will be held in Russia.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2016 Championships. The losers were relegated to Level II.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Final round
Top three teams qualify to the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification
The 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification was held in late 2013 and early 2014 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, Central Asia
The 2014 CABA Under-18 Championship  was held at June 12, 2014 in Taraz, Kazakhstan. The winner teams qualifies for 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, East Asia
All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea qualified automatically.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, Gulf
The   2013 GCC Youth Basketball Championship was held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from September 3 to 7 2013. The three best teams qualifies for 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, South Asia
The 2014 SABA Under-18 Championship  was held at Bengaluru, India from July 5 to 7, 2014. The winner teams qualifies for 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The 9th SEABA Under-18 Championship was held at Sabah, Malaysia from May 5 to 7 2014. The two best teams qualifies for 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification, West Asia
The 2013 West Asian Under-17 Championshipand The 2014 West Asian Youth Basketball Championship was held at Tehran, Iran and Amman, Jordan from August 19 to 21, 2013 and July 10 to 12, 2014 . The three best teams qualifies for 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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. 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The United States won their fifth world championship, after beating silver medal winning Serbia in the Final. France claimed the third place, while Lithuania finished fourth in the tournament.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Host selection
FIBA opened the bidding process on 10 January 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on 30 April 2008. Nine countries showed interest in hosting the event, as in order, they were Spain, France, Denmark, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy, Greece, and China.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Host selection
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Host selection
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Venues
On 17 April 2010, Barcelona was added to the list of cities to hold games, bringing the total venues to six. 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Venues
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Qualification
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Qualification, 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. 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Qualification, Qualified teams
On 1 February 2014, FIBA announced that it had allocated the wild cards to Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Qualification, 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." 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. 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Rule and format changes
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Rule and format changes
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Rule and format changes
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
The draw was held on 3 February 2014 at 19:00 CET at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
New Zealand (19) Iran (20) South Korea (31) Philippines (34)


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
Brazil (10) Puerto Rico (17) Mexico (24) Dominican Republic (26)


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
There were no restrictions in drawing teams from pots except for the following:


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
After a team's group was drawn, another draw followed to determine their position in the group, and consequently, the order of games to be played. In this draw, there were four pots, "Pot A" to "Pot D", each corresponding to each preliminary round group, containing six numbers; here, the pot corresponding to the drawn group of a team was drawn to determine its position in the order of games, such as "A1" to "A6", for Group A teams. Finally, after the groupings and order of games were determined, FIBA assigned one group to each preliminary round host city.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Draw
Group A, which included European champions France, hosts Spain, and traditional powerhouse Serbia has been labeled as the "group of death". 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.


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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Preparation matches, 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 Basketball World Cup, Preparation matches, 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 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Preparation matches, 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 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Preparation matches, 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 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Preparation matches, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Controversies, Australia's alleged tanking
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".


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Controversies, Australia's alleged tanking
On 26 November 2014, Australia was cleared of tanking by FIBA.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 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. It also visited South Africa during the finals of the South African Premier Basketball League in August.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Marketing, Road show and trophy tour
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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Marketing, 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".


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Marketing, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Marketing, 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.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup  Final was a basketball game that took place on 14 September 2014 at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, to determine the winner of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
This was the first time the United States and Serbia, after the secession of Montenegro, played against each other. With the United States victory, they tied Yugoslavia with five titles, the most in this competition. They also qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The Americans qualified by virtue of being the defending Olympic champions, after defeating Spain in the 2012 gold medal game. The United States were one of the seeded teams in the draw. They were ultimately drawn into Group C with Turkey, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Finland and Ukraine.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The United States faced wild cards Finland in their first game. The United States never looked back after, erecting a 60–18 lead at halftime, to score its first win. In the rematch of 2010's final, Turkey had a 5-point advantage at the half, but the Americans outscored the Turks 63–37 in the second half, to notch their second win. In their next game, the United States again won easily, this time against New Zealand, to remain undefeated in group play. They then topped the group with a 106–71 victory against the Dominican Republic. Against Ukraine, the Americans closed out group play undefeated, netting a fifth consecutive double-digit victory.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
In the round of 16, the United States withstood a 25-point game-high effort by Gustavo Ayón, to record a 23-point win against Mexico. The Slovenians faced the United States in the quarterfinals, holding the USA scoreless in the first two minutes, but once the Americans scored, they went on a 7–0 run, and never relinquished the lead. The semifinal was a rematch of the 2010 semifinal against Lithuania; the latter kept it close during the first quarter, until when Klay Thompson scored, to give the USA a 10–9 lead. The Lithuanians kept within striking distance throughout the first half, but an unanswered 10–0 USA run, at the beginning of the third quarter, sealed a return to the final for the USA.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
Serbia qualified by finishing seventh at FIBA EuroBasket 2013. The Serbs were drawn into Group A, together with hosts Spain, France, Brazil, Iran and Egypt.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
In their first game, Serbia had an easy win against Egypt, with Miloš Teodosić scoring 15 points to lead the Serbs. The Serbs then faced France in their next game. The French trailed at halftime, but Edwin Jackson converted three three-pointers to keep France close. Boris Diaw tied the game with four seconds left, then Joffrey Lauvergne scored from the free-throw line, to give Serbia their first loss. In the next game, Hamed Haddadi's 29 points weren't enough for Iran, as Serbia won 83–70. Haddadi was foiled when Serbia forced him to commit his fourth foul, just before halftime.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
Although the Serbian players who guarded Haddadi also battled foul trouble, they pulled through in the end. The Serbs then lost to Brazil, with Marcus Vieira making 6 three-point shots. Serbia were assured of a final round berth by their last group game against Spain, but lost 73–89, to finish fourth in the group.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
Serbia faced Group B winners Greece in the round of 16. After the Greeks had their first lead of the game late in the first half, Nikola Kalinić scored on a three-point play that gave them the lead for good. Serbia limited Greece to 13 points in the third quarter, en route to a win. Bogdan Bogdanović had a game-high 21 points, and four other Serbs scored in double figures, to send Serbia to the quarterfinals. All Group A teams qualified to the quarterfinals, with Brazil netting a rematch with Serbia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
With Brazil within striking distance throughout the game, Tiago Splitter and Nenê were assessed technical fouls in the third quarter; Serbia had a seven-point possession, and never trailed again. France then defeated Spain, to arrange a rematch with Serbia in the semifinals. Serbia had a 9–0 run in the second period, to give them a 30–15 advantage. France cut the lead to ten, early in the fourth quarter. Boris Diaw, Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier made three-pointers, to cut the deficit to four points, with five minutes left.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Serbia
Teodosić and Bogdanović scored their own three-pointers, to pad the lead to nine, when the French converted more three-pointers to cut the lead to three, with 48 seconds left. Thomas Heurtel converted both free-throws to cut the lead to one point, but Teodosić missed a field-goal. Heurtel split his free-throws off Teodosić's foul, then Serbia scored four points, Batum made a three-pointer for France, and Marko Simonović made both free-throws to seal the win for Serbia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Match details
This was the first meeting between Serbia and the United States at the World Cup.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Match details
Serbia made their first five shots of the game, to race to a 10–5 lead. After the U.S. timeout, Serbia scored anew, then the Americans had a 17–3 run to go up by seven. Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson scored three-pointers, to give the USA a 35–21 lead. In the second quarter, the United States made six more three point shots, to give them a 26-point lead at the half. The Americans erected the largest lead, at 39 points midway through the third quarter.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Match details
The final deficit of 37 points and the 129 points scored, were the largest in a World Cup final since the USA's 137–91 victory over Russia at the 1994 FIBA World Championship. The Americans also became the third team, after Brazil and Yugoslavia, to successfully defend the world title, and tied the Yugoslavs for having the most championships, with five.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Match details
The Americans shot 58% from the field and 50% from beyond the three-point line in the game, won all nine games by an average of 32.5 points, and qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Kyrie Irving was named the tournament MVP.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Match details
After being defeated, the Serbian team was received by a raucous crowd, upon their return to Belgrade. This was the best finish of a national team featuring Serb players, since the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, where Yugoslavia defeated Argentina in the final.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A
Group A of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Spain, Serbia, France, Brazil, Egypt and Iran. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all games played at Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 30 August, Egypt vs. Serbia
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Serbia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 30 August, France vs. Brazil
This was the fifth meeting between France and Brazil in the World Cup. Brazil has won three games, with Frances's only win coming from their last meeting in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, which was also their last competitive game against each other.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 30 August, Iran vs. Spain
This was the first competitive game between Iran and Spain.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 31 August, Serbia vs. France
This was the first game between Serbia and France in the World Cup. The two teams have met twice in the EuroBasket, with France winning in 2011, and Serbia winning in 2013.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 31 August, Brazil vs. Iran
This was the second meeting between Brazil and Iran in the World Cup. Brazil won on their first game, in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 31 August, Spain vs. Egypt
This was the fourth game between Spain and Egypt in the World Cup. Spain has won two, including their last meeting at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 1 September, Iran vs. Serbia
This was the first competitive game between Iran and Serbia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 1 September, France vs. Egypt
This was the second game between France and Egypt in the World Cup, with France winning their first meeting in the 1950 FIBA World Championship. France won the last competitive game against Egypt at the 1984 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 1 September, Brazil vs. Spain
This was the eighth game between Brazil and Spain. Spain has won 6 games, including their last game in the 2002 FIBA World Championship, with Brazil's only win coming from their meeting in the 1986 FIBA World Championship. Brazil won in the last competitive game against Spain at the 2012 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 3 September, Serbia vs. Brazil
This was the first competitive game between Serbia and Brazil.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 3 September, Spain vs. France
This was the third game between France and Spain in the World Cup. Both teams split their first two games, with France winning in their last game at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The French won at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 semifinals, the last competitive game between them.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 4 September, Brazil vs. Egypt
This was the second game between Brazil and Egypt in the World Cup. Brazil won their first meeting in the 1950 FIBA World Championship. Their latest competitive game against each other was a Brazil victory at the 1988 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 4 September, Iran vs. France
This was the first game between Iran and France in the World Cup. Their only other competitive meeting was in the 1948 Olympics in which France won.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, 4 September, Serbia vs. Spain
This was the second meeting between Serbia and Spain in the World Cup. Serbia defeated Spain in their meeting at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Spain won the last competitive game against Serbia at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B
Group B of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Philippines, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Greece and Croatia. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all games played at Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 30 August, Croatia vs. Philippines
This was the first competitive game between Croatia and the Philippines.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 30 August, Puerto Rico vs. Argentina
This was the second meeting between Puerto Rico and Argentina in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first meeting in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. In their last competitive game against each other, Puerto Rico defeated Argentina in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 30 August, Greece vs. Senegal
This was the second meeting between Greece and Senegal in the World Cup. Greece won the first meeting in the 1998 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 31 August, Argentina vs. Croatia
This was the first meeting between Argentina and the Croatia in the World Cup. The two teams previously met in the Summer Olympics, Argentina won in the 2008 Olympics, while Croatia won in 1996.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 31 August, Senegal vs. Puerto Rico
This was the third meeting between Senegal and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first two games, including their last match-up in the 2006 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 31 August, Philippines vs. Greece
This was the first competitive game between the Philippines and Greece.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 1 September, Argentina vs. Philippines
This was the second meeting between Argentina and the Philippines in the World Cup. Argentina won the first meeting in the 1974 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 1 September, Puerto Rico vs. Greece
This was the second meeting between Puerto Rico and Greece in the World Cup. Greece won the two games, including their latest match-up in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 3 September, Philippines vs. Puerto Rico
This was the fourth meeting between the Philippines and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first meeting in the 1959 FIBA World Championship. In their last competitive game, the Puerto Ricans defeated the Filipinos at the 1972 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 3 September, Senegal vs. Argentina
This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Argentina.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 3 September, Greece vs. Croatia
This was the third meeting between Greece and Croatia in the World Cup. Croatia won the first two meetings, all in the 1994 FIBA World Championship. Croatia won in the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 in their last competitive game against each other.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 4 September, Senegal vs. Philippines
This was the first meeting between Senegal and the Philippines in the World Cup. The Philippines has previously met Senegal twice in the Olympics, winning both games, including their last match-up at the 1972 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 4 September, Croatia vs. Puerto Rico
This was the first meeting between Croatia and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. The two countries previously played at the 2008 Summer Olympic Qualifying Tournament won by Croatia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, 4 September, Argentina vs. Greece
This was the third meeting between Argentina and Greece in the World Cup. Greece won the first two meetings, including their last match-up at the 1990 FIBA World Championship. Argentina won the last competitive game against Greece at the 2008 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C
Group C of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Dominican Republic, Turkey, the United States, Finland, New Zealand and Ukraine. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo (at Greater Bilbao). After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 30 August, Ukraine vs. Dominican Republic
This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the Dominican Republic.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 30 August, New Zealand vs. Turkey
This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Turkey.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 30 August, United States vs. Finland
This was the first competitive game between the USA and Finland in the World Cup. The Americans defeated the Finns in their only other match-up at the 1964 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 31 August, Dominican Republic vs. New Zealand
This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and the New Zealand.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 31 August, Finland vs. Ukraine
This was the first competitive game between Finland and Ukraine in the World Cup. The two teams previously met twice in qualifying for the 1995 EuroBasket, with Finland winning both match-ups.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 31 August, Turkey vs. United States
This was the second meeting between Turkey and the United States. The Americans won the last match-up at the 2010 FIBA World Championship Final.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 2 September, Ukraine vs. Turkey
This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and Turkey in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met seven times in the EuroBasket, with Turkey winning five games, including the last match-up at EuroBasket Division A 2009.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 2 September, United States vs. New Zealand
This was the second meeting between the USA and the New Zealand in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up, at the 2002 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 2 September, Finland vs. Dominican Republic
This was the first competitive game between Finland and the Dominican Republic.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 3 September, New Zealand vs. Ukraine
This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Ukraine.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 3 September, Turkey vs. Finland
This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Finland in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met six times in EuroBasket with Turkey winning four of them. Last meeting in EuroBasket 2013 went to Finland.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 3 September, Dominican Republic vs. United States
This was the second meeting between the Dominican Republic and the USA in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up at the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The Americans won in their last competitive game against the Dominicans at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 4 September, Finland vs. New Zealand
This was the first competitive game between Finland and New Zealand.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 4 September, Ukraine vs. United States
This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the USA.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, 4 September, Turkey vs. Dominican Republic
This was the first competitive game between Turkey and the Dominican Republic.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Lithuania, Angola, South Korea, Slovenia, Mexico and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas, located in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 30 August, Angola vs. Korea
This was the third meeting between Angola and South Korea in the World Cup. The teams have split their two previous match-ups with Korea winning in 1994 and Angola winning in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. The last competitive game between the two was an Angola win at the 1996 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 30 August, Australia vs. Slovenia
This was the second meeting between Australia and Slovenia in the World Cup. Slovenia won their first match-up during the 2010 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 31 August, Korea vs. Australia
This was the third meeting between Australia and South Korea in the World Cup. Australia won in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, while the South Koreans won in 1970. The last competitive meeting between the two was at the 1996 Olympics where the Australians won.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 31 August, Lithuania vs. Angola
This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Angola in the World Cup. The Lithuanians have won both of their games against Angola in the 1996 and 2004 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 2 September, Angola vs. Mexico
This was the first competitive game between Angola and Mexico.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 2 September, Australia vs. Lithuania
This was the second meeting between Australia and Lithuania in the World Cup. Lithuania won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while the Australians won in 1998. Australia won at the 2008 Olympics, its last competitive game against Lithuania.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 2 September, Korea vs. Slovenia
This was the first competitive game between South Korea and Slovenia.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 3 September, Mexico vs. Australia
This was the second meeting between Mexico and Australia in the World Cup. Mexico won the first match-up during the 1974 FIBA World Championship. The Australians also won both of their games against Mexico at the Olympics, in 1964 and 1976.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 3 September, Slovenia vs. Angola
This was the first competitive game between Slovenia and Angola.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 3 September, Lithuania vs. Korea
This was the second competitive game between Lithuania and South Korea. Lithuania previously won at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 4 September, Australia vs. Angola
This was the third meeting between Australia and Angola in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while Angola won in 1986.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 4 September, Korea vs. Mexico
This was the first meeting between South Korea and Mexico in the World Cup. The Mexicans have previously defeated South Korea in the 1948 and 1968 Olympics.


2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, 4 September, Lithuania vs. Slovenia
This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Slovenia in the World Cup. Lithuania had previously won against Slovenia five times in seven games at the EuroBasket, with the last win coming at 2011.