2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Issues and concerns
There were concerns from national federations that they would not be able to play the qualifiers with players from top professional leagues globally (the National Basketball Association and EuroLeague), which was possible with professional leagues operating in mid-year.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Controversy
Australian center and NBA champion Andrew Bogut voiced concerns on the officiating in the semi-final match against Spain. During the match after a call he disagreed with Bogut was seeing gesturing with his hands that the officials had been bribed. Post match Claiming it was a "disgrace" and encouraging people to look into where the headquarters are based. 3-time NBA champion and Australian assistant coach was less accusative but also cited their run of luck with officiating when the two sides meet.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Controversy
Patrick Mills was also controversially snubbed from the All-Star five. Even being told he had been in the five before being omitted. Many fans and journalists could not believe he was omitted.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final was the concluding basketball game which determined the winner of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The game was played on 15 September 2019, at the Wukesong Arena, in Beijing, China, between Argentina and Spain.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
At halftime, a turnover ceremony was held to officially hand over the hosting rights of the FIBA Basketball World Cup from China to the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, hosts of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which will take place from 25 August to 10 September.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final
Spain won their second World Cup title after a 95–75 win. Marc Gasol became the first player since Lamar Odom in 2010 to win an NBA championship and a World Cup in the same year, and the first non-American to win an NBA or WNBA title and either a World Cup or Olympic gold medal in the same year.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Argentina
Argentina topped Group B in Wuhan, after beating Russia in the final group game. They also defeated South Korea and Nigeria to end with a 3–0 record in the first round. Group I in Foshan also saw the South Americans topping the group, thereby qualifying to the quarter-finals. Their win against Poland won them the group. In the quarter-finals at Dongguan, Argentina defeated 2014 World Cup runners-up and 2016 Olympic silver medalists Serbia by 10 points to qualify to the semi-finals.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Argentina
France, which had defeated the United States in their own quarter-final match-up, faced the South Americans in the semi-final at Beijing. Luis Scola scored his tournament-high 28 points in the game, and Rudy Gobert was limited to just three points, which led to Argentina advancing to its first World Cup final since 2002, which was Scola's first.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Spain
The Spaniards finished on top of Group C in Guangzhou. The Europeans defeated Tunisia, Puerto Rico and Iran to end up undefeated going into the second round. At the second round Group J at Wuhan, Spain ran away winners of the group after defeating Italy and erstwhile undefeated team Serbia to finish the group stages with a 5–0 record. In the quarter-finals at Shanghai, Spain eliminated surprise qualifiers Poland, off the back of Ricky Rubio's near double-double of 19 points and nine assists, plus five rebounds.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Route to the final, Spain
A pair of three-point shots was the difference late in the fourth quarter that prevented the Poles from cutting the lead. In the semi-final against Australia at Beijing, the Australians led by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, but the Spaniards came back to tie the game at the end of regulation, 71-all. In overtime, Marc Gasol and Patty Mills scored three-pointers, but with the game tied at 78-all, Mills was fouled, and converted both free-throws. Gasol was fouled himself on the next possession, and also made both of his foul shots. Matthew Dellavedova tried to win it at the buzzer, but missed, sending the game to double overtime. Spain opened the second overtime with two three-pointers, and that was the difference, qualifying them to their second World Cup final, after winning it in 2006.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Game details
This is the eighth meeting between Argentina and Spain at the World Cup, with the Spaniards winning five; Argentina won two, including their last meeting at the 2010 World Championship. Spain won the last competitive meeting, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Game details
Spain led by 14–2 at the start of the game. Argentina recovered to finish the first quarter with 14 points against Spain's 22. The lead then fluctuated, but once the Argentinians cut the deficit to twelve at the start of the third quarter, the Spaniards went on a 14–0 run, leading by 55–33. The Spaniards never looked back. Ricky Rubio scored 20 points in the game, and limited Facundo Campazzo to just 11 points in 20% field-goal percentage.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, Game details
Luis Scola was also limited to 1/10 shooting in the game, and didn't score until making his free-throws late in the third quarter, as Gabriel Deck had a game high 24 points. Marc Gasol scored 14 points, had a team high 7 assists, had 2 steals, and blocked 3 shots in the game. Argentina tried to mount a comeback in the fourth period, but by then the lead was too great, and there was little time remaining by then. Spain won its second World Cup, with Gasol and Fernández being also a part of the first title in 2006.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A
Group A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Ivory Coast, Poland, Venezuela and China. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Wukesong Arena, Beijing. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, Poland vs. Venezuela
This was the first competitive game between Poland and Venezuela.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, Ivory Coast vs. China
This was the fourth meeting between the Ivory Coast and China in the World Cup. The Chinese have won all three prior meetings, including their 2010 match-up, which was the most recent game.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, Venezuela vs. Ivory Coast
This was the first competitive game between Venezuela and the Ivory Coast.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, China vs. Poland
This was the first competitive game between China and Poland.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, Ivory Coast vs. Poland
This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Poland.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A, Games, Venezuela vs. China
This was the second meeting between Venezuela and China in the World Cup. The Venezuelans won their first meeting in 1990. The Venezuelans also won their last competitive game against the Chinese, in the 2016 Olympics.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B
Group B of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Russia, Argentina, South Korea and Nigeria. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, Russia vs. Nigeria
This was the first game between Russia and Nigeria in the World Cup. The Russians won against Nigeria in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, Argentina vs. South Korea
This was the second game between Argentina and South Korea in the World Cup, with the Argentinians winning the first game in 1994. Argentina also won their last competitive game against South Korea in the 1996 Olympics.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, Nigeria vs. Argentina
This was the third game between Nigeria and Argentina in the World Cup. Argentina have won both games, and also won its last competitive game against the Nigerians at the 2016 Olympics.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, South Korea vs. Russia
This was the first game between South Korea and Russia in the World Cup. The Russians won against South Korea in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, South Korea vs. Nigeria
This was the first competitive game between South Korea and Nigeria.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B, Games, Russia vs. Argentina
This was the fourth game between Russia and Argentina in the World Cup. The Russians won their last competitive game against Argentina, in the 2012 Olympics.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C
Group C of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Spain, Iran, Puerto Rico and Tunisia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Iran vs. Puerto Rico
This was the first competitive game between Iran and Puerto Rico.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Spain vs. Tunisia
This was the first competitive game between Spain and Tunisia.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Tunisia vs. Iran
This was the second game in the World Cup between Tunisia and Iran. The Iranians won in 2010, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Puerto Rico vs. Spain
This was the second game in the World Cup between Puerto Rico and Spain. The Puerto Ricans won in 2002, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Puerto Rico vs. Tunisia
This was the first competitive game between Puerto Rico and Tunisia.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C, Games, Spain vs. Iran
This was the second game in the World Cup between Spain and Iran. The Spaniards won in 2014, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Angola, Philippines, Italy and Serbia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Angola vs. Serbia
This was the second game between Angola and Serbia in the World Cup. The Serbians won the first meeting in 2010. The Serbians won in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Philippines vs. Italy
This was the second game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1978, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Italy vs. Angola
This was the second game between Angola and Italy in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1990, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Serbia vs. Philippines
This was the first competitive game between Serbia and the Philippines.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Angola vs. Philippines
This was the first competitive game between Angola and the Philippines.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D, Games, Italy vs. Serbia
This was the first game between Italy and Serbia in the World Cup. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Italy, in EuroBasket 2017.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E
Group E of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Czech Republic, Turkey, United States and Japan. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, Turkey vs. Japan
This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Japan.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, Czech Republic vs. United States
This was the first competitive game between the Czech Republic and the United States.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, Japan vs. Czech Republic
This was the first competitive game between Japan and the Czech Republic.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, United States vs. Turkey
This was the third game between the United States and Turkey, with the Americans winning the prior two games, including in 2014, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, Turkey vs. Czech Republic
This was the first game between Turkey and the Czech Republic in the World Cup. The Turks won in EuroBasket 2007, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E, Games, United States vs. Japan
This was the first game between the United States and Japan in the World Cup. The Americans won in the 1972 Olympics, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F
Group F of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Greece, New Zealand, Brazil and Montenegro. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, New Zealand vs. Brazil
This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Brazil.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, Greece vs. Montenegro
This was the first game between Greece and Montenegro in the World Cup. The Greeks won in EuroBasket 2011, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, Montenegro vs. New Zealand
This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and New Zealand.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, Brazil vs. Greece
This was the fifth game between Brazil and Greece in the World Cup. The Greeks won in 2006, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, Brazil vs. Montenegro
This was the first competitive game between Brazil and Montenegro.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F, Games, Greece vs. New Zealand
This was the first game between Greece and New Zealand in the World Cup. The Greeks won in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G
Group G of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the Dominican Republic, France, Germany and Jordan. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, Dominican Republic vs. Jordan
This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and Jordan.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, France vs. Germany
This was the second game between Germany and France in the World Cup. The French won in 2006. The Germans won in EuroBasket 2017, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, Germany vs. Dominican Republic
This was the first competitive game between Germany and the Dominican Republic.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, Jordan vs. France
This was the first competitive game between Jordan and France.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, Germany vs. Jordan
This was the second competitive game between the Germany and Jordan.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G, Games, Dominican Republic vs. France
This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and France.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H
Group H of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Canada, Senegal, Lithuania and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan. After all of the games were played, the top two teams with the best records qualified for the Second round and the bottom two teams played in the Classification Round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Canada vs. Australia
This was sixth game between Canada and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians won in the 2000 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Senegal vs. Lithuania
This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Lithuania.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Australia vs. Senegal
This was the first game between Australia and Senegal in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 1980 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Lithuania vs. Canada
This was the second game between Lithuania and Canada in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won the first match-up in 2010, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Canada vs. Senegal
This was the third game between Canada and Senegal in the World Cup. The Canadians won the last match-up in 1998. The Canadians also won in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H, Games, Lithuania vs. Australia
This was the fourth game between Lithuania and Australia in the World Cup. The Australians won the last match-up in 2014. The Australians also won in the 2016 Olympics, the last competitive game between the two teams.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group I
Group I of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the second stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, top two teams from Group A and two from Group B. The results from the first round were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan. After all of the games were played, the top two teams advanced to Quarter-finals, the third placed team was classified 9 to 12 and the fourth placed team 13 to 16.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group J
Group J of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the second stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, top two teams from Group C and two from Group D. The results of round one were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan. After all of the games were played, the top two teams advanced to Quarter-finals, the third placed team was classified 9 to 12 and the fourth placed team 13 to 16.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group J, Games, Serbia vs. Puerto Rico
This was the first game between Puerto Rico and Serbia in the World Cup. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Puerto Rico, in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group J, Games, Spain vs. Serbia
This was the third match between Spain and Serbia in the World Cup, with both teams winning once in previous matches. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Spain, in EuroBasket 2015 group stage.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group K
Group K of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the second stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, top two teams from Group E and two from Group F. The results of round one were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Shenzhen. After all of the games were played, the top two teams advance´d to Quarter-finals, the third placed team was classified 9 to 12 and the fourth placed team 13 to 16.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group L
Group L of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the second stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, top two teams from Group G and two from Group H. The results of round one were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing. After all of the games were played, the top two teams advanced to Quarter-finals, the third placed team was classified 9 to 12 and the fourth placed team 13 to 16.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group M
Group M of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the classification stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, bottom two teams from Group A and two from Group B. The results against the teams that also qualified were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group N
Group N of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the classification stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, bottom two teams from Group C and two from Group D. The results against the teams that also qualified were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Wukesong Arena, Beijing. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group O
Group O of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the classification stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, bottom two teams from Group E and two from Group F. The results against the teams that also qualified were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group P
Group P of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the classification stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, bottom two teams from Group G and two from Group H. The results against the teams that also qualified were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids
The bidding process for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the procedure for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in choosing the hosts for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The process was concluded on 7 August 2015 with China announced by the basketball world body as hosts of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The other candidate country was the Philippines.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids
All FIBA national federations are allowed to bid for the 2019 Basketball World Cup, but FIBA also added that a federation can bid on both the 2019 and 2023 World Cups or bid only for 2023 and award hosts for events at the same time.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Bidding calendar
On 16 April 2014, in a press release, FIBA announced the bidding calendar for the 2019 and/or 2023 Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Candidate countries
On 16 March 2015, FIBA announced that its executive committee has decided that the 2019 World Cup would be held in Asia, putting the bids of China and the Philippines as the final candidates in the running as hosts.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Candidate countries
The Philippines had successfully hosted the 1978 FIBA World Championship and three FIBA Asia Championships (1960, 1973 and 2013).


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Candidate countries
China hosted the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, and also hosted four previous Asian championships this century.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Candidate countries
Bids from Germany, Turkey and Qatar were moved for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Those from France, Lithuania, Russia, Venezuela, and Mexico were disregarded.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids, Selection
After the final bid presentation conducted by the two candidate countries in Tokyo, Japan on 7 August 2015. The FIBA Central Board decided on the hosts of the 2019 tournament and announced China as hosts of the tournament on the same day. 14 voted for China while 7 voted for the Philippines for the right to host the tournament.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final round
The final round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the knockout stage of the competition. The top two teams from Groups I, J, K, and L in the second round qualified for the single-elimination tournament. Quarterfinal losers were relegated to the classification stage for 5th–8th places.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup final round, Quarter-finals, United States vs. France
France snapped Team USA's 58-game winning streak in international competition that dated back to the bronze-medal game at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Format
The continental championships no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments were held over two years in a home-and-away format.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Format
The first round of the qualifiers were held in late 2017 and early 2018. The Americas, Asia / Oceania and Africa qualifiers featured 16 teams each, whereas Europe had 32 teams. Division A teams was split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups advanced to round two, and last placed teams played the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Format
Round two of the World Cup qualifiers were held in late 2018 and early 2019. Teams were split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams carried over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group qualified for the World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Format
Starting in 2019, no wild card qualification were held, and the Olympic champions no longer directly qualified to the World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Format
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou, China.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Confederation qualifications, FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
All 16 teams which qualified for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup played in the Asian qualification round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which included teams from FIBA Oceania.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Confederation qualifications, FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania, First round
Australia defeated Philippines by default following a brawl left Philippines with only 1 player on court


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Confederation qualifications, FIBA Europe, European Pre-Qualifiers
The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 had also qualified for Division A of FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying. The last eight teams qualified through the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Pre-Qualifiers which were held in August 2017.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Confederation qualifications, FIBA Europe, European Pre-Qualifiers
In order to determine the last eight spots in Division A, 13 teams participated in four home-and-away round robin groups on 2 to 19 August 2017. The draw to determine the 4 groups was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 10 December 2016.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, Issues and concerns
There were concerns from national federations that they would not be able to play the qualifiers with players from top professional leagues globally (the National Basketball Association and EuroLeague), which is possible with professional leagues operating in mid-year.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Africa region, began in November 2017 and concluded in February 2019. The process determined the five African teams that would participate at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa), Entrants
The 16 teams that have qualified for AfroBasket 2017 earned a right to participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers. Few days before the start of the campaign, South Africa withdrew from the qualification. They were replaced by Chad, runner-up from AfroBasket 2017 additional qualifiying tournament. As of 10 November 2017, the qualified teams were:


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa), Schedule
The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa), Second round
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three other top teams. All results from the first qualification round, were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top two teams in each group along with the better placed third team qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup proper.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Americas region, began in November 2017 and concluded in February 2019. The process determined the seven teams that would participate at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas), Seeding
The top five teams at the 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Basketball Championship, plus the three teams from North America (Canada, The USA, and Mexico) qualified directly to the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification. Four additional teams were scheduled to be selected at a pre-qualifier tournament in July 2017, but it was canceled. Instead, the sixth and seventh placed teams at the Centrobasket and South American Championship were invited to the World Cup qualification.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas), Second round
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three other top teams. All results from the first qualification round were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top three teams in each group along with the better placed fourth team will qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup proper.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas), Second round, Group F
1 Virgin Islands did not arrive timely to play against Brazil and game was forfeited.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Asia-Oceania region, began in November 2017 and concluded in February 2019. The process determined the seven teams that would join the automatically qualified hosts China at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia), Seeding
The 16 participating teams at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup did participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. China, the host of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, also participated in the qualifiers despite being automatically qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts. The seeding of eight pots used in the draw were determined on the basis of the team's FIBA World Rankings and "geographic principles". Teams in pots with an odd number were either drawn on Group A or B while teams in pots with an even number were drawn on Group C or D.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia), First round, Group B
1 Australia won by default after the Filipino team was left with one player following a bench-clearing brawl.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia), Second round
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three teams from another group. All results from the first qualification round were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top three teams in each group along with the better placed fourth team qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia), Second round
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup host, China, shall not be taken into consideration for qualifying spots. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group shall be taken into account for the final standings.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia), Controversy, Australia – Philippines brawl
During the Group B match between the Philippines and Australia on 2 July 2018 in the Philippine Arena, a bench-clearing brawl broke out when an Australian player intentionally elbowed a Filipino player with 4:02 remaining in the third quarter, resulting in 13 players (nine from the Philippines and four from Australia) being ejected. The game was halted with 1:57 remaining in the third quarter when two of the remaining Filipino players fouled out, and awarded the win to Australia by default.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Europe region, began in August 2017 and concluded in February 2019. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the World Cup, so all FIBA Europe nations had to participate in qualification.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Format
FIBA Europe was allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total, 37 FIBA Europe teams took part in the qualification tournament. The qualification consisted of the following stages:


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Pre-Qualifiers
Teams that did not manage or did not apply to make EuroBasket 2017 played in the pre-qualifiers round. 13 teams participated in four home-and-away round robin groups, from 2 to 19 August 2017. Armenia made its debut in FIBA international competitions, while teams such as Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Cyprus did not participate in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup campaign. The draw to determine the groups was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 10 December 2016.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Pre-Qualifiers
The top two teams from each group qualified for the First round, determining the last eight spots in Division A. The other five teams (the bottom two teams from Group A + the bottom team from Groups B, C, and D) have been eliminated from the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and played in Division B of EuroBasket 2021 qualifying, starting with the pre-qualifiers first round.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Pre-Qualifiers, Seeding
Pre -qualifiers were drawn on 10 December 2016. Seeding was based on the EuroBasket 2017 qualification record.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Qualifiers, First round
The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 automatically qualified for this stage. They were joined by eight teams qualified through the Pre-Qualifiers. In total, 32 teams were divided into eight home-and-away round robin groups of four teams. The allocation of teams from the first round was determined on 24 August 2017, with the only restriction of not drawing Serbia and Kosovo in the same group.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Qualifiers, First round
Games were played during November 2017, February 2018, June 2018, and July 2018. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Second round. The bottom team from each group was eliminated from the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and transferred to the Second Round of EuroBasket 2021.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Qualifiers, Draw
There were two draws for the first round (group stage). The first one took place in Guangzhou on 6 May 2017 and involved only 24 teams directly qualified to this round as EuroBasket 2017 participants. The second draw was held in Munich on 24 August 2017, after Pre-Qualifiers was concluded and involved only 8 teams qualified from Pre-Qualifiers.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Qualifiers, Seeding
Teams were seeded according to their performance at the latest FIBA Europe tournaments. They were divided into eight pots of four teams. Pots 1 to 6 involved all EuroBasket 2017 participants and were determined using the same seedings as Eurobasket 2017. Pot 7 was reserved for the Pre-Qualifiers group winners and pot 8 for the runners-up. Teams from pots 1, 4, 5, and 8 were drawn to Groups A, C, E, and G, while teams from pots 2, 3, 6, and 7 were drawn to Groups B, D, F, and H.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe), Qualifiers, Second round
The top three teams from each group, from the previous round, were grouped with three top teams from another group. It was composed of four new, home-and-away, round robin groups of six teams. All results from the first round were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018, and February 2019. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup includes teams whose rosters consists of 12 players; a team may opt to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads
Player ages are as of 31 August 2019, the first day of the tournament.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads, Group B, Argentina
The Argentinian team announced the 12-player final roster on 7th of August.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads, Group E, Japan
The Japanese team announced the 12-player final roster on 27th of August.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads, Group E, United States
The American team announced the 12-player final roster on 24th of August.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
League systems with 15 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 37 countries.


2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
a  As the Euroleague is a multinational league and all competing teams (excluding Olympiacos) compete in their domestic leagues, the total percentage will be over 100 because of duplications. b  The VTB United League is Russia's main system but teams from neighbouring nations are invited to enter.


2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
The 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals were the concluding games of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals will be played in a two-legged format, with the first leg being played on April 24 and the second one on 1 May 2019. The finals were played between Dinamo Sassari and s.Oliver Würzburg. Both teams appeared in their first FIBA Europe Cup final, as well as their first European final.


2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
Dinamo won its first European championship after defeating Würzburg in both legs.


2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals, Road to the Finals
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).


2019 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The 2019 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe SuperCup Women. It was held on 10 October 2019 at the DIVS Sport Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia.


2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 28th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament took place from 15 to 17 February 2019. The tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Carioca Arena 1.


2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, Format
The tournament was held under a Final Four format, played by four teams, and included a third-place game.


2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, Teams
The tournament was contested by four teams. The NBA opted to send the G League champions, rather than send the NBA champions.


2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, Venue
When the event was announced, it was also announced that the game would be played at the Carioca Arena 1, the home arena of the tournament's host club, Flamengo. Carioca Arena 1 is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The arena was opened in 2016, and it has a seating capacity of 6,000 people for basketball games.


2019 FIBA U16 European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 33rd edition of the Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The competition took place from 9 to 17 August 2019 in Udine, Italy. The top five teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup besides Bulgaria who automatically qualified as host.


2019 FIBA U16 European Championship, Preliminary round
The draw ceremony was held on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B was the 16th edition of the Division B of the FIBA U16 European Championship. It was played in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 8 to 17 August 2019. 24 teams participated in the competition. Poland men's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C
The 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Tirana, Albania, from 14 to 21 July 2019. Nine teams participated in the competition.


2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was the 31st edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-16 teams. It was held from 22 to 30 August in Skopje, North Macedonia. The top five teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania besides Romania who automatically qualified as host.


2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B was the 16th edition of the Division B of the European basketball championship for women's national under-16 teams. It was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 15 to 24 August 2019. Slovenia women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups. The first two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals, the third and fourth teams will advance to the 9th–16th place playoffs, the other teams will play in the 17th–23rd place classification.


2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division C
The 2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division C was the 15th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-16 basketball championship. It was played in Chișinău, Moldova, from 16 to 21 July 2019. Cyprus women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U18 European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 36th edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition took place in Volos, Greece, from 27 July to 4 August 2019.


2019 FIBA U18 European Championship, Preliminary round
The draw ceremony was held on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B is the 15th edition of the Division B of FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition takes place in Oradea, from 26 July to 4 August 2019.


2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B, Group phase
In this round, the 24 teams are allocated in four groups of six teams each.


2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division C
The 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division C was the 15th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 European Championship. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 28 July to 4 August 2019. 9 teams participated in the competition. Cyprus national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship was an international basketball competition held from 6 to 14 July  2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the 36th edition of the championship. 16 national teams from across Europe, composed of women aged 18 and under, competed in the tournament.


2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division B was the 15th edition of the Division B of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the second tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 5 to 14 July 2019. Finland women's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division C
The 2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division C was the 14th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 30 July to 4 August 2019. Armenia women's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2019 FIBA U20 European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Tel Aviv, Israel from 13 to 21 July 2019.


2019 FIBA U20 European Championship, First round
In this round, the 16 teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams will advance to the Second Round of 16. All times are local (UTC+3).


2019 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B was the 15th edition of the Division B of the FIBA U20 European Championship, the second-tier level of the European Under-20 basketball championship. The tournament was played in Matosinhos, Portugal, from 12 to 21 July 2019.


2019 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B, Group Phase
In the Group Phase the 21 participating teams are divided into three groups of five and one group of six. Teams play four or five games within their group.


2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship will be the 18th edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. Held from 3 to 11 11 August in Klatovy, Czech Republic, 16 teams participate in the tournament.


2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, First round
The draw took place on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B
The 2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship was the 15th edition of the Women's European basketball championship Division B for national under-20 teams. Held from 3 to 11 August in Prishtina, Kosovo, 12 teams participated in the tournament.


2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B, First round
The draw took place on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship
The 2019 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, alternatively the 6th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Praia, Cape Verde from 5–14 July 2019. It served as a qualifier for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria.


2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship, Participating teams
On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:


2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
The 2019 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Men was the international basketball competition that was held in Belém, Brazil from 3 to 9 June 2019. The top four teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 30 April 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship was originally to be the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Beirut, Lebanon from 5 to 12 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria. However it was cancelled by FIBA due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. Instead it was determined by FIBA rankings.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship, Qualification
Aside from the host nation and the defending champions, each of FIBA Asia's six subzones also gets one berth each, except for the Persian Gulf, East Asia and West Asian subzones, which were allocated two berths each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are the four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance in the previous championship.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament (as of 7 December 2018).


2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship
The 2019 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 6th FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Rwanda from 26 July to 4 August, with the games played in Kigali. The top two teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in Puerto Aysén, Chile from 16–22 June 2019. It was the sixth edition of the FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women, and the first to be hosted in Chile.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship
The United States defeated Canada, 87–37, in the final game to reclaim the championship. Meanwhile, the hosts Chile edged Puerto Rico in the bronze medal game, 59–49. The top four teams qualified for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 30 April 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship was originally to be the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Canberra, Australia from 5 to 10 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia to the Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania. However it was cancelled by FIBA due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. Instead it was determined by the FIBA World Ranking.


2019 FIBA Under-17 Women's Oceania Championship
The 2019 FIBA Under-17 Women's Oceania Championship is an international under-17 basketball tournament held from 19–24 August 2019 by FIBA Oceania in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Australia were the defending champions and they successfully defended their title after defeating New Zealand in the final, 88–41.


2019 FIBA Under-17 Women's Oceania Championship, Hosts Selection
On 23 September 2016, FIBA Oceania announced during their Board Meeting that New Caledonia was to host the tournament.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
The 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup(Greek:Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Μπάσκετ FIBA Under-19 2019) was the tournament organized by FIBA for youth national teams aged 19 years old and below. It was hosted by Heraklion, Greece, from 29 June to 7 July 2019.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
The United States won their seventh title after defeating Mali 93–79 in the final.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the tournament was held on 20 February 2019 in Heraklion, Greece.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup(Thai: บาสเกตบอลหญิงชิงแชมป์โลกรุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 19 ปี 2019) (formerly FIBA U19 Women's World Championship) was a tournament organized by FIBA for women's youth national teams aged 19 years old and below and took place in Bangkok, Thailand from 20 to 28 July 2019. Colombia, Germany and Mozambique made their U-19 Women's Basketball World Cup debut.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
The United States won their eighth title after defeating Australia in the final in the overtime.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 20 March 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.


2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand.


2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
The 2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 22 to 29 September 2019.


2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
The United States won their third title by defeating Canada in the final.


2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, Draw
The draw was held on 23 July 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup squads
This article displays the rosters for the teams competing at the 2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Each team had to submit 12 players.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the first step for the qualification for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament was held from 24 to 29 September 2019 in Bangalore, India.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Japan won their fifth overall and fourth consecutive title after defeating China in the final.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Competition format
For Division A, during the Group phase, eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group (a total of three games for each team).


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Competition format
The top teams in each group automatically qualified to the semi-finals, while the next two teams qualified to the quarter-finals, where the second placed team of one group played the third placed team of the other group for a spot in the semi-finals.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Competition format
Meanwhile, the bottom teams in each group played the seventh place classification game. The eighth placed team of Division A was supposed to be relegated down to Division B of 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, while the remaining teams in Division A advanced to play in the FIBA Pre-Qualifying Olympic Tournament alongside the Division B winner. However, the Division B was not held due to no country willing to host the tournament and India was given a berth in the Olympic pre-qualifiers. India also remained in Division A of the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Squads
Each team consisted of 12 players which had to be confirmed by FIBA before September 23.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Statistics and awards, Awards
The all star-teams and MVP was announced on 29 September 2019.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the teams competing at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup. Each team had to submit 12 players.


2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup squads, Group B, Australia
A 16-player squad was announced on 16 August 2019. The final squad was revealed on 21 September 2019.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 10th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 20th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. This was the fifth tournament to take place under the biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, having taken place annually until 2009.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The tournament was confirmed publicly on 3 November 2017, during the annual FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai as part of the recently renewed partnership between FIFA and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). In October 2018, it was announced that the tournament would take place in Paraguay in the city of Luque, near the capital, Asunción, between 21 November and 1 December 2019.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Fifteen teams advanced through preliminary continental qualification competitions, which started in September 2018 and ended in July 2019, to join the hosts in the final tournament which included Belarus as the sole team making their debut at the finals and notably saw the third placed team of the previous edition, Iran, fail to qualify. This was the first FIFA tournament to be hosted by Paraguay, the first edition of the World Cup held in South America since 2007, and the first time a landlocked country hosted beach soccer's principal event.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Following two narrow loses, hosts Paraguay were eliminated at the group stage. Brazil were the defending champions, but were defeated at the quarter-finals stage by Russia in what was a repeat of the scenario of 2015, thereby condemning Brazil to their joint-worst ever result. Portugal won the tournament, besting Italy in the final to claim their second FIFA World Cup crown (following 2015) and third world title overall (including the 2001 World Championships); Italy collected a second runners-up medal, following 2008. For the first time, the podium teams were all European nations. Japan finished fourth, matching their best ever placing previously achieved in 2005. A joint-record tally of 286 goals were scored (with 2006).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Madjer of Portugal made his last international beach soccer tournament appearance at this competition. The all-time top scorer of the competition, often heralded as the best player of all-time, announced his retirement following the final, aged 42.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Host selection
The bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Host selection
Countries known to have declared interest in bidding to host the competition are inclusive of but not exclusive to:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Host selection
On 1 October 2018, the FIFA Organising Committee recommended hosting be awarded to Paraguay as they were the only association to make an official bid after the initial declaration of interest stage. Confirmation of the awarding of hosting rights to Paraguay was announced at the FIFA Council meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 October 2018.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Paraguay who qualified automatically as hosts, 15 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification
The slot allocation for each confederation was decided at the FIFA Council meeting on 26 October 2018.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, Qualifying rounds
The process of qualification to the World Cup finals began on 9 September 2018 and ended on 27 July 2019.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics below include only the FIFA era (since 2005); see: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for inclusion of the pre-FIFA era (1995–2004) stats.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
One venue was used in the city of Luque, part of the Greater Asunción area, on the grounds of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee headquarters.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
The stadium was purpose-built for the tournament, having been constructed between January and August 2019. It was officially opened by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on 9 November 2019, under the nickname of the Paraguayan national team, Los Pynandi, meaning "barefoot" in Guarani. The Paraguayan Football Association (APF) and FIFA funded the US$1.5 million cost of the concrete structure. The main arena was complemented by three external, floodlit training pitches located adjacent.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Organisation
The following were key milestones in the organisation of the tournament (not belonging of other sections):


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Match officials
FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to referee matches at the World Cup, who were revealed on 29 October 2019. At least one referee was representing each of the six confederations: four from the AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC and eight from UEFA.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Match officials
The most matches any one referee officiated in was seven (Domínguez, Ostrowski, Benchabane, González, Angeles, Namazov, Mammadov); however it was Ivo Moraes who officiated the most matches as lead referee (three), including the final. Only Hugo Pado and Sergio Soares were not appointed as first referee of any match, the latter also officiating in the fewest total matches (one).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Draw
The draw to split the 16 teams into four groups of four took place on 13 September 2019 at 19:30 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Asunción, Paraguay. The draw was assisted by Roberto Acuna of Paraguay and Júnior of Brazil who both formerly represented their respective national teams at World Cups in both association football and beach soccer. CONMEBOL president, Alejandro Domínguez and Paraguayan Football Association (APF) president, Robert Harrison, also took part in the presentation.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Draw
For the purpose of the draw, the teams were divided into four pots each containing four teams. The teams were allocated into the respective pots based on their previous performances at recent World Cups, and their respective qualification tournaments. Initially, two teams from Pot 1 were automatically allocated to the groups – Paraguay, as the hosts, were assigned to position A1 and Brazil, as the defending champions, were assigned to position D1. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, except for UEFA for which one group was permitted to contain two, since UEFA are represented by five teams.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Squads
Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 12 and 18 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Squads
The squads included a number of high-profile players who, at this tournament, made their final international beach soccer appearances, announcing their retirements following the conclusion of the competition. This included Portuguese captain and three-time world champion Madjer (1998 debut, 583 caps), 2009 runners-up, Swiss captain Moritz "Mo" Jaeggy (2003 debut, 355 caps) and his brother, Valentin Jaeggy (2005 debut, 321 caps).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
Each team earned three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage, Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Heavy rain and strong winds threatened the postponement of the semi-finals and deterred fans from attending the matches.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Awards
After the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, three top goalscorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking. Following this, the winners' trophy was awarded to Portugal.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Awards, Individual awards
Along with the eventual winners of the gold, silver and bronze ball awards, Takuya Akaguma (Japan), Rui Coimbra (Portugal), Gabriele Gori (Italy), Boris Nikonorov (Russia), Artur Paporotnyi (Russia), Fedor Zemskov (Russia) and Emmanuele Zurlo (Italy) were also announced as the candidates for the award in the initial ten-man shortlist.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Awards, Individual awards
The individual awards were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Awards, Individual awards
The goal of the tournament was decided via an online public vote from which there were ten options to choose from. The vote closed at 14:00 GMT on 9 December.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
With 16 goals, Italian forward Gabriele Gori finished as top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, a feat achieved only once previously during the FIFA era of World Cups, by Madjer in 2005 and 2006. Having failed to score at the last edition, Madjer scored one goal at this edition (what would be his last ever at a World Cup following his subsequent retirement) to extend his record tally of goals at FIFA World Cups to 88 (and 140 at all global championships).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 286 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 8.94 goals per match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
104 different players scored goals at this year's World Cup.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Media, Broadcasting rights
The following tables are a summary of some notable and participating territories' broadcasting licensee holders.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Media, Broadcasting rights
Individual territories listed that are also part of regional deals show the additional broadcasting licenses in those territories.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Media, Closing report, Social media
At the closing press conference on 30 November, head of FIFA Tournaments, Jaime Yarza reported that social media posts had generated over 46 million impressions, 1.7 million user interactions and 14 million video views, setting a new record for social media engagement of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Yarza claimed showed the continued growth of the sport.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Media, Closing report, Economic impact
Prior to the tournament, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF) estimated the competition would generate US$5 million for the local economy. The actual economic impact was reported at three times this amount of US$15 million at the closing press conference.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Media, Closing report, Attendance figures
Despite struggling attendance figures, APF General Secretary Luis Kanonnikoff declared "we are happy with the attendance numbers of both locals and foreigners."


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was a beach soccer match which took place on 1 December 2019 at Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium in Luque, Paraguay, to determine the winners of the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It was the final and hence the last match of the 10th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, a biennial competition contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
As the fourth all-European final (following 2001, 2005 and 2013), the match pitted the European champions of 2018 and 2019 respectively against each other: Italy, who had previously competed in one World Cup final, in 2008, and Portugal, who appeared in their third FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final and their sixth overall when taking into account the pre-FIFA era Beach Soccer World Championships; their last appearance was four years prior in 2015.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
In what was seen as an evenly contested affair, Portugal emerged as victors thanks to a series of successful free kicks, clinching the match by six goals to four to win their second FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup crown (following 2015) and third world title overall (including success in the 2001 World Championship), condemning Italy to a second runners-up medal. The match was also notable as the 583rd and final international beach soccer appearance of Madjer; the Portuguese captain, often hailed as the best player of all-time, announced his retirement immediately following the match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, World Cup history comparison
Both nations are veterans at World Cups, with Portugal missing only one and Italy, two, since their debuts (1997 and 1995 respectively). The former had had considerably more success than the latter.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, World Cup history comparison
During the World Championships era, Portugal became champions in 2001 and finished on the podium a further four times (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004). Since the FIFA era began, Portugal have fared relatively similarly, winning the 2015 title, finishing as runners-up in 2005 and earning bronze medals three times (2008, 2009, 2011). This was Portugal's third FIFA final and sixth overall. Italy's best finish of the World Championships was a single bronze medal, in 1996.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, World Cup history comparison
Italy reached their first final during the FIFA era in 2008, when they lost to Brazil 5–3, and this remained their only podium finish of this era until now. This was Italy's second World Cup final. However, more recently, after neither team qualified for 2013, Italy had reached the semi-finals of the last two editions, one better than their Iberian opponents.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, 2019 season comparison
Both teams had enjoyed generally successful seasons but not without some negatives. As European nations, they had competed in many of the same events.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, 2019 season comparison
Portugal failed in qualification for the World Beach Games, but compensated for this disappointment by claiming the gold medal at the European Games and becoming six-time European champions at the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL). Despite reaching this final, they narrowly qualified for the World Cup in July, finishing in the final qualification spot, but also won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Beach Games. Portugal were world ranked 4th going into the match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, 2019 season comparison
Italy went into the season as reigning European champions having won the 2018 EBSL and began the year by qualifying for the World Beach Games were they went on to lose to Iran in the bronze medal match. They only managed a fifth place finish at the European Games, but claimed fourth in the EBSL and second place in qualification for the World Cup. The Mediterranean Beach Games was their most successful event, where they claimed the gold medal. Italy were world ranked 3rd going into the match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, Previous matches, At World Cups
The teams had gone head-to-head three times previously at World Cups, twice during the World Championships era and once in the FIFA era. The three meetings are documented below:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Background, Previous matches, Recent results (all competitions)
The teams had already met on three previous occasions in 2019, with Italy winning two, however Portugal had won the most recent contest. Before then, the teams had not clashed for over two years. However, overall, the two teams had met 48 times previously. The last five meetings are documented in the below table:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Period one began with Portugal on the offensive and Italy on the defensive, the latter's style compared to the Catenaccio tactics classically used by their national football team. Hence the Portuguese were the team creating the goal-scoring opportunities and dominating play, but on six minutes, Italy scored against the run of play – after a shot from Madjer (Portugal's twelfth of the match), Corosiniti played a ball through the middle to Zurlo who slotted home Italy's first shot of the match. 90 seconds later, Chiavaro fouled Leo Martins up against the touchline, just outside the Italian penalty area.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The Portuguese smashed his free kick into the bottom left hand corner to equalise the score. Portugal continued to dominate, having over 70% possession of the ball, but Italy began creating opportunities of their own as the period neared its end. After an injury timeout following Corosiniti and Belchior's clash, the period concluded with the score still level at 1–1.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The second period started with a more even spread of chances for both teams. Del Mestre was forced into good saves from Jordan and then Be Martins, whilst, Gori and Zurlo saw their free kicks go narrowly wide for Italy. In the sixth minute, the deadlock was broken. Leo Martins won possession just inside his own half and lead Portugal on a quick counterattack, ultimately squaring the ball to an unmarked Jordan in the middle who fired home at the edge of the box.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
30 seconds after the restart, Jordan won a long-range free kick, with his effort saved by a diving Del Mestre. However, the Italian mistakenly parried the ball back into the centre of the box; with the goal left undefended, Lourenço pounced onto the loose ball for a tap in, putting Portugal up 3–1. Despite the two goal gap, the game remained balanced as the second half of period two progressed; Leo Martins wasted a great chance, a one-on-one opportunity against the goalkeeper, shooting wide.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Jordan converted a powerful free kick from the centre of the pitch during the opening stages of period three to open up a 4–1 lead for Portugal. This deficit saw Italy become more offensive to try and bridge the gap. One minute later, Jordan was guilty of a foul on Gori, conceding a penalty, but the Italian's spot kick attempt was saved by Andrade. The attacking play of Italy began opening up more spaces for Portugal to exploit.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Soon after, Leo Martins completed a brace from a free kick given away by Marinai just outside the Italian box, extending the Portuguese lead to 5–1 with just eight minutes left on the clock. Protests surrounding the foul lead to a flurry of yellow cards, for Jordan, Del Mestre and Chiavaro. After a Corosiniti effort hit the post, Italy scored two goals inside the 31st minute. First a one-two between Zurlo and Ramacciotti saw the latter slotting past Andrade at close range.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Summary
And then from Ramacciotti's corner, Josep Junior ran from deep to head in at the back post for 5–3, reigniting the match as a contest, seeing Portugal take a more cautious approach into the final minutes. Gori almost made it 5–4 with two minutes left, hitting a bicycle kick against the post, but a controversial foul by Ramacciotti mere seconds later (for which he was booked) allowed Jordan to complete his hat-trick via the free kick. Italy's remaining efforts proved futile, save for a final attempt by Ramacciotti through Andrade's legs mere seconds from full time. But the goal bothered Portugal not as they knew they had the game won, and as the last seconds ticked by, the TV cameras were already focused on Madjer on the Portuguese bench who had begun crying.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match, Details
Second referee:Said Hachim (Madagascar)Third referee:Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)Timekeeper:Sofien Benchabane (France)Reserve assistant referee:Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)Match commissioner:Paria Shahriyari (Iran)General coordinator:Josep Ponset (Spain)


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Tournament awards
When the individual awards were presented at the conclusion of the final, players of the final's competing teams, Italy and Portugal, mopped up those on offer, claiming five of the seven available. Italy's Gabriele Gori and Emmanuele Zurlo won the Golden and Silver Scorer awards respectively, whilst Portugal's Jordan Santos, Bê Martins and Elinton Andrade won the Silver, Bronze Balls and Golden Glove awards respectively.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Quotes from participants
Players and staff made analytic comments to the media after the match, including:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Quotes from participants
I am really proud of my team-mates. In the end, we have the bitterness of not having won the final, it will always be there, the truth is that we had a great tournament and we need to be happy to have gone all the way to the final. We’ve shown the world what kind of team Italy is, that we are capable of beating anyone, but in the end Portugal were deserved champions and were better.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Quotes from participants
The games between Portugal and Italy are always very divided. The teams are very equal, but of course I was hoping we could win. At this moment what is in my soul is a great joy, not only for me but also for those who are in the dressing room... the feeling that I made my contribution to this achievement is amazing. It was a dream year, we had a lot of victories! It won't be easy to match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Quotes from participants
The key to our success was playing well in the crucial matches. This is an experienced squad, full of players who knew what it was like to be crowned champions, and that made the difference.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Quotes from participants
This is the perfect way to end a fantastic year, bearing in mind we also won the Euro Beach Soccer League and the European Games. It’s a great source of pride to represent your country in such a way. I don’t think I’ll sleep with the trophy, as it’s a bit hard, but maybe I’ll do it with the medal!


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Madjer's retirement
After the trophy ceremony, Portuguese captain, Madjer, clarified his tears at the final whistle as "farewell tears"; he announced his retirement from international beach soccer, aged 42, bringing to an end a 22 year playing career, having claimed eleven individual awards at FIFA editions of the World Cup, as well as being by far the tournament's all-time top scorer with 88 goals and a total of 140 since the 1995 establishment of a world championship for beach soccer.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Madjer's retirement
He debuted for Portugal against Chile in the 1998 World Championship, and was the only player to be part of all three of Portugal's title winning teams to date. The announcement came in spite of plans he had recently revealed stating he would retire sometime in 2020. Being widely regarded as the greatest player of all-time, his announcement was met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow players and media outlets.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Madjer's retirement
Madjer revealed the news in an emotional speech to the media:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Post-match, Madjer's retirement
A big hug to all Portuguese, I thank from the bottom of my heart all the support you have given me throughout my career. I owe a lot to you, I owe a lot to this team, I owe a lot to everyone. Today was my last game... [ *begins crying*] ...I want to thank all Portuguese, all my colleagues, coaches, all the staff, people who worked with me until today. To say that I leave happy, fulfilled, proud to be Portuguese, and above all proud of this family that has been building more beautiful beach soccer, with fair play around the world. Thank you, Portuguese pride!


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Aftermath, Reception in Portugal and Italy
The Portuguese team subsequently flew home from Asuncion the next day, arriving back in Portugal at 07:00 WET on 3 December. Having accepted an invitation, the team then travelled to Belém Palace in Lisbon to meet with the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at 13:45 in the Sala das Bicas.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Aftermath, Reception in Portugal and Italy
During the meeting, the delegation were commended with civil and national orders – the team's technical staff were awarded the title of Grand Officers of the Order of Merit, the players were bestowed with the title of Commanders of the Order of Merit, and Madjer was knighted, being made a Commander of the Order of Prince Henry. On 4 December, the whole team appeared for an interview on a domestic daytime TV talk show.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Aftermath, Reception in Portugal and Italy
Coach Mário Narciso, players Madjer and João Gonçalves, team doctor Eduardo Farinha as well as Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) vice-president, Humberto Coelho and directior, Pedro Dias, were received at the 12 December plenary session of the Assembly of the Republic to be honoured by the chamber in recognition of the team's achievements.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Aftermath, Reception in Portugal and Italy
Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina and Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (LND) president Cosimo Sibilia, both issued statements congratulating the Italian team on their silver medal and viewed the team's tournament very positively, despite the final loss, noting the increased engagement of new fans and reaffirming their commitments to develop the sport domestically.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Aftermath, Reception in Portugal and Italy, Broadcasting and viewership
Viewership was reported in the days following the final. In Portugal, the match started at 21:00 local time and was broadcast live on free-to-air television channel RTP2, earning an average audience share of 3.2% (~0.16m viewers), peaking with an audience share of 4.9% (~0.24m viewers) at 22:12; this coincided with the final minute of the match. In Italy, the match started at 22:00 local time and was broadcast live on pay television channel Sky Sport, earning an audience share of 0.4% (~0.1m viewers).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The 2019 CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, (natively in Spanish: CONMEBOL Eliminatorias al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa Brasil 2019) was the eighth edition of the Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship contested by the men's national teams of South America to determine the best beach soccer nation on the continent, organised by CONMEBOL. The tournament acted as a qualifying event to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Asunción, Paraguay, with the top two finishing nations progressing to the finals in addition to Paraguay who qualify automatically as hosts.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The competition took place from 28 April to 5 May 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil were the defending champions and winners.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Participating teams, Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 10 April 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the 70th CONMEBOL Ordinary Congress. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts and defending champions Brazil and the 2017 vice-champions Paraguay were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2017 CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (shown in brackets).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place matches respectively.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, including Paraguay who qualified automatically as host.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA was a beach soccer tournament contested by European men's national teams who are members of UEFA that determined the five nations from Europe that qualified to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The event, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) in cooperation with local entities, the Russian Football Union (RFU), Russian Ministry of Sport (RMoS) and the Government of Moscow, took place in Moscow, Russia from 19–27 July 2019. This also marked the first edition of the event to officially be under the patronage of UEFA, including the confederation's financial support.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The tournament was a multi-stage competition, consisting of a first group stage, knockout round, second group stage and finishing with placement matches.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Poland were the defending champions but were eliminated from title-winning contention in the second group stage, ultimately finishing seventh. The competition was won by hosts Russia who, along with Italy, Belarus, Switzerland and Portugal, earned qualification to the World Cup by finishing in the top five (with the Belorussian team notably qualifying for the first time).


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Format
The tournament started with a round-robin group stage; the top nations from each group advanced to the round of 16. The eight winners of the round of 16 then advanced to the second round-robin group stage. The top two teams of each group (total of four nations) secured qualification to the World Cup; the winners of each group also advanced to the tournament final to contest the title; the nations finishing in second through fourth played in consolation matches to decide third through eighth place, with the team claiming fifth place also qualifying for the World Cup finals.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Format
The format received criticism, being called the "softest" configuration in the history of UEFA qualifiers, "forgiving the mistakes of teams again and again", that in theory, a team could qualify for the World Cup despite winning just two and yet losing six matches.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Teams
20 teams entered, a figure markedly lower than in recent editions. They are listed below.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Teams
Some notable absentees included England, Romania and Greece (all ranked in the European top 20, present at all previous qualifiers) and the Netherlands who qualified to the World Cup via this event in 2013.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Venue
One venue was used in the city of Moscow, Russia.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
The draw to split the 20 teams into five groups of four was conducted by BSWW at the Marriott Hotel in Minsk, Belarus at 10:30 FET on 29 June.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
Initially, all the teams were ordered according to their BSWW World Ranking. The top five teams (incl. the hosts) were seeded and each respectively assigned to position one of one of the groups. The remaining fifteen teams were then split into three pots of five according to their world ranking, with the highest placed in Pot 1 down to the lowest placed in Pot 3.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and so on. Pot 1 teams were placed in position two, Pot 2 teams in position three and so on.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
The composition of the seeds and pots is shown below:


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
Russia (3) (hosts; assigned to A1) Portugal (2) (assigned to B1) Italy (6) (assigned to C1) Spain (7) (assigned to D1)  Switzerland (9) (assigned to E1)


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
Ukraine (19) Poland (24) Belarus (29) France (32) Germany (33)


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
Czech Republic (34) Hungary (35) Azerbaijan (36) Turkey (40) Norway (47)


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Draw
Estonia (49) Kazakhstan (51) Moldova (54) Lithuania (59) Latvia (91)


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), First group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top three nations and best fourth placed nation from each group advances to the round of 16.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), First group stage
The competition format was announced on 16 April when up to 32 teams were expected to participate. Despite only 20 teams ultimately entering, BSWW decided not to change the format. With Ukraine's withdrawal, this means just three teams were eliminated at this stage.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Round of 16
The round of 16 ties are contested as single elimination matches. The eight winners progress to the second group stage.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Round of 16, Draw, Procedure
The draw took place at press centre of the host stadium immediately following the conclusion of the final match of the first group stage.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Round of 16, Draw, Procedure
For the purpose of the draw, the 16 teams were split into four pots of four. The five group winners and three best second placed teams were divided between Pots 1 and 2, based on their BSWW World Ranking, with the highest ranked four placed in Pot 1 and the lowest ranked four in Pot 2. The two worst second placed teams, five third placed and best fourth placed nation were placed in Pots 3 and 4, also divided between pots in the same fashion.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Round of 16, Draw, Procedure
Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against teams from Pot 4, and Pot 2 nations face those from Pot 3. The drawing of ties alternated as such.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Round of 16, Draw, Procedure
The calculation of best and worst second placed teams was reformulated upon Ukraine's withdrawal, considering the occupants of Group D played just two matches.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Second group stage
The eight teams are split into two groups of four: the four winners of ties 3–6 of the round of 16 draw enter Group 1, whilst the four winners of ties 1, 2, 7 and 8 enter Group 2.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Second group stage
The teams that finish in the top two of each group earn qualification to the World Cup; those that finish in the corresponding positions of the two groups play against one another to determine the final standings of the tournament. The teams that play in the fifth place play-off will contest the last remaining spot at the World Cup.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Play-offs, Fifth place play-off
Winner qualifies for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Awards, Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Top goalscorers
There were 416 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 8.16 goals per match.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Final standings, Qualified teams to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was an international beach soccer tournament held in Paraguay from 21 November to 1 December 2019. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required by FIFA to register a squad of 12 players, including two goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament which was revealed on 15 November 2019.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads
This article lists the national beach soccer squads that took part in the tournament. The age listed for each player is as on 21 November 2019, the first day of the tournament and the names of the players shown are that of the FIFA Display Names listed on the official squad document issued by FIFA.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads, Statistics
Overall, 192 players have travelled to Paraguay to compete in the tournament.


2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads, Statistics
Fourteen of the sixteen managers are managing their own nation's national team whilst two manage foreign teams in respect to their own nationality.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Qatar between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at two venues in Doha.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup
Real Madrid were the three-time defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League round of 16.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup
Liverpool won the final 1–0 after extra time against Flamengo for their first FIFA Club World Cup title.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup, Host appointment
With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. A host was to be announced by FIFA on 15 March 2019, though this was later delayed. On 28 May 2019, FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France on 3 June 2019.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup, Host appointment
Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Club World Cup retained its original format ahead of the revamp in 2021.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
FIFA announced the three venues for the tournament, along with the match schedule, on 30 September 2019. All three stadiums were located in Doha, with the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium and the Khalifa International Stadium having hosted matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, including the final for the latter. The newly built Education City Stadium, which was selected to host the final match, is also a host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as is the Khalifa International Stadium.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
On 7 December 2019, FIFA moved all three matches (the second semi-final on 18 December and the third place match and final on 21 December) that were due to be played at the Education City Stadium to Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020.


2019 FIFA Club World Cup, Match officials
Five referees, ten assistant referees, and six video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.