2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H
# 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.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification | Qualification | Appearance | Appearance | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking |
| Canada | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 3 December 2018 | 2010 | 14 | 1 | 6th place (1978, 1982) | 23 |
| Senegal | African Second Round Group F Top 2 | 22 February 2019 | 2014 | 5 | 2 | 14th place (1978) | 37 |
| Lithuania | European Second Round Group J Top 3 | 17 September 2018 | 2014 | 5 | 4 | 3rd place (2010) | 6 |
| Australia | Asian Second Round Group F Top 3 | 30 November 2018 | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 5th place (1982, 1994) | 11 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 276 | 242 | +34 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 275 | 203 | +72 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 243 | 260 | −17 | 4 | 17th–32nd Classification |
| 4 | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 264 | −89 | 3 | 17th–32nd Classification |

## Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

### 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.

* 1 September 2019 15:30
* Boxscore

| Canada | 92–108 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 20–23, 37–24, 15–32 |||
| Pts: Birch 18 Rebs: Ejim 6 Asts: Pangos 8 | | Pts: Dellavedova 24 Rebs: Bogut 9 Asts: Ingles 10 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Attendance: 9,930 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Gentian Cici (ALB)

### Senegal vs. Lithuania

This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Lithuania.

* 1 September 2019 19:30
* Boxscore

| Senegal | 47–101 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 11–21, 12–29, 14–24 |||
| Pts: three players 8 Rebs: M. Faye 5 Asts: M. Faye 4 | | Pts: three players 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 11 Asts: Kalnietis 8 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Attendance: 7,008 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Martin Horozov (BUL)

### 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.

* 3 September 2019 15:30
* Boxscore

| Australia | 81–68 | Senegal |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–17, 24–17, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Mills 22 Rebs: Ingles 10 Asts: Ingles 9 | | Pts: Dalmeida 14 Rebs: Ndoye 10 Asts: Dalmeida 4 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

### 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.

* 3 September 2019 19:30
* Boxscore

| Lithuania | 92–69 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 22–22, 24–18, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Ulanovas 15 Rebs: Sabonis, Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Kalnietis 6 | | Pts: Wiltjer 24 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Pangos 8 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Attendance: 6,801 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Martin Horozov (BUL)

### 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.

* 5 September 2019 15:30
* Boxscore

| Canada | 82–60 | Senegal |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 22–10, 26–14, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Joseph 24 Rebs: Birch 10 Asts: Pangos 5 | | Pts: M. Faye 14 Rebs: Ndour 12 Asts: Dalmeida 7 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

### 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.

* 5 September 2019 19:30
* Boxscore

| Lithuania | 82–87 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 22–25, 19–16, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Grigonis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 7 Asts: Sabonis 4 | | Pts: Mills 23 Rebs: Baynes 13 Asts: Ingles 8 |

* Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Alexis Mercado (PUR)
