2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H#Canada vs. Australia

{{Short description|Basketball tournament group stage}}

Group H of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for {{nbt|Canada}}, {{nbt|Senegal}}, {{nbt|Lithuania}} and {{nbt|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.{{cite news |title=Procedure for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/procedure-for-fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-draw |accessdate=15 March 2019 |publisher=FIBA |date=15 March 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/star-studded-fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-draw-completed-in-shenzhen|title=Star-studded FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw completed in Shenzhen|date=16 March 2019|website=fiba.basketball|accessdate=16 March 2019}}

Teams

class="wikitable"
width=10% rowspan=2|Team

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=3|Appearance

!width=40% rowspan=2|Best performance

!width=1% rowspan=2|FIBA World Ranking

As

!Date

!Last

!Total

!Streak

align=left|{{bk|CAN}}align=left|Americas Second Round Group F Top 33 December 20182010141align=left|{{sort|06|6th place (1978, 1982)}}23
align=left|{{bk|SEN}}align=left|African Second Round Group F Top 222 February 2019201452align=left|{{sort|14|14th place (1978)}}37
align=left|{{bk|LTU}}align=left|European Second Round Group J Top 317 September 2018201454align=left|{{sort|03|3rd place (2010)}}6
align=left|{{bk|AUS}}align=left|Asian Second Round Group F Top 330 November 20182014124align=left|{{sort|05|5th place (1982, 1994)}}11

Standings

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

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|for_against_style=points |ranking_style=points

|source=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/groups#tab=event_round_1 FIBA]

|update=complete

|win_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=2 |gf_CAN=243|ga_CAN=260

|win_SEN=0 |loss_SEN=3 |gf_SEN=175|ga_SEN=264

|win_LTU=2 |loss_LTU=1 |gf_LTU=275|ga_LTU=203

|win_AUS=3 |loss_AUS=0 |gf_AUS=276|ga_AUS=242

|team1=AUS |team2=LTU |team3=CAN |team4=SEN

|name_CAN={{bk|CAN}}

|name_SEN={{bk|SEN}}

|name_LTU={{bk|LTU}}

|name_AUS={{bk|AUS}}

|class_rules=Tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SR |result2=SR |result3=QT |result4=QT

|col_SR=green1 |text_SR=Second round

|col_QT=red1 |text_QT=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.

{{basketballbox|date=1 September 2019|time=15:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|CAN}} |scoreA=92

|teamB={{bk|AUS}} |scoreB=108

|Q1=20–29 |Q2=20–23 |Q3=37–24 |Q4=15–32

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/3108/Canada-Australia Boxscore]

|points1=Birch 18

|rebounds1=Ejim 6

|assist1=Pangos 8

|points2=Dellavedova 24

|rebounds2=Bogut 9

|assist2=Ingles 10

|attendance=9,930

|referee=Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Gentian Cici (ALB)

}}

=Senegal vs. Lithuania=

This was the first competitive game between Senegal and Lithuania.

{{basketballbox|date=1 September 2019|time=19:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|SEN}} |scoreA=47

|teamB={{bk|LTU}} |scoreB=101

|Q1=10–27 |Q2=11–21 |Q3=12–29 |Q4=14–24

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/3108/Senegal-Lithuania Boxscore]

|points1=three players 8

|rebounds1=M. Faye 5

|assist1=M. Faye 4

|points2=three players 13

|rebounds2=Valančiūnas 11

|assist2=Kalnietis 8

|attendance=7,008

|referee=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.

{{basketballbox|date=3 September 2019|time=15:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|AUS}} |scoreA=81

|teamB={{bk|SEN}} |scoreB=68

|Q1=18–16 |Q2=18–17 |Q3=24–17 |Q4=21–18

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/0209/Australia-Senegal Boxscore]

|points1=Mills 22

|rebounds1=Ingles 10

|assist1=Ingles 9

|points2=Dalmeida 14

|rebounds2=Ndoye 10

|assist2=Dalmeida 4

|attendance=3,700

|referee=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.

{{basketballbox|date=3 September 2019|time=19:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|LTU}} |scoreA=92

|teamB={{bk|CAN}} |scoreB=69

|Q1=24–14 |Q2=22–22 |Q3=24–18 |Q4=22–15

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/0209/Lithuania-Canada Boxscore]

|points1=Ulanovas 15

|rebounds1=Sabonis, Valančiūnas 8

|assist1=Kalnietis 6

|points2=Wiltjer 24

|rebounds2=three players 4

|assist2=Pangos 8

|attendance=6,801

|referee=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.

{{basketballbox|date=5 September 2019|time=15:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|CAN}} |scoreA=82

|teamB={{bk|SEN}} |scoreB=60

|Q1=11–22 |Q2=22–10 |Q3=26–14 |Q4=23–14

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/0409/Canada-Senegal Boxscore]

|points1=Joseph 24

|rebounds1=Birch 10

|assist1=Pangos 5

|points2=M. Faye 14

|rebounds2=Ndour 12

|assist2=Dalmeida 7

|attendance=

|referee=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.

{{basketballbox|date=5 September 2019|time=19:30|place=Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Dongguan

|teamA={{bk-rt|LTU}} |scoreA=82

|teamB={{bk|AUS}} |scoreB=87

|Q1=19–27 |Q2=22–25 |Q3=19–16 |Q4=22–19

|report=[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/game/0409/Lithuania-Australia Boxscore]

|points1=Grigonis 19

|rebounds1=Valančiūnas 7

|assist1=Sabonis 4

|points2=Mills 23

|rebounds2=Baynes 13

|assist2=Ingles 8

|attendance=

|referee=Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Alexis Mercado (PUR)

}}

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