# 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.

## 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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 | Pot 7 | Pot 8 |
| Australia New Zealand | Iran Jordan | China Philippines* | Lebanon Qatar | South Korea* Japan* | India* Kazakhstan* | Chinese Taipei* Hong Kong* | Iraq Syria |
* (*) At the time of the draw, teams which hasn't secured qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Discounting FIBA Basketball World Cup hosts China, four teams from the East Asia region, a team each for Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia have not qualified yet at that time for the FIBA Asia Cup and thus placeholder teams selected on the basis of FIBA World Rankings were used for the draw. Should these teams have not qualify for the continental tournament, the qualifying teams could have replaced them. All of the placeholder teams later secured qualification.

## First round

All times are local.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 579 | 439 | +140 | 11 | Second round |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 530 | 502 | +28 | 10 | Second round |
| 3 | China | 6 | 3 | 3 | 503 | 414 | +89 | 9 | Second round |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 0 | 6 | 404 | 661 | −257 | 6 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 525 | 392 | +133 | 11 | Second round |
| 2 | Philippines | 6 | 4 | 2 | 470 | 482 | −12 | 10 | Second round |
| 3 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 469 | 464 | +5 | 8 | Second round |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 1 | 5 | 426 | 552 | −126 | 7 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jordan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 575 | 452 | +123 | 11 | Second round |
| 2 | Lebanon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 531 | 398 | +133 | 11 | Second round |
| 3 | Syria | 6 | 2 | 4 | 402 | 503 | −101 | 8 | Second round |
| 4 | India | 6 | 0 | 6 | 413 | 568 | −155 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Jordan 1–1, +3 PD; Lebanon 1–1, –3 PD

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 454 | 351 | +103 | 11 | Second round |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 420 | 436 | −16 | 9 | Second round |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 408 | 465 | −57 | 8 | Second round |
| 4 | Iraq | 6 | 2 | 4 | 412 | 442 | −30 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Qatar 2–0; Iraq 0–2

## 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.
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup host, China, was not taken into consideration for qualifying spots. However, all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group were taken into account for the final standings.

### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1090 | 861 | +229 | 22 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | South Korea | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1062 | 927 | +135 | 22 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Jordan | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1037 | 951 | +86 | 19 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 4 | China | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1004 | 834 | +170 | 19 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup as host |
| 5 | Lebanon | 12 | 6 | 6 | 945 | 858 | +87 | 18 | |
| 6 | Syria | 12 | 2 | 10 | 793 | 1088 | −295 | 14 | |
* 1 2 New Zealand 1–1, +3 PD; South Korea 1–1, –3 PD
* 1 2 Jordan 1–1, +15 PD; China 1–1, –15 PD
* ↑ China qualified as the host nation, and to determine the final standings of the Asian Qualifiers, China was not included. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group were taken into account for the final standings.

### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1055 | 727 | +328 | 22 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | Japan | 12 | 8 | 4 | 988 | 844 | +144 | 20 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Iran | 12 | 8 | 4 | 890 | 811 | +79 | 20 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 4 | Philippines | 12 | 7 | 5 | 970 | 935 | +35 | 19 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 12 | 4 | 8 | 828 | 963 | −135 | 16 | |
| 6 | Qatar | 12 | 2 | 10 | 732 | 1027 | −295 | 14 | |
* 1 2 Japan 2–0; Iran 0–2

### Best fourth placed team

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F | Philippines | 12 | 7 | 5 | 970 | 935 | +35 | 19 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | E | Lebanon | 12 | 6 | 6 | 945 | 858 | +87 | 18 | |
* ↑ China, the fourth placers of Group E already qualified as the host nation, and to determine the final standings of the Asian Qualifiers, China was not included. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group were taken into account for the final standings. Lebanon, the fifth placers, were considered as fourth placers for the purpose of determining the team that qualified as the best fourth placed team.

## Statistical leaders
### Players
#### Points

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Nick Fazekas | 27.2 |
| 2 | Ricardo Ratliffe | 26.7 |
| 3 | Dar Tucker | 21.5 |
| 4 | DeMario Mayfield | 19.5 |
| 5 | Wael Arakji | 16.3 |

#### Rebounds

| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Ricardo Ratliffe | 12.5 |
| 1 | Nick Fazekas | 12.5 |
| 3 | Andray Blatche | 12.4 |
| 4 | Arsalan Kazemi | 9.4 |
| 5 | Ira Brown | 9.0 |

#### Steals

| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | DeMario Mayfield | 2.7 |
| 2 | Micheal Madanly | 2.3 |
| 3 | Andray Blatche | 2.0 |
| 3 | Sajjad Mashayekhi | 2.0 |
| 5 | Gabe Norwood | 1.9 |

#### Assists

| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Wael Arakji | 5.7 |
| 2 | Shea Ili | 5.5 |
| 3 | DeMario Mayfield | 5.3 |
| 4 | Tai Webster | 5.0 |
| 5 | Lee Jung-hyun | 4.5 |

#### Blocks

| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Ater Majok | 2.5 |
| 1 | Quincy Davis | 2.5 |
| 3 | Andray Blatche | 2.4 |
| 4 | Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi | 2.0 |
| 5 | Ricardo Ratliffe | 1.7 |

#### Minutes

| Pos. | Name | MPG |
| 1 | DeMario Mayfield | 37.7 |
| 2 | Behnam Yakhchali | 33.7 |
| 3 | Ricardo Ratliffe | 33.5 |
| 4 | Quincy Davis | 33.0 |
| 5 | Rustam Yergali | 31.6 |

#### Double-Doubles

| Pos. | Name | DblDbl |
| 1 | Ricardo Ratliffe | 8 |
| 2 | Andray Blatche | 6 |
| 3 | Nick Fazekas | 5 |
| 4 | Ater Majok | 4 |
| 5 | Zaid Abbas | 3 |
| 5 | Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi | 3 |

#### Other statistical leaders

| Stat | Name | Avg. |
| Field goal percentage | Mitch Creek | 64.0% |
| 3-point FG percentage | Jayson Castro | 58.6% |
| Free throw percentage | Nick Fazekas | 86.2% |
| Turnovers | Satnam Singh | 4.5 |
| Fouls | Ater Majok | 3.3 |

## 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.