# 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.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification | Qualification | Appearance | Appearance | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking |
| Team | As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking |
| Greece | European Second Round Group L Top 3 | 16 September 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 4 | Runners-up (2006) | 8 |
| New Zealand | Asian Second Round Group E Top 3 | 1 December 2018 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 4th place (2002) | 38 |
| Brazil | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 21 February 2019 | 2014 | 18 | 18 | Champions (1959, 1963) | 12 |
| Montenegro | European Second Round Group I Top 3 | 25 February 2019 | N/A | 1 | 1 | Debut | 28 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 245 | +20 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 236 | +30 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 284 | 288 | −4 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
| 4 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 262 | −46 | 3 | 17th–32nd classification |

## Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

### New Zealand vs. Brazil

This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Brazil.
* 1 September 2019 16:00
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 94–102 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 30–29, 12–28, 32–24 |||
| Pts: C. Webster 19 Rebs: Loe 10 Asts: Ili 6 | | Pts: Barbosa 22 Rebs: Felício 13 Asts: Luz 6 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

### 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.
* 1 September 2019 20:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 85–60 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 25–7, 21–22, 22–22 |||
| Pts: Printezis 16 Rebs: Papagiannis 9 Asts: Calathes 7 | | Pts: Vučević 12 Rebs: Dubljević 5 Asts: Ivanović 5 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 11,386 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Andrés Bartel (URG), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)

### Montenegro vs. New Zealand

This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and New Zealand.
* 3 September 2019 16:00
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 83–93 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–31, 18–22, 21–13, 18–27 |||
| Pts: Ivanović 18 Rebs: Dubljević 13 Asts: Ivanović 7 | | Pts: C. Webster 25 Rebs: Fotu 7 Asts: C. Webster 7 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 3,308 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Michał Proc (POL)

### 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.
* 3 September 2019 20:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 79–78 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 15–21, 26–13, 23–25 |||
| Pts: Varejão 22 Rebs: Caboclo 10 Asts: Garcia, Luz 6 | | Pts: Printezis 20 Rebs: Calathes 7 Asts: Sloukas 11 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 11,945 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

### Brazil vs. Montenegro

This was the first competitive game between Brazil and Montenegro.
* 5 September 2019 16:00
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 84–73 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 24–18, 23–16, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Huertas 16 Rebs: Caboclo, Felício 7 Asts: Huertas 6 | | Pts: Needham 16 Rebs: Radončić, Vučević 6 Asts: Needham 10 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andrés Bartel (URU), Michał Proc (POL)

### 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.
* 5 September 2019 20:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 103–97 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 23–25, 20–22, 32–31 |||
| Pts: Antetokounmpo 24 Rebs: Antetokounmpo 10 Asts: Sloukas 7 | | Pts: C. Webster 31 Rebs: Abercrombie, Loe 6 Asts: Ili 9 |
* Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, Nanjing Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Hwang In-tae (KOR)