2019 FIBA World Cup

[Gozu]

I thought it might be a good idea for the World Cup to have it's own thread. The 2019 FIBA World Cup is being hosted by China and will be played from 31 August - 15 September. The group stage has expanded from 24 to 32 teams with the top two teams from each group advancing to the second round. In Australia Fox Sports have the broadcast rights for the tournament.

Group A - Ivory Coast, Poland, Venezuela, China
Group B - Russia, Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria
Group C - Spain, Iran, Puerto Rico, Tunisia
Group D - Angola, Philippines, Italy, Serbia
Group E - Turkey, Czech Republic, United States, Japan
Group F - Greece, New Zealand, Brazil, Montenegro
Group G - Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Jordan
Group H - Canada, Senegal, Lithuania, Australia

The WC warm-up games taking place in Australia will all be broadcast on SBS Viceland & SBS On Demand.

Friday 16 August
Australian Boomers vs Canada Basketball LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS VICELAND and SBS OnDemand.

Saturday 17 August
Australian Boomers vs Canada Basketball LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS VICELAND and SBS OnDemand.

Tuesday 20 August
Canada Basketball vs New Zealand Tall Blacks LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS OnDemand
Delayed on SBS VICELAND Wednesday 21 August

Wednesday, 21 August
Canada Basketball vs New Zealand Tall Blacks LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS OnDemand
Delayed on SBS VICELAND on Thursday 22 August

Thursday 22 August
USA Basketball vs Australian Boomers LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS VICELAND and SBSOn Demand.

Thursday 24 August
USA Basketball vs Australian Boomers LIVE
2.00pm AEST – 4:30pm AEST
SBS VICELAND and SBS OnDemand

Monday 26 August
USA Basketball vs Canada Basketball LIVE
7.30pm AEST – 10:00pm AEST
SBS VICELAND and SBS OnDemand

The Boomers schedule for the World Cup:

The Australian Boomers schedule for the 2019 FIBA World Cup: (All times AEST)

September 1: Boomers vs. Canada, 5:30pm

September 3: Boomers vs. Senegal, 5:30pm

September 5: Boomers vs. Lithuania, 9:30pm

September 7 & 9: Round of 16

September 10 & 11: Quarter-Finals

September 13: Semi-Finals

September 15: Medal Games

[MW]

No Mitch Creek in the squad...something stinks there

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have today announced the final 12 man Boomers team for the World Cup.

The 2019 Australian Boomers team for the FIBA World Cup:

Aron Baynes - Phoenix Suns
Andrew Bogut - Sydney Kings
Jonah Bolden - Philadelphia 76ers
Xavier Cooks - SIG Strasbourg
Matthew Dellavedova - Cleveland Cavaliers
Cam Gliddon - Brisbane Bullets
Chris Goulding - Melbourne United
Joe Ingles - Utah Jazz
Nick Kay - Perth Wildcats
Jock Landale - Žalgiris Kaunas
Patty Mills - San Antonio Spurs
Nathan Sobey - Brisbane Bullets

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/australi ... d-cup-team

The selected team is already generating controversy with the omission of guys like Mitch Creek, Brock Motum and Deng Adel.

[Gozu]

No Mitch Creek in the squad...something stinks there

I don't know if it's legit but there has been talk that supposedly he struggled at camp, rubbed coaching staff & players the wrong way with his attitude and skipped a team dinner to get a new tattoo.

[MW]

Hmmm maybe NBA has turned him into a dick

[king neptune]

Disappointing. Mediocre team and a crap coach. Top 10 if they're lucky

[beef]

Australia lucky RJ Barrett and Jamal Murray withdrew from Canadian team or we may not even top 2 in group stage. Kidding ourselves with Kay & Gliddon especially.

[Gozu]

[Gozu]

Unfortunate news for the Boomers forward Xavier Cooks has injured his knee at training in Perth and has been ruled out of the World Cup, a replacement hasn't yet been named.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball ... 36cce5679b

[Gozu]

Mitch Creek to be added to the Boomers World Cup team as the replacement for Xavier Cooks.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball ... cb3faf891f

[Brodlach]

Mitch Creek to be added to the Boomers World Cup team as the replacement for Xavier Cooks.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball ... cb3faf891f

I thought Phil Inn may have been the inclusion

[Gozu]

SBS have announced the commentary teams for these seven WC warm up games in Australia John Casey, Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal and Corey Williams and for the two NZ vs Canada games John Casey will be joined by Casey Frank.

http://www.botinagy.com/blog/sit-back-a ... asketball/

The first game between the Boomers & Canada is live 7pm on SBS Viceland HD tomorrow night and the second game will be live same time & channel on Saturday night.

[Gozu]

Pretty ordinary performance tonight in our first warm up game really need to bounce back tomorrow night.

Canada 90 (Pangos 18, Kajami-Keane 12, Nembhard 12, Wiltjer 11, Klassen 10, P. Scrubb 10) def Australia 70 (Mills 20, Landale 18, Ingles 11, Bogut 10)

[Gozu]

A good win tonight by the Boomers going into the first game against the USA on Thursday night.

Australia 81 (Landale 13, Bolden 12, Goulding 10) def Canada 73 (Birch 18, Brissett 14, Kajami-Keane 11)

Earlier today the USA won their first WC warm up game 90-81 over Spain in the US.

[Gozu]

Jonah Bolden has withdrawn from the Boomers WC campaign is returning to Philadelphia for personal reasons.

[king neptune]

David Barlow replaces Bolden. Of course it couldn't be Brock Motum or Deng Adel

[Gozu]

David Barlow replaces Bolden. Of course it couldn't be Brock Motum or Deng Adel

Not a fan of Barlow getting called up but people have been saying Motum returned to Spain and wasn't interested in coming back and that Adel struggled in camp to pick up Lemanis' plays.

Tonight Canada beat New Zealand 122-88 in their first game in Sydney. For Canada Aaron Best scored 20, Andrew Nembhard had 17 and Oshae Brissett 16 and for the Tall Blacks Tai Webster scored 19 and Issac Fotu & Rob Loe each had 17.

[Gozu]

Barlow already out with a back injury for the game against the USA tomorrow night

[Gozu]

In their second WC warm up game Canada beat New Zealand 103-100 in OT in Sydney tonight. Top scorers for Canada were Phil Scrubb with 24, Kyle Wiltjer with 18 and Kevin Pangos with 17 and for the Tall Blacks Corey Webster scored 33, Ethan Rusbatch had 15 and Rob Loe added 12.

Coming up Boomers vs USA Game 1 live on SBS Viceland HD 7pm Thursday.

[Gozu]

Half-time

USA 44
Australia 43