Group C of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the , , the United States, , and . Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo (at Greater Bilbao). After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.
Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceFIBA World RankingAsDateLastTotalStreak 2013 FIBA Americas Championship 4th place September 8, 2013 1978 2 1 12th place (1978) / Preliminary round 26 Wild card selection February 1, 2014 2010 4 4 2nd place (2010) / Final 7 United States Gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics August 12, 2012 2010 17 17 Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010) / Final round (1954), Final (1986, 1994, 2010) 1 Wild card selection February 1, 2014 1 1 Debut 39 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up August 18, 2013 2010 5 4 4th place (2002) / Third place playoff 19 FIBA EuroBasket 2013 6th place September 20, 2013 1 1 Debut 45
Standings
All times are local UTC+2.
30 August Ukraine vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the Dominican Republic.
New Zealand vs. Turkey This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Turkey.
United States vs. Finland This was the first competitive game between the US and Finland in the World Cup. The Americans defeated the Finns in their only other match-up at the 1964 Olympics.
31 August Dominican Republic vs. New Zealand This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and the New Zealand.
Finland vs. Ukraine This was the first competitive game between Finland and Ukraine in the World Cup. The two teams previously met twice in qualifying for the 1995 EuroBasket, with Finland winning both match-ups.
Turkey vs. United States This was the second meeting between Turkey and the United States. The Americans won the last match-up at the 2010 FIBA World Championship Final.
2 September Ukraine vs. Turkey This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and Turkey in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met seven times in the EuroBasket, with Turkey winning five games, including the last match-up at EuroBasket Division A 2009.
United States vs. New Zealand This was the second meeting between the US and the New Zealand in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up, at the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
Finland vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Finland and the Dominican Republic.
3 September New Zealand vs. Ukraine This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Ukraine.
Turkey vs. Finland This was the first competitive game between Turkey and Finland in the World Cup. The two teams have previously met six times in EuroBasket with Turkey winning four of them. Last meeting in EuroBasket 2013 went to Finland.
Dominican Republic vs. United States This was the second meeting between the Dominican Republic and the US in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up at the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The Americans won in their last competitive game against the Dominicans at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship.
4 September Finland vs. New Zealand This was the first competitive game between Finland and New Zealand.
Ukraine vs. United States This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the USA.
Turkey vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Turkey and the Dominican Republic.
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