title: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group M
text: # 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group M
  
  Group M of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the classification stage of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup for four teams, the bottom two teams from Group A and two from Group B. The results against the teams that also qualified were carried over. The teams played against the teams from the group they have not faced before, for a total of two games per team, with all games played at Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou. After all of the games were played, the first placed team was classified 17 to 20, the second placed team 21 to 24, the third placed team 25 to 28 and the fourth placed team 29 to 32.
  
  ## Qualified teams
  
  | Group | Third place | Fourth place |
  | - | - | - |
  | A | China | Ivory Coast |
  | B | Nigeria | South Korea |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nigeria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 435 | 381 | +54 | 8 |
  | 2 | China (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 355 | 365 | −10 | 7 |
  | 3 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 361 | 438 | −77 | 6 |
  | 4 | Ivory Coast | 5 | 0 | 5 | 326 | 400 | −74 | 5 |
  
  All times are local UTC+8.
  
  ## Games
  
  ### Nigeria vs. Ivory Coast
  
  * 6 September 2019 16:00
  * Boxscore
  
  | Nigeria | 83–66 | Ivory Coast |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 13–17, 26–11, 20–20 |||
  | Pts: Vincent 15 Rebs: Diogu 9 Asts: Okogie 5 | | Pts: Thompson 19 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Diabaté, Fofana 4 |
  
  * Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
  
  ### China vs. South Korea
  
  * 6 September 2019 20:00
  * Boxscore
  
  | China | 77–73 | South Korea |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 16–14, 19–20, 23–21 |||
  | Pts: Guo, Zhao R. 16 Rebs: Zhou 14 Asts: Guo 5 | | Pts: Ratliffe 21 Rebs: Ratliffe 12 Asts: Park, Kim 4 |
  
  * Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Carsten Straube (GER), James Boyer (AUS)
  
  ### Ivory Coast vs. South Korea
  
  * 8 September 2019 14:00
  * Boxscore
  
  | Ivory Coast | 71–80 | South Korea |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 16–32, 17–16, 24–14 |||
  | Pts: Abouo 15 Rebs: Fofana 7 Asts: Edi 4 | | Pts: Ratliffe 26 Rebs: Ratliffe 16 Asts: Park 6 |
  
  * Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), James Boyer (AUS), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR)
  
  ### China vs. Nigeria
  
  * 8 September 2019 20:00
  * Boxscore
  
  | China | 73–86 | Nigeria |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 10–16, 20–25, 22–26 |||
  | Pts: Yi 27 Rebs: Wang 7 Asts: Sun 9 | | Pts: Okogie 18 Rebs: Aminu 8 Asts: Aminu 6 |
  
  * Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Carsten Straube (GER)
  