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.
width=10% rowspan=2 | Team | Qualification | Appearance | width=40% rowspan=2 | Best performance | width=1% rowspan=2 | FIBA World Ranking | |||
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As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | ||||||
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 | ||||
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 |
This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the Dominican Republic.
This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Turkey.
This was the first competitive game between the USA and Finland in the World Cup. The Americans defeated the Finns in their only other match-up at the 1964 Olympics.
This was the first competitive game between the Dominican Republic and the New Zealand.
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.
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.
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.
This was the second meeting between the USA and the New Zealand in the World Cup. The Americans won the first match-up, at the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
This was the first competitive game between Finland and the Dominican Republic.
This was the first competitive game between New Zealand and Ukraine.
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.
This was the second meeting between the Dominican Republic and the USA 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.
This was the first competitive game between Finland and New Zealand.
This was the first competitive game between Ukraine and the USA.
This was the first competitive game between Turkey and the Dominican Republic.