Talk:2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

What do those "Division B maximum possible entrants" mean? It seems that the "division B" was only in use in Europe. At least, this article or the other individual federation articles don't have any other than the 16 "division A" teams. So, what happened to the 38 African teams, 26 Americas teams and 50 Asian and Oceanian teams, which did not even try to qualify? There were also 13 European teams which were not playing. That sums to 127 teams not in the qualifying at all. 91.154.188.185 (talk) 01:35, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
 * In Asia and the Americas, there was "pre-qualifiers". For example, qualifying for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup was a prerequisite for being included in the main qualifier. The 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Basketball Championship were also pre-qualifying tournaments. Dunno for Africa though. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:32, 2 July 2018 (UTC)


 * If those were actual pre-qualifiers, shouldn't those be on the article? At least a mention, since the "division B" thing just seems odd without any explanation. 91.154.188.185 (talk) 04:57, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Okey, I just noticed that the Asia and Oceania section tells the same you told. And, 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas) tells something about their pre-qualification. Nothing for Africa though (as you said already). 91.154.188.185 (talk) 05:01, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * We can add those here but I'm lazy. I suppose no one would object.
 * As for Americas, there were several pre-qualifying tournaments:
 * 2016 South American Basketball Championship
 * 2016 Centrobasket for North American countries save for USA and Canada
 * 2015 FIBA CBC Championship for Central American countries and Mexico
 * 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship for Caribbean countries
 * I'm guessing that the AfroBasket 2017 had a hand in determining who qualifies for Africa. AfroBasket 2017 qualification was its separate qualification system. Finally, FWIW, Division B didn't happen, at least outside Europe. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:06, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

virgin islands points in the template
can someone who knows how please modify the template. they should not get the point for the loss to Brazil, but I don't know how to represent that, thank you.18abruce (talk) 00:44, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Got it, I think. Modify if there is a better way.18abruce (talk) 15:12, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Wrong Date for Uruguay vs. Puerto Rico
In Americas Group E, Uruguay vs. Puerto Rico will be on 29 November, but it incorrectly says 29 September. I don't know how to edit a table. EvanJ35 (talk) 14:54, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

china
could someone source the following statement, "If China makes it to the top 4 teams in its group, then both fourth-placed teams will qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup." Taken from the asian qualifying page.18abruce (talk) 14:21, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I found two sources from the philippines (that appeared to be more like blogs) and this source, which all agree explicitly. FIBA's explanation is ambiguous at best, to me, but if there is more information it would be welcome.18abruce (talk) 22:23, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * All of these soucres are nonsense. they are regional media always full of mistakes. only FIBA matters and to me what FIBA says is clear. "For the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers, to determine the final standings, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Host, China, shall not be included. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group shall be taken into account for the final standings." to me it says China doesn't get a rank. I raised the question here too. Mohsen1248 (talk) 22:34, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * And yet China is ranked in both the first and second rounds by FIBA. And in their standings they do not move the line for qualification.  FIBA does not make it clear.  It could be true though, just have something secondary that confirms it.18abruce (talk) 22:50, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The only way to confirm it is to contact FIBA directly. all other sources just repeated what we had on wikipedia. and I think that explanation wasn't there on FIBA website before. (at least the last time I checked I'm sure it wasn't there) FIBA just added recently to make it "clear" about the rules. they could easily say if China qualify the 4th place team from other group also qualifies but they didn't. Mohsen1248 (talk) 23:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I would still list China, makes it less confusing. Or making it clear with a note and source it properly that they are not ranked (could be in the standings table in black at the bottom). Kante4 (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I think reading this makes it clear that I wasn't wrong, specially this line about Jordan "Mathematically, they can still finish fifth but only in a scenario where China finishes ahead of them, therefore, at worst, they will be in consideration for the best fourth-placed team.". even though I see somebody else already fixed that mistake. Mohsen1248 (talk) 02:28, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Well spotted, thank you for bringing that to everyone's attention.18abruce (talk) 17:23, 7 December 2018 (UTC)