[1] It determined the group in which each of the 32 qualified national teams would play in at the start of the tournament.
As hosts, China was placed in Pot 1, alongside the three best-qualified teams as per the February 2019 FIBA World Rankings.
As agreed by the Local Organizing Committee, hosts China was drawn in Group A while the defending champions United States was allocated to Group E.[2] FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Global Ambassador Kobe Bryant and Chinese idol singer Yang Chaoyue led the draw ceremony.
[1] Teams were seeded using the February 2019 FIBA World Rankings (shown in parentheses), which were published on 26 February 2019, after the sixth window of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification process.
[4] China (29) (H) United States (1) Spain (2) France (3) Serbia (4) Argentina (5) Lithuania (6) Greece (8) Russia (10) Australia (11) Brazil (12) Italy (13) Puerto Rico (16) Turkey (17) Dominican Republic (18) Venezuela (20) Germany (22) Czech Republic (24) Poland (25) Iran (27) Canada (23) Montenegro (28) Philippines (31) South Korea (32) Nigeria (33) Senegal (37) New Zealand (38) Angola (39) Japan (48) Jordan (49) Tunisia (51) Ivory Coast (64) The eight groups were formed randomly, selecting one team from each of the eight pots, and allocating them to an assigned group depending on which pot the team is located.