2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D
Group D was one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 25 to 29 August 2023 and consisted of Egypt, Mexico, Montenegro, and Lithuania.[1] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Philippines. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.[2]
Teams
Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | WR[3] | |||
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As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
![]() | African Group F top two | 24 February 2023 | 2014 | 7 | 1 | 5th place (1950) | 55 |
![]() | Americas Group F top three | 26 February 2023 | 6 | 1 | 8th place (1967) | 31 | |
![]() | European Group K top three | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 25th place (2019) | 18 | |
![]() | 14 November 2022 | 6 | 5 | 3rd place (2010) | 8 |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 204 | +76 | 6 | Second round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 236 | +15 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 254 | −13 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 287 | −78 | 3 |
Games
All times are local (UTC+8).[4]
Mexico vs. Montenegro
This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.
Egypt vs. Lithuania
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.
25 August 2023 20:30 |
Egypt ![]() |
67–93 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 22–20, 19–24, 14–23 | ||
Pts: Marei 14 Rebs: Marei 9 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Normantas 18 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Brazdeikis 5 |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 7,229 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Péter Praksch (HUN), Carlos Vélez (COL) |
Montenegro vs. Egypt
This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.
27 August 2023 16:45 |
Montenegro ![]() |
89–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 24–20, 19–19, 19–18 | ||
Pts: Vučević 16 Rebs: Radončić, Vučević 7 Asts: Perry 7 |
Pts: Amin 26 Rebs: Gardner 8 Asts: Gendy 4 |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 3,751 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT) |
Lithuania vs. Mexico
This was the second game between Lithuania and Mexico in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won in 2014, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
27 August 2023 20:30 |
Lithuania ![]() |
96–66 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 21–17, 23–17, 20–15 | ||
Pts: Jokubaitis, Valančiūnas 15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 12 Asts: Jokubaitis 7 |
Pts: Girón 13 Rebs: Ibarra, Jaimes 6 Asts: Jaimes 4 |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,503 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU) |
Egypt vs. Mexico
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Mexico.
Montenegro vs. Lithuania
This was the first game between Montenegro and Lithuania at the World Cup. The Lithuanians went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the second round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifiers.
29 August 2023 20:30 |
Montenegro ![]() |
71–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 13–22, 10–18, 21–25 | ||
Pts: Vučević 19 Rebs: Simonović 6 Asts: six players 2 |
Pts: Jokubaitis 19 Rebs: Sedekerskis 11 Asts: Jokubaitis 6 |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,707 Referees: Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU), Manuel Attard (ITA) |
Statistical leaders
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References
- "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
- "Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch". olympics.com. 29 April 2023.
- "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA. 27 February 2023.
- "Exact timing of all FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games available". FIBA. 17 May 2023.