2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D

International basketball results

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]
As Date Last Total Streak
 Egypt African Group F top two 24 February 2023 2014 7 1 5th place (1950) 55
 Mexico Americas Group F top three 26 February 2023 6 1 8th place (1967) 31
 Montenegro European Group K top three 2019 2 2 25th place (2019) 18
 Lithuania 14 November 2022 6 5 3rd place (2010) 8

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 3 3 0 280 204 +76 6 Second round
2  Montenegro 3 2 1 251 236 +15 5
3  Egypt 3 1 2 241 254 −13 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Mexico 3 0 3 209 287 −78 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).[4]

Mexico vs. Montenegro

This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.

25 August 2023
16:45
Boxscore
Mexico  71–91  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–29, 19–20, 13–23
Pts: Cruz 16
Rebs: Jaimes 8
Asts: Stoll 7		 Pts: Vučević 27
Rebs: Vučević 10
Asts: Perry 7
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 6,668
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Paez (ECU)

Egypt vs. Lithuania

This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.

25 August 2023
20:30
Boxscore
Egypt  67–93  Lithuania
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
Boxscore
Montenegro  89–74  Egypt
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
Boxscore
Lithuania  96–66  Mexico
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.

29 August 2023
16:45
Boxscore
Egypt  100–72  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 29–19, 18–21, 23–16
Pts: Amin 22
Rebs: Marei 10
Asts: Amin 10		 Pts: Cruz, Ibarra 21
Rebs: Jaimes 6
Asts: Stoll 14
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 4,448
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Daniel García (VEN), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR)

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
Boxscore
Montenegro  71–91  Lithuania
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

Player tournament average

Points

# Player Pld Pts PPG
1 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 62 20.7
2 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 58 19.3
3 Mexico Francisco Cruz 3 47 15.7
4 Mexico Joshua Ibarra 3 43 14.3
5 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas 3 41 13.7

Rebounds

# Player Pld Rebs RPG
1 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas 3 36 12.0
2 Lithuania Tadas Sedekerskis 3 21 7.0
Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 21 7.0
4 Mexico Fabián Jaimes 3 20 6.7
Egypt Assem Marei 3 20 6.7

Assists

# Player Pld Asts APG
1 Mexico Paul Stoll 3 24 8.0
2 Lithuania Rokas Jokubaitis 3 16 5.3
Montenegro Kendrick Perry 3 16 5.3
4 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 15 5.0
5 Mexico Francisco Cruz 3 14 4.7

Blocks

# Player Pld Blks BPG
1 Egypt Anas Mahmoud 3 6 2.0
Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 6 2.0
3 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 3 1.0
Lithuania Tadas Sedekerskis 3 3 1.0
5 Mexico Gael Bonilla 3 2 0.7
Mexico Joshua Ibarra 3 2 0.7
Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas 3 2 0.7
Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas 3 2 0.7

Steals

# Player Pld Stls SPG
1 Mexico Paul Stoll 3 8 2.7
2 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 6 2.0
Montenegro Petar Popović 3 6 2.0
4 Montenegro Kendrick Perry 3 5 1.7
Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 5 1.7

Minutes

# Player Pld Mins MPG
1 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 101 33.8
2 Mexico Francisco Cruz 3 93 31.0
3 Mexico Paul Stoll 3 88 29.3
4 Mexico Gabriel Girón 3 84 28.2
5 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 83 28.0

Free throws

# Player FTM FTA FT%
1 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 15/15 100.0
2 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 12/14 85.7
3 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 7/9 77.8
4 Montenegro Nikola Ivanović 3 10/13 76.9
5 Egypt Patrick Gardner 3 7/10 70.0
Field goal shooting
# Player FGM FGA FG%
1 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas 17 28 60.7
2 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 22 38 57.9
3 Lithuania Rokas Jokubaitis 14 28 50.0
Egypt Assem Marei 12 24 50.0
5 Mexico Joshua Ibarra 18 37 48.6

Efficiency
# Player Pld MPG PPG Eff EffPG
1 Montenegro Nikola Vučević 3 28.0 20.7 79.0 26.3
2 Egypt Ehab Amin 3 33.8 19.3 55.0 18.3
3 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 17.7 12.7 52.0 17.3
4 Egypt Anas Mahmoud 3 22.9 11.3 46.0 15.3
5 Montenegro Kendrick Perry 3 25.9 13.3 44.0 14.7

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch". olympics.com. 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA. 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Exact timing of all FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games available". FIBA. 17 May 2023.

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