2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G
Group G was one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 26 to 30 August 2023 and consisted of Iran, Spain, the Ivory Coast, and Brazil.[1][2] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.[3]
Teams
[edit]Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | WR[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
Asian Group F top three | 26 February 2023 | 2019 | 4 | 4 | 19th place (2010) | 20 | |
European Group L top three | 14 November 2022 | 13 | 11 | Champions (2006, 2019) | 1 | ||
African Group E top two | 28 August 2022 | 5 | 2 | 13th place (1982) | 43 | ||
American best fourth placed team | 26 February 2023 | 19 | 19 | Champions (1959, 1963) | 13 |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 275 | 207 | +68 | 6 | Second round | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 267 | 232 | +35 | 5 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 252 | −40 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 256 | −63 | 3 |
Games
[edit]All times are local (UTC+7).[5]
Iran vs. Brazil
[edit]This was the third meeting between Brazil and Iran in the World Cup. The Brazilians won the first two meetings in 2010 and 2014.
26 August 2023
16:45 |
Iran |
59–100 | |
Scoring by quarter: 12–33, 13–24, 21–25, 13–18 | ||
Pts: Aghajanpour 11 Rebs: Amini 6 Asts: four players 3 |
Pts: Caboclo 16 Rebs: Caboclo 7 Asts: Huertas, Dos Santos 6 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 6,251 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Daigo Urushima (JPN) |
Spain vs. Ivory Coast
[edit]This was the first competitive game between Spain and the Ivory Coast.
26 August 2023
20:30 |
Spain |
94–64 | |
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 29–17, 20–13, 21–17 | ||
Pts: W. Hernangómez 22 Rebs: Garuba 7 Asts: Núñez 8 |
Pts: Koné 11 Rebs: V. Fofana 5 Asts: Koné 3 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 8,144 Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) |
Ivory Coast vs. Iran
[edit]This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Iran.
28 August 2023
16:45 |
Ivory Coast |
71–69 | |
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 22–15, 17–21, 17–13 | ||
Pts: Zouzoua 17 Rebs: Bah, Sidibé 5 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Yakhchali 19 Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8 Asts: Amini 4 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 4,558 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Scott Beker (AUS), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU) |
Brazil vs. Spain
[edit]This was the ninth game between Brazil and Spain. The Spaniards have won seven games, including their last head-to-head World Cup game in 2014, with Brazil's only tournament win coming from their meeting in 1986. The Brazilians won their last two Olympic matchups against Spain in 2012 and 2016, respectively.
28 August 2023
20:30 |
Brazil |
78–96 | |
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–29, 17–14, 19–32 | ||
Pts: Caboclo 15 Rebs: Caboclo 11 Asts: De Paula 7 |
Pts: Aldama 15 Rebs: Núñez 7 Asts: Núñez 5 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 7,354 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Johnny Batista (PUR) |
Ivory Coast vs. Brazil
[edit]This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Brazil.
30 August 2023
16:45 |
Ivory Coast |
77–89 | |
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 21–27, 19–20, 12–19 | ||
Pts: Bah 13 Rebs: Bah 13 Asts: Diabate, Koné 3 |
Pts: Dos Santos 24 Rebs: Caboclo 8 Asts: Dos Santos 12 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 6,190 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Scott Beker (AUS), Andrés Bartel (URU) |
Iran vs. Spain
[edit]This was the third in the World Cup between Spain and Iran. The Spaniards won the first two meetings in 2014 and 2019.
30 August 2023
20:30 |
Iran |
65–85 | |
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 17–27, 18–21, 13–21 | ||
Pts: Amini 19 Rebs: Girgoorian, Haddadi 5 Asts: Haddadi, Yakhchali 7 |
Pts: J. Hernangómez 21 Rebs: W. Hernangómez 9 Asts: Núñez 6 |
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 7,320 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR) |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Spain start World Cup defence against Brazil and Iran, U.S. draw Greece". reuters.com. 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.