Group A 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 Angola, the Dominican Republic, Italy, and the Philippines. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all but two games to be played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.
Following the venue change for the final phase to the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, FIBA announced that the first two games of Group A would take place at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, the original venue for the final phase.
Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceWRAsDateLastTotalStreak African Group E top two 25 February 2023 2019 9 6 9th place (2006) 41 Host nation 9 December 2017 7 3 3rd place (1954) 40 Americas Group E top three 26 February 2023 4 3 12th place (1978) 23 European Group L top three 14 November 2022 10 2 4th place (1970, 1978) 10
Standings
Games All times are local (UTC+8).
Angola vs. Italy This was the third game between Angola and Italy in the World Cup and their second consecutive matchup. The Italians won the first two meetings in 1990 and 2019.
Dominican Republic vs. Philippines This was the first game between the Dominican Republic and the Philippines in the World Cup. The Dominicans won in the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
The match broke the record for the most attended FIBA World Cup match with 38,115 coming to the venue. This surpassed the 1994 FIBA World Championship final in Toronto between the United States and Russia which was witnessed by an audience of 32,616 people.
Italy vs. Dominican Republic This was the first game between Italy and the Dominican Republic in the World Cup. The Italians won in the semi-finals of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
Philippines vs. Angola This was the second game between the Philippines and Angola in the World Cup. The Angolans won the first meeting in 2019, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
Angola vs. Dominican Republic This was the first competitive game between Angola and the Dominican Republic.
Philippines vs. Italy This was the third game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup and their second consecutive matchup. The Italians won the first two meetings in 1978 and 2019.
Statistical leaders Player tournament average
Points # Player Pld Pts PPG1 Jordan Clarkson 3 72 24.02 Karl-Anthony Towns 3 58 19.33 Andrés Feliz 3 53 17.74 Simone Fontecchio 3 50 16.75 Bruno Fernando 3 40 13.3
Rebounds # Player Pld Rebs RPG1 Karl-Anthony Towns 3 23 24.02 Silvio De Sousa 3 19 6.3 A. J. Edu 3 19 6.3 Nicolò Melli 3 19 6.35 June Mar Fajardo 3 18 6.0
Assists # Player Pld Asts APG1 Jordan Clarkson 3 20 6.7 Marco Spissu 3 20 6.73 Andrés Feliz 3 15 5.0 Jean Montero 3 15 5.05 Gerson Domingos 3 14 4.7 Childe Dundão 3 14 4.7
Blocks # Player Pld Blks BPG1 Nicolò Melli 3 5 1.72 A. J. Edu 3 4 1.3 Bruno Fernando 3 4 1.34 Gerson Gonçalves 3 3 1.0 Jean Montero 3 3 1.0
Steals # Player Pld Stls SPG1 Víctor Liz 3 9 3.02 Childe Dundão 3 6 2.03 Bruno Fernando 3 5 1.7 Gerson Gonçalves 3 5 1.7 Jean Montero 3 5 1.7
Minutes # Player Pld Mins MPG1 Jordan Clarkson 3 112 37.62 Dwight Ramos 3 89 29.93 A. J. Edu 3 89 29.74 Andrés Feliz 3 88 29.65 Simone Fontecchio 3 88 29.3
Free throws # Player FTM FTA FT%1 Achille Polonara 3 13/14 92.92 Jordan Clarkson 3 21/23 91.33 Karl-Anthony Towns 3 24/27 88.94 Simone Fontecchio 3 11/13 84.65 Víctor Liz 3 7/9 77.8
Field goal shooting # Player FGM FGA FG%1 Andrés Feliz 19 30 63.32 Bruno Fernando 15 31 48.43 Víctor Liz 14 29 48.34 Karl-Anthony Towns 14 35 40.05 Dwight Ramos 11 28 39.3
Efficiency # Player Pld MPG PPG Eff EffPG1 Víctor Liz 3 29.6 17.7 71.0 23.72 Karl-Anthony Towns 3 27.2 19.3 56.0 18.73 Jordan Clarkson 3 36.8 24.0 55.0 18.34 Marco Spissu 3 27.4 11.7 50.0 16.75 Nicolò Melli 3 27.3 7.7 48.0 16.0
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