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, Lithuania, Mexico, and Montenegro. 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.
Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceWRAsDateLastTotalStreak 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
Games All times are local (UTC+8).
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.
Montenegro vs. Egypt This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.
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.
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.
Statistical leaders Player tournament average
Points # Player Pld Pts PPG1 Nikola Vučević 3 62 20.72 Ehab Amin 3 58 19.33 Francisco Cruz 3 47 15.74 Joshua Ibarra 3 43 14.35 Jonas Valančiūnas 3 41 13.7
Rebounds # Player Pld Rebs RPG1 Jonas Valančiūnas 3 36 12.02 Tadas Sedekerskis 3 21 7.0 Nikola Vučević 3 21 7.04 Fabián Jaimes 3 20 6.7 Assem Marei 3 20 6.7
Assists # Player Pld Asts APG1 Paul Stoll 3 24 8.02 Rokas Jokubaitis 3 16 5.3 Kendrick Perry 3 16 5.34 Ehab Amin 3 15 5.05 Francisco Cruz 3 14 4.7
Blocks # Player Pld Blks BPG1 Anas Mahmoud 3 6 2.0 Nikola Vučević 3 6 2.03 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 3 1.0 Tadas Sedekerskis 3 3 1.05 Gael Bonilla 3 2 0.7 Joshua Ibarra 3 2 0.7 Donatas Motiejūnas 3 2 0.7 Jonas Valančiūnas 3 2 0.7
Steals # Player Pld Stls SPG1 Paul Stoll 3 8 2.72 Ehab Amin 3 6 2.0 Petar Popović 3 6 2.04 Kendrick Perry 3 5 1.7 Nikola Vučević 3 5 1.7
Minutes # Player Pld Mins MPG1 Ehab Amin 3 101 33.82 Francisco Cruz 3 93 31.03 Paul Stoll 3 88 29.34 Gabriel Girón 3 84 28.25 Nikola Vučević 3 83 28.0
Free throws # Player FTM FTA FT%1 Nikola Vučević 3 15/15 100.02 Ehab Amin 3 12/14 85.73 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 7/9 77.84 Nikola Ivanović 3 10/13 76.95 Patrick Gardner 3 7/10 70.0
+ Field goal shooting# Player FGM FGA FG%1 Jonas Valančiūnas 17 28 60.72 Nikola Vučević 22 38 57.93 Rokas Jokubaitis 14 28 50.0 Assem Marei 12 24 50.05 Joshua Ibarra 18 37 48.6
+ Efficiency# Player Pld MPG PPG Eff EffPG1 Nikola Vučević 3 28.0 20.7 79.0 26.32 Ehab Amin 3 33.8 19.3 55.0 18.33 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 17.7 12.7 52.0 17.34 Anas Mahmoud 3 22.9 11.3 46.0 15.35 Kendrick Perry 3 25.9 13.3 44.0 14.7
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