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]
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | WR[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
| 24 February 2023 | 7 | 1 | 5th place (1950) | 55 | |||
| 26 February 2023 | 6 | 1 | 8th place (1967) | 31 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 25th place (2019) | 18 | ||||
| 14 November 2022 | 6 | 5 | 3rd place (2010) | 8 | |||
All times are local (UTC+8).[4]
This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.
This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.
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.
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Mexico.
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.
Points
| Player | Pld | Pts | PPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | |
| 2 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | ||
| 4 | Joshua Ibarra | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 |
Rebounds
| Player | Pld | Rebs | RPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 3 | 36 | 12.0 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | |
| 3 | 21 | 7.0 | ||
| 4 | Fabián Jaimes | 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
Assists
| Player | Pld | Asts | APG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Stoll | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 5.3 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
Blocks
| Player | Pld | Blks | BPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anas Mahmoud | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Nikola Vučević | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| 5 | Gael Bonilla | 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Joshua Ibarra | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
Steals
| Player | Pld | Stls | SPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Stoll | 3 | 8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 6 | 2.0 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
Minutes
| Player | Pld | Mins | MPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 101 | 33.8 | |
| 2 | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 84 | 28.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 83 | 28.0 |
Free throws
| Player | FTM | FTA | FT% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 15/15 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 12/14 | 85.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 7/9 | 77.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 10/13 | 76.9 | ||
| 5 | Patrick Gardner | 3 | 7/10 | 70.0 |
| Player | FGM | FGA | FG% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | |
| 2 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | ||
| 3 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | ||
| 12 | 24 | 50.0 | |||
| 5 | Joshua Ibarra | 18 | 37 | 48.6 |
| Player | Pld | MPG | PPG | Eff | EffPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 28.0 | 20.7 | 79.0 | 26.3 | |
| 2 | 3 | 33.8 | 19.3 | 55.0 | 18.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 17.7 | 12.7 | 52.0 | 17.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 22.9 | 11.3 | 46.0 | 15.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 44.0 | 14.7 |