2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C

Group C 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 the United States, Jordan, Greece, and New Zealand.^[1][2] 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, while the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.^[3]

Greece vs. New Zealand

Teams

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	WR[4]
	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak
United States	Americas Group F top three	23 February 2023	2019	19	19	Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)	2
Jordan	Asian Group E top three	24 February 2023		3	2	23rd place (2010)	33
Greece	European Group I top three	14 November 2022		9	5	Runners-up (2006)	9
New Zealand	Asian Group E top three	29 August 2022		7	6	4th place (2002)	26

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	318	215	+103	6	Second round
2	Greece	3	2	1	256	254	+2	5
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	241	269	−28	4	17th–32nd classification
4	Jordan	3	0	3	220	297	−77	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).^[5]

Jordan vs. Greece

This was the first game between Jordan and Greece in the World Cup. The Greeks won in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

26 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Jordan	71–92	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–27, 27–20, 11–26
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24 Rebs: Al-Dwairi, Hollis-Jefferson 9 Asts: Ibrahim 6		Pts: Larentzakis 19 Rebs: Rogkavopoulos 7 Asts: Walkup 7

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,795 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN), Manuel Attard (ITA)

United States vs. New Zealand

This was the third game between the United States and New Zealand in the World Cup. The Americans won the first two meetings in 2002 and 2014.

26 August 2023 20:40

Boxscore

United States	99–72	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 26–18, 31–22, 23–14
Pts: Banchero 21 Rebs: Edwards 7 Asts: Reaves 6		Pts: Te Rangi 15 Rebs: Delany, Fotu 5 Asts: Ili 5

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 10,978 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejič (SLO), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR)

New Zealand vs. Jordan

This was the first game between New Zealand and Jordan in the World Cup. Both teams split their head-to-head matchups in the 2019 and 2023 World Cup Asian Qualifiers. New Zealand won in the third place game of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup and in the quarter-finals of the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

28 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

New Zealand	95–87 (OT)	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–19, 19–20, 20–28, Overtime: 10–2
Pts: Le'afa 23 Rebs: Delany 7 Asts: Ili 10		Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 39 Rebs: Al-Dwairi 10 Asts: Ibrahim 9

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 7,331 Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Boris Krejič (SLO), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Greece vs. United States

This was the fifth game between Greece and the United States in the World Cup. The Greeks won in the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup. The Americans won on 1994 and on 1998 and in their last meeting in 2019.

28 August 2023 20:40

Boxscore

Greece	81–109	United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–27, 19–29, 25–30
Pts: Papagiannis 17 Rebs: Antetokounmpo, Rogkavopoulos 4 Asts: Walkup 7		Pts: Reaves 15 Rebs: Hart 11 Asts: Reaves 6

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 11,392 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN)

United States vs. Jordan

This was the first competitive game between the United States and Jordan.

30 August 2023 16:40

Boxscore

United States	110–62	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 31–21, 25–16, 23–13
Pts: Edwards 22 Rebs: Hart 12 Asts: Haliburton 6		Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 20 Rebs: Hollis-Jefferson 7 Asts: Kanaan 6

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 10,511 Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Kristian Paez (ECU), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Greece vs. New Zealand

This was the second game between Greece and New Zealand in the World Cup. The Greeks won the first meeting in 2019 and won in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.

30 August 2023 20:40

Boxscore

Greece	83–74	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 17–23, 18–11, 33—20
Pts: Papapetrou 27 Rebs: Papagiannis 9 Asts: Walkup 9		Pts: Ili 27 Rebs: Delany 14 Asts: Ili 8

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,625 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Carlos Vélez (COL)

Statistical leaders

Player tournament average

Points # Player Pld Pts PPG 1 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 3 83 27.7 2 Shea Ili 3 54 18.0 3 Anthony Edwards 3 49 16.3 Ioannis Papapetrou 3 49 16.3 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 3 46 15.3

Rebounds # Player Pld Rebs RPG 1 Josh Hart 3 27 9.0 2 Finn Delany 3 26 8.7 3 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 3 25 8.3 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 3 25 8.3 5 Anthony Edwards 3 17 5.7

Assists # Player Pld Asts APG 1 Shea Ili 3 23 7.7 Thomas Walkup 3 23 7.7 3 Freddy Ibrahim 3 19 6.3 4 Austin Reaves 3 13 4.3 5 Tyrese Haliburton 3 12 4.0

Blocks # Player Pld Blks BPG 1 Georgios Papagiannis 3 6 2.0 2 Jaren Jackson Jr. 3 5 1.7 Walker Kessler 3 5 1.7 4 Paolo Banchero 3 4 1.3 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 3 4 1.3 Tyrese Haliburton 3 4 1.3

Steals # Player Pld Stls SPG 1 Izayah Le'afa 3 6 2.0 Austin Reaves 3 6 2.0 2 Thanasis Antetokounmpo 3 5 1.7 Tyrese Haliburton 3 5 1.7 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 3 5 1.7 Freddy Ibrahim 3 5 1.7 Bobby Portis 3 5 1.7

Minutes # Player Pld Mins MPG 1 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 3 112 37.6 2 Freddy Ibrahim 3 102 34.0 3 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 3 97 32.6 4 Reuben Te Rangi 3 96 32.1 5 Finn Delany 3 95 32.0

Free throws # Player FTM FTA FT% 1 Shea Ili 3 16/17 94.1 2 Giannoulis Larentzakis 3 10/12 83.3 3 Jaren Jackson Jr. 3 12/15 80.0 4 Anthony Edwards 3 11/14 78.6 5 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 3 31/40 77.5

Field goal shooting # Player FGM FGA FG% 1 Georgios Papagiannis 15 26 57.7 2 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 18 32 56.3 3 Ioannis Papapetrou 17 31 54.8 4 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 25 51 49.0 5 Anthony Edwards 17 37 45.9

Efficiency

#	Player	Pld	MPG	PPG	Eff	EffPG
1	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	3	37.6	27.7	78.0	26.0
2	Shea Ili	3	28.9	18.0	58.0	19.3
3	Ahmad Al-Dwairi	3	32.6	14.0	51.0	17.0
	Georgios Papagiannis	3	27.9	11.0	51.0	17.0
5	Anthony Edwards	3	20.9	16.3	50.0	16.7