2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D

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.^[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]

Teams

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	WR[3]
	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak
Egypt	African Group F top two	24 February 2023	2014	7	1	5th place (1950)	55
Mexico	Americas Group F top three	26 February 2023		6	1	8th place (1967)	31
Montenegro	European Group K top three		2019	2	2	25th place (2019)	18
Lithuania		14 November 2022		6	5	3rd place (2010)	8

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	280	204	+76	6	Second round
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	251	236	+15	5
3	Egypt	3	1	2	241	254	−13	4	17th–32nd classification
4	Mexico	3	0	3	209	287	−78	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+8).^[4]

Mexico vs. Montenegro

This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.

25 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Mexico	71–91	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–29, 19–20, 13–23
Pts: Cruz 16 Rebs: Jaimes 8 Asts: Stoll 7		Pts: Vučević 27 Rebs: Vučević 10 Asts: Perry 7

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 6,668 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Paez (ECU)

Egypt vs. Lithuania

This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.

25 August 2023 20:30

Boxscore

Egypt	67–93	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 22–20, 19–24, 14–23
Pts: Marei 14 Rebs: Marei 9 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Normantas 18 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Brazdeikis 5

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 7,229 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Péter Praksch (HUN), Carlos Vélez (COL)

Montenegro vs. Egypt

This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.

27 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Montenegro	89–74	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 24–20, 19–19, 19–18
Pts: Vučević 16 Rebs: Radončić, Vučević 7 Asts: Perry 7		Pts: Amin 26 Rebs: Gardner 8 Asts: Gendy 4

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 3,751 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)

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.

27 August 2023 20:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	96–66	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 21–17, 23–17, 20–15
Pts: Jokubaitis, Valančiūnas 15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 12 Asts: Jokubaitis 7		Pts: Girón 13 Rebs: Ibarra, Jaimes 6 Asts: Jaimes 4

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,503 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU)

Egypt vs. Mexico

This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Mexico.

29 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Egypt	100–72	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 29–19, 18–21, 23–16
Pts: Amin 22 Rebs: Marei 10 Asts: Amin 10		Pts: Cruz, Ibarra 21 Rebs: Jaimes 6 Asts: Stoll 14

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 4,448 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Daniel García (VEN), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR)

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.

29 August 2023 20:30

Boxscore

Montenegro	71–91	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 13–22, 10–18, 21–25
Pts: Vučević 19 Rebs: Simonović 6 Asts: six players 2		Pts: Jokubaitis 19 Rebs: Sedekerskis 11 Asts: Jokubaitis 6

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,707 Referees: Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU), Manuel Attard (ITA)

Statistical leaders

Player tournament average

Points # Player Pld Pts PPG 1 Nikola Vučević 3 62 20.7 2 Ehab Amin 3 58 19.3 3 Francisco Cruz 3 47 15.7 4 Joshua Ibarra 3 43 14.3 5 Jonas Valančiūnas 3 41 13.7

Rebounds # Player Pld Rebs RPG 1 Jonas Valančiūnas 3 36 12.0 2 Tadas Sedekerskis 3 21 7.0 Nikola Vučević 3 21 7.0 4 Fabián Jaimes 3 20 6.7 Assem Marei 3 20 6.7

Assists # Player Pld Asts APG 1 Paul Stoll 3 24 8.0 2 Rokas Jokubaitis 3 16 5.3 Kendrick Perry 3 16 5.3 4 Ehab Amin 3 15 5.0 5 Francisco Cruz 3 14 4.7

Blocks # Player Pld Blks BPG 1 Anas Mahmoud 3 6 2.0 Nikola Vučević 3 6 2.0 3 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 3 1.0 Tadas Sedekerskis 3 3 1.0 5 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 SPG 1 Paul Stoll 3 8 2.7 2 Ehab Amin 3 6 2.0 Petar Popović 3 6 2.0 4 Kendrick Perry 3 5 1.7 Nikola Vučević 3 5 1.7

Minutes # Player Pld Mins MPG 1 Ehab Amin 3 101 33.8 2 Francisco Cruz 3 93 31.0 3 Paul Stoll 3 88 29.3 4 Gabriel Girón 3 84 28.2 5 Nikola Vučević 3 83 28.0

Free throws # Player FTM FTA FT% 1 Nikola Vučević 3 15/15 100.0 2 Ehab Amin 3 12/14 85.7 3 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 7/9 77.8 4 Nikola Ivanović 3 10/13 76.9 5 Patrick Gardner 3 7/10 70.0

Field goal shooting # Player FGM FGA FG% 1 Jonas Valančiūnas 17 28 60.7 2 Nikola Vučević 22 38 57.9 3 Rokas Jokubaitis 14 28 50.0 Assem Marei 12 24 50.0 5 Joshua Ibarra 18 37 48.6

Efficiency # Player Pld MPG PPG Eff EffPG 1 Nikola Vučević 3 28.0 20.7 79.0 26.3 2 Ehab Amin 3 33.8 19.3 55.0 18.3 3 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 3 17.7 12.7 52.0 17.3 4 Anas Mahmoud 3 22.9 11.3 46.0 15.3 5 Kendrick Perry 3 25.9 13.3 44.0 14.7