2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F

Group F 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 Slovenia, Cape Verde, Georgia, and Venezuela.[1] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City, Japan. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.[2]

Teams

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Team Qualification Appearance Best performance WR[3]
As Date Last Total Streak
  Slovenia European Group J top three 14 November 2022 2014 4 1 7th place (2014) 7
  Cape Verde African best third placed team 26 February 2023 1 1 Debut 66
  Georgia European Group L top three 1 1 Debut 32
  Venezuela Americas Group E top three 2019 5 2 11th place (1990) 17

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 3 0 280 229 +51 6 Second round
2   Georgia 3 2 1 222 207 +15 5
3   Cape Verde 3 1 2 218 252 −34 4 17th–32nd classification
4   Venezuela 3 0 3 219 251 −32 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

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All times are local (UTC+9).[4]

Cape Verde vs. Georgia

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This was the first competitive game between Cape Verde and Georgia.

26 August 2023
17:00
Cape Verde   60–85   Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 11–28, 15–22, 23–15
Pts: Mendes 11
Rebs: E. Tavares 12
Asts: Da Rosa 6
Pts: Shengelia 16
Rebs: Bitadze 11
Asts: Andronikashvili 6
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 5,669
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

Slovenia vs. Venezuela

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This was the first game between Slovenia and Venezuela in the World Cup. The Slovenians won in the semi-finals of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Kaunas, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

26 August 2023
20:30
Slovenia   100–85   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 31–33, 25–18, 22–12, 22–22
Pts: Dončić 37
Rebs: Dončić 7
Asts: Dončić 6
Pts: Sojo 16
Rebs: Carrera, Colmenares 4
Asts: Guillent 6
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 6,389
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Venezuela vs. Cape Verde

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This was the first competitive game between Venezuela and Cape Verde.

28 August 2023
17:00
Venezuela   75–81   Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 23–9, 20–26, 9–22
Pts: Cubillán 15
Rebs: Sojo 7
Asts: Cubillán 4
Pts: Betinho 22
Rebs: E. Tavares 14
Asts: E. Tavares, W. Tavares 3
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 5,841
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

Georgia vs. Slovenia

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This was the first game between Georgia and Slovenia in the World Cup. The Slovenians won the last two meetings in EuroBasket 2013 and EuroBasket 2015, respectively.

28 August 2023
20:30
Georgia   67–88   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 16–29, 17–18, 17–25
Pts: Mamukelashvili 21
Rebs: Mamukelashvili 7
Asts: Tsintsadze 7
Pts: Dončić 34
Rebs: Dončić 10
Asts: Dončić 6
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 6,042
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Blanca Burns (USA)

Georgia vs. Venezuela

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This was the first competitive game between Georgia and Venezuela.

30 August 2023
17:00
Georgia   70–59   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 18–4, 17–21, 11–15
Pts: Shengelia 25
Rebs: Bitadze 11
Asts: Sanadze, Shengelia 3
Pts: Colmenares 16
Rebs: Colmenares 12
Asts: Guillent 7
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 5,807
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Amy Bonner (USA), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Slovenia vs. Cape Verde

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This was the first competitive game between Slovenia and Cape Verde.

30 August 2023
20:30
Slovenia   92–77   Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 21–17, 24–17, 23–22
Pts: Dončić 19
Rebs: Dončić 7
Asts: Dončić 9
Pts: Betinho 17
Rebs: E. Tavares 10
Asts: E. Tavares 5
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 5,145
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Waseem Husainy (CAN)

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch". olympics.com. 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA. 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Exact timing of all FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games available". FIBA. 17 May 2023.
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