2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B

Group B will be one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will take place from 26 to 30 August 2023 and consists of South Sudan, Serbia, China, and Puerto Rico.[1][2] Each team will play each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games to be played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. The top two teams will advance to the second round and the bottom two teams will qualify for the classification rounds.[3]

Teams
Team Qualification Appearance Best performance WR[4]
As Date Last Total Streak
 South SudanAfrican Group F top two24 February 2023—11Debut63
 SerbiaEuropean Group I top three27 February 2023201977Champions (1998, 2002)6
 ChinaAsian Group F top three14 November 20221028th place (1994)27
 Puerto RicoAmericas Group F top three26 February 202315104th place (1990)21

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th–32nd Classification
4  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 26 August 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

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

South Sudan vs. Puerto Rico

This will be the first competitive game between South Sudan and Puerto Rico.

Serbia vs. China

This will be the first game between Serbia and China in the World Cup. The Serbians won two of the three Olympic Games matches: 1996 as Yugoslavia and 2016 as Serbia. The Chinese won in the 2004 Olympics.

26 August 2023
20:00
Serbia  vs.  China

China vs. South Sudan

This will be the first competitive game between China and South Sudan.

28 August 2023
16:00
China  vs.  South Sudan

Puerto Rico vs. Serbia

This will be the second game between Puerto Rico and Serbia in the World Cup. The Serbians won their last meeting in 2019 and also won in the final of the 2016 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and in the semi-finals of the 2020 edition of the said tournament.

28 August 2023
20:00
Puerto Rico  vs.  Serbia

South Sudan vs. Serbia

This will be the first competitive game between South Sudan and Serbia.

30 August 2023
16:00
South Sudan  vs.  Serbia

China vs. Puerto Rico

This will be the second game between China and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. The Puerto Ricans won in 2006, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

30 August 2023
20:00
China  vs.  Puerto Rico

References
  1. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. "China drawn into Group B of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". english.news.cn. 29 April 2023.
  3. "Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch". olympics.com. 29 April 2023.
  4. "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA. 27 February 2023.
  5. "Exact timing of all FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games available". FIBA. 17 May 2023.
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