2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group C

Group C 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 the United States, Jordan, Greece, and New Zealand.[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 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, 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
 United StatesAmericas Group F top three23 February 202320191919Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)2
 JordanAsian Group E top three24 February 20233223rd place (2010)33
 GreeceEuropean Group I top three14 November 202295Runners-up (2006)9
 New ZealandAsian Group E top three29 August 2022764th place (2002)26

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round
2  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th–32nd Classification
4  New Zealand 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]

Jordan vs. Greece

This will be 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
Jordan  vs.  Greece

United States vs. New Zealand

This will be 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.

New Zealand vs. Jordan

This will be 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
New Zealand  vs.  Jordan

Greece vs. United States

This will be the third 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 in their last meeting in 2019.

28 August 2023
20:40
Greece  vs.  United States

United States vs. Jordan

This will be the first competitive game between the United States and Jordan.

30 August 2023
16:40
United States  vs.  Jordan

Greece vs. New Zealand

This will be 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
Greece  vs.  New Zealand

References
  1. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. "Team USA draws Greece in Group C for FIBA World Cup tournament 2023". nba.com. 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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