2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group F

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

Teams
Team Qualification Appearance Best performance WR[3]
As Date Last Total Streak
 SloveniaEuropean Group J top three14 November 20222014417th place (2014)7
 Cape VerdeAfrican best third placed team26 February 2023—11Debut66
 GeorgiaEuropean Group L top three—11Debut32
 VenezuelaAmericas Group E top three20195211th place (1990)17

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round
2  Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th–32nd Classification
4  Venezuela 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+9).[4]

Cape Verde vs. Georgia

This will be the first competitive game between Cape Verde and Georgia.

26 August 2023
17:00
Cape Verde  vs.  Georgia

Slovenia vs. Venezuela

This will be 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  vs.  Venezuela

Venezuela vs. Cape Verde

This will be the first competitive game between Venezuela and Cape Verde.

28 August 2023
17:00
Venezuela  vs.  Cape Verde

Georgia vs. Slovenia

This will be 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  vs.  Slovenia

Georgia vs. Venezuela

This will be the first competitive game between Georgia and Venezuela.

30 August 2023
17:00
Georgia  vs.  Venezuela

Slovenia vs. Cape Verde

This will be the first competitive game between Slovenia and Cape Verde.

30 August 2023
20:30
Slovenia  vs.  Cape Verde

References
  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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