2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G

Group G 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 Iran, Spain, the Ivory Coast, and Brazil.[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 Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia. 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
 IranAsian Group F top three26 February 202320194419th place (2010)20
 SpainEuropean Group L top three14 November 20221311Champions (2006, 2019)1
 Ivory CoastAfrican Group E top two28 August 20225213th place (1982)43
 BrazilAmerican best fourth placed team26 February 20231919Champions (1959, 1963)13

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round
2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th–32nd Classification
4  Brazil 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+7).[5]

Iran vs. Brazil

This will be the third meeting between Brazil and Iran in the World Cup. The Brazilians won the first two meetings in 2010 and 2014.

26 August 2023
16:45
Iran  vs.  Brazil

Spain vs. Ivory Coast

This will be the first competitive game between Spain and the Ivory Coast.

26 August 2023
20:30
Spain  vs.  Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast vs. Iran

This will be the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Iran.

28 August 2023
16:45
Ivory Coast  vs.  Iran

Brazil vs. Spain

This will be the ninth game between Brazil and Spain. The Spaniards have won seven games, including their last head-to-head World Cup game in 2014, with Brazil's only tournament win coming from their meeting in 1986. The Brazilians won their last two Olympic matchups against Spain in 2012 and 2016, respectively.

28 August 2023
20:30
Brazil  vs.  Spain

Ivory Coast vs. Brazil

This will be the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Brazil.

30 August 2023
16:45
Ivory Coast  vs.  Brazil

Iran vs. Spain

This will be the third in the World Cup between Spain and Iran. The Spaniards won the first two meetings in 2014 and 2019.

30 August 2023
20:30
Iran  vs.  Spain

References
  1. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. "Spain start World Cup defence against Brazil and Iran, U.S. draw Greece". reuters.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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