2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group H

Group H will be one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will take place from 25 to 29 August 2023 and consists of Canada, Latvia, Lebanon, and France.[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
 CanadaAmericas Group E top three10 November 202220191526th place (1978, 1982)15
 LatviaEuropean Group I top three11 November 2022—11Debut29
 LebanonAsian Group E top three29 August 202220104116th place (2002)42
 FranceEuropean Group K top three14 November 20222019953rd place (2014, 2019)5

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round
2  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th–32nd Classification
4  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 25 August 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Games

All times are local (UTC+7).[5]

Latvia vs. Lebanon

This will be the first competitive game between Latvia and Lebanon.

25 August 2023
16:15
Latvia  vs.  Lebanon

Canada vs. France

This will be the second game between Canada and France in the World Cup. The French won the first meeting in 2010 and won in the final of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila.

25 August 2023
20:30
Canada  vs.  France

Lebanon vs. Canada

This will be the second game between Lebanon and Canada in the World Cup. The Lebanese won the first meeting in 2010, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

27 August 2023
16:45
Lebanon  vs.  Canada

France vs. Latvia

This will be the first game between France and Latvia in the World Cup. The French won in the quarter-finals of EuroBasket 2015, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

27 August 2023
20:30
France  vs.  Latvia

Lebanon vs. France

This will be the third game between Lebanon and France in the World Cup. The Lebanese won the first meeting in 2006 while the French won their second encounter in 2010.

29 August 2023
16:45
Lebanon  vs.  France

Canada vs. Latvia

This will be the first competitive game between Canada and Latvia.

29 August 2023
20:30
Canada  vs.  Latvia

References
  1. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. "Canada allocated to Group H for 2023 men's FIBA World Cup". sportsnet.ca. 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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