# 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D

Group D was one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 25 to 29 August 2023 and consisted of Egypt, Mexico, Montenegro, and Lithuania. Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Philippines. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification | Qualification | Appearance | Appearance | Appearance | Best performance | WR |
| Team | As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | Best performance | WR |
| Egypt | African Group F top two | 24 February 2023 | 2014 | 7 | 1 | 5th place (1950) | 55 |
| Mexico | Americas Group F top three | 26 February 2023 | 2014 | 6 | 1 | 8th place (1967) | 31 |
| Montenegro | European Group K top three | 26 February 2023 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 25th place (2019) | 18 |
| Lithuania | European Group K top three | 14 November 2022 | 2019 | 6 | 5 | 3rd place (2010) | 8 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 204 | +76 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 236 | +15 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 254 | −13 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 287 | −78 | 3 | 17th–32nd classification |

## Games

All times are local (UTC+8).

### Mexico vs. Montenegro

This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.
* 25 August 2023 16:45
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 71–91 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–29, 19–20, 13–23 |||
| Pts: Cruz 16 Rebs: Jaimes 8 Asts: Stoll 7 | | Pts: Vučević 27 Rebs: Vučević 10 Asts: Perry 7 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 6,668 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Paez (ECU)

### Egypt vs. Lithuania

This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.
* 25 August 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 67–93 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 22–20, 19–24, 14–23 |||
| Pts: Marei 14 Rebs: Marei 9 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Normantas 18 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Brazdeikis 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 7,229 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Péter Praksch (HUN), Carlos Vélez (COL)

### Montenegro vs. Egypt

This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.
* 27 August 2023 16:45
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 89–74 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 24–20, 19–19, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Vučević 16 Rebs: Radončić, Vučević 7 Asts: Perry 7 | | Pts: Amin 26 Rebs: Gardner 8 Asts: Gendy 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 3,751 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)

### Lithuania vs. Mexico

This was the second game between Lithuania and Mexico in the World Cup. The Lithuanians won in 2014, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
* 27 August 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 96–66 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 21–17, 23–17, 20–15 |||
| Pts: Jokubaitis, Valančiūnas 15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 12 Asts: Jokubaitis 7 | | Pts: Girón 13 Rebs: Ibarra, Jaimes 6 Asts: Jaimes 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,503 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU)

### Egypt vs. Mexico

This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Mexico.
* 29 August 2023 16:45
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 100–72 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 29–19, 18–21, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Amin 22 Rebs: Marei 10 Asts: Amin 10 | | Pts: Cruz, Ibarra 21 Rebs: Jaimes 6 Asts: Stoll 14 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 4,448 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Daniel García (VEN), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR)

### Montenegro vs. Lithuania

This was the first game between Montenegro and Lithuania at the World Cup. The Lithuanians went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the second round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifiers.
* 29 August 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 71–91 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 13–22, 10–18, 21–25 |||
| Pts: Vučević 19 Rebs: Simonović 6 Asts: six players 2 | | Pts: Jokubaitis 19 Rebs: Sedekerskis 11 Asts: Jokubaitis 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 5,707 Referees: Boris Krejič (SLO), Kristian Paez (ECU), Manuel Attard (ITA)

## Statistical leaders
### Player tournament average

| # | Player | Pld | Pts | PPG |
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 2 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 3 | Francisco Cruz | 3 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 4 | Joshua Ibarra | 3 | 43 | 14.3 |
| 5 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 3 | 41 | 13.7 |
| # | Player | Pld | Rebs | RPG |
| 1 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 3 | 36 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Tadas Sedekerskis | 3 | 21 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 21 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Fabián Jaimes | 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Assem Marei | 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
| # | Player | Pld | Asts | APG |
| 1 | Paul Stoll | 3 | 24 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Rokas Jokubaitis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 |
| 2 | Kendrick Perry | 3 | 16 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Francisco Cruz | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
| # | Player | Pld | Blks | BPG |
| 1 | Anas Mahmoud | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Tadas Sedekerskis | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Gael Bonilla | 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 5 | Joshua Ibarra | 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 5 | Donatas Motiejūnas | 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 5 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 3 | 2 | 0.7 |
| # | Player | Pld | Stls | SPG |
| 1 | Paul Stoll | 3 | 8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Petar Popović | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Kendrick Perry | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 4 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
| # | Player | Pld | Mins | MPG |
| 1 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 101 | 33.8 |
| 2 | Francisco Cruz | 3 | 93 | 31.0 |
| 3 | Paul Stoll | 3 | 88 | 29.3 |
| 4 | Gabriel Girón | 3 | 84 | 28.2 |
| 5 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 83 | 28.0 |
| # | Player | FTM | FTA | FT% |
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 15/15 | 100.0 |
| 2 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 12/14 | 85.7 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 3 | 7/9 | 77.8 |
| 4 | Nikola Ivanović | 3 | 10/13 | 76.9 |
| 5 | Patrick Gardner | 3 | 7/10 | 70.0 |
Field goal shooting :
| # | Player | FGM | FGA | FG% |
| 1 | Jonas Valančiūnas | 17 | 28 | 60.7 |
| 2 | Nikola Vučević | 22 | 38 | 57.9 |
| 3 | Rokas Jokubaitis | 14 | 28 | 50.0 |
| 3 | Assem Marei | 12 | 24 | 50.0 |
| 5 | Joshua Ibarra | 18 | 37 | 48.6 |
Efficiency :
| # | Player | Pld | MPG | PPG | Eff | EffPG |
| 1 | Nikola Vučević | 3 | 28.0 | 20.7 | 79.0 | 26.3 |
| 2 | Ehab Amin | 3 | 33.8 | 19.3 | 55.0 | 18.3 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 3 | 17.7 | 12.7 | 52.0 | 17.3 |
| 4 | Anas Mahmoud | 3 | 22.9 | 11.3 | 46.0 | 15.3 |
| 5 | Kendrick Perry | 3 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 44.0 | 14.7 |