2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group G

Group G was one of eight groups of the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 26 to 30 August 2023 and consisted of Iran, Spain, the Ivory Coast, and Brazil.^[1][2] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.^[3]

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	WR[4]
	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak
Iran	Asian Group F top three	26 February 2023	2019	4	4	19th place (2010)	20
Spain	European Group L top three	14 November 2022		13	11	Champions (2006, 2019)	1
Ivory Coast	African Group E top two	28 August 2022		5	2	13th place (1982)	43
Brazil	American best fourth placed team	26 February 2023		19	19	Champions (1959, 1963)	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	275	207	+68	6	Second round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	267	232	+35	5
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	212	252	−40	4	17th–32nd classification
4	Iran	3	0	3	193	256	−63	3

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

This was 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

Boxscore

Iran	59–100	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12–33, 13–24, 21–25, 13–18
Pts: Aghajanpour 11 Rebs: Amini 6 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Caboclo 16 Rebs: Caboclo 7 Asts: Huertas, Dos Santos 6

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 6,251 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Daigo Urushima (JPN)

This was the first competitive game between Spain and the Ivory Coast.

26 August 2023 20:30

Boxscore

Spain	94–64	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 29–17, 20–13, 21–17
Pts: W. Hernangómez 22 Rebs: Garuba 7 Asts: Núñez 8		Pts: Koné 11 Rebs: V. Fofana 5 Asts: Koné 3

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 8,144 Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Iran.

28 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	71–69	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 22–15, 17–21, 17–13
Pts: Zouzoua 17 Rebs: Bah, Sidibé 5 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Yakhchali 19 Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8 Asts: Amini 4

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 4,558 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Scott Beker (AUS), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

This was 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

Boxscore

Brazil	78–96	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–29, 17–14, 19–32
Pts: Caboclo 15 Rebs: Caboclo 11 Asts: De Paula 7		Pts: Aldama 15 Rebs: Núñez 7 Asts: Núñez 5

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 7,354 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Johnny Batista (PUR)

This was the first competitive game between the Ivory Coast and Brazil.

30 August 2023 16:45

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	77–89	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 21–27, 19–20, 12–19
Pts: Bah 13 Rebs: Bah 13 Asts: Diabate, Koné 3		Pts: Dos Santos 24 Rebs: Caboclo 8 Asts: Dos Santos 12

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 6,190 Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Scott Beker (AUS), Andrés Bartel (URU)

This was 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

Boxscore

Iran	65–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 17–27, 18–21, 13–21
Pts: Amini 19 Rebs: Girgoorian, Haddadi 5 Asts: Haddadi, Yakhchali 7		Pts: J. Hernangómez 21 Rebs: W. Hernangómez 9 Asts: Núñez 6

Indonesia Arena, Jakarta Attendance: 7,320 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR)

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