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2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group E

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Ceremonial ball toss for the Japan v. Germany match.

Group E 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 Germany, Finland, Australia, and Japan.[1][2] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City, Japan. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.[3]

Teams

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Team Qualification Appearance Best performance WR[4]
As Date Last Total Streak
 Germany European Group J top three 11 November 2022 2019 7 2 3rd place (2002) 11
 Finland 28 August 2022 2014 2 1 22nd place (2014) 24
 Australia Asian Group F top three 11 November 2022 2019 13 5 4th place (2019) 3
 Japan Host 9 December 2017 6 2 11th place (1967) 38

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 267 220 +47 6 Second round
2  Australia 3 2 1 289 246 +43 5
3  Japan (H) 3 1 2 250 278 −28 4 17th–32nd classification
4  Finland 3 0 3 235 297 −62 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Games

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All times are local (UTC+9).[5]

Finland vs. Australia

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This was the first competitive game between Finland and Australia.

25 August 2023
17:00
Finland  72–98  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 19–28, 14–25, 18–28
Pts: Markkanen 19
Rebs: Markkanen 8
Asts: Little, Markkanen 4
Pts: Mills 25
Rebs: Giddey 9
Asts: Giddey 8
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 5,729
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Blanca Burns (USA)

Germany vs. Japan

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This was the second game between Germany and Japan in the World Cup. The Germans won the first meeting in 2006, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

25 August 2023
21:10
Germany  81–63  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 30–20, 16–16, 12–16
Pts: M. Wagner 25
Rebs: M. Wagner 9
Asts: Schröder, F. Wagner 5
Pts: Watanabe 20
Rebs: Hawkinson 10
Asts: three players 3
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 6,397
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Amy Bonner (USA), Waseem Husainy (CAN)

Australia vs. Germany

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This was the first game between Australia and Germany at the World Cup. The Australians won in the 2020 Olympics, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

27 August 2023
17:30
Australia  82–85  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 19–25, 22–13, 16–23
Pts: Mills 21
Rebs: Cooks, Mills 5
Asts: Mills 6
Pts: Schröder 30
Rebs: Voigtmann 6
Asts: Schröder 8
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 6,205
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Blanca Burns (USA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

Japan vs. Finland

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This was the first competitive game between Japan and Finland.

27 August 2023
21:10
Japan  98–88  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–31, 27–27, 35–15
Pts: Hawkinson 28
Rebs: Hawkinson 19
Asts: Kawamura 9
Pts: Markkanen 27
Rebs: Markkanen 12
Asts: four players 5
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 7,374
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Amy Bonner (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

Germany vs. Finland

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This was the first game between Germany and Finland in the World Cup. The Germans 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
16:30
Germany  101–75  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 28–17, 29–16, 25–20
Pts: Bonga, Schröder 15
Rebs: Hollatz, Voigtmann 4
Asts: 5
Pts: Nkamhoua 14
Rebs: Jantunen 5
Asts: Maxhuni 6
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 6,037
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

Australia vs. Japan

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This was the first game between Australia and Japan in the World Cup. The Australians went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the first round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, while both teams had a 1–1 split in their head-to-head games in the 2019 qualification phase. The Australians also won in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

29 August 2023
20:10
Australia  109–89  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 32–18, 30–35, 22–19
Pts: Giddey 26
Rebs: Cooks 16
Asts: Giddey 11
Pts: Hawkinson 33
Rebs: Hawkinson, Watanabe 7
Asts: Kawamura, Togashi 7
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City
Attendance: 7,374
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Amy Bonner (USA), Waseem Husainy (CAN)

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Japan to face Australia and Germany in tough FIBA World Cup group". japantimes.co.jp. 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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