Group D of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Lithuania, Angola, South Korea, Slovenia, Mexico and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas, located in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round.
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking | |||
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| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Lithuania |
FIBA EuroBasket 2013 runner-up | September 19, 2013 | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 3rd place (2010) / Third place playoff | 4 |
 Angola |
2013 FIBA Africa Championship winner | August 30, 2013 | 2010 | 7 | 4 | 9th place (2006) / Round of 16 | 15 |
 South Korea |
2013 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place | August 11, 2013 | 1998 | 7 | 1 | 11th place (1970) / Preliminary round | 31 |
 Slovenia |
FIBA EuroBasket 2013 5th place | September 19, 2013 | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 8th place (2010) / Quarterfinals | 13 |
 Mexico |
2013 FIBA Americas Championship winner | September 8, 2013 | 1974 | 5 | 1 | 8th place (1967) / Preliminary round | 24 |
 Australia |
2013 FIBA Oceania Championship winner | August 18, 2013 | 2010 | 11 | 3 | 5th place (1982, 1994) / Final round (1982), Second round (1994) | 9 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania
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5 | 4 | 1 | 383 | 331 | +52 | 9[a] | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Slovenia
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5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 374 | +51 | 9[a] | |
| 3 | Australia
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5 | 3 | 2 | 404 | 373 | +31 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mexico
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5 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 372 | −2 | 7[b] | |
| 5 | Angola
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5 | 2 | 3 | 375 | 399 | −24 | 7[b] | |
| 6 | South Korea
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5 | 0 | 5 | 316 | 424 | −108 | 5 |
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This was the third meeting between Angola and South Korea in the World Cup. The teams have split their two previous match-ups with Korea winning in 1994 and Angola winning in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. The last competitive game between the two was an Angola win at the 1996 Olympics.
30 August 2014 |
| Angola |
80–69 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 20–12, 16–30, 28–21 | ||
| Pts: Cipriano, Moreira16 Rebs: Moreira10 Asts: Costa6 |
Pts: Kim Sun-hyung15 Rebs: Yang Hee-jong5 Asts: Kim Sun-hyung5 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the second meeting between Australia and Slovenia in the World Cup. Slovenia won their first match-up during the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
30 August 2014 |
| Australia |
80–90 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 24–22, 17–20, 20–21 | ||
| Pts: Baynes21 Rebs: Baynes7 Asts: Dellavedova5 |
Pts: G. Dragić21 Rebs: G. Dragić, Omić7 Asts: G. Dragić4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first meeting between Mexico and Lithuania.
30 August 2014 |
| Mexico |
74–87 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 14–23, 12–22, 21–20 | ||
| Pts: Cruz21 Rebs: Ayón6 Asts: Cruz4 |
Pts: Mačiulis19 Rebs: Valančiūnas5 Asts: Seibutis5 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the third meeting between Australia and South Korea in the World Cup. Australia won in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, while the South Koreans won in 1970. The last competitive meeting between the two was at the 1996 Olympics where the Australians won.
31 August 2014 |
| South Korea |
55–89 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 12–18, 12–22, 14–23 | ||
| Pts: Kim S.13 Rebs: Oh Se-keun4 Asts: Park Chan-hee4 |
Pts: Ingles17 Rebs: Baynes10 Asts: Dellavedova8 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first meeting between Slovenia and Mexico.
31 August 2014 |
| Slovenia |
89–68 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 22–19, 19–13, 24–18 | ||
| Pts: Z. Dragić22 Rebs: Murić4 Asts: G. Dragić6 |
Pts: Ayón23 Rebs: Hernández5 Asts: Cruz4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Angola in the World Cup. The Lithuanians have won both of their games against Angola in the 1996 and 2004 Olympics.
31 August 2014 |
| Lithuania |
75–62 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 15–13, 25–14, 12–13 | ||
| Pts: Motiejūnas12 Rebs: Valančiūnas13 Asts: Seibutis4 |
Pts: Mingas14 Rebs: Mingas9 Asts: Cipriano3 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first competitive game between Angola and Mexico.
2 September 2014 |
| Angola |
55–79 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–21, 10–21, 10–22 | ||
| Pts: V. Joaquim13 Rebs: Moreira9 Asts: Barros3 |
Pts: Hernández24 Rebs: Ayón12 Asts: Cruz4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the second meeting between Australia and Lithuania in the World Cup. Lithuania won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while the Australians won in 1998. Australia won at the 2008 Olympics, its last competitive game against Lithuania.
2 September 2014 |
| Australia |
82–75 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 17–8, 15–28, 20–19 | ||
| Pts: Ingles18 Rebs: Baynes6 Asts: Ingles4 |
Pts: Seibutis21 Rebs: Valančiūnas6 Asts: Seibutis3 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first competitive game between South Korea and Slovenia.
2 September 2014 |
| South Korea |
72–89 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 18–21, 17–30, 16–19 | ||
| Pts: Lee Jong-hyun12 Rebs: Kim Jong-kyu6 Asts: Moon Tae-jong3 |
Pts: G. Dragić22 Rebs: Omić11 Asts: G. Dragić4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the second meeting between Mexico and Australia in the World Cup. Mexico won the first match-up during the 1974 FIBA World Championship. The Australians also won both of their games against Mexico at the Olympics, in 1964 and 1976.
3 September 2014 |
| Mexico |
62–70 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 13–11, 13–26, 17–11 | ||
| Pts: Ayón11 Rebs: Ayón9 Asts: Méndez5 |
Pts: Baynes21 Rebs: Andersen7 Asts: Ingles5 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first competitive game between Slovenia and Angola.
3 September 2014 |
| Slovenia |
93–87 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 27–26, 21–23, 28–21 | ||
| Pts: Lorbek17 Rebs: Z. Dragić7 Asts: Lorbek4 |
Pts: Fortes21 Rebs: Moore6 Asts: Costa6 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the second competitive game between Lithuania and South Korea. Lithuania previously won at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
3 September 2014 |
| Lithuania |
79–49 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 22–10, 18–4, 22–16 | ||
| Pts: Juškevičius20 Rebs: Motiejūnas7 Asts: Motiejūnas5 |
Pts: Moon Tae-jong15 Rebs: Lee Jong-hyun, Oh Se-keun4 Asts: Kim Tae-sul4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the third meeting between Australia and Angola in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while Angola won in 1986.
4 September 2014 |
| Australia |
83–91 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–12, 23–34, 18–28 | ||
| Pts: Goulding22 Rebs: Goulding6 Asts: Exum6 |
Pts: Moreira38 Rebs: Moreira15 Asts: Costa6 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first meeting between South Korea and Mexico in the World Cup. The Mexicans have previously defeated South Korea in the 1948 and 1968 Olympics.
4 September 2014 |
| South Korea |
71–87 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 19–22, 17–21, 24–26 | ||
| Pts: Moon Tae-jong16 Rebs: Yang Hee-jong5 Asts: Cho Sung-min, Yang Dong-geun4 |
Pts: Hernández16 Rebs: Hernández11 Asts: Méndez-Valdez5 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Slovenia in the World Cup. Lithuania had previously won against Slovenia five times in seven games at the EuroBasket, with the last win coming at 2011.
4 September 2014 |
| Lithuania |
67–64 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 14–20, 19–18, 12–2 | ||
| Pts: Valančiūnas12 Rebs: Lavrinovič8 Asts: Juškevičius3 |
Pts: Lorbek14 Rebs: Z. Dragić6 Asts: G. Dragić4 | |
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas |
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