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.[1] 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.[2]
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | WR[3] | |||
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 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 | 6 | 1 | 8th place (1967) | 31 | |
 Montenegro |
European Group K top three | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 25th place (2019) | 18 | |
 Lithuania |
14 November 2022 | 6 | 5 | 3rd place (2010) | 8 | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Lithuania
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3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 204 | +76 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Montenegro
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3 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 236 | +15 | 5 | |
| 3 | Egypt
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3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 254 | −13 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
| 4 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 287 | −78 | 3 |
All times are local (UTC+8).[4]
This was the first competitive game between Mexico and Montenegro.
25 August 2023 |
| Mexico |
71–91 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–29, 19–20, 13–23 | ||
| Pts: Cruz16 Rebs: Jaimes8 Asts: Stoll7 |
Pts: Vučević27 Rebs: Vučević 10 Asts: Perry7 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Lithuania.
25 August 2023 |
| Egypt |
67–93 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 22–20, 19–24, 14–23 | ||
| Pts: Marei14 Rebs: Marei 9 Asts: three players3 |
Pts: Normantas18 Rebs: Valančiūnas10 Asts: Brazdeikis5 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
This was the first competitive game between Montenegro and Egypt.
27 August 2023 |
| Montenegro |
89–74 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 24–20, 19–19, 19–18 | ||
| Pts: Vučević16 Rebs: Radončić, Vučević 7 Asts: Perry7 |
Pts: Amin26 Rebs: Gardner8 Asts: Gendy4 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
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 |
| Lithuania |
96–66 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 21–17, 23–17, 20–15 | ||
| Pts: Jokubaitis, Valančiūnas15 Rebs: Valančiūnas 12 Asts: Jokubaitis 7 |
Pts: Girón13 Rebs: Ibarra, Jaimes6 Asts: Jaimes 4 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
This was the first competitive game between Egypt and Mexico.
29 August 2023 |
| Egypt |
100–72 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 29–19, 18–21, 23–16 | ||
| Pts: Amin22 Rebs: Marei10 Asts: Amin 10 |
Pts: Cruz, Ibarra21 Rebs: Jaimes6 Asts: Stoll14 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
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 |
| Montenegro |
71–91 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 13–22, 10–18, 21–25 | ||
| Pts: Vučević19 Rebs: Simonović6 Asts: six players2 |
Pts: Jokubaitis19 Rebs: Sedekerskis11 Asts: Jokubaitis 6 | |
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay |
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