2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group A
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File:Dominican Republic v Philippines FBWC.jpg
Group A 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 Angola, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, and Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2023-draw-completed-in-manila|title=FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila|date=29 April 2023|publisher=FIBA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/868502/philippines-joined-by-italy-in-group-a-in-fiba-world-cup-draw/story/|title=Philippines joined by Italy, Dominican Republic, Angola in Group A after FIBA World Cup Draw|date=29 April 2023|publisher=gmanetwork.com}} Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all but two games to be played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/basketball-fiba-world-cup-2023-full-schedule-how-to-watch|title=Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch|date=29 April 2023|publisher=olympics.com}}
Following the venue change for the final phase to the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, FIBA announced that the first two games of Group A would take place at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, the original venue for the final phase.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-statement-on-venue-change-at-the-fiba-basketball-world-cup-2023|title=FIBA Statement on venue change at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023|date=28 April 2023|publisher=FIBA}}{{Cite web |title=FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 final phase to be played at MOA Arena, Gilas to open campaign at Philippine Arena {{!}} SBP |url=http://sbp.ph/articles/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2023-final-phase-to-be-played-at-moa-arena-gilas-to-open-campaign-at-philippine-arena |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=sbp.ph}}
Teams
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!rowspan=2|Team !colspan=2|Qualification !colspan=3|Appearance !rowspan=2|Best performance !rowspan=2|WR{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/rankingmen|title=FIBA World Ranking|date=27 February 2023|publisher=FIBA}} | |||||||
As
!Date !Last !Total !Streak | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left|{{bk|ANG}} | align=left|African Group E top two | 25 February 2023 | rowspan=4|2019 | align=center|9 | align=center|6 | align=left|9th place (2006) | align=center|41 |
align=left|{{bk|PHI}} | align=left|Host nation | 9 December 2017 | align=center|7 | align=center|3 | align=left|3rd place (1954) | align=center|40 | |
align=left|{{bk|DOM}} | align=left|Americas Group E top three | 26 February 2023 | align=center|4 | align=center|3 | align=left|12th place (1978) | align=center|23 | |
align=left|{{bk|ITA}} | align=left|European Group L top three | 14 November 2022 | align=center|10 | align=center|2 | align=left|4th place (1970, 1978) | align=center|10 |
Standings
|teamwidth=180
|for_against_style=points |ranking_style=points
|source=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/groups#tab=round_FR FIBA]
|update=complete
|win_ANG=1 |loss_ANG=2 |gf_ANG=214|ga_ANG=226
|win_DOM=3 |loss_DOM=0 |gf_DOM=249|ga_DOM=230
|win_PHI=0 |loss_PHI=3 |gf_PHI=234|ga_PHI=257|status_PHI=H
|win_ITA=2 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=253|ga_ITA=237
|team_order=DOM, ITA, ANG, PHI
|name_ANG={{bk|ANG}}
|name_DOM={{bk|DOM}}
|name_PHI={{bk|PHI}}
|name_ITA={{bk|ITA}}
|class_rules=Tiebreakers
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SR |result2=SR |result3=QT |result4=QT
|col_SR=green1 |text_SR=Second round
|col_QT=red1 |text_QT=17th–32nd classification
}}
Games
= Angola vs. Italy =
This was the third game between Angola and Italy in the World Cup and their second consecutive matchup. The Italians won the first two meetings in 1990 and 2019.
{{basketballbox
|date=25 August 2023
|time=16:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|ANG}}
|scoreA=67
|teamB={{bk|ITA}}
|scoreB=81
|Q1=17–23
|Q2=23–20
|Q3=17–18
|Q4=10–20
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2508/Angola-Italy Boxscore]
|points1=Dundão 19
|rebounds1=five players 5
|assist1=Gonçalves 4
|points2=Fontecchio 19
|rebounds2=Polonara 7
|assist2=Spissu 7
|place=Philippine Arena, Bocaue
|attendance=21,214
|referee=Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Martin Vulić (CRO)
}}
= Dominican Republic vs. Philippines =
This was the first game between the Dominican Republic and the Philippines in the World Cup. The Dominicans won in the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
The match broke the record for the most attended FIBA World Cup match with 38,115 coming to the venue. This surpassed the 1994 FIBA World Championship final in Toronto between the United States and Russia which was witnessed by an audience of 32,616 people.{{cite news |last1=Agcaoili |first1=Lance |title=Philippines sets new Fiba World Cup attendance record with 38,115 |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/525078/philippines-sets-new-fiba-world-cup-record-attendance-with-38115 |access-date=26 August 2023 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=25 August 2023 |language=en}}
{{basketballbox
|date=25 August 2023
|time=20:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|DOM}}
|scoreA=87
|teamB={{bk|PHI}}
|scoreB=81
|Q1=22–18
|Q2=20–24
|Q3=24–22
|Q4=21–17
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2508/Dominican-Republic-Philippines Boxscore]
|points1=Towns 26
|rebounds1=Towns 10
|assist1=Feliz 8
|points2=Clarkson 28
|rebounds2=Clarkson, Fajardo 7
|assist2=Clarkson 7
|place=Philippine Arena, Bocaue
|attendance=38,115
|referee=Yohan Rosso (FRA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
}}
= Italy vs. Dominican Republic =
This was the first game between Italy and the Dominican Republic in the World Cup. The Italians won in the semi-finals of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
{{basketballbox
|date=27 August 2023
|time=16:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|ITA}}
|scoreA=82
|teamB={{bk|DOM}}
|scoreB=87
|Q1= 19–13
|Q2=20–25
|Q3=17–31
|Q4=26–18
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2708/Italy-Dominican-Republic Boxscore]
|points1=Spissu 17
|rebounds1=Melli 7
|assist1=Spissu 4
|rebounds2=Towns 11
|assist2=Montero 9
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=6,298
|referee=Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Luis Castillo (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
}}
= Philippines vs. Angola =
This was the second game between the Philippines and Angola in the World Cup. The Angolans won the first meeting in 2019, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
{{basketballbox
|date=27 August 2023
|time=20:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|PHI}}
|scoreA=70
|teamB={{bk|ANG}}
|scoreB=80
|Q1=19–12
|Q2=14–24
|Q3=19–20
|Q4=18–24
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2708/Philippines-Angola Boxscore]
|points1=Clarkson 21
|rebounds1=Fajardo 7
|assist1=Clarkson 7
|points2=Gonçalves 17
|assist2=Domingos 7
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=12,784
|referee=Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
}}
= Angola vs. Dominican Republic =
This was the first competitive game between Angola and the Dominican Republic.
{{basketballbox
|date=29 August 2023
|time=16:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|ANG}}
|scoreA=67
|teamB={{bk|DOM}}
|scoreB=75
|Q1=11–20
|Q2=21–17
|Q3=18–12
|Q4=17–26
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2908/Angola-Dominican-Republic Boxscore]
|points1=De Sousa 19
|rebounds1=De Sousa 9
|assist1=Dundão 7
|points2=Feliz 17
|rebounds2=Liz 8
|assist2=Solano 4
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=4,769
|referee=Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO)
}}
= Philippines vs. Italy =
This was the third game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup and their second consecutive matchup. The Italians won the first two meetings in 1978 and 2019.
{{basketballbox
|date=29 August 2023
|time=20:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|PHI}}
|scoreA=83
|teamB={{bk|ITA}}
|scoreB=90
|Q1=23–20
|Q2=16–28
|Q3=21–25
|Q4=23–17
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/2908/Philippines-Italy Boxscore]
|points1=Clarkson 23
|rebounds1=Edu 8
|assist1=Clarkson 6
|points2=Fontecchio 18
|rebounds2=three players 6
|assist2=Spissu 9
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=11,821
|referee=Yohan Rosso (FRA), Leandro Zalazar (ARG), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)
}}
Statistical leaders
= Player tournament average =
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Points
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Pts !! PPG | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Jordan Clarkson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 |
2 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Karl-Anthony Towns | 3 | 58 | 19.3 |
3 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Andrés Feliz | 3 | 53 | 17.7 |
4 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Simone Fontecchio | 3 | 50 | 16.7 |
5 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Bruno Fernando | 3 | 40 | 13.3 |
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Rebounds
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Rebs !! RPG | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Karl-Anthony Towns | 3 | 23 | 24.0 |
rowspan=3|2 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Silvio De Sousa | 3 | 19 | 6.3 |
{{bkicon|PHI}} A. J. Edu | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | |
{{bkicon|ITA}} Nicolò Melli | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | |
5 | {{bkicon|PHI}} June Mar Fajardo | 3 | 18 | 6.0 |
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Assists
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Asts !! APG | ||||
rowspan=2|1 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Jordan Clarkson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
{{bkicon|ITA}} Marco Spissu | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | |
rowspan=2|3 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Andrés Feliz | 3 | 15 | 5.0 |
{{bkicon|DOM}} Jean Montero | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | |
rowspan=2|5 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Gerson Domingos | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
{{bkicon|ANG}} Childe Dundão | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
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Blocks
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Blks !! BPG | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Nicolò Melli | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
rowspan=2|2 | {{bkicon|PHI}} A. J. Edu | 3 | 4 | 1.3 |
{{bkicon|ANG}} Bruno Fernando | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | |
rowspan=2|4 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Gerson Gonçalves | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
{{bkicon|DOM}} Jean Montero | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
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Steals
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Stls !! SPG | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Víctor Liz | 3 | 9 | 3.0 |
2 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Childe Dundão | 3 | 6 | 2.0 |
rowspan=3|3 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Bruno Fernando | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
{{bkicon|ANG}} Gerson Gonçalves | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | |
{{bkicon|DOM}} Jean Montero | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
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Minutes
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! Mins !! MPG | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Jordan Clarkson | 3 | 112 | 37.6 |
2 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Dwight Ramos | 3 | 89 | 29.9 |
3 | {{bkicon|PHI}} A. J. Edu | 3 | 89 | 29.7 |
4 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Andrés Feliz | 3 | 88 | 29.6 |
5 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Simone Fontecchio | 3 | 88 | 29.3 |
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Free throws
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!# !!Player !! FTM !! FTA !! FT% | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Achille Polonara | 3 | 13/14 | 92.9 |
2 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Jordan Clarkson | 3 | 21/23 | 91.3 |
3 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Karl-Anthony Towns | 3 | 24/27 | 88.9 |
4 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Simone Fontecchio | 3 | 11/13 | 84.6 |
5 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Víctor Liz | 3 | 7/9 | 77.8 |
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Field goal shooting
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!# !!Player !! FGM !! FGA !! FG% | ||||
1 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Andrés Feliz | 19 | 30 | 63.3 |
2 | {{bkicon|ANG}} Bruno Fernando | 15 | 31 | 48.4 |
3 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Víctor Liz | 14 | 29 | 48.3 |
4 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Karl-Anthony Towns | 14 | 35 | 40.0 |
5 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Dwight Ramos | 11 | 28 | 39.3 |
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Efficiency
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!# !!Player !! Pld !! MPG !! PPG !! Eff !! EffPG | ||||||
1 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Víctor Liz | 3 | 29.6 | 17.7 | 71.0 | 23.7 |
2 | {{bkicon|DOM}} Karl-Anthony Towns | 3 | 27.2 | 19.3 | 56.0 | 18.7 |
3 | {{bkicon|PHI}} Jordan Clarkson | 3 | 36.8 | 24.0 | 55.0 | 18.3 |
4 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Marco Spissu | 3 | 27.4 | 11.7 | 50.0 | 16.7 |
5 | {{bkicon|ITA}} Nicolò Melli | 3 | 27.3 | 7.7 | 48.0 | 16.0 |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023}}
{{2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup}}