2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group I
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Group I was one of four groups of the second round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. It took place from 1 to 3 September 2023 and consisted of the top-two teams from Groups A and B.{{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}} The results from the preliminary round were carried over. The teams were playing against the teams from the other group, with all games played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines.{{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}} The top two teams advanced to the quarterfinals, the third placed team was classified 9 to 12 and the fourth placed team 13 to 16.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/competition-system/#tab=element_2_3|title=Competition System|date=29 April 2023|publisher=fiba.basketball}}
Qualified teams
Standings
|teamwidth=180
|for_against_style=points |ranking_style=points
|source=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/groups#tab=round_SR FIBA]
|update=complete
|win_DOM=3 |loss_DOM=2 |gf_DOM=425 |ga_DOM=444
|win_SRB=4 |loss_SRB=1 |gf_SRB=502 |ga_SRB=380
|win_ITA=4 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=404 |ga_ITA=370
|win_PUR=3 |loss_PUR=2 |gf_PUR=444 |ga_PUR=449
|hth_ITA=Italy 1–0 Serbia
|hth_SRB=ITA
|hth_PUR=Puerto Rico 1–0 Dominican Republic
|hth_DOM=PUR
|team_order=ITA, SRB, PUR, DOM
|name_DOM={{bk|DOM}}
|name_SRB={{bk|SRB}}
|name_ITA={{bk|ITA}}
|name_PUR={{bk|PUR}}
|class_rules=Tiebreakers
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=QF |result2=QF
|col_QF=green1 |text_QF=Quarter-finals
}}
Games
=Serbia vs. Italy=
This will be the second game between Italy and Serbia, as an independent country, in the World Cup. Serbia won the first meeting in 2019. Italy, meanwhile, won their last competitive game at the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket.{{basketballbox
|date=1 September 2023
|time=16:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|SRB}}
|scoreA=76
|teamB={{bk|ITA}}
|scoreB=78
|Q1=19–23
|Q2=23–17
|Q3=20–19
|Q4=14–19
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/0109/Serbia-Italy Boxscore]
|points1=Bogdanović 18
|rebounds1=Milutinov 12
|assist1=Bogdanović 4
|points2=Fontecchio 30
|rebounds2=Fontecchio 7
|assist2=Pajola 6
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=3,117
|referee=Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO)
}}
=Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico=
This will be the second game between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Puerto Rico won the first meeting in 1978. Dominican Republic, meanwhile, won their last competitive game at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.{{basketballbox
|date=1 September 2023
|time=20:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|DOM}}
|scoreA=97
|teamB={{bk|PUR}}
|scoreB=102
|Q1=12–17
|Q2=33–28
|Q3=29–24
|Q4=23–33
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/0109/Dominican-Republic-Puerto-Rico Boxscore]
|points1=Towns 39
|rebounds1=Towns 10
|assist1=Feliz 8
|points2=Waters 37
|rebounds2=three players 7
|assist2=Waters 11
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=3,465
|referee=Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
}}
=Italy vs. Puerto Rico=
This will be the seventh game between Italy and Puerto Rico in the World Cup. Italy has won all but one of the seven meetings, including their last World Cup matchup (1967, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006, and 2019); Puerto Rico, meanwhile, won their first meeting in 1963. Italy also won their last competitive game at the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.{{basketballbox
|date=3 September 2023
|time=16:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|ITA}}
|scoreA=73
|teamB={{bk|PUR}}
|scoreB=57
|Q1=25–15
|Q2=14–21
|Q3=12–11
|Q4=22–10
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/0309/Italy-Puerto-Rico Boxscore]
|rebounds1=Fontecchio, Melli 12
|assist1=Pajola 9
|points2=Waters 13
|rebounds2=Piñeiro 7
|assist2=Waters 9
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=4,379
|referee=Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
}}
=Dominican Republic vs. Serbia=
This will be the first competitive matchup between the Dominican Republic and Serbia.{{basketballbox
|date=3 September 2023
|time=20:00
|teamA={{bk-rt|DOM}}
|scoreA=79
|teamB={{bk|SRB}}
|scoreB=112
|Q1=15–29
|Q2=20–27
|Q3=18–31
|Q4=26–25
|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/0309/Dominican-Republic-Serbia Boxscore]
|points1=Towns 25
|rebounds1=Towns 7
|assist1=Montero 4
|points2=Bogdanović 20
|rebounds2=S. Jović 6
|assist2=S. Jović 7
|place=Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
|attendance=6,616
|referee=Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023}}
{{2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup}}