2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group L

Group L 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 G and H.[1] 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 Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia.[2] 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.[3]

Brazil vs Canada.

Qualified teams

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Group Winner Runner-up
G   Spain   Brazil
H   Canada   Latvia

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 5 4 1 477 367 +110 9[a] Quarter-finals
2   Latvia 5 4 1 450 410 +40 9[a]
3   Spain 5 3 2 429 369 +60 8[b]
4   Brazil 5 3 2 420 401 +19 8[b]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Canada 1–0 Latvia
  2. ^ a b Spain 1–0 Brazil

Games

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All times are local (UTC+7).[4]

Spain vs. Latvia

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This was the first game between Spain and Latvia at the World Cup. The Spanish went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the second round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifiers.

1 September 2023
16:45
Spain   69–74   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 16–12, 26–18, 11–27
Pts: W. Hernangómez 14
Rebs: Claver, J. Hernangómez 5
Asts: Llull 7
Pts: Dāv. Bertāns 16
Rebs: R. Kurucs 8
Asts: Žagars 5
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 7,117
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Canada vs. Brazil

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This was the sixth game between Canada and Brazil in the World Cup. The Braziians won all of the first five games between the two teams, the last one being in 1978. The Brazilians also won in the semi-finals of the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.

1 September 2023
20:30
Canada   65–69   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 24–11, 15–18, 13–24
Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 23
Rebs: Olynyk 7
Asts: Alexander-Walker 3
Pts: Caboclo 19
Rebs: Caboclo 13
Asts: Dos Santos 10
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 8,934
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Jenna Reneau (USA), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Brazil vs. Latvia

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This was the first competitive game between Brazil and Latvia.

3 September 2023
16:45
Brazil   84–104   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 22–23, 21–36, 21–23
Pts: Caboclo 20
Rebs: Caboclo, Dias 7
Asts: Huertas 9
Pts: Gražulis 24
Rebs: R. Kurucs 5
Asts: Zoriks 6
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 10,412
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Spain vs. Canada

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This was the sixth game between Spain and Canada in the World Cup. The Spanish won in 2010, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

3 September 2023
20:30
Spain   85–88   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 27–17, 25–23, 12–27
Pts: W. Hernangómez 25
Rebs: W. Hernangómez 6
Asts: Fernández, Núñez 7
Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 30
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 7
Indonesia Arena, Jakarta
Attendance: 12,493
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Jenna Reneau (USA)

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw completed in Manila". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Basketball, FIBA World Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch". olympics.com. 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Competition System". fiba.basketball. 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Exact timing of all FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games available". FIBA. 17 May 2023.
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