Group E 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 Germany, Finland, Australia, and Japan. [1] [2] Each team played each other once, for a total of three games per team, with all games played at the Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City, Japan. The top two teams advanced to the second round and the bottom two teams qualified for the classification rounds. [3]
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | WR [4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Germany | European Group J top three | 11 November 2022 | 2019 | 7 | 2 | 3rd place (2002) | 11 |
 Finland | 28 August 2022 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 22nd place (2014) | 24 | |
 Australia | Asian Group F top three | 11 November 2022 | 2019 | 13 | 5 | 4th place (2019) | 3 |
 Japan | Host | 9 December 2017 | 6 | 2 | 11th place (1967) | 38 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 220 | +47 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 289 | 246 | +43 | 5 | |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 250 | 278 | −28 | 4 | 17th–32nd classification |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 297 | −62 | 3 |
All times are local (UTC+9). [5]
This was the first competitive game between Finland and Australia.
25 August 2023 17:00 |
| Finland | 72–98 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter:21–17, 19–28, 14–25, 18–28 | ||
| Pts: Markkanen 19 Rebs: Markkanen 8 Asts: Little, Markkanen 4 | Pts: Mills 25 Rebs: Giddey 9 Asts: Giddey 8 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 5,729 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Blanca Burns (USA) |
This was the second game between Germany and Japan in the World Cup. The Germans won the first meeting in 2006, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
25 August 2023 21:10 |
| Germany | 81–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter:23–11, 30–20, 16–16, 12–16 | ||
| Pts: M. Wagner 25 Rebs: M. Wagner 9 Asts: Schröder, F. Wagner 5 | Pts: Watanabe 20 Rebs: Hawkinson 10 Asts:three players 3 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 6,397 Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Amy Bonner (USA), Waseem Husainy (CAN) |
This was the first game between Australia and Germany at the World Cup. The Australians won in the 2020 Olympics, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
27 August 2023 17:30 |
| Australia | 82–85 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter:25–24, 19–25, 22–13, 16–23 | ||
| Pts: Mills 21 Rebs: Cooks, Mills 5 Asts: Mills 6 | Pts: Schröder 30 Rebs: Voigtmann 6 Asts: Schröder 8 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 6,205 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Blanca Burns (USA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX) |
This was the first competitive game between Japan and Finland.
27 August 2023 21:10 |
| Japan | 98–88 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter:22–15, 14–31, 27–27, 35–15 | ||
| Pts: Hawkinson 28 Rebs: Hawkinson 19 Asts: Kawamura 9 | Pts: Markkanen 27 Rebs: Markkanen 12 Asts:four players 5 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 7,374 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Amy Bonner (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ) |
This was the first game between Germany and Finland in the World Cup. The Germans 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 16:30 |
| Germany | 101–75 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 28–17, 29–16, 25–20 | ||
| Pts: Bonga, Schröder 15 Rebs: Hollatz, Voigtmann 4 Asts: Lô 5 | Pts: Nkamhoua 14 Rebs: Jantunen 5 Asts: Maxhuni 6 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 6,037 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wael Mostafa (EGY) |
This was the first game between Australia and Japan in the World Cup. The Australians went 2–0 in their head-to-head matchups in the first round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, while both teams had a 1–1 split in their head-to-head games in the 2019 qualification phase. The Australians also won in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, which was the last competitive game between the two teams.
29 August 2023 20:10 |
| Australia | 109–89 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter:25–17, 32–18, 30–35, 22–19 | ||
| Pts: Giddey 26 Rebs: Cooks 16 Asts: Giddey 11 | Pts: Hawkinson 33 Rebs: Hawkinson, Watanabe 7 Asts: Kawamura, Togashi 7 | |
Okinawa Arena, Okinawa City Attendance: 7,374 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Amy Bonner (USA), Waseem Husainy (CAN) |
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