2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D

thumb|Gran Canaria Arena, host of Group D games. Group D of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the group stage of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup for Lithuania, Angola, South Korea, Slovenia, Mexico and Australia. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games per team, with all of the games played at Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas, located in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. After all of the games were played, the four teams with the best records qualified for the final round. Teams TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performanceFIBA World RankingAsDateLastTotalStreakLTU FIBA EuroBasket 2013 runner-up September 19, 2013 2010 4 3 3rd place (2010) / Third place playoff 4ANG 2013 FIBA Africa Championship winner August 30, 2013 2010 7 4 9th place (2006) / Round of 16 15KOR 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place August 11, 2013 1998 7 1 11th place (1970) / Preliminary round 31SVN FIBA EuroBasket 2013 5th place September 19, 2013 2010 3 3 8th place (2010) / Quarterfinals 13MEX 2013 FIBA Americas Championship winner September 8, 2013 1974 5 1 8th place (1967) / Preliminary round 24AUS 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship winner August 18, 2013 2010 11 3 5th place (1982, 1994) / Final round (1982), Second round (1994) 9 Standings main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F LTU 4 1 383 331 Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Slovenia SLO 4 1 425 374 A AUS 3 2 404 373 MEX 2 3 370 372 Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–0 Angola ANG 2 3 375 399 D KOR 0 5 316 424 FR FR FR FR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Round of 16 All times are local UTC+1. 30 August Angola vs. Korea This was the third meeting between Angola and South Korea in the World Cup. The teams have split their two previous match-ups with Korea winning in 1994 and Angola winning in the 1990 FIBA World Championship. The last competitive game between the two was an Angola win at the 1996 Olympics. #eee 30 August 2014 12:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas ANG 80 KOR 69 16–6 20–12 16–30 28–21 Boxscore Cipriano, Moreira 16 Moreira 10 Costa 6 Kim Sun-hyung 15 Yang Hee-jong 5 Kim Sun-hyung 5 Elias Koromilas (GRE), Sreten Radović (CRO), Luis Vázquez (PUR) 2,700 Australia vs. Slovenia This was the second meeting between Australia and Slovenia in the World Cup. Slovenia won their first match-up during the 2010 FIBA World Championship. #eee 30 August 2014 16:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas AUS 80 SVN 90 19–27 24–22 17–20 20–21 Boxscore Baynes 21 Baynes 7 Dellavedova 5 G. Dragić 21 G. Dragić, Omić 7 G. Dragić 4 Steven Anderson (USA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Eddie Viator (FRA) 5,900 Mexico vs. Lithuania This was the first meeting between Mexico and Lithuania. #eee 30 August 2014 19:00 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas MEX 74 LTU 87 27–22 14–23 12–22 21–20 Boxscore Cruz 21 Ayón 6 Cruz 4 Mačiulis 19 Valančiūnas 5 Seibutis 5 Marcos Benito (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA) 6,200 31 August Korea vs. Australia This was the third meeting between Australia and South Korea in the World Cup. Australia won in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, while the South Koreans won in 1970. The last competitive meeting between the two was at the 1996 Olympics where the Australians won. #eee 31 August 2014 12:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas KOR 55 AUS 89 17–26 12–18 12–22 14–23 Boxscore Kim S. 13 Oh Se-keun 4 Park Chan-hee 4 Ingles 17 Baynes 10 Dellavedova 8 Eddie Viator (FRA), Steven Anderson (USA), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA) 5,524 Slovenia vs. Mexico This was the first meeting between Slovenia and Mexico. #eee 31 August 2014 16:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas SVN 89 MEX 68 24–18 22–19 19–13 24–18 Boxscore Z. Dragić 22 Murić 4 G. Dragić 6 Ayón 23 Hernández 5 Cruz 4 Marcos Benito (BRA), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Robert Lottermoser (GER) 5,680 Lithuania vs. Angola This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Angola in the World Cup. The Lithuanians have won both of their games against Angola in the 1996 and 2004 Olympics. #eee 31 August 2014 19:00 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas LTU 75 ANG 62 23–22 15–13 25–14 12–13 Boxscore Motiejūnas 12 Valančiūnas 13 Seibutis 4 Mingas 14 Mingas 9 Cipriano 3 Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Luis Vázquez (PUR) 5,680 2 September Angola vs. Mexico This was the first competitive game between Angola and Mexico. #eee 2 September 2014 12:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas ANG 55 MEX 79 20–15 15–21 10–21 10–22 Boxscore V. Joaquim 13 Moreira 9 Barros 3 Hernández 24 Ayón 12 Cruz 4 Sreten Radović (CRO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Eddie Viator (FRA) 5,565 Australia vs. Lithuania This was the second meeting between Australia and Lithuania in the World Cup. Lithuania won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while the Australians won in 1998. Australia won at the 2008 Olympics, its last competitive game against Lithuania. #eee 2 September 2014 16:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas AUS 82 LTU 75 30–20 17–8 15–28 20–19 Boxscore Ingles 18 Baynes 6 Ingles 4 Seibutis 21 Valančiūnas 6 Seibutis 3 Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Marcos Benito (BRA), Luis Vázquez (PUR) 5,657 Korea vs. Slovenia This was the first competitive game between South Korea and Slovenia. #eee 2 September 2014 19:00 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas KOR 72 SVN 89 21–19 18–21 17–30 16–19 Boxscore Lee Jong-hyun 12 Kim Jong-kyu 6 Moon Tae-jong 3 G. Dragić 22 Omić 11 G. Dragić 4 Steven Anderson (USA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) 8,190 3 September Mexico vs. Australia This was the second meeting between Mexico and Australia in the World Cup. Mexico won the first match-up during the 1974 FIBA World Championship. The Australians also won both of their games against Mexico at the Olympics, in 1964 and 1976. #eee 3 September 2014 12:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas MEX 62 AUS 70 19–22 13–11 13–26 17–11 Boxscore Ayón 11 Ayón 9 Méndez 5 Baynes 21 Andersen 7 Ingles 5 Sreten Radović (CRO), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Luis Vázquez (PUR) 5,494 Slovenia vs. Angola This was the first competitive game between Slovenia and Angola. #eee 3 September 2014 16:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas SVN 93 ANG 87 17–17 27–26 21–23 28–21 Boxscore Lorbek 17 Z. Dragić 7 Lorbek 4 Fortes 21 Moore 6 Costa 6 Eddie Viator (FRA), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA) 5,558 Lithuania vs. Korea This was the second competitive game between Lithuania and South Korea. Lithuania previously won at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. #eee 3 September 2014 19:00 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas LTU 79 KOR 49 17–19 22–10 18–4 22–16 Boxscore Juškevičius 20 Motiejūnas 7 Motiejūnas 5 Moon Tae-jong 15 Lee Jong-hyun, Oh Se-keun 4 Kim Tae-sul 4 Elias Koromilas (GRE), Steven Anderson (USA), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) 7,850 4 September Australia vs. Angola This was the third meeting between Australia and Angola in the World Cup. The Australians won in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while Angola won in 1986. #eee 4 September 2014 12:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas AUS 83 ANG 91 22–17 20–12 23–34 18–28 Boxscore Goulding 22 Goulding 6 Exum 6 Moreira 38 Moreira 15 Costa 6 Sreten Radović (CRO), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Robert Lottermoser (GER) 5,647 Korea vs. Mexico This was the first meeting between South Korea and Mexico in the World Cup. The Mexicans have previously defeated South Korea in the 1948 and 1968 Olympics. #eee 4 September 2014 16:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas KOR 71 MEX 87 11–18 19–22 17–21 24–26 Boxscore Moon Tae-jong 16 Yang Hee-jong 5 Cho Sung-min, Yang Dong-geun 4 Hernández 16 Hernández 11 Méndez-Valdez 5 Marcos Benito (BRA), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA), Luis Vázquez (PUR) 4,775 Lithuania vs. Slovenia This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Slovenia in the World Cup. Lithuania had previously won against Slovenia five times in seven games at the EuroBasket, with the last win coming at 2011. #eee 4 September 2014 20:30 Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas LTU 67 SVN 64 22–24 14–20 19–18 12–2 Boxscore Valančiūnas 12 Lavrinovič 8 Juškevičius 3 Lorbek 14 Z. Dragić 6 G. Dragić 4 Steven Anderson (USA), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Eddie Viator (FRA) 9,713 External links http://www.fiba.com FIBA official website https://www.eurobasket.com/world-cup/basketball.aspx EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page Group D Group D Category:2014–15 in Slovenian basketball Category:2014–15 in Australian basketball Category:2014 in Mexican sports Category:2014–15 in Angolan basketball Category:2014–15 in South Korean basketball