2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D

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

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	FIBA World Ranking
	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak
Lithuania	FIBA EuroBasket 2013 runner-up	September 19, 2013	2010	4	3	3rd place (2010) / Third place playoff	4
Angola	2013 FIBA Africa Championship winner	August 30, 2013	2010	7	4	9th place (2006) / Round of 16	15
South Korea	2013 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place	August 11, 2013	1998	7	1	11th place (1970) / Preliminary round	31
Slovenia	FIBA EuroBasket 2013 5th place	September 19, 2013	2010	3	3	8th place (2010) / Quarterfinals	13
Mexico	2013 FIBA Americas Championship winner	September 8, 2013	1974	5	1	8th place (1967) / Preliminary round	24
Australia	2013 FIBA Oceania Championship winner	August 18, 2013	2010	11	3	5th place (1982, 1994) / Final round (1982), Second round (1994)	9

Standings

Qualified for the final round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Lithuania	5	4	1	383	331	+52	9	1–0
Slovenia	5	4	1	425	374	+51	9	0–1
Australia	5	3	2	404	373	+31	8
Mexico	5	2	3	370	372	−2	7	1–0
Angola	5	2	3	375	399	−24	7	0–1
South Korea	5	0	5	316	424	−108	5

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.

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.

Mexico vs. Lithuania

This was the first meeting between Mexico and Lithuania.

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.

Slovenia vs. Mexico

This was the first meeting between Slovenia and Mexico.

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.

2 September

Angola vs. Mexico

This was the first competitive game between Angola and Mexico.

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.

Korea vs. Slovenia

This was the first competitive game between South Korea and Slovenia.

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.

Slovenia vs. Angola

This was the first competitive game between Slovenia and Angola.

Lithuania vs. Korea

This was the second competitive game between Lithuania and South Korea. Lithuania previously won at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

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.

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.

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.

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