FIBA Basketball World Cup bracket 2023: Group play, knockout rounds & championship game dates

Kyle Irving

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The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup kicked off on Friday, Aug. 25 with the first round of the group stage.

Each country played three group stage games, looking to place in the top two of their group to advance to the second round. Countries that advanced to the second round played two more group stage games, again, looking to place in the top two to advance to the knockout stage.

Only eight countries made it all the way through to the single-elimination knockout stage, and only two remain in the pursuit of a gold medal: Serbia and Germany.

For the results of the first and second round group stage, the knockout stage bracket and the knockout stage schedule, The Sporting News has you covered below.

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2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup group results

The top two countries from each first round group were placed into new groups for the tournament's second round. All records carried over from the first to the second round.

The top two countries in each second round group advanced to the knockout stage portion of the tournament, where teams faced off in a single-elimination bracket to decide who won the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Below, you can find the results of the tournament.

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First Round group stage

GroupWinnerRunner Up
Group ADominican RepublicItaly
Group BSerbiaPuerto Rico
Group CUSAGreece
Group DLithuaniaMontenegro
Group EGermanyAustralia
Group FSloveniaGeorgia
Group GSpainBrazil
Group HCanadaLatvia

Second Round group stage

GroupWinnerRunner Up
Group IItalySerbia
Group JLithuaniaUSA
Group KGermanySlovenia
Group LCanadaLatvia

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup knockout stage bracket

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup knockout stage schedule

DateMatchupRoundTime (ET)
Sept. 5Serbia 87, Lithuania 68Quarter-Finals4:45 a.m.
Sept. 5USA 100, Italy 63Quarter-Finals8:40 a.m.
Sept. 6Germany vs. LatviaQuarter-Finals4:45 a.m.
Sept. 6Canada vs. SloveniaQuarter-Finals8:30 a.m.
Sept. 8Serbia 95, Canada 86Semi-Finals4:45 a.m.
Sept. 8Germany 113, USA 111Semi-Finals8:40 a.m.
Sept. 10Serbia vs. GermanyChampionship8:40 a.m.
Sept. 10Canada 127, USA 118Third Place4:30 a.m.

Kyle Irving

You read that wrong – not Kyrie Irving. From Boston, graduated from the University of New Hampshire. Sixth season as a content producer for NBA.com's Global editions. Covering the NBA Draft has become his annual "dream come true" moment on the job. Irving has a soft spot for pass-first point guards, with Rajon Rondo and Steve Nash being two of his favorite players of all time.