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]

All times are local (UTC+9).^[5]

Finland vs. Australia

This was the first competitive game between Finland and Australia.

25 August 2023 17:00

Boxscore

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)

Germany vs. Japan

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

Boxscore

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)

Australia vs. Germany

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

Boxscore

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)

Japan vs. Finland

This was the first competitive game between Japan and Finland.

27 August 2023 21:10

Boxscore

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)

Germany vs. Finland

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

Boxscore

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)

Australia vs. Japan

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

Boxscore

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)