The group was composed of Canada, France, wild cards Lebanon and Lithuania, New Zealand and defending champions Spain.
In the day's second game, Lebanon, the lowest ranked team in the group, turned a nine-point third quarter deficit into a ten-point minor upset victory over Canada.
[2] Canada proved unable to stop Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib, who scored 31 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
In the nightcap, France pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament's first day in beating defending champions Spain 72–66.
The French team, lightly regarded coming into the tournament because five of their top players elected not to play, started off slow, missing four shots and turning the ball over three times before scoring their first basket, before outscoring Spain 29–22 in the final quarter for the victory.
[3] Twenty-year-old Andrew Albicy, France's youngest player, scored 13 points and made five of six free throws in the last minute to preserve the victory.
Jermaine Anderson still had a chance to send the game into overtime, but missed a pull-up jumper at the buzzer after receiving Levon Kendall's outlet pass.
[6] Five Spanish players reached double figures, led by Marc Gasol's 22 points, and Ricky Rubio dished out a group-stage high 11 assists.
For the third consecutive game, Canada took a lead into the fourth quarter only to come up short once again in a 68–63 loss to undefeated France.
Poor free throw shooting proved to be Canada's undoing, as they finished 15-for-25 from the charity stripe, including 7-of-13 in the third quarter.
With Lithuania, France, Spain, and New Zealand already qualified for the knockout phase, the final day of group play was a battle for second place.
With the loss, Canada's losing streak in World Championship group play stretched to nine, with their last win coming against Senegal in 1998.
[14] Lithuania finished the group with a perfect 5–0 record, while Lebanon failed to qualify for the knockout stage for the third consecutive year.
[15] With New Zealand on their way to victory, the final seconds of the game turned into a shootout in an attempt to win the goal average tiebreaker.
France dropped their final two games to finish a disappointing fourth and earn a knockout round matchup with host Turkey.