International basketball competition
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The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification process determined 30 of the 32 teams that qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup .[ 1] As co-hosts, the Philippines and Japan each got an automatic qualification for the tournament when they were awarded the joint hosting rights along with co-host Indonesia.
Schedule of windows
Similar to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification , the matches were held in six windows over a 15-month period across all FIBA regions. 80 national teams competed during the qualification process. The schedule for the six windows was as follows:[ 2]
Window
Dates
1
20–30 November 2021
2
21 February – 1 March 2022
3
27 June – 5 July 2022
4
22–30 August 2022
5
10–14 November 2022
6
23–27 February 2023
Qualified teams
Status of countries with respect to the 2023 FIBA World Cup: Team qualified
Team failed to qualify
Team withdrew or disqualified
Did not enter qualifiers
Co-hosts Indonesia did not gain direct entry to the main event and had to place within the top eight teams in the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in order to qualify for the tournament as co-hosts. On 18 July 2022, Indonesia lost their spot after failing to reach the quarterfinals of the Asia Cup.[ 3] [ 4]
Team
Qualification
Appearance
Best performance
FIBA World Ranking [ 5]
As
Date
Last
Total
Streak
Japan
Hosts
9 December 2017
2019
6
2
11th place (1967 )
38
Philippines
7
3
3rd place (1954 )
40
Finland
European Group J top three
28 August 2022
2014
2
1
22nd place (2014 )
24
Ivory Coast
African Group E top two
2019
5
2
13th place (1982 )
43
New Zealand
Asian Group E top three
29 August 2022
7
6
4th place (2002 )
26
Lebanon
2010
4
1
16th place (2002 )
42
Canada
Americas Group E top three
10 November 2022
2019
15
2
6th place (1978 , 1982 )
15
Australia
Asian Group F top three
11 November 2022
13
5
4th place (2019 )
3
Germany
European Group J top three
7
2
3rd place (2002 )
11
Latvia
European Group I top three
—
1
1
Debut
29
Italy
European Group L top three
14 November 2022
2019
10
2
4th place (1970 , 1978 )
10
Spain
13
11
Champions (2006 , 2019 )
1
China
Asian Group F top three
10
2
8th place (1994 )
27
Slovenia
European Group J top three
2014
4
1
7th place (2014 )
7
Lithuania
European Group K top three
2019
6
5
3rd place (2010 )
8
France
9
5
3rd place (2014 , 2019 )
5
Greece
European Group I top three
9
5
Runners-up (2006 )
9
United States
Americas Group F top three
23 February 2023
19
19
Champions (1954 , 1986 , 1994 , 2010 , 2014 )
2
Jordan
Asian Group E top three
24 February 2023
3
2
23rd place (2010 )
34
South Sudan
African Group F top two
—
1
1
Debut
63
Egypt
2014
7
1
5th place (1950 )
55
Angola
African Group E top two
25 February 2023
2019
9
6
9th place (2006 )
41
Iran
Asian Group F top three
26 February 2023
4
4
19th place (2010 )
20
Cape Verde
African best third placed team
—
1
1
Debut
66
Georgia
European Group L top three
—
1
1
Debut
32
Montenegro
European Group K top three
2019
2
2
25th place (2019 )
18
Mexico
Americas Group F top three
2014
6
1
8th place (1967 )
31
Puerto Rico
2019
15
10
4th place (1990 )
21
Dominican Republic
Americas Group E top three
4
3
12th place (1978 )
25
Venezuela
5
2
11th place (1990 )
17
Brazil
American best fourth placed team
19
19
Champions (1959 , 1963 )
13
Serbia
European Group I top three
27 February 2023
7
7
Champions (1998 , 2002 )
6
The qualifiers format for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup remained unchanged, with six windows over a 15-month period across the four regions of Africa, Americas, Asia (including Oceania) and Europe. The qualifiers took place from November 2021 to February 2023 with 80 national teams competing for a spot in the World Cup.
The road to the 2023 World Cup began in February 2020 with the start of the European pre-qualifiers, which ended in August 2021.
The draw for the qualifiers were held on 31 August 2021 in Mies, Switzerland .[ 6] [ 7]
FIBA zone
Qualifying tournaments
World Cup berths
Division Atop ranked teams
Division Bmaximum possible entrants
Allocated berths
Berth as the host nation
Total berths
FIBA Africa
16
2
5
0
5
FIBA Americas
16
2
7
0
7
FIBA Asia FIBA Oceania
16
17
6
2
8
FIBA Europe
32
13
12
0
12
Total
80
114
30
2
32
Confederation qualifications
FIBA Africa
First round
Group A
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ After Mali forfeited two games, they were disqualified and their results nullified.[ 8]
Group B
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Cameroon 109–104 Rwanda
Group C
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Guinea 132–132 Central African Republic
Group D
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ As Kenya forfeited one game, they did not receive a point.
Second round
Group E
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Ivory Coast 2–0 Angola
Group F
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
FIBA Americas
First round
Group A
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Venezuela 137–127 Argentina
Group B
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group C
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group D
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Second round
Group E
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Venezuela 137–127 Argentina
^ a b Panama 167–149 Bahamas
Group F
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b c Puerto Rico 3–1; Mexico 2–2; Brazil 1–3
FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
First round
Group A
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ Philippines advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.[ 9]
^ South Korea forfeited the games against the Philippines and New Zealand due to positive COVID-19 cases among its delegation and was subsequently disqualified.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Group B
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ Japan advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.[ 13]
Group C
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ Indonesia could have secured automatic qualification as co-hosts had they advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in Jakarta.[ 14]
Group D
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
2022 FIBA Asia Cup – Qualification for Indonesia
Indonesia despite being one of the three co-host of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup did not qualify for the main tournament outright. The route available to Indonesia to qualify for their first ever World Cup was to finish in the top eight of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup tournament.[ 15] [ 16] However, the Indonesian team failed at this attempt and finished 11th, after a loss to China in the playoffs in July 2022.[ 17]
Second round
Group E
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Philippines 164–157 Jordan
Group F
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ As Australia forfeited one game, they did not receive a point.
^ a b Australia 2–0 China
FIBA Europe
First round
Group A
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ Belarus was expelled, after beating Turkey 84–70 and losing against Greece 77–67.[ 18]
Group C
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group D
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Estonia 143–141 Poland
Group E
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group F
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Czech Republic 183–178 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group H
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Italy 200–194 Iceland
^ Russia was expelled, after beating Italy 92–78, Iceland 89–65 and Netherlands 80–69.[ 19]
Second round
Group I
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Serbia 192–191 Greece
^ a b Turkey 2–0 Belgium
Group J
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Group K
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Hungary 165–160 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group L
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
^ a b Spain 156–156 Italy. Teams ranked on overall points difference.
^ a b Georgia 165–165 Iceland. Teams ranked on overall points difference.
Statistical leaders
As of 27 February 2023
Player averages
Team averages
References
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^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 co-host Indonesia to battle it out for direct qualification" . FIBA. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020 .
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^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Draw coming Tuesday" . FIBA. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021 .
^ "Draw results set the stage for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier games" . FIBA. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021 .
^ "FIBA statement about Mali's games in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers" . fiba.basketball . 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022 .
^ FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers Explained , retrieved 29 August 2021
^ Saldajeno, Ivan (27 February 2022). "FIBA disqualifying South Korea from WCQ" . Retrieved 27 February 2022 .
^ "FIBA statement on Korea participation to the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers" . FIBA. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022 .
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^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 co-host Indonesia to battle it out for direct qualification" . FIBA. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020 .
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