2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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Dates20 February 2020 – 27 February 2023
Teams212 max. (from 212 federations)
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Tournament details
Dates20 February 2020 – 27 February 2023
Teams212 max. (from 212 federations)
Official website
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2019
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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.

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
120–30 November 2021
221 February – 1 March 2022
327 June – 5 July 2022
422–30 August 2022
510–14 November 2022
623–27 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
 JapanHosts9 December 201720196211th place (1967)38
 Philippines733rd place (1954)40
 FinlandEuropean Group J top three28 August 202220142122nd place (2014)24
 Ivory CoastAfrican Group E top two20195213th place (1982)43
 New ZealandAsian Group E top three29 August 2022764th place (2002)26
 Lebanon20104116th place (2002)42
 CanadaAmericas Group E top three10 November 202220191526th place (1978, 1982)15
 AustraliaAsian Group F top three11 November 20221354th place (2019)3
 GermanyEuropean Group J top three723rd place (2002)11
 LatviaEuropean Group I top three11Debut29
 ItalyEuropean Group L top three14 November 202220191024th place (1970, 1978)10
 Spain1311Champions (2006, 2019)1
 ChinaAsian Group F top three1028th place (1994)27
 SloveniaEuropean Group J top three2014417th place (2014)7
 LithuaniaEuropean Group K top three2019653rd place (2010)8
 France953rd place (2014, 2019)5
 GreeceEuropean Group I top three95Runners-up (2006)9
 United StatesAmericas Group F top three23 February 20231919Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014)2
 JordanAsian Group E top three24 February 20233223rd place (2010)34
 South SudanAfrican Group F top two11Debut63
 Egypt2014715th place (1950)55
 AngolaAfrican Group E top two25 February 20232019969th place (2006)41
 IranAsian Group F top three26 February 20234419th place (2010)20
 Cape VerdeAfrican best third placed team11Debut66
 GeorgiaEuropean Group L top three11Debut32
 MontenegroEuropean Group K top three20192225th place (2019)18
 MexicoAmericas Group F top three2014618th place (1967)31
 Puerto Rico201915104th place (1990)21
 Dominican RepublicAmericas Group E top three4312th place (1978)25
 Venezuela5211th place (1990)17
 BrazilAmerican best fourth placed team1919Champions (1959, 1963)13
 SerbiaEuropean Group I top three27 February 202377Champions (1998, 2002)6

Format

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 zoneQualifying tournamentsWorld Cup berths
Division A
top ranked
teams
Division B
maximum
possible entrants
Allocated
berths
Berth as the
host nation
Total
berths
FIBA Africa162505
FIBA Americas162707
FIBA Asia
FIBA Oceania
1617628
FIBA Europe321312012
Total8011430232

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