2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification process will determine the 29 out of 32 teams that will participate at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1]

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Tournament details
Dates20 February 2020 – 28 February 2023
Teams213 max. 
(from 213 federations)
Official website
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Schedule of windows

Similar to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, the format will be six windows over a 15-month period across all FIBA regions. 80 national teams are expected to compete during the qualification process. The schedule for the six windows are as follows:[2]

Window Dates
122–30 November 2021
221 February – 1 March 2022
327 June – 5 July 2022
422–30 August 2022
57–15 November 2022
620–28 February 2023

Qualified teams

Co-host Indonesia has not yet qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and had to place within the top eight teams in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup in order to directly qualify for the tournament.[3]

Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking
As Date Last Total Streak
 JapanHost9 December 201720195211th place (1976)
 Philippines2019733rd place (1954)

Format

The draw for the qualifiers will be held in March 2021.

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		16176 or 52 or 38
FIBA Europe321312012
Total8011431132

Confederation qualifications

FIBA Europe
Main article: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

European Pre-Qualifiers

Eight teams will play for four spots in the pre-qualifiers in the summer of 2021.[4]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus (A) 4 4 0 348 200 +148 8 Pre-qualifiers second round — 72–56 90–50 89–53
2  Portugal (A) 4 3 1 288 260 +28 7 18 Feb — 70–62 74–56
3  Albania (E) 4 1 3 253 312 −59 5 21 Feb 70–88 — 71–64
4  Cyprus (E) 4 0 4 214 331 −117 4 41–97 21 Feb 18 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 4 3 1 337 292 +45 7 Pre-qualifiers second round — 83–74 86–62 90–76
2  Slovakia 4 2 2 311 292 +19 6[lower-alpha 1] 18 Feb — 91–67 73–65
3  Kosovo 4 2 2 293 335 −42 6[lower-alpha 1] 80–78 21 Feb — 18 Feb
4  Luxembourg 4 1 3 298 320 −22 5 21 Feb 77–73 80–84 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Slovakia 91–67 Kosovo

References
  1. Muthiariny, Dewi Elvia (16 September 2019). "Indonesia, Philippines, Japan to Host 2023 FIBA World Cup". Tempo.co. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. "How to Qualify". FIBA. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 co-host Indonesia to battle it out for direct qualification". FIBA. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. "Draw results in for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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