2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, for the FIBA Europe region, will begin in the summer of 2021 and will conclude in February 2023.

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency initially handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after RUSADA was found non-compliant for handing over manipulating lab data to investigators. The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in the doping or the coverup to compete, but prohibited the use of the Russian flag and anthem at major international sporting events.[1] However, the Russia national team could still enter qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions. The ruling was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),[2] which ruled in favour of WADA on 17 December 2020, but cut the ban from four to two years.[3] If Russia qualifies, its players will be able to use its name, flag or anthem at the Basketball World Cup, as a result of the nation's two-year ban expiring on 16 December 2022.[3][4]

Pre-Qualifiers

Teams that did not make it to EuroBasket 2021 qualification play in the pre-qualifiers round.

Draw

The draw was held on 29 October 2019[5] and the seeding was based on the FIBA Men's World Ranking.[6]

Seed 1
TeamPos
 Iceland46
 Belarus52
Seed 2
TeamPos
 Portugal61
 Slovakia68
Seed 3
TeamPos
 Kosovo69
 Cyprus78
Seed 4
TeamPos
 Luxembourg86
 Albania109

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, each group played the November window at a single venue.[7] The same will be done for the February 2021 games.[8]

All times are local.

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
2  Portugal (A) 4 3 1 288 260 +28 7
3  Albania (E) 4 1 3 253 312 −59 5
4  Cyprus (E) 4 0 4 214 331 −117 4
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
2  Slovakia 4 2 2 311 292 +19 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Kosovo 4 2 2 293 335 −42 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Luxembourg 4 1 3 298 320 −22 5
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

Second round

The qualified teams will be joined by the eight teams from the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, that did not qualify for the EuroBasket 2022.

Qualified teams

Third round

The qualified teams will be joined by the teams from the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, that qualified for the EuroBasket 2022.

Qualified teams

References
  1. "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. "WADA files official request with Court of Arbitration for Sport to resolve RUSADA dispute". World Anti-Doping Agency. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup after Cas ruling". BBC. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. "Russia banned from using its name, flag at next two Olympics". ESPN. Associated Press. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. "Draw results in for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. "Seedings confirmed for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round draw". FIBA.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. "Hosts for November FIBA European Qualifiers windows tournaments confirmed". FIBA. 8 October 2020.
  8. "Hosts for February 2021 FIBA European Qualifiers windows tournaments confirmed". FIBA. 4 December 2020.
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