2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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

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

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 zone	Qualifying tournaments		World Cup berths
	Division A top ranked teams	Division B maximum 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CPV	NGR	UGA	MLI
1	Cape Verde	4	3	1	319	296	+23	7	Second round		—	79–71	87–78	Anull.
2	Nigeria	4	2	2	327	299	+28	6			70–79	—	91–72	Anull.
3	Uganda	4	1	3	296	347	−51	5			77–74	69–95	—	Anull.
4	Mali[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		Canc.	Anull.	Anull.	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SSD	TUN	CMR	RWA
1	South Sudan	6	6	0	429	368	+61	12	Second round		—	75–61	74–68	68–56
2	Tunisia	6	4	2	386	369	+17	10			64–72	—	65–54	65–51
3	Cameroon	6	1	5	338	365	−27	7[a]			55–67	51–55	—	52–59
4	Rwanda	6	1	5	340	391	−51	7[a]			63–73	66–76	45–57	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CIV	ANG	GUI	CAF
1	Ivory Coast	6	6	0	442	381	+61	12	Second round		—	57–56	80–69	73–63
2	Angola	6	4	2	443	364	+79	10			73–75	—	75–59	76–60
3	Guinea	6	1	5	381	437	−56	7[a]			56–65	65–85	—	76–71
4	Central African Republic	6	1	5	367	451	−84	7[a]			64–92	48–78	61–56	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		EGY	COD	SEN	KEN
1	Egypt	6	5	1	452	311	+141	11	Second round		—	62–51	76–43	105–51
2	DR Congo	6	4	2	323	315	+8	10			52–80	—	62–57	20–0
3	Senegal	6	3	3	421	376	+45	9			75–57	60–72	—	86–54
4	Kenya[a]	6	0	6	255	449	−194	5			39–72	56–66	55–100	—

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CIV	ANG	CPV	NGR	GUI	UGA
1	Ivory Coast	10	8	2	739	664	+75	18[a]	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	57–56	77–69	78–66	80–69	89–44
2	Angola	10	8	2	735	618	+117	18[a]			73–75	—	80–67	70–67	75–59	84–62
3	Cape Verde	10	6	4	735	700	+35	16			79–64	58–65	—	79–71	78–70	87–78
4	Nigeria	10	5	5	742	704	+38	15			72–63	59–65	70–79	—	89–70	91–72
5	Guinea	10	2	8	660	715	−55	12			56–65	65–85	48–65	59–62	—	76–69
6	Uganda	10	1	9	647	857	−210	11			80–91	49–82	77–74	69–95	47–88	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SSD	EGY	SEN	TUN	COD	CMR
1	South Sudan	12	11	1	943	773	+170	23	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	97–77	83–75	75–61	101–58	74–68
2	Egypt	12	8	4	881	766	+115	20			65–85	—	76–43	67–61	62–51	63–71
3	Senegal	12	7	5	870	792	+78	19			69–66	75–57	—	53–70	60–72	90–71
4	Tunisia	12	6	6	772	750	+22	18			64–72	67–71	63–73	—	68–72 (OT)	65–54
5	DR Congo	12	5	7	684	779	−95	17			61–82	52–80	62–57	45–57	—	69–71
6	Cameroon	12	4	8	773	818	−45	16			55–67	74–86	63–89	51–55	85–56	—

FIBA Americas

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VEN	ARG	PAN	PAR
1	Venezuela	6	5	1	469	343	+126	11[a]	Second round		—	66–69	77–56	87–59
2	Argentina	6	5	1	455	382	+73	11[a]			58–71	—	65–58	83–67
3	Panama	6	2	4	406	414	−8	8			53–71	77–88	—	81–54
4	Paraguay	6	0	6	330	521	−191	6			48–97	43–82	59–81	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BRA	URU	COL	CHI
1	Brazil	6	5	1	533	411	+122	11	Second round		—	85–66	119–73	77–53
2	Uruguay	6	4	2	444	434	+10	10			60–73	—	83–75	75–65
3	Colombia	6	2	4	464	538	−74	8			104–98(2OT)	69–82	—	67–66
4	Chile	6	1	5	396	454	−58	7			55–81	67–78	90–76	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CAN	DOM	BAH	ISV
1	Canada	6	6	0	615	417	+198	12	Second round		—	85–79	115–73	94–46
2	Dominican Republic	6	4	2	519	446	+73	10			75–95	—	88–80	87–65
3	Bahamas	6	2	4	478	560	−82	8			77–113	65–90	—	86–74
4	Virgin Islands	6	0	6	388	577	−189	6			67–113	56–100	80–97	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		USA	MEX	PUR	CUB
1	United States	6	5	1	535	469	+66	11	Second round		—	89–67	93–76	95–90
2	Mexico	6	4	2	498	498	0	10			97–88	—	90–86	75–66
3	Puerto Rico	6	3	3	468	475	−7	9			75–83	97–87 (OT)	—	69–60
4	Cuba	6	0	6	414	473	−59	6			64–87	72–82	62–65	—

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CAN	DOM	VEN	ARG	PAN	BAH
1	Canada	12	11	1	1172	821	+351	23	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	85–79	94–56	99–87	112–71	115–73
2	Dominican Republic	12	9	3	985	862	+123	21			75–95	—	72–68	80–69	70–61	88–80
3	Venezuela	12	8	4	927	806	+121	20[a]			57–74	76–72	—	66–69	77–56	115–70
4	Argentina	12	8	4	944	865	+79	20[a]			83–72	75–79	58–71	—	65–58	95–77
5	Panama	12	3	9	822	944	−122	15[b]			50–106	67–93	53–71	77–88	—	88–66
6	Bahamas	12	3	9	931	1103	−172	15[b]			77–113	65–90	81–86	76–80	83–79	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		USA	PUR	MEX	BRA	URU	COL
1	United States	12	9	3	1066	952	+114	21	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	93–76	89–67	79–94	105–71	88–81
2	Puerto Rico	12	8	4	959	942	+17	20[a]			75–83	—	97–87 (OT)	75–72	76–68	91–79
3	Mexico	12	8	4	1000	948	+52	20[a]			97–88	90–86	—	56–102	80–60	89–93 (OT)
4	Brazil	12	8	4	1046	871	+175	20[a]			83–76	90–92	72–82	—	85–66	119–73
5	Uruguay	12	5	7	867	935	−68	17			77–88	78–70	69–82	60–73	—	83–75
6	Colombia	12	3	9	928	1101	−173	15			77–95	80–87	54–113	104–98 (2OT)	69–82	—

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NZL	PHI	IND	KOR
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	390	229	+161	8	Second round		—	88–63	101–46	Canc.
2	Philippines[a]	4	2	2	290	321	−31	6			60–106	—	79–63	Canc.
3	India	4	0	4	233	363	−130	4			60–95	64–88	—	Canc.
4	South Korea[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		Canc.	Canc.	Canc.	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AUS	CHN	JPN	TPE
1	Australia	6	6	0	513	365	+148	12	Second round		—	76–69	80–64	98–61
2	China	6	4	2	493	397	+96	10			48–71	—	79–63	94–58
3	Japan[a]	6	2	4	417	483	−66	8			52–98	73–106	—	89–49
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	6	366	544	−178	6			71–90	56–97	71–76	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LBN	JOR	KSA	IDN
1	Lebanon	6	5	1	529	374	+155	11	Second round		—	89–70	90–60	96–38
2	Jordan	6	4	2	447	401	+46	10			74–63	—	68–61	94–64
3	Saudi Arabia	6	3	3	425	436	−11	9			68–81	72–64	—	95–66
4	Indonesia[a]	6	0	6	351	541	−190	6			64–110	52–77	67–69	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KAZ	IRI	BHR	SYR
1	Kazakhstan	6	5	1	452	384	+68	11	Second round		—	68–60	51–62	84–74
2	Iran	6	4	2	482	395	+87	10			69–73	—	82–66	80–68
3	Bahrain	6	2	4	380	475	−95	8			48–95	64–100	—	64–80
4	Syria	6	1	5	416	476	−60	7			71–81	56–91	67–76	—

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NZL	LBN	PHI	JOR	KSA	IND
1	New Zealand	10	8	2	926	689	+237	18	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	106–91	88–63	100–72	110–63	101–46
2	Lebanon	10	7	3	870	768	+102	17			77–65	—	85–81	89–70	90–60	103–74
3	Philippines	10	6	4	802	768	+34	16[a]	Qualified for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts		60–106	107–96	—	90–91	84–46	79–63
4	Jordan	10	6	4	775	751	+24	16[a]	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		92–75	74–63	66–74	—	68–61	80–64
5	Saudi Arabia	10	3	7	654	767	−113	13			65–80	68–81	63–76	72–64	—	85–54
6	India	10	0	10	611	895	−284	10			60–95	63–95	64–88	63–98	60–71	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AUS	CHN	JPN	IRI	KAZ	BHR
1	Australia[a]	12	11	1	993	657	+336	22[b]	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	76–69	80–64	98–68	98–53	83–51
2	China	12	10	2	959	792	+167	22[b]			48–71	—	79–63	86–74	71–59	80–67
3	Japan	12	7	5	917	878	+39	19	Qualified for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts		52–98	73–106	—	96–61	73–48	95–72
4	Iran	12	6	6	856	824	+32	18	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		20–0	72–81	79–68	—	69–73	82–66
5	Kazakhstan	12	5	7	779	872	−93	17			50–97	56–68	61–81	68–60	—	51–62
6	Bahrain	12	2	10	761	1004	−243	14			50–104	67–80 (OT)	74–87	64–100	48–95	—

FIBA Europe

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LAT	BEL	SRB	SVK
1	Latvia	6	5	1	475	422	+53	11	Second round (Group I)		—	68–63	66–59	82–74
2	Belgium	6	4	2	460	392	+68	10			65–66	—	73–69	102–59
3	Serbia	6	3	3	448	439	+9	9			101–100	73–74	—	75–63
4	Slovakia	6	0	6	376	506	−130	6			60–93	57–83	63–71	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	TUR	GBR	BLR
1	Greece	4	3	1	310	287	+23	7	Second round (Group I)		—	72–71	93–71	Annu.
2	Turkey	4	2	2	307	286	+21	6			67–76	—	84–67	Canc.
3	Great Britain	4	1	3	287	331	−44	5			78–69	71–85	—	Canc.
4	Belarus[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled		Canc.	Annu.	Canc.	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FIN	SLO	SWE	CRO
1	Finland	6	5	1	474	446	+28	11	Second round (Group J)		—	86–76	85–69	77–71
2	Slovenia	6	4	2	506	482	+24	10			79–83	—	94–89	97–69
3	Sweden	6	2	4	479	494	−15	8			72–62	81–84	—	98–105 (OT)
4	Croatia	6	1	5	462	499	−37	7			79–81	74–76	64–70	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GER	ISR	EST	POL
1	Germany	6	5	1	474	425	+49	11	Second round (Group J)		—	84–80	66–69	93–83
2	Israel	6	3	3	476	452	+24	9			67–71	—	96–77	69–61
3	Estonia	6	2	4	415	470	−55	8[a]			57–88	69–79	—	75–71
4	Poland	6	2	4	444	462	−18	8[a]			69–72	90–85 (OT)	70–68	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FRA	MNE	HUN	POR
1	France	6	5	1	464	343	+121	11	Second round (Group K)		—	73–67	81–40	94–56
2	Montenegro	6	4	2	464	428	+36	10			70–69	—	84–88	83–69
3	Hungary	6	3	3	399	469	−70	9			54–78	67–83	—	69–68
4	Portugal	6	0	6	386	473	−87	6			56–69	62–77	75–81	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LTU	CZE	BIH	BUL
1	Lithuania	6	5	1	462	421	+41	11	Second round (Group K)		—	72–83	77–56	89–69
2	Czech Republic	6	3	3	485	483	+2	9[a]			66–74	—	93–81	83–80
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	3	3	472	486	−14	9[a]			77–78	97–90	—	76–73
4	Bulgaria	6	1	5	446	475	−29	7			70–72	79–70	75–85	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	GEO	UKR	MKD
1	Spain	6	5	1	504	402	+102	11	Second round (Group L)		—	89–61	88–74	80–44
2	Georgia	6	4	2	467	462	+5	10			82–76 (OT)	—	88–83	91–70
3	Ukraine	6	3	3	463	448	+15	9			76–77	79–66	—	78–61
4	North Macedonia	6	0	6	373	495	−122	6			65–94	65–79	68–73	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ITA	ISL	NED	RUS
1	Italy	4	3	1	367	348	+19	7[a]	Second round (Group L)		—	95–87	75–73	Canc.
2	Iceland	4	3	1	340	343	−3	7[a]			107–105	—	67–66	Canc.
3	Netherlands	4	0	4	297	313	−16	4			81–92	77–79	—	Canc.
4	Russia[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled		Annu.	Annu.	Annu.	—

Second round

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LAT	SRB	GRE	TUR	BEL	GBR
1	Latvia	10	9	1	807	707	+100	19	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	66–59	67–57	111–85	68–63	79–63
2	Serbia	10	6	4	825	803	+22	16[a]			101–100	—	100–94 (OT)	77–76	73–74	101–83
3	Greece	10	6	4	775	764	+11	16[a]			60–80	97–92 (OT)	—	72–71	85–68	93–71
4	Turkey	10	4	6	782	742	+40	14[b]			74–83	72–79	67–76	—	86–52	84–67
5	Belgium	10	4	6	679	717	−38	14[b]			65–66	73–69	70–72	54–82	—	72–57
6	Great Britain	10	1	9	697	832	−135	11			80–87	68–74	78–69	71–85	59–88	—

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GER	FIN	SLO	SWE	ISR	EST
1	Germany	12	10	2	960	854	+106	22	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	94–80	90–71	73–66	84–80	66–69
2	Finland	12	9	3	978	934	+44	21			81–87	—	86–76	85–69	79–73	91–71
3	Slovenia	12	7	5	994	958	+36	19			81–75	79–83	—	94–89	79–87	104–83
4	Sweden	12	5	7	919	939	−20	17			50–67	72–62	81–84	—	71–68	71–72
5	Israel	12	4	8	944	948	−4	16[a]			67–71	95–97 (OT)	62–75	83–95	—	96–77
6	Estonia	12	4	8	870	977	−107	16[a]			57–88	68–76	79–78	82–87	69–79	—

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FRA	LTU	MNE	HUN	BIH	CZE
1	France	12	10	2	973	742	+231	22	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	70–63	73–67	81–40	92–56	95–60
2	Lithuania	12	9	3	922	852	+70	21			65–90	—	90–73	89–64	77–56	72–83
3	Montenegro	12	7	5	900	852	+48	19			70–69	56–65	—	84–88	88–69	88–70
4	Hungary	12	6	6	871	954	−83	18[a]			54–78	78–88	67–83	—	87–77	83–69
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	6	6	927	987	−60	18[a]			96–90 (2OT)	77–78	74–66	83–78	—	97–90
6	Czech Republic	12	3	9	878	968	−90	15			59–72	66–74	56–65	79–82	93–81	—

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	ITA	GEO	ISL	UKR	NED
1	Spain	10	8	2	823	703	+120	18[a]	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup		—	68–72	89–61	87–57	88–74	84–72
2	Italy	10	8	2	881	836	+45	18[a]			84–88 (OT)	—	91–84	95–87	85–75	75–73
3	Georgia	10	5	5	795	814	−19	15[b]			82–76 (OT)	84–85	—	77–80	88–83	77–66
4	Iceland	10	5	5	786	842	−56	15[b]			61–80	107–105 (2OT)	85–88	—	91–88 (OT)	67–66
5	Ukraine	10	4	6	811	797	+14	14			76–77	89–97	79–66	79–72	—	72–56
6	Netherlands	10	0	10	712	816	−104	10			64–86	81–92	80–88	77–79	77–96	—

Statistical leaders

As of 27 February 2023

References

External links

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