2023 FIBA: ​​World Cup Qualifying Draw To Take Place Tuesday

2023 FIBA: ​​World Cup Qualifying Draw To Take Place Tuesday Sampson Adedeji The Official Draw Ceremony for the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup Qualifiers will take place on Tuesday 31 August by 10:00 a.m. GMT at the Maison du Basketball Patrick Baumann, BSNsports.com.ng can report. This ceremony marks an important step in the path leading to qualification for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Scheduled in 2 years in Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines, the 2023 edition will be the very first to be organized in several countries. As a continuation of the qualification system set up by FIBA ​​for the FIBA ​​World Cup 2019, the Qualifiers will take place over six qualifying windows which will be played over a period of 15 months in the four Zones (Africa, Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe) . Each qualifying window will last for nine days and they will all take place between November 2021 and February 2023. 80 countries will battle for one of the 32 places in the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup team draw. This phase will include a total of 420 matches. National teams will play home and away matches during each of these windows, allowing fans from all over the world to come and cheer on their favorite players. In Africa, 16 nations will be fighting for one of the 5 qualifying places for the FIBA ​​World Cup. The Americas will pit 16 teams for 7 qualifying places. In the Asia / Oceania Zone, 16 teams will be decided for the 6 qualifying places at stake. As hosts, the Philippines and Japan automatically qualify for the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup. Both teams will compete in the first and second rounds of the Qualifiers, but their results will not affect their participation in the World Tournament. Following a decision by the FIBA ​​Executive Committee, Indonesia will need to finish among the top eight in the 2021 FIBA ​​Asia Cup to qualify for automatic qualification. The European Zone Qualifiers will see 32 countries decide for the 12 qualifying places.