FIBA World Cup 2023: Where and how to watch? / News - Basketnews.com

The majority of countries offer either a public-plus-private solution for watching the World Cup or rely on a private streaming platform. All matches can be viewed live or on-demand on Courtside 1891.

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After a four-year break, the FIBA World Cup returns, where 32 top basketball teams compete to be crowned the best in the world.

A huge variety of international basketball stars arrive in Jakarta, Okinawa, and Manila to play in eight groups in the first stage. Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, Lauri Markkanen, and Rudy Gobert are just a few names from a long list of competitors.

All three hosting countries offer unique basketball experiences for fans in the arenas and TV viewers alike. A natural question arises - where can you watch the 2023 FIBA World Cup games?

Almost all participating countries offer some local broadcasting solution. Some nations will broadcast the matches on public and free television, and others have chosen to go the other route and will show the games on paid platforms and channels.

Regardless of the country, all matches are broadcast on Courtside 1891 (with blackouts in select countries).

Australia

Australia follows a semi-private road regarding FIBA World Cup coverage. All tournament games will be shown on ESPN channels (ESPN and ESPN2) or via the ESPN App. However, the Australian national team's matches can be viewed free of charge on ESPN via Kayo Freebies on Kayo Sports.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN App - all World Cup games ESPN via Kayo Freebies - all Australia's games (requires an account)

Brazil

Brazil follows a model that is common among the countries. All FIBA World Cup games are streamed on the online Star+ platform. Meanwhile, select matches from the tournament and every Brazil game will be shown on ESPN channels (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN4, others).

Star+ - all World Cup games ESPN channels - select World Cup games and all Brazil games

Canada

Similarly to Australia, all FIBA World Cup streaming rights are held by one broadcaster in Canada - Sportsnet. All Sportsnet regional channels, as well as the Sportsnet NOW online platform, will broadcast select World Cup games and all of Canada's matches.

Sportsnet (TV channels and Sportsnet NOW streaming platform) - select World Cup games and all Canada games

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic also features a broadcasting company that has all TV rights to stream FIBA World Cup games - CDN Deportes. The channel will broadcast select games from the tournament and all games of the Dominican Republic's national team.

CDN Deportes - select World Cup games and all Dominican Republic games

Finland

Finland follows the most common route, with other World Cup games being streamed on a subscription-based online platform - Ruutu+ - while all games of the local team are shown on a TV channel - Nelonen.

Ruutu Urheilu via Ruutu+ - 30 World Cup games Nelonen - all Finland games

France

France has given full FIBA World Cup broadcasting rights to beIN Sports. All tournament games will be shown on its platform's channels. However, all games of the French national team and all playoff games will be shown on France TV public channels.

beIN Sports - all World Cup games France TV channels - all France games and all playoff games (starting from the quarterfinal)

Georgia

Georgia follows a unique model that is the least common between the countries. All games of the Georgian national team and select other matches will be shown on a public 1TV channel.

1TV - all Georgia games and select other World Cup games

Germany

Germany is one of a few select countries to which a full Courtside 1891 blackout applies. MagentaTV holds all FIBA World Cup broadcasting right in the country with its Magenta Sports online streaming service being the only platform that shows the games.

All Germany's matches will be shown free of charge on the platform and will not even require an account, though.

Magenta Sport - all World Cup games with a paid subscription, all Germany's games for free

Greece

Greece goes the most common way - all FIBA World Cup matches are shown on private NovaSports channels, which can also be accessed via a streaming platform, while all games of the Greek national team as well as select other matches will be broadcast on the public channel ERT.

NovaSports - all World Cup games ERT - all Greece games and select other World Cup games

Italy

Italy is the first of all countries on this list to broadcast FIBA World Cup games on more than two channels. All games will be shown on DAZN - a subscription-based platform. All of Italy's games will be broadcast on the public Rai2 channel, while select games will be shown on Sky Sport channels.

DAZN - all World Cup games Rai2 - all Italy's games Sky Sport - select World Cup games (up to 3 per day)

Latvia & Lithuania

Since the same broadcasting company works in both Latvia and Lithuania, the two countries go on the list together. All Lithuania's and Latvia's games will be shown on the TV3 channel in the respective country. All World Cup games can be accessed only via the Go3 streaming platform.

TV3 - Latvia and Lithuania games in their respective countries TV6 Latvija - all games of Latvia's opponents in the group Go3 - all World Cup games

Montenegro

Montenegro follows the private-plus-public model for broadcasting FIBA World Cup games. Since SportKlub has the rights to show the tournament's games in the Balkans, all matches can be viewed on SportKlub via EON or Total TV.

At the same time, all Montenegrin national team's games will be broadcast on TV Vijesti.

SportKlub - all World Cup games TV Vijesti - all Montenegro games

New Zealand

FIBA World Cup broadcasting rights in New Zealand belong to TVNZ - the country's free-to-air broadcaster. All games of the New Zealand national team will be shown on the TVNZ Duke channel. Meanwhile, all tournament matches can be viewed via the TVNZ+ platform.

TVNZ Duke - all New Zealand games TVNZ+ - all World Cup games

Philippines

The Philippines have a huge variety of options to watch both the FIBA World Cup and their national team - the Gilas Pilipinas. All Gilas Pilipinas games will be shown on the public PTV4 channel.

All FIBA World Cup games will be shown on Cignal TV channels. All Gilas Pilipinas games will be shown on One Sports channel with same-day telecast on TV5 and next-day catchup on PBA Rush.

All FIBA World Cup games can be streamed via the Pilipinas Live online platform for under 2 euros per month in local currency.

PTV4 - all Gilas Pilipinas games for free One Sports and One Sports+ - select World Cup games and all Gilas Pilipinas games on One Sports Pilipinas Live - all World Cup games

Serbia

FIBA World Cup broadcasting rights in Serbia belong to SportKlub. However, a public debate went on for a while about whether Serbia's games could be shown publicly. After negotiations between the sides, public broadcaster RTS will show all Serbia's games and playoff matches for free.

SportKlub - all World Cup games RTS - all Serbia games and all playoff games (starting from the quarterfinal)

Slovenia

Slovenia is no different from other Balkan countries, as SportKlub holds all FIBA World Cup broadcasting rights. Similarly to other nations, all of Slovenia's games will be shown on a publicly accessible Šport TV channel.

SportKlub - all World Cup games Šport TV - all Slovenia games

Spain

Spain is the last country on this list that follows the public-plus-private model. All Spain's games in the FIBA World Cup will be shown on the public La1 channel, while all tournament games can be streamed via Gol Mundial online.

La1 - all Spain games Gol Mundial - all World Cup games, except three quarterfinals and one semifinal game

USA

The global sports media giant ESPN holds all FIBA World Cup broadcasting rights in the USA. The broadcasts will be divided into two parts - all Team USA matches will be shown on ESPN2, while all World Cup games can be viewed on the ESPN+ online platform.

ESPN2 - all Team USA games, one quarterfinal, one semifinal, and the final ESPN+ - all World Cup games

Worldwide

As we have seen, not all countries offer all matches to be seen on local broadcasters. If your country doesn't fall under this category, basketball fans are encouraged to visitCourtside 1891and choose one of the packages to watch all games live and/or on-demand.

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