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Check out the preparation and exhibition games schedule ahead of the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

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With less than a month to go until the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, national teams begin their preparation for the upcoming tournament.

BasketNews presents the preparation games schedule of the main favorites, including Team USA, Canada, Slovenia, France, Spain, and others.

Slovenia

Slovenia will play seven preparation games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and face China, Greece (twice), Montenegro, Spain, Team USA, and Japan.

Slovenia announces preparation games schedule for FIBA World Cup 2023

Slovenia FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location July 25th China Celje, Slovenia August 2nd Greece Ljubljana, Slovenia August 4th Greece Athens, Greece August 8th Montenegro Ljubljana, Slovenia August 11th Spain Malaga, Spain August 12th Team USA Malaga, Spain August 19th Japan Tokyo, Japan

Greece

Greece will play six preparation games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and face Slovenia (twice), Serbia, Italy, Team USA, and Germany.

Greece friendly games schedule for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

Greece FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 2nd Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia August 4th Slovenia Athens, Greece August 8th Serbia Athens, Greece August 10th Italy Athens, Greece August 18th Team USA Abu Dhabi, UAE August 19th Germany Abu Dhabi, UAE

Serbia

Serbia will play five games against Greece, Italy, Puerto Rico, China, and Brazil in three different countries.

Serbian national team's friendly games schedule announced

Serbia FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 8th Greece Athens, Greece August 9th Italy Athens, Greece August 16th Puerto Rico Belgrade, Serbia August 20th China Shenzhen, China August 21st Brazil Shenzhen, China

Spain

Spain will play five preparation games before FIBA Basketball World Cup, from August 4th to August 19th, facing such teams as Team USA, Slovenia, and Canada.

Spain preparation games schedule for FIBA World Cup 2023 revealed

Spain FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 4th Venezuela Madrid, Spain August 11th Slovenia Malaga, Spain August 13th Team USA Malaga, Spain August 17th Canada Granada, Spain August 19th Dominican Republic Granada, Spain

France

France will play seven preparation games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and face Tunisia, Montenegro, Venezuela, Lithuania (twice), Japan, and Australia.

France friendly games schedule for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

France FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location July 31st Tunisia Pau, France August 2nd Montenegro Montpellier, France August 7th Venezuela Orleans, France August 9th Lithuania Orleans, France August 11th Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania August 17th Japan Tokyo, Japan August 20th Australia Tokyo, Japan

Italy

Italy will play seven preparation games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and face Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, New Zealand, and Cape Verde or China.

Italy friendly games schedule for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

Italy FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 4th Turkey Trento, Italy August 5th China or Cape Verde Trento, Italy August 9th Serbia Athens, Greece August 10th Greece Athens, Greece August 13th Puerto Rico Ravenna, Italy August 20th Brazil Shenzen, China August 21st New Zealand Shenzen, China

Lithuania

Lithuania will play ten preparation games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, with Ukraine being the only opponent that won't play in the upcoming tournament.

Lithuania announces 10 preparation games ahead of FIBA World Cup

Lithuania FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location July 22nd Jordan Alytus, Lithuania July 24th Jordan Alytus, Lithuania July 29th Ukraine Panevezys, Lithuania August 1st Georgia Kaunas, Lithuania August 4th Finland Tampere, Finland August 9th France Orleans, France August 11th France Vilnius, Lithuania August 14th Finland Klaipeda, Lithuania August 19th Puerto Rico Taipei, Taiwan August 22nd Latvia Taipei, Taiwan

Australia

Australia will play five exhibition games before FIBA Basketball World Cup, from August 14th to August 22nd.

Australia exhibition games schedule for FIBA World Cup 2023 revealed

Australia FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 14th Venezuela Melbourne, Australia August 16th Brazil Melbourne, Australia August 17th South Sudan Melbourne, Australia August 20th France Tokyo, Japan August 22nd Georgia Okinawa, Japan

Team USA

Team USA exhibition series includes five games prior to FIBA World Cup 2023: Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Greece, and Germany.

Team USA announces 5 showcase games ahead of FIBA World Cup

Team USA FIBA World Cup preparation schedule

Date Opponent Location August 7th Puerto Rico Las Vegas, USA August 12th Slovenia Malaga, Spain August 13th Spain Malaga, Spain August 18th Greece Abu Dhabi, UAE August 20th Germany Abu Dhabi, UAE

Canada

Canada will play five exhibition games ahead of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and face Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Dominican Republic, and China or Germany again.

Canada exhibition games schedule for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

Canada FIBA World Cup exhibition games schedule

Date Opponent Location August 9th Germany Berlin, Germany August 12th New Zealand Hamburg, Germany August 13th China or Germany Hamburg, Germany August 17th Spain Granada, Spain August 18th Dominican Republic Granada, Spain Support BasketNews so we could make even better content.