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FIBA World Cup Groups have been confirmed after the Draw ceremony.

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All 32 participating nations found out their opponents for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 after the official Draw Ceremony led by Global Ambassadors -- Luis Scola (Argentina) and 2011 NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki (Germany).

The draw sorted the qualified teams into eight groups, with four teams in each of them.

The 2023 World Cup will be held from August 25 to September 10, 2023, in three countries: Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines.

The World Cup will include 5 African teams, 7 teams from the Americas, 12 from Europe, and 8 from Asia and Oceania.

Spain, who recently made history by overtaking the US in the FIBA ranking, will be defending the title.

After a 7th-place finish in the previous World Cup, Team USA will be looking for its sixth trophy to surpass Yugoslavia and have the most golden accolades in the account.

As well as deciding who will be the world champion, the upcoming World Cup will also allocate seven Paris Olympics 2024 berths.

FIBA World Cup Groups

Group A (Manila, Philippines)

No. Teams 1. Angola 2. Dominican Republic 3. Philippines 4. Italy

Group B(Manila, Philippines)

No. Teams 1. South Sudan 2. Serbia 3. China 4. Puerto Rico

Group C (Manila, Philippines)

No. Teams 1. USA 2. Jordan 3. Greece 4. New Zealand

Group D(Manila, Philippines)

No. Teams 1. Egypt 2. Mexico 3. Montenegro 4. Lithuania

Group E (Okinawa, Japan)

No. Teams 1. Germany 2. Finland 3. Australia 4. Japan

Group F (Okinawa, Japan)

No. Teams 1. Slovenia 2. Cape Verde 3. Georgia 4. Venezuela

Group G(Jakarta, Indonesia)

No. Teams 1. Iran 2. Spain 3. Cote D'Ivoire 4. Brazil

Group H (Jakarta, Indonesia)

No. Teams 1. Canada 2. Latvia 3. Lebanon 4. France

Format

Similar to the 2019 edition, the FIBA World Cup 2023 will be played in three phases -- the group stage, the second round, and the final phase.

In the group stage, the 32 qualified teams will be sorted into eight groups of four (A–H), where every team in a group will play each other once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the second round.

The bottom two teams will then play two classification games to determine the 17th to 32nd rankings.

In the second round, there will be four groups (I–L) of four made up of the teams that advanced from the first round, again playing each other once. The top two teams from groups I to L will qualify for the final phase.

The teams that lost in the quarterfinals will then play classification games to determine the 5th to 8th rankings.

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