Since 2020, the qualification for the Olympic Games is through the FIBA Basketball World Cup. This makes the process balanced and ensures the representation of teams from every continent. Therefore, the FIBA World Cup of 2023 will act as a qualification tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics in France.
The FIBA World Cup 2023 will be played from 25 August to 10 September and occurs once in four years. This is the second time that 32 teams from all around the globe are participating including teams from Africa, Asia, America, Europe, and Oceania.
The 2023 FIBA World Cup is the first time that multiple nations are hosting the prestigious tournament together - the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. This is also the second straight year when the World Cup is taking place in Asia, the first being in China in 2019.
Qualification for Olympic Games
The FIBA World Cup of 2023 will allocate free berths to the seven teams who finish at the top in their regions. The bifurcation of the seven teams will be like, two from America and Europe and one each from Asia, Africa, and Oceania. One spot has already been fixed for the host nation and this time it is for France.
In the Olympics, a total of 12 teams compete from around the globe, the selection of the first eight teams follows through the above process, and the remaining four spots are determined after the result of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament has been announced.
The selection for holding the four seats at the Olympics happens in two phases, the first phase, Pre-Qualifying Tournament (FOPQTs) includes an intense competition between the 40 different teams, and these forty teams are chosen by their performance in the previous Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. Each continent has a certain number of teams:
America -8
Asia -8
Africa -8
Europe -16
Out of these 40 teams, five teams will qualify for the second phase, the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (FOQTs). Here, a total of 24 teams participate, 5 from the winners of FOPQTs and rest 19 teams based on the performances in the FIBA World Cup 2023. Thus, the final competition began and the top four teams, two from Europe and one each from America, Asia, and Africa snagged the spot for the Olympics games.
FAQs
A. Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines will be hosting the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The tournament will commence from 25 August to 10 September.
A. Yes, Serbia has qualified for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The team was the last (32nd) to qualify.
A. FIBA and ESPN have collaborated for telecasting all 92 games on ESPN+ and ESPN2.
A. NBA is the American Basketball League which is played in the USA where 30 different teams compete to win the NBA championship, while FIBA is the Basketball World Cup where several nations compete to become the World Champions and occurs once in a four year.
