The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for national men's basketball teams. This will be the second tournament under the new cycle which started in 2019. It is expected that there will be 32 teams in the tournament. As announced on 9 December 2017, this will be the first World Cup to be hosted by multiple nations: the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia from 25 August to 10 September 2023. It is the first World Cup to be hosted in Indonesia, and the second to be hosted in both the Philippines and Japan since they first hosted the tournament in 1978 and 2006 respectively. Spain will be the defending champions, having beaten Argentina in the 2019 final.
Host selection
On 7 June 2016, FIBA approved the bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 1 June 2017, FIBA confirmed the list of candidates for the hosting of the World Cup.
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Solo bidders Russia and Turkey ended their bids, leaving joint bids of Philippines–Japan–Indonesia and Argentina–Uruguay left in the race. On 9 December 2017, it was announced that the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia won the bid against Argentina and Uruguay and will host the upcoming World Cup.
Preparations
During the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, the three host countries for the 2023 World Cup sent representatives to observe the tournament. Representatives from the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, as well as from the playing venues had a full-scale briefing from 10 to 15 September 2019 and observed the tournament's final phase. The delegations also observed the FIBA Congress and the Opening Ceremonies. In May 2019, a team of representatives from the Philippines visited China to check and inspect on the venues to be used for the 2019 World Cup, to learn on how preparations are being done, that can also be utilized for the 2023 edition. Among these venues were the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center in Foshan, and the Wuhan Gymnasium in Wuhan. During a visit to Switzerland, FIBA Central board member Erick Thohir and Indonesian vice presidentJusuf Kalla, along with other officials, met with FIBA Secretary-General Andreas Zagklis and other officials, to show Indonesia's readiness to host the World Cup, as well as the support provided by the Indonesian government. Prior to the meeting with FIBA, Vice President Kalla, Mr. Thohir, and other officials, visited the International Olympic Committee headquarters, and met with IOC PresidentThomas Bach, expressing their seriousness to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. A turnover ceremony was held at halftime of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain at the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, to officially hand over the hosting rights of the FIBA Basketball World Cup from China to the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.FIBA Central Board members Manuel V. Pangilinan from the Philippines, Yuko Mitsuya from Japan, and Erick Thohir from Indonesia, received the FIBA Flag from Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. Also present at the turnover ceremony were then-FIBA President Horacio Muratore and FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Global Ambassador Kobe Bryant. During FIBA Executive Committee's meeting on 31 January 2020, International Olympic Committee and FIBA Executive Committee member Richard Carrión was appointed as the Chairman of the Joint Management Committee for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. FIBA Oceania Executive Director David Crocker will also be the tournament's Executive Director. Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister :id:Zainudin Amali|Zainudin Amali revealed plans for a new arena to be built in Jakarta for the tournament, with a capacity of between 15,000 to 20,000. According to Danny Kosasih, president of the Indonesian Basketball Association, President Joko Widodo has granted a permit for its construction. The arena will reportedly be similar to that of the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The schedule of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was announced on 11 May 2020. The tournament will be held from 25 August to 10 September 2023. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, preparations for the tournament remain unhampered with officials of the three host national federations communicating through videoconferences.
Philippines, Japan and Indonesia as co-hosts automatically qualify for the tournament when they were awarded hosting rights. However, the automatic qualification for Indonesia is provisional with FIBA imposing a strict condition that the country will have to make its national team competitive by 2021. In order for Indonesia to automatically qualify it had to qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup first and finish at least tenth place in the competition. If so, Indonesia will make their FIBA Basketball World Cup debut. The draw for the qualifiers will take place in late 2020.
Draw
The final draw will take place in Manila, six months before the tournament starts.
Format
Similar to the 2019 edition, the tournament will be played in three stages. In the first stage, the 32 qualified teams will be sorted into eight groups of four, each team in a group will play each other once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the second group stage. In the second group stage there will be four groups 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 knockout phase.
Marketing
The logo for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup has already been agreed upon by July 2019 and is pending approval by FIBA. The logo will be unveiled sometime in September 2020.
