Men's Basketball FIBA World Cup 2023

[Topicmaster1010 4,182]

 Australia qualified for Paris

[nenad 442]

New Zealand very poorly reacted to Greek defensive pressure in the 2nd half. Maybe this will give them boost to play their best game vs Lithuania on friday but LTU has to be favorite to place 2nd in the new group and reach QF. 

 

We looked good in the opening round, but the group was bad. Still given Italy's woes so far we have to be favorites to win the 1st place in new group. Serbia vs Lithuania so far looks like it could be QF for very probably Olympic quota place. But anything can happen really. 

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

Olympic Qualification Overview

 

Africa

No team reached the second round so the best team in the 17-32 classification will qualify. Here are their records

 

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -12

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -13

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -17

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -34

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -40

 

All nations were able to pick up a win so they are currently tied, but Angola, Egypt and South Sudan's have the point difference advantage over Cabo Verde and Cote d'Ivoire. Of course, this only matters if they finished in the same position in their respective groups. In terms of group difficulty, everyone except Cote d'Ivoire has a chance at winning the group though Angola and South Sudan have the best chance. The match between the two could determine the Olympic quota.

 

Asia

No team reached the second round so the best team in the 17-32 classification will qualify. Here are their records

 

record: 1-2 | pt diff: -28

record: 0-3 | pt diff: -23

record: 0-3 | pt diff: -63

record: 0-3 | pt diff: -77

record: 0-3 | pt diff: -80

record: 0-3 | pt diff: -100

 

Not a good tournament so far for Asia. Only Japan has won a match which puts them as the strong favourites to win the Olympic quota. Cabo Verde and Venezuela may not be the easiest opponents, but Japan can afford to lose one of those matches and still take the quota. The Philippines is the nation most likely to win both of their matches, but with China, Iran and Lebanon also facing Asian opponents in the 17-32 classification there could be a scramble in the event of a Japanese implosion.

 

Europe

10/12 nations advanced to the second round as France (who was not eligible for the quota) and Finland failed. Things are still very much up in the air to comment on the quota. Currently, have a 3-0 record while have a 2-1 record. In terms of direct matches, and are in Group I, and are in Group J, and are in Group K and and are in Group L. 4-6 teams should advance to the quarterfinals.

 

Oceania

wins the quota as they reached the second round while failed to qualify.

 

Pan America

5/7 nations advanced to the second round with and failing to advance. Like Europe, the quota may not be determined this round, but a couple of direct match-ups will likely spell the end for some nations. v and v will occur this round with Olympic survival on the line. The former match could kill off both teams depending on other results. is in a tough group, but their talent should carry them to the quarterfinals.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Too bad that there are so many weak teams and therefore so many boring games. Would be great to have a tournament with the following teams:

USA

Canada

Australia

Spain

France

Serbia

Germany

Greece

Italy

Slovenia

Lithuania

5 out of Brazil/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic/Turkey/Croatia/Montenegro/Latvia/Nigeria/Israel

[George_D 1,205]

6 hours ago, nenad said:

New Zealand very poorly reacted to Greek defensive pressure in the 2nd half. Maybe this will give them boost to play their best game vs Lithuania on friday but LTU has to be favorite to place 2nd in the new group and reach QF. 

 

We looked good in the opening round, but the group was bad. Still given Italy's woes so far we have to be favorites to win the 1st place in new group. Serbia vs Lithuania so far looks like it could be QF for very probably Olympic quota place. But anything can happen really. 

NZ simply collapsed. They put too much energy in both offense and defence in the first half. But we were awful anyway. We cant go further with such a team

[George_D 1,205]

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

Too bad that there are so many weak teams and therefore so many boring games. Would be great to have a tournament with the following teams:

USA

Canada

Australia

Spain

France

Serbia

Germany

Greece

Italy

Slovenia

Lithuania

5 out of Brazil/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic/Turkey/Croatia/Montenegro/Latvia/Nigeria/Israel

maybe it would be better for less teams in the world cup. 24 as it was until 2014

[thepharoah 2,405]

Angola lost to China and I don't exclude South Sudan losing also to Philippines today , we must defeat Jordan whom has Kobe Bryant of the poor and who's always a big barrier for all Arab countries plus Iran , they can lose to anyone but not these teams,  it'd be interesting match to follow

[thepharoah 2,405]

Mexico defeated NZ 108-100 

[thepharoah 2,405]

Lebanon defeated Cote d'Ivoire , it looks like it's the day of Asia 

[thepharoah 2,405]

South Sudan is heavily leading Philippines 48-29