Men's Basketball FIBA World Cup 2023

[thepharoah 2,405]

Congrats South Sudan , it's a country that breathe basketball and very deserved qualification to Paris , they were only recognized by FIBA in 2013 

[Gianlu33 4,534]

Japan qualify at Olympics Games. 

[nenad 442]

Congrats to South Sudan, always nice to see that kind of a story. Luol Deng has did wonders for them. I have massive respect for people like him and Dončić who go back to its roots even though they don't get nothing in return financially. 

Edited September 2, 2023 by nenad

[Tigercub 71]

Finally! A win for PHI 

PHI 96 CHN 75

[thepharoah 2,405]

so as results stand Egypt will finish 20th right ? @JoshMartini007

[JoshMartini007 2,533]

24 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

so as results stand Egypt will finish 20th right ? @JoshMartini007

Correct. They have also advanced to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

[prso1000 662]

Only 5 last teams will miss OQT, right? 

[JoshMartini007 2,533]

1 minute ago, prso1000 said:

Only 5 last teams will miss OQT, right? 

Yes so unless Iran makes a comeback the teams which advance to the OQT are plus the 11 teams in the second round which don't get an Olympic quota.

 

are eliminated from Olympic qualification

[MHSN 3,613]

I wasn't expecting much from this World Cup. we shouldn't even qualify (we did only because AUS forfeited the game in Tehran)

still we should beat CIV with better officiating and LBN was also beatable. but that's OK it was more like "let's have fun" kind of tournament for us. 

 

but our best basketball player ever announced his retirement today , despite being old, injured, tired etc he never turned his back to the national team. he was our Luis Scola (the player I admire the most)

 

 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

What an achievement for

 

It's pretty insane that their first official match was only in 2017.