Towards the 2023 Basketball World Cup: the National Team already knows its qualifying group | The contest will be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

The Argentina basketball team you already know your group of American qualifiers heading to the 2023 World Cup to be jointly organized by the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia. According to the draw carried out this Tuesday, the albiceleste will share the area with Venezuela, Panama and Paraguay.

The draw took into account the geographical dispositions of each country and was held at La Casa del Básquet Patrick Baumann, which is how the new headquarters of the International Federation (FIBA), in the Swiss town of Mies, has been known since its foundation.

Argentina, current world runner-up and who has just finished 8th out of 12 teams in the recent Tokyo Olympic Games, he will be one of the 16 continental exponents that will compete for the seven places available for the World Cup which will be played from August 25 to September 10, 2023.

The eliminatory format

The first qualifying stage will consist of four groups of four teams each, with six games divided into three windows, to be played next November, plus February and June 2022.

The groups were defined as follows:

  • A: Argentina, Venezuela, Panama and Paraguay.
  • B: Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Chile.
  • C: Canada, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands and Bahamas.
  • D: United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba.

The first three teams in each zone will access a second round, where they will be located in two groups of six selected each. The competition is scheduled to include three more windows in August and November 2022, plus February 2023.

At the close of these six matches, the three best teams in each of the groups, plus the fourth best located will qualify for the World Cup on the American continent.

The good memory of China 2019

In his last participation in a World Cup, that of China 2019, the National Team reached nothing less than the runner-up, led by the Bahia coach Sergio Hernández and with notable performances by Facundo Campazzo, Luis Scola, Marcos Delía and Patricio Garino, among others. Just like that time, the World Cup event will qualify directly for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to the two best American teams, the two Europeans and those that finish highest in Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Argentina / Uruguay could not be

It is worth remembering that Argentina it was together with Uruguay the only alternative to host the World Cup, after Russia and Turkey lower their candidacies. Five venues had been proposed from the Río de la Plata: City of Buenos Aires, Córdoba Mar del Plata, Mendoza and Montevideo; but finally the Asian trio made up of the Philippines (with four stadiums; three in Manila and one in Bulacán), Japan (based in Okinawa) and Indonesia (Jakarta) was chosen. It will be the first time that a World Cup of the category has been played in different countries.

80 to 30

In total, 80 teams will compete for the 30 places at stake for the World Cup. For Europe there will be 12 tickets (to be distributed among 32 countries), 7 for America (16 countries), 6 for Asia / Oceania (16 countries) and 5 for Africa (16 countries). As for the hosts, only Japan and the Philippines are directly classified, being that Indonesia must finish in the top eight of the next Asian Cup to get their ticket.

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