The FIBA World Cup returns to the Philippines after 45 years, with co-hosts Japan and Indonesia also housing some of the world's best basketball teams
MANILA, Philippines – For the first time since 1978, the FIBA World Cup returns to the Philippines – a country famous for its unabashed love of basketball.
Each country has its own objectives, some more ambitious than others. With 32 teams, the World Cup will certainly offer a vast array of basketball cultures in the quadrennial extravaganza.The competition serves as a qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Seven teams will make it to Paris depending on their ranking at the World Cup: two from the Americas, two from Europe, and one from each of the continents of Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
The Philippines hosts Groups A, B, C, and D. Japan gets Groups E and F, while Indonesia has Groups G and H in the two-week long tournament.Group B: Serbia, South Sudan, China, Puerto RicoGroup E: Japan, Germany, Finland, AustraliaGroup H: Canada, France, Lebanon, LatviaThe festivities will kick off at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan on August 25, pitting Angola and Italy in the opening game at 4 pm and the Philippines and Dominican Republic in the 8 pm main game.
The second round and classification games will also be scattered throughout the three countries, before the final phase gets going on September 5 at the Mall of Asia Arena.Each team will play each other in the first round, where the top two teams of each group will advance to the second round. The bottom two teams will play classification games for rankings 17 to 32, which should be pivotal in some countries’ Olympic hopes.
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