The competition returns to basketball and it does so with the World Cup Indonesia, Philippines and Japanit is the first time in history that three countries jointly organize a basketball World Cup.

Spain defend the crown won in 2019, but as usual, the United States are the strong favorites to win the title. However, the Spanish team and others will try to win the gold medal.

When does the World Cup start?

The competition will start on August 25. at 10 a.m. with a double match. Finland-Australia and Angola-Italy will be the teams in charge of kicking off the competition, which ends on September 10.

The first phaseinvolving up to 32 countries, will be held between August 25 and 30 of the same month. Only half, 16, will continue the second phasewhich will again take place in groups (4 of 4 teams each) and It will be played from September 1 to 3.

From there come the playoffs. The 8 ranked teams of the second phase will play the quarter-finals on September 5 and 6. 8 is for the semi-finalsDuring this time he day 10, in the Philippines, the grand finale will take place of the Basketball World Cup.

Basketball World Cup Schedule

Being three countries and somewhat distant from each other, the time difference is different with Spain depending on which. With Indonesia it is five hours overtime, with the Philippines six hours and with Japan seven hours.

However, the matches will still be played on the Spanish morning. In this first phase, the first match team always takes place at ten o’clock in the morning peninsular time, while the last, in which he will always play Spain in the group stage, it will be at 3:30 p.m. Evening.

World Cup groups

The 32 countries ranked are divided into eight groups of four teams each. The first two will pass of each group, while the rest will be eliminated. Of course, they will continue to play the tournament to rank from 17th to 32nd, just like the rest of the eliminated teams will.

For those who pass this first phase, they will face the other two countries that will pass from their assigned group, in addition to the other team that will pass with them. That’s to say, the two classified of group A will face those of B, those of C with those of D, those of E with those of F and those of G with those of H.

Here are the groups for the 2023 Basketball World Cup:

• group A: Philippines, Italy, Dominican Republic and Angola.
• Group B: Serbia, Puerto Rico, China and South Sudan.
• Group C: United States, Greece, New Zealand and Jordan.
• Group D: Lithuania, Montenegro, Mexico and Egypt.
• Group E: Australia, Germany, Finland and Japan.
• Group F: Slovenia, Venezuela, Georgia and Cape Verde.
• Group G: SpainBrazil, Iran and Ivory Coast.
• Group H: France, Canada, Latvia and Lebanon.

Favorites for the World Cup

Spain, as the current champion, is one of the favorites to win the title. Despite the loss of Ricky Rubio, the tournament’s last MVP, and Lorenzo Brown, the team continues to hold the block won by Eurobasket last year, so they have options to reclaim the title.

However and as usual, the number 1 favorite is UNITED STATES. The team managed by Steve Kerr does not present its best names to the World Cup, but it has a very competitive team managed by Anthony Edwards.

From there, a range of very interesting options opens up and they have their options too. Slovenia, with Luka Doncic in charge, they have an affordable squad. Serbia, despite the many defeats, also continues to have a very competitive block, like other teams like Canada, France or Australia. Thirdly, Lithuania, Italy or Germany could surprise.