![]() Group H, Jakarta: Canada (15), Latvia (29), Lebanon (43), France (5). ![]() Group G, Jakarta: Iran (22), Spain (1), Ivory Coast (42), Brazil (13). Group F, Okinawa: Slovenia (7), Cape Verde (64), Georgia (32), Venezuela (17). Group E, Okinawa: Germany (11), Finland (24), Australia (3), Japan (36). Group D, Manila: Egypt (55), Mexico (31), Montenegro (18), Lithuania (8). Group C, Manila: United States (2), Jordan (33), Greece (9), New Zealand (26). Group B, Manila: South Sudan (62), Serbia (6), China (27), Puerto Rico (20). Group A, Manila: Angola (41), Dominican Republic (23), Philippines (40), Italy (10). Teams are listed with their world ranking. The top two teams from each group move on to the second round the bottom two teams move into a classification tournament to determine 17th through 32nd places at the event. ![]() “To our friends around the world, join our new ‘Thrilla in Manila,’ the 2023 Basketball World Cup edition,” said Manuel Pangilinan, a FIBA Central Board member from the Philippines - using the phrase coined for the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight in Manila in 1975.ĭefending World Cup champion Spain is in Group G, with Iran, Ivory Coast and Brazil as its opening opponents.Īll teams in each group play one another in the opening round. ![]() is planning to announce its roster in June or July. The Americans - who will be coached by Golden State’s Steve Kerr in the tournament - were drawn into Group C, one of eight four-team groups for the opening round. “They were eliminated recently, so Giannis will have maybe a longer offseason than he’s had in recent years,” Hill said. Antetokounmpo is expected to play for Greece his Milwaukee Bucks were hoping for a deep NBA playoff run but lost to the Miami Heat in Round 1. They met in the World Cup at China four years ago. The Americans will play Greece in August at Abu Dhabi in an exhibition.
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