The Dominican Republic is about to face its rivals in the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup

The Dominican national team was placed in pot five, ensuring that the USA basketball team would be avoided during the group stage.

There are still several months before the celebration of the nineteenth day Men’s Basketball World Cup to be held jointly FilipinoAnd Japan And Indonesia However, in the year 2023, next April 29th will witness an important date of the event. The eight groups will be formed in which the tournament action will begin and dominican republicand are among the 32 seeded teams waiting to find out who their opponent will be.

Located in the cylinder five next to groups IranAnd Finland And New Zealandthe Dominican men’s basketball team It will avoid encountering forces like United State And Canada during the group stage, but they may find themselves facing titans like Spain.

To determine the order of the bass drums, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) I used the world rankings until February of this year, except for the host, who will be ranked alongside SpainAnd United State And Australia.

The three host nations had the privilege of selecting one team each to host the group stage. United State He was chosen to play in it FilipinoAnd Slovenia in Japan And Canada in Indonesiabecause of “Reasons to workAt the same time, the fiba that the countries of Africa, AmericaAnd Asia And Oceania They will not be able to face other members of their association in the group stage. This means that dominican republic will not encounter United State And Canada, as mentioned earlier. In addition, each group must contain at least one team of Europebut not more than two.

With this in mind, the teams that finished in pots 1, 3, 5 and 7 will be drawn to play in groups A, C, E and G, while the teams from trays 2, 4, 6 and 8 will be drawn into groups B, D and F and H.

Tournament format

he Basketball World Cup In 2023 it will have three phases. The first stage will have eight groups of four teams each, with the two best teams from each group advancing to the second stage, while those remaining in the bottom two must play matches to place themselves in the world rankings.

The second round will feature four groups of four, with the top two teams from each group advancing again, and those eliminated will play matches to place themselves in the world rankings. Best ranked America And Europe You will get a ticket Paris Olympics. The same will happen with the best team AfricaAnd Asia And Oceania. These teams will meet with Francehost country.

The other four places in Paris 2024 Olympic Games It will be held between 40 countries in two tournaments.