2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, for the FIBA Europe region, will begin in the summer of 2021 and will conclude in February 2023.

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after RUSADA was found non-compliant for handing over manipulating lab data to investigators.[1] However, the Russia national team could still enter qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions. If Russia were to qualify, Russian basketballers could still potentially compete at the tournament, pending a decision from FIBA. However, a team representing Russia which uses the Russian flag and anthem cannot participate under the WADA decision.

Pre-Qualifiers

Teams that did not make it to EuroBasket 2021 qualification play in the pre-qualifiers round.

First round

Draw

The draw was held on 29 October 2019[2] and the seeding was based on the FIBA Men's World Ranking.[3]

Seed 1
TeamPos
 Iceland46
 Belarus52
Seed 2
TeamPos
 Portugal61
 Slovakia68
Seed 3
TeamPos
 Kosovo69
 Cyprus78
Seed 4
TeamPos
 Luxembourg86
 Albania109
Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 2 2 0 169 97 +72 4 Pre-qualifiers second round — 72–56 26 Nov 29 Nov
2  Portugal 2 1 1 126 134 −8 3[lower-alpha 1] 18 Feb — 70–62 26 Nov
3  Albania 2 1 1 133 134 −1 3[lower-alpha 1] 21 Feb 29 Nov — 71–64
4  Cyprus 2 0 2 105 168 −63 2 41–97 21 Feb 18 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Portugal 70–62 Albania
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Kosovo 2 2 0 164 158 +6 4 Pre-qualifiers second round — 80–78 21 Feb 18 Feb
2  Iceland 2 1 1 161 154 +7 3[lower-alpha 1] 29 Nov — 83–74 26 Nov
3  Slovakia 2 1 1 147 148 −1 3[lower-alpha 1] 26 Nov 18 Feb — 73–65
4  Luxembourg 2 0 2 145 157 −12 2 80–84 21 Feb 29 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Iceland 83–74 Slovakia

References
  1. "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. "Draw results in for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "Seedings confirmed for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round draw". FIBA.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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