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The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup included teams whose rosters consisted of 12 players; a team may opted to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster. [1] [2] [3] Age and club were as of the start of the tournament, 25 August 2023. [4]
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 25 August to 10 September 2023. The tournament was the second to feature 32 teams and was hosted by multiple nations for the first time in its history—the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.
The United States men's national basketball team competed at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and finished in fourth place. The team held training camp in early August and scheduled five exhibition games before their World Cup opener at the end of the month in Manila. [1] The Americans were 4–1 during group play, qualifying for the final round.
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The United States men's national basketball team won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup held in Spain. Prior to 2014, the event was known as the FIBA World Championship. The 24-team tournament was held from August 30 to September 14, and the victory automatically qualified the U.S. into the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. [1]
The US team clinched a berth in the 2012 Olympics in London by winning the 2010 World Championship. The Olympic team lost some players to injuries who might have made the team and appeared to be short on big men. Their roster featured five players returning from the 2008 Olympic team and five others from the 2010 World Championship team.
Egypt finished fifth in the inaugural world championship, the best finish by a team from Africa. An Asian team, the Philippines, made their debut on the second tournament, where they finished third, the best finish by an Asian team. Australia was the first team from Oceania to participate in the tournament, in 1970.
It had become customary for the Americans' World Cup teams to have few former Olympians. [42] Barnes and Mason Plumlee (2014 World Cup) were the only former senior-level national team players. [43] While Team USA typically drew fewer star players for the World Cup than the Olympics, the turnout was low even by World Cup standards. [39]