2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and Japan since their first hosted tournaments in 1978 and 2006 respectively. The top eight teams including France as the host for the 2024 Summer Olympics (where two teams each are coming from the Americas and Europe; and the top teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania) in this competition will guarantee a spot at the men's basketball tournament in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. On 7 June 2016, FIBA approved the bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 1 June 2017, FIBA confirmed the list of candidates for the hosting of the World Cup. Solo bidders Russia
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification day later, it was confirmed that the Chinese indeed withdrew from the wild card race, as they could not form a viable team. On 1 February, FIBA announced that its Central Board awarded the wild cards to , , and . 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Qualifying for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup were held in Spain began in earnest on the 2011 Caribbean Championships, a qualifier to the 2012 Centrobasket, which was in itself a qualifier to the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. The winners of the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament, the United States, qualified outright. The USA