Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup The joint Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the Argentine Basketball Federation and Uruguayan Basketball Federation's unsuccessful joint bid for the right to host the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The campaign was led by Argentina, where most of the proposed venues were situated. The bid was one of the two finalist bids, along with the joint Philippines–Japan–Indonesia winning bid. On January 11, 2017, the joint bid was announced in Buenos Aires, by the Argentine Basketball Federation and the Uruguayan Basketball Federation. The bid was launched by
2014 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team along with and , to successfully defend the world title, and tied the Yugoslavs with having the most championships, with five. The Americans shot 58% from the field and 50% from beyond the three-point line in the game, won all nine games by an average of 33.0 points, and qualified to the 2016 Olympics. Irving was named the tournament MVP. He and Faried were both named to the All-Tournament Team. 2014 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team The United States men's national basketball team won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup held in Spain. Prior