2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and its bidding process. On 1 June 2017, FIBA confirmed the list of candidates for the hosting of the World Cup. Solo bidders Russia and Turkey ended their bids, leaving joint bids of Philippines-Japan-Indonesia and Argentina-Uruguay left in the race. After Philippines-Japan-Indonesia won the bid. Argentina-Uruguay may have fallen short, later they withdrawn the bid for 2027. The following National Federations not bidding to host the 2023 FIBA World Cup participated in a workshop held by FIBA on 1–2 November 2016 on the Basketball World Cup 2023 bidding process: The FIBA Central Board decided on
2014 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup 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 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. Kyrie Irving was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. The United States had automatically qualified for the World Cup by virtue of the gold medal won by their 2012 Olympic team. The