2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids The bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the procedure for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in choosing the hosts for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Originally, national federations are allowed to bid for both the 2019 and 2023 editions, but on 16 March 2015, FIBA announced the 2019 edition will be held in Asia, which was then awarded to China on 7 August 2015. The 2023 Basketball World Cup will be held in three Asian countries; Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. It will be the first Basketball World Cup to
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids be held in multiple countries and the second straight World Cup to be staged in Asia. The decision was announced during FIBA's year-end meeting on 9 December 2017. On 7 June 2016, FIBA approved the bidding process for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Joint bids by member federations was approved by the FIBA Central Board starting from the 2023 edition and there is no restriction for a country from the confederation which hosted the previous edition (China of FIBA Asia) to bid for the World Cup hosting rights. On 1–2 November 2016, FIBA organized a bidding workshop on the