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
FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification is the qualification process for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, that a senior men's national basketball team undergoes, in order to qualify for the final tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Each of FIBA's five regional zones, which generally correspond to continents, are allocated berths. These zones conduct qualifying tournaments in order to determine which teams would represent them in the FIBA World Cup; these tournaments also double as continental championships. Aside from continental qualifiers, the host and the Summer Olympics gold medalist are also included in the World