Argentina–Uruguay bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup October 17, 2017, in Buenos Aires. On December 9, 2017, FIBA decided to award the hosting rights of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup to the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, over Argentina and Uruguay, following the final bid presentation, that was held on the same day, in Mies, Switzerland. However, citing the quality of the two joint-bids, FIBA decided to give Argentina and Uruguay the chance to make an unopposed bid for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup. They were told to make adjustments to their original bid, as recommended by FIBA, and were scheduled to represent their new bid
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) group will qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, for the FIBA Europe region, began in the summer of 2017. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the FIBA World Cup, so all FIBA Europe nations have to participate in qualifications. FIBA Europe has been allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total 37 FIBA Europe teams are taking part in the qualification tournament. The qualification consists of the following stages: Teams that did not manage to make EuroBasket 2017 played in