Nigeria, 31 Others For FIBA Basketball World Cup

THE 32-team field for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 has been confirmed, following the conclusion of the Qualifiers on Monday, with the final ckets claimed in the February 2023 window.

With 17 of the 32 spots in the 19th edion of FIBA’s flagship men’s basketball event formalised before the last two game days, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Mexico, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, Serbia, South Sudan, USA and Venezuela were the last ones to stamp their parcipa on to complete the list.

Americas: Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela

Asia: Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Philippines

Europe: France, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Scheduled to take place from August 25 to September 10, 2023, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 will feature nine countries who did not take part in the previous edi on in 2019. It will be the first World Cup par cipa on for Cape

Verde, Georgia, Latvia and South Sudan. Egypt, Finland, Lebanon, Mexico and Slovenia are back on the biggest stage of interna onal basketball.

The next step for the 32 qualified teams will be finding out what groups they will play in and who they will face as they do ba le to be crowned world champions. These answers will come on Saturday, April 29, when the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Draw takes place in Araneta Coliseum, Manila, one of the compe on’s host venues in the Philippines.

The 28 teams that played in the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers but did not qualify for the World Cup, and the addi onal 12 teams among the highest-ranked teams from the teams that did not qualify for the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers will compete in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments.

Osimhen Wants To Score More Goals, Win Trophies For Napoli

atop the Serie A rankings, 18 points clear of Inter Milan in second.

The Gli Azzurri defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 at home, and a er being sent packing by Cremonese, the league’s bo om team, they are now one step away from the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

Osimhen has stated his aim to win both the

THE Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen, has indicated that he intends to win every trophy s ll up for grabs this season.

The Parthenopeans have had a standout campaign so far this year, and they now sit

Champions League, in addi on to his primary goal of helping his team win the Scude o.

The 24-year-old, while speaking in an interview with Corriere della Sera, revealed that the team has a long way to go, but he wants to win every trophy.

“March has only begun, so there is s ll me. But I do want everything, and so do we.

For this accomplishment, we give our lives. We are giving everything up to get it, thus we deserve it. We are nearly there, but if we get sidetracked now, woe be de us.” he said, as cited by Tu o Napoli

Further speaking on the team’s collec ve goals, he revealed that his team are aiming to establish themselves across Europe.

“Our philosophy is always the same, in Italy and in Europe: establish ourselves and win.” Says Osimhen.

Luciano Spalle ’s men will host the Eagles for the reverse fixture at the Diego Maradona stadium on March 15, and a victory for the Italians would send them to the Champions League quarterfinals.