2027 Basketball World Cup in Qatar: the Doha collection continues after football

The sportswashing operation continues Qatar. After 2022 soccer world cupalso Basketball World Cup masculine of 2027 will take place in the Middle Eastern country, while the women’s competitions from the previous year will take place in Germany. This was announced by FIBA, the international basketball federation, in Manila where the draws for this year’s edition will take place tomorrow, from 25 August to 10 September in three countries: the Philippines (three different Manila), Indonesia (one plant a Jakarta) and Japan (a plant a Okinawan). There are 32 teams admitted, divided into four groups of eight in the first phase. As for the 2027 edition, all the matches will be played in Doha, in already existing facilities, the international federation specified. The Qatari national team is currently 89 in the FIBA ​​ranking, in 18th place in the Asian confederation and has a participation at the World Championships (2006) and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships. It has a Greek breeder, Panaiotis Yannaras. It will be the third consecutive edition of the World Cup in Asia after China 2019 and Indonesia-Japan-Philippines 2023 and the first in the Middle East.

Saturday 29 the draw for the 2023 World Cup

The 2023 World Cup draw ceremony will be broadcast on the channel YouTube FIBA at 13.30 Italian. The 32 teams were divided into eight brackets, according to the values ​​expressed by the FIBA ​​Ranking. Pot 1: Philippines, Spain, United States, Australia. Pot 2: France, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania. Pot 3: Greece, Italy, Germany, Brazil. Pot 4: Canada, Venezuela, Montenegro, Puerto Rico. Pot 5: Iran, Dominican Republic, Finland, New Zealand. Pot 6: China, Latvia, Mexico, Georgia. Pot 7: Jordan, Japan, Angola, Ivory Coast. Pot 8: Lebanon, Egypt, South Sudan, Cape Verde. Italy will challenge three teams from pots 1, 5 and 7 in the first phase. The Azzurri will be placed in one of Group A (Manila – Philippines), Group C (Manila – Philippines), Group E (Okinawa – Japan ), or Group G (Jakarta – Indonesia).