[FIBA official announcement: the draw for the World Cup qualifiers will be held on August 31] FIBA officially announced that the draw ceremony for the 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifiers will be held on August 31 this year. The 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifiers will be held from November 2021 to February 2023. There will be 80 teams competing for 32 places in the World Cup. The 2023 Basketball World Cup main match will be held from August 25 to September 10, 2023. The group matches were held in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines at the same time, and the finals were held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This will be the first time that the Basketball World Cup will be held in multiple countries at the same time.