The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is just around the corner, and the Italian men's basketball team announced the list of 16 people preparing for this World Cup, namely Marco Spissu, nicolo Ma Genan, Stefano Tonute, nicolo Melli, Simone Fontacci 'o, giampaolo Ritchie, Matteo Spagniolo, Gurimo caruso and Archer Polonara.
Among them, Simon Fontchio, nicolo Melli, Archer Pollonara, Alessandro Piola, Nico Mannion and Stefano Tonute are all key figures for the Italian team to win the FIBA Olympic qualifiers (OQT) in Belguerre and advance to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Brief Introduction of 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2023FIBABasketballWorldCup is a national team-level basketball tournament sponsored by the International Basketball Federation, and the competition time is from August 25th to September 10. The group matches were held simultaneously in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, and the final was held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This World Cup will also go down in history, because it will be held in many countries for the first time in the history of basketball World Cup.
On February 24th, 2023, FIBA officially announced that Cameron Anthony would become the global ambassador of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup. On April 29th, the World Cup draw ceremony was held in Manila, Philippines.