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    I guess this deserves its own thread instead of being mixed in with the AmeriCup stuff. Here is a video describing the draw format for the first stage:
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    The South American teams and Panama will be placed in Groups A and B, while the North American/Caribbean teams and Mexico will be placed in Groups C and D.

    Who gets in if Brazil is still suspended? The next-placed team at the South American championships was Bolivia, who are really really bad.
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    The draw itself will be held on Sunday 7 AM EST if I'm not mistaken. Though I'm not sure if that's all the draws for the FIBA qualifiers, or if they'll drag it out one region at a time.

    It's really impossible to get a feel for the event itself since it's likely the only teams capable of bringing their A squads will be the dregs of the region. Everyone else is coming with their B, C, or D (league) teams. It makes me wonder on roster restrictions.

    Still with 7 teams making it and potentially no Brazil (why are they suspended anyway?) it's hard not to see the big boys qualifying.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Dtown View Post
      The draw itself will be held on Sunday 7 AM EST if I'm not mistaken. Though I'm not sure if that's all the draws for the FIBA qualifiers, or if they'll drag it out one region at a time.

      It's really impossible to get a feel for the event itself since it's likely the only teams capable of bringing their A squads will be the dregs of the region. Everyone else is coming with their B, C, or D (league) teams. It makes me wonder on roster restrictions.

      Still with 7 teams making it and potentially no Brazil (why are they suspended anyway?) it's hard not to see the big boys qualifying.
      FIBA list of the many reasons to suspend Brazil is here:
      MIES, Switzerland - FIBA on Monday announced its decision to suspend the Brazilian Basketball Federation (CBB) following the conclusion of its Executive Committee meeting.


      The true reason is they never paid their $1-2MM fee to FIBA to purchase their wildcard entry into the 2014 World Cup. FIBA was close to suspending them leading up to the Olympics by the IOC didn't want the politics of the host country not participating.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by mojo13 View Post
        FIBA list of the many reasons to suspend Brazil is here:
        MIES, Switzerland - FIBA on Monday announced its decision to suspend the Brazilian Basketball Federation (CBB) following the conclusion of its Executive Committee meeting.


        The true reason is they never paid their $1-2MM fee to FIBA to purchase their wildcard entry into the 2014 World Cup. FIBA was close to suspending them leading up to the Olympics by the IOC didn't want the politics of the host country not participating.
        Not paying them exposed a number of structural issues. They would have honestly been better off missing the event

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        • #5
          I wonder if they are combining groups A/B and C/D for the second stage, leading to a fully North/South regionalized qualifying tournament, or whether they will combine a north group with a south group (or if they'll have a random draw to decide which groups are combined). For travel and rivalries/interest it's probably better to keep it regionalized in the Americas, but in Asia (where the first stage groups are also regionalized) it would be pretty crazy since the East is much stronger.
          Originally posted by Fedfan
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          • #6
            Draw's done, and honestly I think the US might have landed in the toughest initial group.



            United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba.

            I imagine Cuba's the odd team out, but I think Puerto Rico and Mexico can create some pretty decent teams sans NBA/Euroleague talent.

            If the Americas stay regional in the second round it means one of United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic is missing the World Cup.

            The South American draw looks much easier.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Dtown View Post

              If the Americas stay regional in the second round it means one of United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic is missing the World Cup.
              Without looking at rosters and just using history as a guide it appears going in that there are 8 teams for 7 spots.
              USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico. If the USA is the one odd team out no matter who's on the team they deserve not to participate in the World Cup. Any combination of D- Leaguers should be able to accomplish this result at a minimum.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by usagre View Post
                Without looking at rosters and just using history as a guide it appears going in that there are 8 teams for 7 spots.
                USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico. If the USA is the one odd team out no matter who's on the team they deserve not to participate in the World Cup. Any combination of D- Leaguers should be able to accomplish this result at a minimum.
                The thing is given the setup, if they stay regional, it's more like two separate competitions. One for South America and one for North America.

                So it's more like US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico competing for 3 guaranteed spots. With Brazil (if they play), Argentina, Venezuela and maybe Uruguay competing for three separate spots.

                Out of those five in North America I think Canada might have the roughest time without access to NBA or College Kids.
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                • #9
                  Ok I see your point. But in all honesty no matter what the format and considering that all teams will have players missing I would probably make a D league USA team the favorite anyway to win the whole tournament let alone qualify.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Dtown View Post
                    The thing is given the setup, if they stay regional, it's more like two separate competitions. One for South America and one for North America.

                    So it's more like US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico competing for 3 guaranteed spots. With Brazil (if they play), Argentina, Venezuela and maybe Uruguay competing for three separate spots.

                    Out of those five in North America I think Canada might have the roughest time without access to NBA or College Kids.
                    The only way it stays regional is if they redraw for the second set of groups. More likely they seed them based on how they finished in the previous group round.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Dtown View Post
                      Draw's done, and honestly I think the US might have landed in the toughest initial group.



                      United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba.

                      I imagine Cuba's the odd team out, but I think Puerto Rico and Mexico can create some pretty decent teams sans NBA/Euroleague talent.

                      If the Americas stay regional in the second round it means one of United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic is missing the World Cup.

                      The South American draw looks much easier.
                      Yeah, the US definitely got the tougher team from the PR/DR and Mexico/USVI groupings. How many Cuban players will defect when they play here?

                      Venezuela got a much easier group than Argentina if Brazil doesn't play.

                      Schedule with dates:


                      US opens at Puerto Rico on Thanksgiving, which should draw a television rating of 0.001.
                      Last edited by JGX; 05-08-2017, 12:43 AM.
                      Originally posted by Fedfan
                      Most ppl get childish when they lose.
                      Originally posted by GuTO
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                      • #12
                        BTW the FIBA regulations seem to indicate that groups A/C and B/D get combined for the second stage, so it is not totally regionalized:

                        Second Round
                        Qualifications for the FIBA Basketball World Cup
                        The twelve (12) teams qualified from the the FIBA Basketball World Cup
                        Americas Qualifiers shall be divided into two (2) groups of six (6) teams (E,
                        F). Each team shall play home and away games against the three (3) new
                        teams in its own group (total of six (6) games per team). The results of all
                        games played in the First Round are valid for this Round.
                        • Group E: 1A, 2A, 3A, 1C, 2C, 3C
                        • Group F: 1B, 2B, 3B, 1D, 2D, 3D
                        The three (3) best placed teams from each group and the best fourth placed
                        team (total of seven (7) teams) shall qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
                        All twelve (12) teams remain in the FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers for the following
                        FIBA AmeriCup Cycle

                        With no Brazil groups A/C would certainly be tougher, though it still drops off a lot after the top four of USA/ARG/PUR/MEX.
                        Originally posted by Fedfan
                        Most ppl get childish when they lose.
                        Originally posted by GuTO
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by JGX View Post
                          BTW the FIBA regulations seem to indicate that groups A/C and B/D get combined for the second stage, so it is not totally regionalized:

                          Second Round
                          Qualifications for the FIBA Basketball World Cup
                          The twelve (12) teams qualified from the the FIBA Basketball World Cup
                          Americas Qualifiers shall be divided into two (2) groups of six (6) teams (E,
                          F). Each team shall play home and away games against the three (3) new
                          teams in its own group (total of six (6) games per team). The results of all
                          games played in the First Round are valid for this Round.
                          • Group E: 1A, 2A, 3A, 1C, 2C, 3C
                          • Group F: 1B, 2B, 3B, 1D, 2D, 3D
                          The three (3) best placed teams from each group and the best fourth placed
                          team (total of seven (7) teams) shall qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
                          All twelve (12) teams remain in the FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers for the following
                          FIBA AmeriCup Cycle

                          With no Brazil groups A/C would certainly be tougher, though it still drops off a lot after the top four of USA/ARG/PUR/MEX.
                          While I'm happy it's not regional, wow A/C is like on another level difficulty if Brazil's not there.. Even without their NBA talent if Canada can't get through that they're never doing anything.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Dtown View Post
                            While I'm happy it's not regional, wow A/C is like on another level difficulty if Brazil's not there.. Even without their NBA talent if Canada can't get through that they're never doing anything.
                            Yes, this is a nice draw to see. I'll keep my fingers crossed that Brazil remains suspended. We have no idea what quality of team Canada can field yet as we really have little to no domestic talent. Even if we are using no EL/EC guys we'd need to drag guys across the world from Europe or Asia to participate, hoping that their club teams will release them.

                            You'd think Brazil and Venezuela might have the biggest advantage with their domestic league but both have their own set of serious political/domestic issues. DR doesn't seem to have much depth without their star players. At least Canada theoretically has some depth, with a good amount of decent players tied to the national team in non EL/EC leagues or Asia and even some guys domestic in the D-League.

                            Some names off the top of my head that we may be able to pull from include:

                            Both Scrubbs (Phil and Thomas), Olivier Hanlan, Melvin Ejim, Doornekamp, Dyshawn Pierre, Daniel Mullins, Andy Rautins, Carl English, Rob Sacre, Sim Bhullar, Jordan Bachynski, Junior Cadugan, Myck Kabongo, Levon Kendall, Jermaine Anderson, Jermaine Bucknor, Kris and Devoe Joseph (I'm throwing out as many names as possible of guys affiliated with the SMNT over the last couple years - the sun has probably set on more than a few of these guys).

                            We probably also have access to some guys like Kyle Wiltjer, Brady Heslip, Dylan Brooks, Chris Boucher, Xavier Rathan Maynes depending on where they end up (d-league of foreign leagues). Khem Birch, Anthony Bennett, Kevin Pangos are out the moment being on EL teams.

                            This list could change as European teams realign their affiliation again this coming year and guys change teams but it should be Enough to get through the first round at least.

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                            • #15
                              Mexico will most certainly be without Ayon in the qualifiers. Depending on the availability of Gutierrez, Stoll and Cruz, the team does look good on paper to compete with a D-League team and/or Puerto Rico.
                              No idea who will be playing for PR these days, probably a young and ambitioned team without its college players.
                              Cuba comes in with a solid squad that needs Justiz in the middle in order to be a factor.
                              USVI and Bahamas are two teams that were able to rely heavily on overseas pros and college players that went home for vacations during summer. Now, with college-players probably being off-limits and pro-players need to be jetted in, I think these two countries suffer the most from the new schedule. Bahamas will probably be without DeAndre Ayton, who was their go-to-guy last year and who will be a freshman in Arizona.

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