Tournament has been expanded to 12 teams and shortened--it will be three groups of four, followed by semifinals and finals. Groups will be played in Medeillin, Montevideo, and Bahia Blanca, with the semis and finals in Cordoba (Argentina). Argies will automatically qualify for the semis as hosts. USA is listed as a participant, no idea what sort of team they'll send.
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Originally posted by Steadysoul View PostCanada and the USA have auto bids but the USA has opted out every time since 2009
I have no idea if we'll try to field a real national team as preparation for the first World Cup Qualification games (1st round is Nov. 20-28 2017) or send a young Junior/"B"/"C" team just get some FIBA experience.
I would have to assume this would be a good prep opportunity for the full national teams.
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Originally posted by mojo13 View PostNot a peep about this in Canada.
I have no idea if we'll try to field a real national team as preparation for the first World Cup Qualification games (1st round is Nov. 20-28 2017) or send a young Junior/"B"/"C" team just get some FIBA experience.
I would have to assume this would be a good prep opportunity for the full national teams.
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Originally posted by Steadysoul View PostCanada will probably send whom ever is willing. It is really weird that outside of a tweet today, USA basketball has been pretty silent about it.
I would say 99% of USA basketball fans have no idea of the new qualification process. Or even care at this point.
They will soon be surprised that the USA needs to play in qualification games for the WC (as opposed to directly qualifying by winning the Olympics) and without NBA players.
I am sure USA Basketball has some sort of plan in place. A D-league allstar team would be good enough to qualify through the first round at least. The 2nd round? Probably but who knows?
This AmeriCup really doesn't have much value though other than a training session of sorts.
I think the best Canada could hope for with the first WC Qualification window in November is something like:
K. Pangos, O Hanlan
P. Scrubb, Brady Heslip
Aaron Doornekamp, T. Scrubb
Melvin Ejim, Kyle Wiltjer, Anthony Bennett
Khem Birch, Robert SacreLast edited by mojo13; 04-20-2017, 11:22 PM.
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Originally posted by mojo13 View PostI can easily see Canada using this a pre-requisite for the Qualification team. Or at least try to get most of the group together. It would be nice to see the better non-NBA guys there.
I would say 99% of USA basketball fans have no idea of the new qualification process. Or even care at this point.
They will soon be surprised that the USA needs to play in qualification games for the WC (as opposed to directly qualifying by winning the Olympics) and without NBA players.
I am sure USA Basketball has some sort of plan in place. A D-league allstar team would be good enough to qualify through the first round at least. The 2nd round? Probably but who knows?
This AmeriCup really doesn't have much value though other than a training session of sorts.
I think the best Canada could hope for with the first WC Qualification window in November is something like:
K. Pangos, O Hanlan
P. Scrubb, Brady Heslip
Aaron Doornekamp, T. Scrubb
Melvin Ejim, Kyle Wiltjer, Anthony Bennett
Khem Birch, Robert Sacre
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USA Basketball made yesterday official announcement:
Top three finishing teams and Argentina will advance to sf.
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For the US I liked the idea of sending a single D-League team to the qualifiers during the NBA season. With limited preparation time there will be a big advantage in having guys who already play together.
Really curious to see what other Americas teams are able to assemble for the qualifiers, especially Canada where a lot of the guys who play the qualifiers would be pushed aside for NBA players if they actually make it to the World Cup.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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Originally posted by mojo13 View PostI can easily see Canada using this a pre-requisite for the Qualification team. Or at least try to get most of the group together. It would be nice to see the better non-NBA guys there.
I would say 99% of USA basketball fans have no idea of the new qualification process. Or even care at this point.
They will soon be surprised that the USA needs to play in qualification games for the WC (as opposed to directly qualifying by winning the Olympics) and without NBA players.
I am sure USA Basketball has some sort of plan in place. A D-league allstar team would be good enough to qualify through the first round at least. The 2nd round? Probably but who knows?
This AmeriCup really doesn't have much value though other than a training session of sorts.
I think the best Canada could hope for with the first WC Qualification window in November is something like:
K. Pangos, O Hanlan
P. Scrubb, Brady Heslip
Aaron Doornekamp, T. Scrubb
Melvin Ejim, Kyle Wiltjer, Anthony Bennett
Khem Birch, Robert Sacre
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Originally posted by Mindozas View PostEuroleague might not let their players to play too, so far no agreement between them and FIBA, so Euroleague, Eurocup players might be left out aswell
They could have made every event every four years and give teams a break after the Olympics instead of that stupid schedule in the middle of seasons.
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Originally posted by Steadysoul View PostI totally get what FIBA was trying to do but they took the long way round.
They could have made every event every four years and give teams a break after the Olympics instead of that stupid schedule in the middle of seasons.
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Originally posted by Mindozas View PostIndeed. FIBA was desperate to increase World Champs level, cause it went down drastically, not much players cared about it, for that they even changed the name of competition to look more like FIFA World Cup. But that wasn't a bad move, they made some other, just liek you wrote - schedule is most obvious. Thnx god that atleast they understood and listened to players opinion, that Olympics is the main event and made WC only as qualifiers to it. Otherwise who knows what would have happened, we could even lose only international event where all the bigest starts comes to compete
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