Fiba World Cup 2023 Philippines

[CoJ]

only antman deserves a olympic call up from this team

[Juan Lun]

US by 15.

I ended up placing bet on Germany +11.5

[Giannis34GOD]

Canada’s finishing 4th

Win or lose… that is the best finish ever by Canadian basketball in World Cup/Olympics history… while USA still struggling to dominate fiba World Cup

[Giannis34GOD]

I hope the fans come out for the final even if USA isn’t there because I feel that’s all no the pinoys want to watch outside Gilas, and even some seem to want to watch USA more than them.

Hope more Serbians can come and bring their euroleague atmosphere to the Sunday final.

Don’t have a dog in the final, but I like both teams. Germany winning can be big for basketball there. Football always king like all the big European countries, but I think they can be like Spain with basketball as a nice number two or better niche.

You think about Bundesliga in football is fast paced so basketball can attract some people there but don’t know how easy that can be.

Serbia for sure basketball is their no.2 sport… their support for basketball is just same as football… they love both sports… Germany meanwhile with this win, basketball popularity there will be increase… like any fans in the world, they love winners, and the more they winning, the fan following will follow… just what happened when France started winning, basketball popularity there is increasing, even Indonesia beating Gilas is their biggest victory in their basketball program, thus, it increase the fan following in the sport as whole…

[CoJ]

I hope the fans come out for the final even if USA isn’t there because I feel that’s all no the pinoys want to watch outside Gilas, and even some seem to want to watch USA more than them.

Hope more Serbians can come and bring their euroleague atmosphere to the Sunday final.

Don’t have a dog in the final, but I like both teams. Germany winning can be big for basketball there. Football always king like all the big European countries, but I think they can be like Spain with basketball as a nice number two or better niche.

You think about Bundesliga in football is fast paced so basketball can attract some people there but don’t know how easy that can be.

both the finals and the battle for 3rd are already sold out, side note, when i purchased thise battle for 3rd tixs i thought ill be watching Germany vs Canada.

[Giannis34GOD]

Non-sense. You misread Serbia as a one-man team in Jokic. Serbia is a powerhouse basketball country. In this particular game Serbia was quicker to the ball, shot better and played better defense than Canada.

I never said that serbia is a one man team… did I post it before that Serbia can match up US even the latter bring their A squad because they will play fiba rules… not nba rules… the main problem for them is their coach… Serbian fans knows this… he is the reason why milos teodosic will not play for Serbia if he’s still the coach… well, he was lucky that his road to finals has no Italy or Argentina that can beat them because those countries knows how to beat Serbia.. they are also lucky now that Serbia will face Germany and not the US… overall, Serbia’s talent is very deep that can challenge best version of team USA… A Jokic, Bogdanovic, Teodosic, Milutinov and Micic plus off the bench petrusev, The two Jovic and some of their Euroleague stars in Belgrade and Partizan, will give headache to the likes of KD, LBJ, Steph led USA team, especially if they use FIBA rules…

[Giannis34GOD]

USA simply can't win it all without their best players. The gap between them and Europe is way too close now. Sad day for USA-loving Pinoys watching live. LMAO

Don’t count me there… I always want USA to lose, every USA lose means a big win for international basketball fans… it will increase more popularity of the sport whenever USA lose…

[Kaireem]

if only robert had the cojones to call my bet i would've some pizza and wine money now

[Rds]

Fiba and NBA is just a bit a different right now. NBA is very biased on perimeter players. Tall strong bigs can't survive in the NBA because they won't be switchable. The 3s defensive call, doesn't allow them to camp in the paint on defense. Meanwhile, in Fiba, NBA slow pokes like JV can dominate on offense because they don't have to move their feet as much and calls don't go against them when guards throw their body at them.

The NBA just needs to bring big strong guys to match up against Theiss and other Fiba bigs. Remember DeAndre Jordan was more effective than Green when they played. JJJ was unmasked in this WC. His rebounding was atrocious. Banchero was not much of an improvement either. Undersized bigs like Green and Bam worked because they are strong post defenders for their size and they are also good passers. Secondly, they have to have more than one strong shot creator. Ant was effective but he was alone. You need stronger players the only finesse player that's going to work is KD and he's one of a kind. Look at Reaves he was attacked on defense in the second straight game. It's hard to win the game when your giving points easily on the other end.

[Giannis34GOD]

This is the good sign… all participating teams in this edition of fiba World Cup will have prize money for 50 thousand euros (3 million PHP each) while those who make it into top 16 will have additional 100 thousand euros (6 million PHP) each… well for sure the winners of gold, silver and bronze will have more additional monetary prizes… having like this prizes will surely engage more teams will take serious in the future events… I never heard or not even news the past edition of the event like this…

https://m.basketnews.com/news-194460-prize-money-for-fiba-world-cup-2023-teams-has-been-revealed.html

[DAdmiral]

Last 2 places (who someone said to watch out for them)

31st - Jordan
32nd - Iran

Enough said.

[ja.he]

This is what I see as the final outcome of this year's World Cup:

A

Italy 3-0
Dominican Republic 2-1
Philippines 1-2
Angola 0-3

B

Serbia 3-0
Puerto Rico 2-1
South Sudan 1-2
China 0-3

C

USA 3-0
Greece 2-1
New Zealand 1-2
Jordan 0-3

D

Lithuania 3-0
Montenegro 2-1
Mexico 1-2
Egypt 0-3

E

Australia 3-0
Germany 2-1
Finland 1-2
Japan 0-3

F

Slovenia 3-0
Georgia 2-1
Cape Verde 1-2
Venezuela 0-3

G

Spain 3-0
Brazil 2-1
Iran 1-2
Ivory Coast 0-3

H

France 3-0
Canada 2-1
Latvia 1-2
Lebanon 0-3

Second Round

I

Italy 5-0
Serbia 4-1
Dominican Republic 3-2
Puerto Rico 2-3

J

USA 5-0
Greece 4-1
Lithuania 3-2
Montenegro 2-3

K

Australia 5-0
Germany 4-1
Slovenia 3-2
Georgia 2-3

L

Spain 5-0
France 4-1
Canada 3-2
Brazil 2-3

Classification

M

South Sudan 3-2
China 2-3
Philippines 1-4
Angola 0-5

N

New Zealand 3-2
Mexico 3-2
Egypt 1-4
Jordan 0-5

O

Finland 3-2
Cape Verde 2-3
Venezuela 2-3
Japan 0-5

P

Latvia 3-2
Iran 2-3
Ivory Coast 1-4
Lebanon 0-5

Final Round

Italy - Greece
Australia - France

USA - Serbia
Spain - Germany

Semis

Italy - France
USA - Spain

Gold

France - USA

Bronze

Spain - Italy

5th-8th

Greece - Australia
Germany - Serbia

5th

Australia - Serbia

7th

Germany - Greece

Final Ranking:

1. France
2. USA

3. Spain
4. Italy

5. Australia
6. Serbia
7. Germany
8. Greece

9. Canada 3-2
10. Slovenia 3-2
11. Lithuania 3-2
12. Dominican Republic 3-2

13. Brazil 2-3
14. Georgia 2-3
15. Puerto Rico 2-3
16. Montenegro 2-3

17. Latvia 3-2
18. Finland 3-2
19. New Zealand 3-2
20. South Sudan 3-2

21. Mexico 3-2
22. China 2-3
23. Iran 2-3
24. Cape Verde 2-3

25. Venezuela 2-3
26. Philippines 1-4
27. Egypt 1-4
28. Ivory Coast 1-4

29. Lebanon 0-5
30. Jordan 0-5
31. Japan 0-5
32. Angola 0-5

Olympic entrants:

Europe:

- Spain (3rd)
- Italy (4th)

Americas:

- USA (2nd)
- Canada (9th)

Africa:

- South Sudan (20th)

Asia:

- China (22nd)

Oceania:

- Australia (5th)

Host:

- France

I look back in my previous post and I was wrong in some portions of my prediction. I got some things right, though.

[CoJ]

didnt realize that Porzingis is here in Manila to show support for team Latvia! ( did he meet his Pinoy counterpart Kai? lol)

[shootingbwakaw]

https://sports.inquirer.net/528101/a...of-the-offense

“And that’s again because of the lack of [preparation]. If you think back, we were playing well in China, things were okay: The ball movement, the [movement of the] players. We were already getting to that level [that we wanted to be],” he added. “But we all knew how it was going to be when Jordan arrived. We had no idea how we would react [with] the way [other teams would defend Clarkson].”

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Even coach Chot acknowledged that we needed more ball and player movement (that's where they were supposed to be headed) while a poster here swears by the iso/hero ball bec. we almost won vs. Dominican R. if not for JC fouling out. Even for this unpopular coach, dump the ball to Clarkson was not the best way to do things about, but said we were forced by circumstances. Never mind the 6 years available prep time.

(“Didn’t they see how well Rhenz Abando [played]? Was Abando a product of magic, his game just improving? Isn’t that because he learned from our stint in Estonia? 

AJ Edu. Did he just come out of the woodwork? And Dwight Ramos, was he already that good? I think all of these guys who were playing well learned from their experience,” Reyes said.)

Chot still being Chot. One of the fans' gripe against him is the benching of Abando (previously), so he trumps out the European training for the improvement in the games of Abando, Ramos and Edu. Whaaaat !!!! After the benching, Abando starred in Korea and we know his accomplishments hence the clamor for his inclusion and playing time. Ramos starred vs the Koreans and is consistently doing what he does in Japan against better competition. Edu is Edu, long talked about in IBN, and less hyped than Kai, but we all know he's got game. Coach naman, they became that way bec. of the learning experiences under your watch? Tell it to the marines. You could have just said you made a mistake with Abando and now you learned from that experience. I guess less people would fault you if you humbled yourself, even by just a little bit.

The coach of Team Germany is Canadian btw.

[greenarcher]

didnt realize that porzingis is here in manila to show support for team latvia! ( did he meet his pinoy counterpart kai? Lol)

loooooooool