The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced the new world rankings after the completion of the second window of the Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Turkey maintained its 16th place.
In basketball, the results from the qualifiers have led to some changes in the latest FIBA Men’s World Rankings from all continents. While France, Greece, Iceland and Georgia are rising in Europe; South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal in Africa; Brazil in the Americas, Kazakhstan and Lebanon in Asia climbed to the top.
After the second window of the World Cup 2023 Qualifiers, there was activity in the top five. After their 94-56 home win against Portugal and their 69-56 win in Portugal, France was replaced by Slovenia and moved up from fifth to fourth place. Slovenia defeated Finland 86-76 away, then 83-79 at home.
Another change in the top 10 was that Greece, which won two victories against Turkey, moved up to 9th place, ahead of Italy.
The biggest move in the Men’s World Rankings came from South Sudan, which beat Rwanda (68-56), FIBA AfroBasket 2021 champions Tunisia (72-64) and Cameroon (74-68) in the qualifying window played in Senegal. This performance allowed South Sudan to jump six places to 76th place.
The top 20 places in the FIBA Men’s World Rankings are as follows:
USA: 763.4 points
Spain: 724 points
Australia: 691.9 points
France: 673.4 points
Slovenia: 671.2 points
Serbia: 664.8 points
Argentina: 654.1 points
Lithuania: 651.4 points
Greece: 650.9 points
Italy: 645.1 points
Germany: 603.9 points
Czech Republic: 577.3 points
Poland: 560.6 points
Brazil: 553.6 points
Russia: 551.7 points
Turkey: 504.6 points
Venezuela: 504.5 points
Canada: 501.5 points
Puerto Rico: 476.2 points
Dominican Republic: 474.8 points
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