Today (Tuesday) the World Cup qualifiers for the basketball championship were held in Switzerland.
The Israeli team was drawn in the first round with Germany, Poland and Estonia, in what can be called a reasonable draw.
The first three will advance to the second stage.
If Israel immigrates, it will next face the immigrants from Croatia, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden.
On paper, there is a possibility of a meeting with Luka Doncic.
The World Championships will be held in the summer of 2023 in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
The qualifiers will be held in six windows starting this coming November.
Method of play: The 32 teams competing in the qualifiers were divided into 8 houses of 4 teams that will be held in three windows.
The first three ascend to the second stage where the ascendants from each house will unite with the three ascendants in the corresponding house.
Doncic.
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The teams take their results from the first stage with them to the second stage, so it is important for each team to achieve as many victories as possible in the first stage.
In total, those who advance to the second stage will play 12 games.
The first three from each house in the second round will advance to the World Championships and a total of 12 European teams.
Great weight in the chances of Israel's and each team's promotion, is related to the teams in which they will be able to play.
NBA players and Euroleague players will not be able to participate in the windows that will be held during the season due to the unresolved conflict between FIBA and the Euroleague. Four windows will be held during the season. Two in the summer.
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And back to the lottery of Israel's early house. Germany may have advanced to the Olympic tournament this summer, but in most of the qualifiers they will have to play without their NBA players and the players from Alba Berlin and Bayern Munich from the Euroleague. Israel met the Polish team twice in the European Championship qualifiers and won twice, when it is still unknown who will coach Israel in the qualifiers. Oded Katash is ending a contract soon and it has not yet been decided whether he will continue. Israel will open the games in November with a home game against Poland and an away game against Estonia.