THE United States will open Basketball World Cup play against New Zealand this summer, with Greece and Jordan also awaiting the Americans in the group stage.The International Basketball Federation held the World Cup draw in Manila on Saturday, when the 32 teams that qualified for the field found out their initial matchups for the tournament that runs from August 25 through September 10.
The Americans will play Greece in August at Abu Dhabi in an exhibition. They met in the World Cup at China four years ago. Antetokounmpo is expected to play for Greece; his Milwaukee Bucks were hoping for a deep National Basketball Association playoff run but lost to the Miami Heat in Round 1. “To our friends around the world, join our new ‘Thrilla in Manila,’ the 2023 Basketball World Cup edition,” said Manuel Pangilinan, a FIBA Central Board member from the Philippines—using the phrase coined for the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight in Manila in 1975.
France topped the US again at the Tokyo Olympics in group play—but the Americans won the game that mattered most, topping France, 87-82, for the gold medal.
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