2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup

2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Coupe du monde de basketball 2031
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates29 August – 14 September
Teams32 (from 4 confederations)
Venues5 (in 3 host cities)

The 2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 21st FIBA Basketball World Cup, the quadrennial international basketball championship contested by the men's national teams of FIBA. The tournament will be hosted in France from 29 August to 14 September 2031.

It will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in the country and the first since the 2014 tournament in Spain to be held in Europe.

Host selection

Several countries expressed interest in bidding for the tournament:

During its Central Board meeting on 22 April 2026 in Berlin, Germany, FIBA announced that France will host the 2031 edition of the World Cup.[11]

Qualification

Qualified teams

As hosts, France automatically qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualification method Date of qualification Appearance(s) Previous best performance[A] WR[B]
Total First Last Streak
 France Host nation 22 April 2026 10th / 11th 1950 2023 7/1 Third place (2014, 2019) TBD

Venues

A day after the announcement of France's hosting of the World Cup, the French Federation of Basketball revealed five venues for the tournament across three cities. Three venues within Paris were reportedly chosen: The Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, the Accor Arena in Bercy, and the Adidas Arena in La Chapelle. One venue in each of Lille and Lyon were also selected: the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille and the LDLC Arena in Lyon.[12][13]

Four of the five venues held events during the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the Accor Arena and Stade Pierre-Mauroy hosting the 5x5 basketball competitions, the La Défense Arena staging pool swimming and the final phase of the water polo event, and the Adidas Arena holding the badminton tournaments and rhythmic gymnastics competitions. The Accor Arena also held artistic gymnastics events, and the Stade Pierre-Mauroy also hosted the final phase for handball.

The Accor Arena hosted EuroBasket 1999 and was initially set to host games of EuroBasket Women 2021 before a venue change was enacted, while the Adidas Arena is the home arena of Paris Basketball of the LNB Élite. The Paris La Défense Arena will reportedly have a 35,000-capacity configuration for the tournament and is poised to host the tournament's final phase, including the World Cup final.[14] Meanwhile, the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, which holds an indoor capacity of up to 30,000 in its Boîte à Spectacles configuration, hosted the EuroBasket 2015 final phase, while the LDLC Arena is the home venue of ASVEL Basket of the LNB Élite.

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2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup is located in France
Paris
Paris
Lille
Lille
Lyon
Lyon
2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup (France)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 30,000
Lyon
LDLC Arena
Capacity: 12,523
Paris
Nanterre Bercy La Chapelle
Plenitude ArenaAccor ArenaAdidas Arena
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 15,609Capacity: 8,000

Format

Like in the past three editions, the tournament will be played in three phases – the group stage, the second round, and the final phase. In the group stage, the 32 qualified teams will be sorted into eight groups of four (A–H), where every team in a group will play each other once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the second round. The bottom two teams will then play two classification games to determine the 17th to 32nd rankings. In the second round, there will be four groups (I–L) of four made up of the teams that advanced from the first round, again playing each other once. The top two teams from groups I to L will qualify for the final phase. The teams that lost in the quarter-finals will then play classification games to determine the 5th to 8th rankings.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. ↑ World ranking at start of tournament.

References

  1. ↑ "World Cup Australia bound?". National Basketball League. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Australia to bid for 2031 Basketball World Cup". Herald Sun. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "President Hunckler: "For French basketball, this is something extraordinary"". FIBA. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Perdriau, Amaury (26 August 2025). "La France rêve d'organiser la Coupe du monde 2031 de basket". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Italy will make a bid to host FIBA Basketball World Cup 2031". BasketNews. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "¿México Apunta a Ser Sede del Mundial de Basquetbol FIBA 2031? Esto Sabemos". N+ (in Spanish). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "México sueña con organizar el Mundial de Basquetbol 2031". TV Azteca (in Spanish). 12 November 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "La estrategia de México para conseguir la sede del Mundial FIBA". AS México (in Spanish). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  9. ↑ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Polska chce zorganizować w 2031 r. koszykarskie Mistrzostwa Świata". polonia.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Polska chce zorganizować igrzyska olimpijskie. Donald Tusk podjął decyzję". wiadomosci.onet.pl (in Polish). 16 August 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "FIBA selects Japan as 2030 Women's World Cup host, France as host of 2031 Men's World Cup". FIBA. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Basket - Mondial 2031 : La Défense Arena pour la phase finale, les Bleus viseront "a minima" le dernier carré". Eurosport (in French). 23 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "La LDLC Arena accueillera la Coupe du Monde de Basket 2031". LDLC Arena (in French). 24 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Askounis, Johnny (23 April 2026). "Wembanyama set for homecoming as 35,000-seat plan headlines World Cup 2031". Eurohoops (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
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