Great news for basketball in Luxembourg! Our national team will compete in the second round of the qualification tournament for the World Cup 2023 in August.
Over the last months, Luxembourg played the first round of the pre-qualifiers and was eliminated in a group against Iceland, Kosovo and Slovakia. Luxembourgish basketball fans certainly remember the last shot against Iceland in February when our men lost at the buzzer in heartbreaking fashion. (video –> Fridriksson game winner against Luxembourg )
However, Luxembourg received the chance to take the place of Austria, the nation withdrawed from the competition and Luxembourg decided to take the chance and compete in the second round. The upcoming opponents are heavy-weights … Sweden and Portugal! In total, Luxembourg will face bith opponents twice.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers. Those eight teams will join the 24 teams that qualified via the FIBA EuroBasket 2022.
The games will be played from August 12th until August 18th. The exact dates will follow soon.
To see the quality of our opponents, watch some highlights of their qualifiers here:
Video-highlights of the game Sweden – Turkey –> Highlights Sweden – Turkey
Video-highlights of the game Portugal – Switzerland –> Highlights Switzerland – Portugal
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Our women national team will already play in July –> Luxembourg’s women will face Gibraltar, Cyprus and Kosovo in July
