Turkey advanced to the second round of the FIBA 2023 World Cup European Qualification Group B due to the ban of Belarus.
The FIBA Executive Committee has today approved the decisions regarding the Russian Basketball Federation Belarusian Basketball Federation for the FIBA Basketball competitions to be held in the coming months.
Russia from Group H and Belarus from Group B were removed from their groups without being replaced by another team.
12 Giant Men have only one win in 4 matches in 2023 European Qualifiers Group B. Turkey was defeated in the away match against Belarus in the group.