Finland challenges French on the way to the Basketball World Cup.
Lauri Markkanen (right) was Finland’s star in the previous World Cup. Jenni Gästgivar
Susijengi cleared his way to the Japanese, Indonesia and Philippines World Basketball World Cup in 2023.
It was the first time in history that Finland claimed the place from the World Championship parquet solely on the basis of its game performances.
On Tuesday Lassi Tuovin A new challenge was valued for the sidewalks. The 2027 World Championships will be held in Qatar and qualifying for it will begin in November.
There are 12 teams in Europe, and even the dominant world champion Germany will not qualify for the race.
In the first phase of the qualifier, Finland plays France, Belgia and the first qualifying round against B’s second -ranked team.
The last opponent will survive in August and is either Hungary, Romania or Northern Macedonia.
Finnish World Cup qualifier
Susijengi, French, Belgium and Hungary/North Macedonia/Romania
The matches will be played in November-December 2025, February-March and June-July 2026.
The qualifying team teams meet each other on both the home and guest fields. After that, the top three advances to the first qualifying round with the first phase points.
According to FIBA rankings, Finland is the world’s 20th best basketball team. Of its opponents, France is ranked four, Belgium is 40. And all three options for the B-Pre-Qualifier are still below it.
So Susijeng should be reasonably easy to cope with the second phase. But since there is also a score from the first block, every match has a huge contribution.
Now, it would also be good to repeat the miracles of 2015 and 2017, when Finland overthrew France, which was filled with world stars.
There are a total of six teams in the extension block and only the top three are advancing to the finals. The last World Championships will not be revealed until early 2027.
The Qatar World Cup will be played at the turn of August and September the same year.
Finnish color in the draw
Monday’s draw featured video clips from the final of the last race, with a Finnish coach Gordon Herbert He led his German history to the first World Cup gold.
-It shows how the basket has evolved around the world, the German ex-captain Dirk Nowitzki quoth.
Superstars of different species were run on the draw From Mo Farah since. In addition to Nowitzk, the big role of basketball was to the three -time Olympic winner Carmelo Anthony.
At this stage of the qualifying, 80 countries will be involved. The final tournament can accommodate the top 32 – and only the host country Qatar’s place is sure at this point.
Miro Little would only be 23 years old during the Qatar World Cup. Jenni Gästgivar