Basketball World Cup 2023: How to watch, who’s playing, who’s favored and more
By The Associated Press
Another order of business from the Basketball World Cup is complete. All seven automatic berths into next year’s Paris Olympics have been handed out. Germany and Serbia owe Canada a bit of a thank-you. Those European nations will finish as the top two teams from that continent in the World Cup, and that means they’re headed to the Olympics. Those spots were secured when Canada beat Slovenia in the last of four quarterfinal games.