With the 2023 FIBA World Cup just a few days away, fans of both the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup will be glad to know that many of their favorite players will be taking part in the tournament. In fact, across Europe's top two club basketball competitions, 85 players – 60 from the EuroLeague and 25 from the EuroCup – and three coaches will be in Manila, Philippines, for the World Cup.
Of those 85 players and three coaches, they cover 20 of the 32 nations competing at the World Cup, with these countries being: Angola, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, New Zealand, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
One of the fairy tale stories of the World Cup is no doubt going to be Cape Verde on its first-ever trip to the tournament, with Real Madrid center Walter Tavares having led the team there. Tavares is coming off another dominant season with Real, in which the club won its 11th EuroLeague title, and he will no doubt be keen to put on a show when he takes to the floor with Cape Verde.