How to watch the 2023 FIBA World Cup, a viewers guide

The 2023 FIBA World Cup is right around the corner. Here’s how you can watch Anthony Edwards, Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Karl-Anthony Towns, and others suit up for their respective countries this summer.

With the USA sending a roster far from their A team, and both Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo deciding to skip the FIBA World Cup, this summer’s tournament will likely be closely contested with potentially seven teams being good enough to win the whole tournament.

There will be incredible individual performances, upsets, thrilling finishes, and more. Here’s how you can make sure you catch all of it.

How to live stream the 2023 FIBA World Cup

Courtside 1891 is a streaming partner of all things FIBA. They will have the World Cup, warm-up games, FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, FIBA Women’s Eurobasket, FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, FIBA Women’s Americup, FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments, FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup, FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup, and the Basketball Champions League available with their annual pass which costs $99.99.

If you are only interested in the FIBA World Cup, they have a $19.99 pass available for the tournament.

You will have access to all FIBA World Cup games through Courtside 1891.

How to watch the 2023 FIBA World Cup on TV

Six games will air exclusively on ESPN2 including all three of Team USA’s first-round matches. FIBA will have a dedicated broadcast feed for the games featuring the USA and they will have dedicated commentators, analysts, and content for Team USA fans.

All other 86 games from the tournament will also be available on ESPN+. ESPN+ is available for $9.99 per month and $99.99 for the year. You can also subscribe to ESPN+ with the Disney Bundle Trio which also gives access to Disney+ and Hulu for $12.99 per month.

How international viewers can watch the 2023 FIBA World Cup

• ESPN will broadcast games in Australia.
• Sportsnet will broadcast games in Canada.
• beIN Sports will broadcast the games in France.
• Novasports will broadcast the games in Greece.
• Sport Klub will broadcast the games in Serbia and Slovenia.
• RTVE will broadcast the games in Spain.

Spain are the returning champions, having defeated Argentina in the 2019 final. The United States will be looking to take back the trophy in Steve Kerr’s first big international tournament as head coach.