Canada jumped nine places to 6th in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rankings following its good performance at the World Cup, where the representatives of the maple leaf won the medal of bronze to the Americans.
Despite failing to make the podium, the United States is back at the top of the most recent list, released Friday. The Spaniards, who previously ranked 1st in the world, swapped places with the Americans after being eliminated by the Canadians in the 2nd round.
Having just been crowned world champion, Germany has climbed eight levels and now finds itself in 3rd place, closely followed by Australia and Serbia, vice-world champion.
Since 2017, the FIBA rankings have been established based on the results of the last eight years, which explains in particular the good placement of the United States, the reigning four-time Olympic champions.
South Sudan is the country that has improved the most in the new ranking, moving from 63rd to 31st in the world.
Having obtained the best results among African teams at the World Cup, the South Sudanese won their ticket to the Paris Games in 2024. France, Canada, the United States, Japan, Germany, Serbia and Australia are the other nations already qualified while four places remain to be filled.
Furthermore, the surprising Latvia jumped 22 places, to 8th, after reaching the quarter-finals, while Cape Verde, a country of less than 600,000 inhabitants, went from 65th to 46th position.
Canada is now in the top 10 in the world in all four FIBA rankings, including women (5th), boys (7th) and girls (5th).
With information from the Associated Press
2023-09-15 15:43:20
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