In the eyes of many people, the Indonesian men's basketball team is a full-fledged fish belly force, and their presence in the Asian basketball world is very low. Unexpectedly, FIBA won the right to host the 2023 World Cup together with the Philippines and Japan. Perhaps realizing that the strength of the Indonesian men's basketball team is too weak, FIBA has made demands on them. The Indonesian men's basketball team can only qualify for the World Cup if it advances to the top eight of the Asian Cup. Otherwise, there is only the right to host, not the right to participate.
A week ago, the Asian Cup group was announced. Thanks to their host status, the Indonesian men's basketball team gained the "privilege" of selecting the group, and eventually they entered the A group of the Australian men's basketball team, the Jordan men's basketball team, and the Saudi men's basketball team. For the Indonesian men's basketball team, entering Group A is the most ideal, because the Jordanian men's basketball team and the Saudi men's basketball team share are the weakest teams in the second and third gears. Perhaps the Indonesian men's basketball team is still looking forward to breaking into the top eight of the Asian Cup and then qualifying for the World Cup, but the World Preliminary Tournament has given them a heavy punch. In the second window of the World Preliminary Round, the Indonesian men's basketball team lost 66-95 to the Saudi men's basketball team by 29 points. It has to be said that this defeat will hit the confidence of the Indonesian men's basketball team hard, and even make them feel desperate.
In the 2 games with the Lebanese men's basketball team in the first window, the Indonesian men's basketball team was even hanged, losing a total of 104 points! The first game of the second window against the saudi men's basketball team, ranked 79th in the world, can be said to be one of the most important games for the Indonesian men's basketball team. If they can win, then their confidence in the top eight of the Asian Cup will be greatly improved. Naturalized foreign player Leicester Prosper, who missed the 1st window, played in the 2nd window, which made the strength of the Indonesian men's basketball team improve to a certain extent. However, the progress of the game made the Indonesian men's basketball team very tormented, and it showed a one-sided situation at the beginning. In the first quarter, the Indonesian men's basketball team trailed by 8 points and 19 points behind at halftime. After the third quarter, the Indonesian men's basketball team trailed by 20 points, and the game was announced to be flowered. In the whole game, the Indonesian men's basketball team trailed by a maximum of 33 points. The Saudi men's basketball team belongs to the middle and lower levels in Asia, and the Indonesian men's basketball team has such a big gap with them, and the impact on the top eight of the Asian Cup basically does not have to be thought about.
The strength of the Indonesian men's basketball team is too weak, according to the normal qualifier mechanism, they can not advance to this stage of the World Preliminary Tournament. Relying on the status of host to come to the World Preliminary Round, only to be beaten to the ground and looking for teeth. The Indonesian men's basketball team is very eager to get tickets to the World Cup, but from the current point of view, they are very far from the top eight or even the top sixteen of the Asian Cup. From 2020 to the present, the Indonesian men's basketball team has participated in the Asian Preliminaries and the World Preliminary Round, playing a total of 9 games, with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses. In addition to winning the Thai men's basketball team twice, the remaining 7 games have been defeated. In the next game, the Indonesian men's basketball team will challenge the Jordan men's basketball team away. If nothing else, the Indonesian men's basketball team will suffer another fiasco. Although the Asian Cup is the World Preliminary Tournament of the Indonesian men's basketball team, it is certain that the Indonesian men's basketball team will not be able to get the World Cup ticket after the test of the World Preliminary Round.