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The Minnesota Timberwolves are well represented at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
Tied with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Wolves have an NBA-high six players playing in the World Cup: Anthony Edwards (USA), Karl-Anthony Towns (Dominican Republic), Rudy Gobert (France), Kyle Anderson (China), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Canada) and Matteo Spagnolo (Italy).
Here’s how you can watch all six of the Wolves in the World Cup, their team’s schedule, updated scores and more.
Taking place from Aug. 25 through Sept. 10, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 is essentially a qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
There are 32 teams playing in the tournament: 12 from Europe, eight from Asia and Oceania, seven from the Americas and five from Africa. Those 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four for the First Round.
The winner of the tournament becomes the World Cup champion and will receive a gold medal. Silver (2nd place) and bronze (3rd place) medals will also be awarded.
The top seven teams by region will secure a berth for the Olympics: one team from Africa, two teams from the Americas, one team from Asia, two teams from Europe and one team from Oceania.
France has an automatic Olympic bid for 2024 because they are the host team. The other four remaining Olympic berths will be determined by Olympic qualifying tournaments in 2024.
After going undefeated in the First Round and 1-1 in the Second Round, Anthony Edwards and Team USA advanced to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup and will play Italy on Sunday.
Read more about Edwards and Team USA here.
Through five games, Edwards is averaging 20.2 points (FG: 48.1%, 3PT: 35.7%, FT: 75%), 4.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a 1.4 steals in 23.7 minutes a game.
Here’s the Quarter Finals schedule for Edwards and Team USA:
Karl-Anthony Towns and the Dominican Republic went undefeated in the First Round of the World Cup but went 0-2 in the Second Round, which knocked them out of the tournament.
The Dominican Republic’s second loss in the Second Round came on Sunday against Serbia. In the loss, Towns had 25 points and 7 rebounds.
For the World Cup, Towns averaged 24.4 points (FG: 45.5%, 3PT: 39.4%), 8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 29.6 minutes a game.
Here are the final results for Towns and the Dominican Republic in the World Cup:
Rudy Gobert and France closed out the World Cup with two wins in the Classification Round to finish 3-2 overall.
In their second Classification Round game on Saturday, France beat Cote d’lvoire 87-77. Gobert finished the game with 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.
In the World Cup, Gobert averaged 10.8 points (FG: 66.7%), 8.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, one steal and 1.8 blocks in 23.9 minutes a game.
Here are the final results for Gobert and France in the World Cup:
Eligible for Chinese citizenship through his maternal great-grandfather, Kyle Anderson obtained Chinese nationality in July and represented China for the first time in the 2023 World Cup. His Chinese name of Li Kaier was featured on the back of his jersey.
Anderson and China finished the World Cup with a record of 1-4. China lost 96-77 to the Philippines in their final Classification Round game on Saturday.
Anderson finished the game with 17 points, nine rebounds, five assists and a steal in a little over 33 minutes.
In the World Cup, Anderson averaged 13 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and a steal in 32.1 minutes.
Here are the final results for Anderson and China in the World Cup:
Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Canada went undefeated and went 1-1 in the Second Round to advance to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup.
Canada won their second game in the Second Round on Sunday, defeating Spain 88-85. Alexander-Walker finished the game with five points, two rebounds and an assist in a little over 19 minutes of action.
Through five games, Alexander-Walker is averaging 9.2 points (FG: 36.6%, 3PT: 38.9%), 2.4 rebounds and 3 assists in 21.3 minutes a game.
Here’s the Quarter Finals schedule for Alexander-Walker and Canada:
Picked 50th overall by the Timberwolves in the 2022 NBA Draft, Matteo Spagnolo is the third-youngest player to play for Italy’s senior team.
In the World Cup, Italy went 2-1 in the First Round and 2-0 in the Second Round to advance to the Quarter Finals.
Here’s the Quarter Finals schedule for Spagnolo and Italy:
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