The US team continued to rank first. Serbia, Czech Republic and Brazil ranked slightly higher, and the Chinese team dropped one place to the 28th.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 4th, after the first window of the 2021 International Basketball Federation’s Intercontinental Cup qualifier, the International Basketball Federation announced the latest men’s basketball world ranking. The US team continued to rank first. Serbia, Czech Republic and Brazil ranked slightly higher, and the Chinese team dropped one place to the 28th.
Among the top ten teams in the world, only the top American team and the seventh Greek team won all the matches in February, thus keeping their respective positions.
However, there are still slight changes in the ranking of the first group. The Serbian team surpassed the French team and rose to the fifth level. The Czech team and the Brazilian team both rose to one place, the Brazilian team entered the top ten in the world with the “double kill” Uruguay team in the 2021fiba America Cup qualifier. The Russian team, which was previously in the top ten in the world, dropped by two places to 11th.
Affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, China’s two 2021 Asian Cup qualifiers in February men’s basketball were postponed. The Chinese team ranked 28th in this period, down one place from the previous period.
This is the last time that FIBA updated the world ranking before the Tokyo Olympic Games, which will be the basis for determining the seed team for drawing lots for the men’s basketball Olympic Games.
The Lottery ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic basketball game will be held on 20th day of this month.