Roughly Three Dozen NBA Players Competing In World Cup Qualifiers
The fourth window of qualifying games for the 2027 FIBA World Cup is underway, and several NBA players are representing their national teams in those contests, which will take place from August 27-31.
Each team will play two games during the fourth of six qualifying windows as they battle for a spot in the 2027 World Cup, which will take place in Qatar.
Even though some of Thursday’s games are already underway, not every roster for this window has been officially finalized. However, based on our research, it appears there will be 36 players on active NBA rosters participating in the various qualifiers that will be played all over the world.
That number could – and likely will – fluctuate in the next day or two as rosters are confirmed, but here are the NBA players expected to compete this week, sorted by FIBA region:
Africa
Americas
Asia/Oceania
Europe
- Luka Garza, Celtics (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Jusuf Nurkic, Jazz (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Mario Hezonja, Cavaliers (Croatia)
- Karlo Matkovic, Pelicans (Croatia)
- Ivica Zubac, Pacers (Croatia)
- Lauri Markkanen, Jazz (Finland)
- Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves (France)
- Maxime Raynaud, Kings (France)
- Victor Wembanyama, Timberwolves (France)
- Goga Bitadze, Magic (Georgia)
- Sandro Mamukelashvili, Lakers (Georgia)
- Tristan da Silva, Magic (Germany)
- Dennis Schröder, Hornets (Germany)
- Simone Fontecchio, Heat (Italy)
- Neemias Queta, Celtics (Portugal)
- Nikola Jokic, Nuggets (Serbia)
- Nikola Jovic, Heat (Serbia)
- Sergio de Larrea, Mavericks (Spain)
- Hugo Gonzalez, Celtics (Spain)
- Aday Mara, Thunder (Spain)
- Baba Miller, Clippers (Spain)
- Pelle Larsson, Heat (Sweden)
- Adem Bona, Sixers (Türkiye)
- Svi Mykhailiuk, Jazz (Ukraine)