 It was considered whether to make a joint bid for the 2023 tournament with Malaysia, Singapore or South Korea.The country was also awarded the hosting rights of one of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men on 19 January 2016, and hosted the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, where the country hosted 56 sports and 530 events.On 1 June 2017, FIBA announced the joint bid of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan as one of the shortlisted bids to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.