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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Tournament details
Dates19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027
Teams212 max.
Official website
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The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification process will determine 31 of the 32 teams that will qualify for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1] As hosts, Qatar will receive automatic qualification for the tournament.

Schedule of windows

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Similar to the 2019 and the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifications, the matches will be held in six windows over a 15-month period across all FIBA regions. 80 national teams will compete during the qualification process. The schedule for the six windows is as follows:[2]

Window Dates
1 24 November – 2 December 2025
2 23 February – 3 March 2026
3 29 June – 7 July 2026
4 24 August – 1 September 2026
5 23 November – 1 December 2026
6 22 February – 2 March 2027

Qualified teams

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Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking[3]
As Date Last Total Streak
 Qatar Host 28 April 2023 2006 2 1 21st place (2006) TBD

Format

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The qualifiers format for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup remained unchanged, with six windows over a 15-month period across the four regions of Africa, Americas, Asia (including Oceania) and Europe. The qualifiers took place from November 2025 to March 2027 with 80 national teams competing for a spot in the World Cup.

The road to the 2027 World Cup will begin in February 2024 with the start of the European pre-qualifiers, which will end at August 2024.

The draw for the qualifiers will be held at early 2025 in Doha.

FIBA zone Qualifying tournaments World Cup berths
Division A
top ranked
teams 		Division B
maximum
possible entrants 		Allocated
berths 		Berth as the
host nation 		Total
berths
FIBA Africa 16 2 5 0 5
FIBA Americas 16 2 7 0 7
FIBA Asia
FIBA Oceania		 16 17 7 1 8
FIBA Europe 32 13 12 0 12
Total 80 114 31 1 32

Confederation qualifications

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FIBA Africa

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Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)

The 16 teams that qualified for the AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the African qualifiers.

FIBA Americas

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Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)

The 16 teams including 12 from the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup and the 4 teams from the Americas pre-qualifiers will participate in the Americas qualifiers.

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania

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Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)

The 16 teams that qualified for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup will participate in the Asian qualifiers. Qatar will participate despite already qualified automatically as host.

FIBA Europe

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Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

The 32 teams including 24 from the EuroBasket 2025 and the 8 teams from the European pre-qualifiers will participate in the European qualifiers. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's participation remains to be seen as the country is currently banned from competing.

Pre-qualifiers

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Group A
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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Switzerland Azerbaijan Kosovo Republic of Ireland
1   Switzerland 2 2 0 158 116 +42 4 Second round — 72–53 22 Feb 20 Feb
2  Azerbaijan 2 1 1 140 149 −9 3[a] Second round if best second-placed team 24 Nov — 87–77 23 Feb
3  Kosovo 2 1 1 160 163 −3 3[a] 23 Feb 20 Feb — 83–76
4  Ireland 2 0 2 139 169 −30 2 63–86 21 Nov 24 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Azerbaijan 87–77 Kosovo
Group B
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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Luxembourg Norway Romania
1  Luxembourg 2 1 1 134 144 −10 3 Second round — 58–72 24 Nov
2  Norway 1 1 0 72 58 +14 2 Second round if best second-placed team 20 Feb — 21 Nov
3  Romania 1 0 1 72 76 −4 1 72–76 (OT) 23 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group C
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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Armenia Austria Albania
1  Armenia 2 1 1 175 185 −10 3 Second round — 24 Nov 84–79
2  Austria 1 1 0 106 91 +15 2 Second round if best second-placed team 106–91 — 23 Feb
3  Albania 1 0 1 79 84 −5 1 20 Feb 21 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Qatar to host men's basketball World Cup in 2027". ESPN. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, men". FIBA.
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