2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
Qualification | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027 |
Teams | 212 max. |
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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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking[3] | ||||
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As | Date | First | Last | Total | Streak | |||
Qatar | Host | 28 April 2023 | 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 21st place (2006) | TBD |
Format
[edit]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 | |||
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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
[edit]FIBA Africa
[edit]The 16 teams that qualified for the AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the African qualifiers.
FIBA Americas
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 159 | +74 | 6 | Second round | — | 20 Feb | 75–43 | 72–53 | |
2 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 236 | −6 | 4 | Second round if best second-placed team | 63–86 | — | 24 Nov | 91–67 | |
3 | Kosovo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 238 | −35 | 4 | 23 Feb | 83–76 | — | 20 Feb | ||
4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 240 | −33 | 4 | 24 Nov | 23 Feb | 87–77 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 138 | +9 | 3 | Second round | — | 23 Feb | 72–76 (OT) | |
2 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 133 | +1 | 3 | Second round if best second-placed team | 21 Nov | — | 20 Feb | |
3 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 144 | −10 | 3 | 24 Nov | 58–72 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 205 | 154 | +51 | 4 | Second round | — | 106–91 | 23 Feb | |
2 | Armenia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 185 | −10 | 3 | Second round if best second-placed team | 24 Nov | — | 84–79 | |
3 | Albania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 183 | −41 | 2 | 21 Nov | 20 Feb | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
References
[edit]- ^ "Qatar to host men's basketball World Cup in 2027". ESPN. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, men". FIBA.