The 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification is a basketball competition that is being played from June 2022 to February 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Asia-Oceania nations who will join the automatically qualified host Saudi Arabia at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
Format
The qualification process started in 2022, with Pre-qualifiers being contested on sub-zone and regional basis. Eight teams will advance to the qualifiers, joining the sixteen teams from the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.[1]
Teams played a round-robin tournament to determine the three best ranked teams that will advance to the second round.
Teams from the WABA, GBA, CABA, and SABA sub-zones played in Group A and B, forming the West region. While teams from Oceania and the SEABA and EABA sub-zones played in Groups C and D, forming the East region. The groups were played at a single venue.[3]
The teams are organized in four groups, according to the serpentine system (for each Region), according to the FIBA World Ranking (December 2021) as follows:
Arena: Arab American University Attendance: 0 Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Saif Al-Dossari (QAT), Mohammad Taha (JOR)
Group C
A four-team tournament was scheduled to be held in Guam. After Hong Kong and Cambodia withdrew before the start of the competition, only one game was planned to be played with both teams advancing to the second round.[4] In October 2022, Hong Kong re-entered the tournament, which was played in India in November 2022.[5]
The 12 qualified teams will be divided into two groups of six teams (teams from groups A/B form Group E and teams from groups C/D into Group F). The results against teams that advanced are carried over and the teams will play against the teams they did not meet in the first round. The top four teams of each group advance to the qualifiers. The groups will be played in a single venue.[7]
24 teams will compete for 16 places at the final tournament. Matches will be played over three windows: February 2024, November 2024 and February 2025.[8] They will also earn their place for the qualifiers of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Qatar alongside Qatar who automatically qualified for the World Cup as host. The top two teams of each group qualify for the final tournament and the six third-placed teams will play another qualifying tournament for the final four places.
The seeding was announced on 19 September 2023, according to the FIBA rankings.[11] Eight pots were used for the seeding of the 24 qualified teams based on geographical and ranking principles. The first four pots were allocated for teams in the East Region, covering teams from the EABA (East Asia), SEABA (Southeast Asia), and FIBA Oceania (Oceania), and the rest for teams in the West Region which has the WABA (West Asia), GBA (Gulf), CABA (Central Asia), and SABA (South Asia) in its scope. The top seeded teams for each region were be allocated in Pot 1 and 5.[12]
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; can still advance to the Final qualifying tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; can still advance to the Final qualifying tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of a place in the Final qualifying tournament; can still qualify directly; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; can still advance to the Final qualifying tournament
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; can still advance to the Final qualifying tournament Notes:
^Saudi Arabia was confirmed as hosts of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup on 7 December 2023, therefore qualifying for the tournament, regardless of their final placing.[13]
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. Notes:
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated Notes:
The six third-placed teams from the qualifiers will play for the final four places at the final tournament depending on the final tournament host nation Saudi Arabia's performance.
