2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027
Teams	212 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

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

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

Format

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 on 13 May 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

FIBA Africa

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

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

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

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	4	4	0	318	214	+104	8	Second round		—	20 Feb	72–53	75–43
2	Ireland	4	2	2	321	321	0	6	Second round if best second-placed team		63–86	—	91–67	91–85
3	Azerbaijan	4	1	3	262	325	−63	5			55–85	23 Feb	—	87–77
4	Kosovo	4	1	3	288	329	−41	5			23 Feb	83–76	20 Feb	—

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.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	2	1	231	216	+15	5	Second round		—	72–76 (OT)	23 Feb
2	Luxembourg	3	1	2	212	228	−16	4	Second round if best second-placed team		24 Nov	—	58–72
3	Norway	2	1	1	134	133	+1	3			21 Nov	20 Feb	—

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.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (A)	3	3	0	334	234	+100	6	Second round		—	106–91	23 Feb
2	Armenia	3	1	2	255	314	−59	4	Second round if best second-placed team		80–129	—	84–79
3	Albania	2	0	2	142	183	−41	2			63–99	20 Feb	—

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.
(A) Advance to a further round

References

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.

External links

• website