2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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.

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Tournament details
Dates19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027
Teams212 max.
Official website
FIBA.basketball
2023
2031

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 First Last Total Streak
  Qatar Host 28 April 2023 2006 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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The 16 teams that qualified for the AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the African qualifiers.

FIBA Americas

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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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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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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        
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
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Pos Team 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
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Pos Team 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

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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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