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

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
124 November – 2 December 2025
223 February – 3 March 2026
329 June – 7 July 2026
424 August – 1 September 2026
523 November – 1 December 2026
622 February – 2 March 2027

Qualified teams

Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking[3]
As Date Last Total Streak
 QatarHost28 April 202320062121st 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 at early 2025 in Doha.

FIBA zoneQualifying tournamentsWorld Cup berths
Division A
top ranked
teams		 Division B
maximum
possible entrants		 Allocated
berths		 Berth as the
host nation		 Total
berths
FIBA Africa162505
FIBA Americas162707
FIBA Asia
FIBA Oceania		1617718
FIBA Europe321312012
Total8011430232

Confederation qualifications

FIBA Africa

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

FIBA 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

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

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 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Switzerland Kosovo Republic of Ireland Azerbaijan
1   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round — 22 Feb 20 Feb '25 21 Nov
2  Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round if best second-placed team 23 Feb '25 — 22 Feb 20 Feb '25
3  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Feb 24 Nov — 21 Nov
4  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Nov 25 Feb 23 Feb '25 —
First match(es) will be played: 22 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Romania Luxembourg Norway
1  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round — 22 Feb 23 Feb '25
2  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round if best second-placed team 24 Nov — 25 Feb
3  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Nov 20 Feb '25 —
First match(es) will be played: 22 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Austria Armenia Albania
1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round — 22 Feb 23 Feb '25
2  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second round if best second-placed team 24 Nov — 25 Feb
3  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Nov 20 Feb '25 —
First match(es) will be played: 22 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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.
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