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 | |
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Qualification | |
Tournament details | |
Dates | 19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027 |
Teams | 212 max. (from 212 federations) |
Official website | |
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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 |
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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
Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking[3] | |||
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As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
![]() | Host | 28 April 2023 | 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 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 | 30 | 2 | 32 |
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.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round | — | 22 Feb | 20 Feb 25' | 21 Nov 24' | |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round if best second-placed team | 23 Feb 25' | — | 22 Feb | 20 Feb 25' | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 Feb | 24 Nov 24' | — | 21 Nov 24' | ||
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 Nov 24' | 25 Feb | 23 Feb 25' | — |
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 | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round | — | 22 Feb | 23 Feb 25' | |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round if best second-placed team | 24 Nov 24' | — | 25 Feb | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 Nov 24' | 20 Feb 25' | — |
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 | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round | — | 22 Feb | 23 Feb 25' | |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second round if best second-placed team | 24 Nov 24' | — | 25 Feb | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 Nov 24' | 20 Feb 25' | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
References
- "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.