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Tournament details | |
Dates | 19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027 |
Teams | 212 max. |
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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.
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 |
Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking[3] | |||
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As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
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Host | 28 April 2023 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 21st place (2006) | TBD |
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 |
Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa) |
The 16 teams that qualified for the AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the African qualifiers.
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.
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.
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.
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 | |
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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 | — | 21 Nov | ||
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 Nov | 25 Feb | 23 Feb '25 | — |
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 | — | 25 Feb | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 Nov | 20 Feb '25 | — |
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 | — | 25 Feb | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 Nov | 20 Feb '25 | — |