The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2009 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:^[1]

• The organizing country.
• The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.
• The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
• The two best teams from the sub-zones.

FIBA Asia Stanković Cup

Rank	Team	Note
	Jordan	Direct Qualifier
	Kazakhstan	Middle Asia (+1)
	Kuwait	Gulf (+1)
4	Qatar	Gulf (+2)
5	India	Middle Asia (+2)

Qualified teams

East Asia (1+2)	Gulf (2+2)	Middle Asia (2+2)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (1+2)
China	Qatar	India	Philippines	Jordan
South Korea	Kuwait	Kazakhstan	Indonesia	Iran
Japan	United Arab Emirates	Sri Lanka		Lebanon
	Bahrain *	Uzbekistan

*  Chinese Taipei, which finished fourth behind Korea, Japan and China in the East Asian qualifiers, was given a wild card entry into the championship following the withdrawal of Gulf representatives Bahrain.

East Asia

The East Asia Basketball Championship for Men 2009 is the qualifying tournament for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the two best teams excluding China qualifies for 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	162	133	+29	4
China	2	1	1	161	134	+27	3
Hong Kong	2	0	2	135	191	−56	2

June 10 15:30

Hong Kong	64–99	China
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 21–23, 19–24, 8–22

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

June 11 15:30

China	62–70	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 16–5, 23–26, 11–18

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

June 12 15:30

South Korea	92–71	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 29–22, 20–17, 19–22

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	187	131	+56	4
Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	165	137	+28	3
Mongolia	2	0	2	124	208	−84	2

June 10 18:30

Chinese Taipei	66–78	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 18–12, 10–27, 22–22

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

June 11 18:30

Japan	109–65	Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 26–16, 23–16, 34–24

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

June 12 18:30

Mongolia	59–99	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 15–24, 12–24, 12–27

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

Classification 5th–6th

June 13 19:00

Hong Kong	92–73	Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 35–28, 14–18, 23–18, 20–9

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	June 13
	South Korea	86
					June 14
	Chinese Taipei	71
					South Korea	68
	June 13
					Japan	58
	Japan	68
	China	63
					3rd place
					June 14
					Chinese Taipei	90
					China	107

Semifinals

June 13 13:00

South Korea	86–71	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 17–9, 28–27, 26–18

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

June 13 16:00

Japan	68–63	China
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 15–8, 17–10, 22–27

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

3rd place

June 14 13:00

Chinese Taipei	90–107	China
Scoring by quarter: 27–36, 18–19, 18–26, 27–26

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

Final

June 14 16:00

South Korea	68–58	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–18, 15–12, 15–9

Park Arena Komaki, Komaki

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	China
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Hong Kong
6	Mongolia

Gulf

The 19th Gulf Cup was held in Muscat, Oman.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	4	4	0	299	237	+62	8
Kuwait	4	3	1	282	255	+27	7
United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	327	280	+47	6
Bahrain	4	1	3	320	276	+44	5
Oman	4	0	4	214	394	−180	4

January 3 17:30

Kuwait

75–67

Bahrain

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 3 19:30

Qatar

82–80

United Arab Emirates

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 5 13:00

Kuwait

44–60

Qatar

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 5 15:00

United Arab Emirates

102–53

Oman

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 7 13:00

Oman

52–110

Bahrain

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 7 15:00

United Arab Emirates

66–68

Kuwait

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 9 13:00

Bahrain

66–70

Qatar

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 9 15:00

Kuwait

95–62

Oman

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 11 14:00

Oman

47–87

Qatar

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

January 11 16:00

United Arab Emirates

79–77

Bahrain

Nizwa Sports Complex, Muscat

Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so  India,  Kazakhstan,  Sri Lanka and  Uzbekistan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

A tournament was held to determine Southeast Asia's two representatives to the FIBA Asia Championship. The qualifying tournament also served as the zonal championship, which held in Medan, Indonesia from June 6 to 9.

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	3	3	0	320	206	+114	6
Indonesia	3	2	1	217	235	−18	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	222	244	−22	4
Singapore	3	0	3	204	278	−74	3

June 6 19:00

Malaysia

73–100

Philippines

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

June 6 21:00

Singapore

65–79

Indonesia

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

June 7 19:00

Singapore

70–82

Malaysia

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

June 7 21:00

Philippines

103–64

Indonesia

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

June 8 19:00

Singapore

69–117

Philippines

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

June 8 21:00

Malaysia

67–74

Indonesia

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

Final

June 9 19:00

Philippines

98–68

Indonesia

Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	Indonesia
	Malaysia
4	Singapore

West Asia

All the others withdrew, so  Iran and  Lebanon qualified automatically.