Qualification for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship is currently being held to determine the participants in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. China secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:[1]

Berths
Zone Automatic Additional berths from FIBA Asia Cup Total
FIBA Asia Cup champion 1 — 1
Host team 1 — 1
Central Asia 1 0 1
East Asia 2 2 4
Gulf 2 0 3
South Asia 1 0 1
Southeast Asia 2 1 3
West Asia 2 1 3
Total 12 4 16

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Date
 Iran 2014 FIBA Asia Cup champions 19 July 2014
 China Tournament hosts 24 July 2014
 Qatar 2014 Gulf champions 19 October 2014
 Kuwait 2014 Gulf runners-up 20 October 2014
 Kazakhstan 2015 Central Asian champions 27 April 2015
2015 Southeast Asian champions
2015 Southeast Asian runners-up
2015 Southeast Asian third place
2015 South Asian champions
2015 West Asian champions
2015 West Asian runners-up
2015 West Asian third place
2015 East Asian champions
2015 East Asian runners-up
2015 East Asian third place
2015 East Asian fourth place

FIBA Asia Cup

Main article: 2014 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup was held at Wuhan, Hubei, China from 11 to 19 July 2014.

Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran Direct qualifier
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei East Asia (+1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Philippines Southeast Asia (+1)
4  China Direct qualifier
5  Jordan West Asia (+1)
6  Japan East Asia (+2)
7  India
8  Singapore
9  Indonesia

Central Asia

The Central Asia qualifiers was a one-game playoff between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Astana.

27 April 2015
Kazakhstan  84–39  Kyrgyzstan

East Asia

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Gulf

The 14th Gulf Basketball Championship was held at Dammam, Saudi Arabia from 13 to 20 October 2014.[2]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 5 5 0 381 284 +97 10 Qualification to 2015 FIBA Asia Championship
2  Kuwait 5 4 1 344 323 +21 9
3  Bahrain 5 3 2 398 355 +43 8
4  Saudi Arabia (H) 5 2 3 378 348 +30 7
5  United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 345 384 −39 6
6  Oman 5 0 5 265 417 −152 5
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts
14 October 2014
Oman  35–86  Bahrain
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
14 October 2014
Saudi Arabia  76–64  United Arab Emirates
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
14 October 2014
Kuwait  53–78  Qatar
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
15 October 2014
United Arab Emirates  75–81  Kuwait
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
15 October 2014
Qatar  75–49  Oman
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
15 October 2014
Bahrain  101–92  Saudi Arabia
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
17 October 2014
United Arab Emirates  53–71  Qatar
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
17 October 2014
Kuwait  72–65  Bahrain
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
17 October 2014
Saudi Arabia  95–53  Oman
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
18 October 2014
Oman  55–79  Kuwait
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
19 October 2014
Qatar  71–66  Saudi Arabia
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
19 October 2014
Bahrain  83–71  United Arab Emirates
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
20 October 2014
United Arab Emirates  82–73  Oman
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
20 October 2014
Qatar  86–63  Bahrain
Dammam Sports City, Dammam
20 October 2014
Saudi Arabia  50–59  Kuwait
Dammam Sports City, Dammam

South Asia

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Southeast Asia

Main article: 2015 SEABA Championship

The 11th SEABA Championship is scheduled to be held at Singapore from 27 April to 1 May 2015.

Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Qualified
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4
5
6

West Asia

The WABA Championship is scheduled to be held at Tehran from 25 to 31 May 2015. As Iran already qualified by winning the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, the top 3 teams excluding Iran would qualify.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H, Q) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2015 FIBA Asia Championship
2  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

References

  1. ^ "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 43. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Gulf Basketball Cup 2014". goalzz.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
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