2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027
Teams	212 max. (from 212 federations)
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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
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 method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance [a]	WR [b]
			Total	First	Last	Streak
Qatar	Host nation	28 April 2023	2nd	2006		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 will take 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 was held on 13 May 2025 in Doha. ^{[3] [4]}

FIBA zone	Qualifying tournaments		World Cup berths
	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	31	1	32

Confederation qualifications

FIBA Africa

Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)

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

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Sudan	3	2	1	244	194	+50	5	Second round		—	5 Jul	3 Jul	79–55
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	214	209	+5	5			60–56	—	77–82	3 Jul
3	Cape Verde	3	2	1	246	260	−14	5			79–109	2 Jul	—	5 Jul
4	Libya	3	0	3	200	241	−41	3			2 Jul	71–77	74–85	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round		—	1 Mar	3 Jul	26 Feb
2	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Jul	—	26 Feb	3 Jul
3	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Feb	2 Jul	—	1 Mar
4	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Jul	27 Feb	5 Jul	—

First game(s) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	3	3	0	217	182	+35	6	Second round		—	66–57	69–55	2 Jul
2	Tunisia	3	2	1	224	210	+14	5			5 Jul	—	2 Jul	79–66
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	208	226	−18	4			3 Jul	78–88 (OT)	—	75–69 (OT)
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	205	236	−31	3			70–82	3 Jul	5 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round		—	1 Mar	3 Jul	26 Feb
2	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Jul	—	26 Feb	3 Jul
3	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Feb	2 Jul	—	1 Mar
4	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Jul	27 Feb	5 Jul	—

First game(s) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

FIBA Americas

Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)

The 16 teams participated in the Americas qualifiers consist of 12 teams from the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup and 4 teams from the Americas pre-qualifiers.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	225	160	+65	4	Second round		—	26 Feb	1 Mar	123–93
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	180	174	+6	3			3 Jul	—	88–89	6 Jul
3	Mexico	2	1	1	174	180	−6	3			6 Jul	85–92	—	3 Jul
4	Nicaragua	2	0	2	160	225	−65	2			67–102	1 Mar	26 Feb	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	205	163	+42	4	Second round		—	6 Jul	3 Jul	94–88
2	Jamaica	2	2	0	189	182	+7	4			1 Mar	—	92–90	26 Feb
3	Puerto Rico	2	0	2	182	189	−7	2			26 Feb	92–97	—	1 Mar
4	Bahamas	2	0	2	163	205	−42	2			75–111	3 Jul	6 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	160	128	+32	4	Second round		—	2 Mar	82–78	27 Feb
2	Colombia	1	1	0	80	78	+2	2			5 Jul	—	2 Jul	80–78
3	Chile	2	0	2	128	160	−32	2			66–82	27 Feb	—	2 Mar
4	Venezuela	1	0	1	78	80	−2	1			2 Jul	Postp.	5 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	185	117	+68	4	Second round		—	27 Feb	2 Mar	105–49
2	Uruguay	2	2	0	177	142	+35	4			2 Jul	—	84–82	2 Jul
3	Panama	2	0	2	142	177	−35	2			2 Jul	60–93	—	2 Jul
4	Cuba	2	0	2	117	185	−68	2			68–80	2 Mar	27 Feb	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania

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 the host nation.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	182	117	+65	4	Second round		—	1 Mar	26 Feb	95–71
2	Australia	2	2	0	163	156	+7	4			6 Jul	—	84–79	3 Jul
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	156	163	−7	2			3 Jul	77–79	—	6 Jul
4	Guam	2	0	2	117	182	−65	2			46–87	26 Feb	1 Mar	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	170	137	+33	4	Second round		—	1 Mar	26 Feb	90–64
2	South Korea	2	2	0	170	152	+18	4			6 Jul	—	90–76	3 Jul
3	China	2	0	2	152	170	−18	2			3 Jul	76–80	—	6 Jul
4	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	137	170	−33	2			73–80	26 Feb	1 Mar	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	2	2	0	174	107	+67	4	Second round		—	5 Jul	2 Jul	74–59
2	Iran	2	2	0	180	139	+41	4			27 Feb	—	94–68	2 Mar
3	Iraq	2	0	2	139	180	−41	2			2 Mar	71–86	—	27 Feb
4	Syria	2	0	2	107	174	−67	2			48–100	5 Jul	2 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	156	108	+48	4	Second round		—	5 Jul	2 Jul	75–51
2	Qatar	2	1	1	160	158	+2	3	Second round as host of the final tournament		2 Mar	—	74–75	27 Feb
3	Lebanon	2	1	1	158	160	−2	3	Second round		27 Feb	83–86	—	2 Mar
4	India	2	0	2	108	156	−48	2			57–81	2 Jul	5 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

FIBA Europe

Main article: 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

The 32 teams participated in the European qualifiers consist of 24 teams from the EuroBasket 2025 and eight teams from the European pre-qualifiers. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both Russia and Belarus have been disqualified.

Pre-qualifiers

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	6	6	0	484	341	+143	12	Second round		—	85–54	75–43	72–53
2	Ireland	6	3	3	454	470	−16	9			63–86	—	91–85	91–67
3	Kosovo	6	2	4	442	489	−47	8			73–81	83–76	—	81–79
4	Azerbaijan	6	1	5	405	485	−80	7			55–85	64–79	87–77	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	4	3	1	316	287	+29	7	Second round		—	85–71	72–76 (OT)
2	Norway	4	2	2	273	277	−4	6			62–75	—	68–59
3	Luxembourg	4	1	3	271	296	−25	5			78–84	58–72	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	4	3	1	401	312	+89	7	Second round		—	106–91	67–78
2	Armenia	4	2	2	346	384	−38	6			80–129	—	84–79
3	Albania	4	1	3	290	341	−51	5			63–99	67–91	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	4	3	1	315	287	+28	7	Qualifiers		—	73–64	80–71
2	Switzerland	4	2	2	275	282	−7	6			66–64	—	85–72
3	Slovakia	4	1	3	302	323	−21	5			86–98	73–60	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	4	3	1	235	202	+33	7	Qualifiers		—	76–64	79–66
2	Hungary	4	2	2	235	216	+19	6			86–66	—	96–58
3	North Macedonia	4	1	3	278	330	−52	5			72–80	82–75	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	3	1	313	287	+26	7	Qualifiers		—	65–64	97–70
2	Austria	4	2	2	313	298	+15	6			83–70	—	88–76
3	Bulgaria	4	1	3	303	344	−41	5			70–81	87–78	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	4	4	0	379	271	+108	8	Qualifiers		—	100–71	102–53
2	Denmark	4	2	2	318	317	+1	6			76–79	—	89–71
3	Norway	4	0	4	262	371	−109	4			68–101	70–79	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualifiers

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	164	125	+39	4	Second round		—	2 Mar	2 Jul	90–61
2	Ukraine	2	2	0	180	150	+30	4			27 Feb	—	88–71	2 Jul
3	Denmark	2	0	2	135	162	−27	2			64–74	5 Jul	—	27 Feb
4	Georgia	2	0	2	140	182	−42	2			5 Jul	79–92	2 Mar	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	167	132	+35	4	Second round		—	5 Jul	27 Feb	91–64
2	Portugal	2	1	1	151	138	+13	3			68–76	—	2 Jul	27 Feb
3	Montenegro	2	1	1	142	158	−16	3			2 Mar	62–83	—	5 Jul
4	Romania	2	0	2	139	171	−32	2			2 Jul	2 Mar	75–80	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	178	131	+47	4	Second round		—	2 Mar	93–71	5 Jul
2	Serbia	2	2	0	164	158	+6	4			27 Feb	—	5 Jul	90–86
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	143	167	−24	2			2 Jul	72–74	—	27 Feb
4	Switzerland	2	0	2	146	175	−29	2			60–85	2 Jul	2 Mar	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	2	1	1	178	173	+5	3	Second round		—	88–89	5 Jul	30 Nov
2	Lithuania	2	1	1	170	170	0	3			2 Jul	—	2 Mar	81–82
3	Iceland	2	1	1	165	166	−1	3			84–90	30 Nov	—	2 Jul
4	Italy	2	1	1	158	162	−4	3			2 Mar	5 Jul	76–81	—

Updated to game(s) played on 30 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	185	131	+54	4	Second round		—	26 Feb	6 Jul	100–60
2	Germany	2	2	0	172	133	+39	4			1 Mar	—	89–69	6 Jul
3	Israel	2	0	2	140	174	−34	2			71–85	3 Jul	—	26 Feb
4	Cyprus	2	0	2	124	183	−59	2			3 Jul	64–83	1 Mar	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	175	161	+14	4	Second round		—	6 Jul	1 Mar	90–78
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	169	163	+6	3			83–85	—	3 Jul	1 Mar
3	Latvia	2	1	1	164	154	+10	3			26 Feb	78–86	—	6 Jul
4	Austria	2	0	2	146	176	−30	2			3 Jul	26 Feb	68–86	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	176	167	+9	4	Second round		—	89–82	26 Feb	6 Jul
2	Finland	2	1	1	165	165	0	3			3 Jul	—	83–76	1 Mar
3	France	2	1	1	155	146	+9	3			1 Mar	6 Jul	—	79–63
4	Belgium	2	0	2	148	166	−18	2			85–87	26 Feb	3 Jul	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechia	2	2	0	194	172	+22	4	Second round		—	1 Mar	97–80	6 Jul
2	Slovenia	2	1	1	187	177	+10	3			26 Feb	—	93–94 (OT)	6 Jul
3	Estonia	2	1	1	186	190	−4	3			92–97	3 Jul	—	1 Mar
4	Sweden	2	0	2	163	191	−28	2			3 Jul	83–94	26 Feb	—

Updated to game(s) played on 1 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Notes

1. Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
2. World ranking at start of tournament.

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. Henson, Joaquin (16 April 2025). "WC qualifiers draw set in Doha". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
4. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw concluded in Doha". FIBA. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

External links

• Official website