2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Qualification
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.

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		Appearance				Best performance	FIBA World Ranking [3]
	As	Date	First	Last	Total	Streak
Qatar	Host	28 April 2023	2006	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 on 13 May 2025 in Doha.

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.

FIBA Americas

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.

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 host.

FIBA Europe

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.

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 D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SVK	SUI	UKR
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualifiers		—	2 Aug	20 Aug
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			13 Aug	—	6 Aug
3	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Aug	16 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MKD	ROU	HUN
1	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualifiers		—	2 Aug	20 Aug
2	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			13 Aug	—	6 Aug
3	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Aug	16 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NED	AUT	BUL
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualifiers		—	2 Aug	20 Aug
2	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			13 Aug	—	6 Aug
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Aug	16 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		DEN	NOR	CRO
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualifiers		—	2 Aug	20 Aug
2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			13 Aug	—	6 Aug
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Aug	16 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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. "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, men". FIBA.

External links

• website