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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027
Teams	212 max.
Official website
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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[edit]

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[edit]

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	FIBA World Ranking^[3]
Team	As	Date	Last	Total	Streak	Best performance	FIBA World Ranking^[3]
Qatar	Host	28 April 2023	2006	2	1	21st place (2006)	TBD

Format[edit]

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
FIBA zone	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[edit]

FIBA Africa[edit]

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

FIBA Americas[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	158	116	+42	4	Second round	—	72–53	22 Feb	20 Feb
2	Azerbaijan	2	1	1	140	149	−9	3^[a]	Second round if best second-placed team	24 Nov	—	87–77	23 Feb
3	Kosovo	2	1	1	160	163	−3	3^[a]		23 Feb	20 Feb	—	83–76
4	Ireland	2	0	2	139	169	−30	2		63–86	21 Nov	24 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Azerbaijan 87–77 Kosovo

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg	2	1	1	134	144	−10	3	Second round	—	58–72	24 Nov
2	Norway	1	1	0	72	58	+14	2	Second round if best second-placed team	20 Feb	—	21 Nov
3	Romania	1	0	1	72	76	−4	1		72–76 (OT)	23 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Armenia	2	1	1	175	185	−10	3	Second round	—	24 Nov	84–79
2	Austria	1	1	0	106	91	+15	2	Second round if best second-placed team	106–91	—	23 Feb
3	Albania	1	0	1	79	84	−5	1		20 Feb	21 Nov	—