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.
| Qualification | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 19 February 2024 – 2 March 2027 |
| Teams | 212 max. |
| Official website | |
| FIBA.basketball | |
Schedule of windows
editSimilar 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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Qatar |
Host | 28 April 2023 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 21st place (2006) | TBD |
Format
editThe 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 | |||
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| 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
editFIBA Africa
editThe 16 teams that qualified for the AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the African qualifiers.
FIBA Americas
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Switzerland
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2 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 116 | +42 | 4 | Second round | — | 72–53 | 22 Feb | 20 Feb | |
| 2 | Azerbaijan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 149 | −9 | 3[a] | Second round if best second-placed team | 24 Nov | — | 87–77 | 23 Feb | |
| 3 | Kosovo
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2 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 163 | −3 | 3[a] | 23 Feb | 20 Feb | — | 83–76 | ||
| 4 | Ireland
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2 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 169 | −30 | 2 | 63–86 | 21 Nov | 24 Nov | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Luxembourg
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2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 144 | −10 | 3 | Second round | — | 58–72 | 24 Nov | |
| 2 | Norway
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1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 2 | Second round if best second-placed team | 20 Feb | — | 21 Nov | |
| 3 | Romania
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1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 76 | −4 | 1 | 72–76 (OT) | 23 Feb | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Armenia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 185 | −10 | 3 | Second round | — | 24 Nov | 84–79 | |
| 2 | Austria
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1 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 91 | +15 | 2 | Second round if best second-placed team | 106–91 | — | 23 Feb | |
| 3 | Albania
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1 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 84 | −5 | 1 | 20 Feb | 21 Nov | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
References
edit- ^ "Qatar to host men's basketball World Cup in 2027". ESPN. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, men". FIBA.