2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification


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. 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:
WindowDates
124 November – 2 December 2025
223 February – 3 March 2026
329 June – 7 July 2026
424 August – 1 September 2026
523 November – 1 December 2026
622 February – 2 March 2027

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 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.

Confederation qualifications

FIBA Africa

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

First round

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

FIBA Americas

The 16 teams participating 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
Group B
Group C
Group D

FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania

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
Group B
Group C
Group D

FIBA 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
Group B
Group C
Second round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Qualifiers

First round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H