Qualification for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was held to determine the participants in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup.
Qualification format The following are eligible to participate:
The organizing country. The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Cup. The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones. The two best teams from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.
+BerthsZone Automatic Additional berths from FIBA Asia Cup TotalFIBA Asia Cup champion 1 1Host team 1 1Central Asia 1 0 1East Asia 2 2 4Gulf 2 0 3South Asia 1 0 1Southeast Asia 2 1 3West Asia 2 1 3Total 12 4 16
Qualified teams Team Qualified as DateLastappearanceTotalappearances 2014 FIBA Asia Cup champions 19 July 2014201316 Tournament hosts 24 July 2014201321 2014 Gulf champions 19 October 201420139 2014 Gulf runners-up 20 October 2014200912 2015 Central Asian champions 27 April 201520138 2015 Southeast Asian champions 29 April 2015201325 2015 Southeast Asian third place 29 April 2015200116 2015 Southeast Asian runners-up 30 April 2015201324 2015 West Asian champions 31 May 201520117 2015 East Asian 1st ranked 1 June 2015201327 2015 East Asian 2nd ranked 1 June 2015201322 2015 East Asian 3rd ranked 1 June 2015201326 2015 East Asian 4th ranked 1 June 2015201325 2015 West Asian runners-up 2 June 2015201313 2015 West Asian third place 2 June 2015Debut1 2015 South Asian champions 5 July 2015 201324
FIBA Asia Cup
The 2014 FIBA Asia Cup was held at Wuhan, Hubei, China from 11 to 19 July 2014.
RankTeamNote Qualified East Asia (+1) Southeast Asia (+1)4 Direct qualifier5 West Asia (+1)6 East Asia (+2)7 89
The host nation was not yet determined at the conclusion of the tournament. China was chosen as the hosts a week later.
Central Asia The Central Asia qualifiers was a one-game playoff between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Astana.
East Asia The 4th East Asian Basketball Championship was cancelled as no countries were willing to host it. The four countries with the highest FIBA rankings (excluding finals hosts China) took the 4 finals berths available to East Asian teams: , , , and .
The participation of Japan was dependent if FIBA lifts its suspension in time for the draw.
Gulf
The 14th Gulf Basketball Championship was held at Dammam, Saudi Arabia from 13 to 20 October 2014.
South Asia
The 4th SABA Championship was held at Bengaluru, India from 3 to 5 July 2015.
Southeast Asia
The 11th SEABA Championship was held at Singapore from 27 April to 1 May 2015.
West Asia The WABA Championship was held at Orthodox Club Arena, Amman from 29 May to 2 June 2015. As original hosts were already qualified by winning the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, they gave up hosting the tournament and withdrew. Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine qualified.
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