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:
Window Dates 1 24 November – 2 December 2025 2 23 February – 3 March 2026 3 29 June – 8 July 2026 4 24 August – 1 September 2026 5 23 November – 1 December 2026 6 22 February – 2 March 2027
Qualified teams {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2|Team !rowspan=2|Qualification method !rowspan=2|Date of qualification !colspan=4 data-sort-type="number"|Appearance(s) !rowspan=2|Previous best performance !rowspan=2|WR |- ! ! ! !
| Host nation | aligh=center|28 April 2023 | align=center| | colspan=2 align=center|2006 | align=center|1 | aligh=center| (2006) | align=center|TBD
| aligh=center|31 August 2026 | align=center| | align=center|2002 | align=center|2019 | align=center|1 | aligh=center| (2010) | align=center|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 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.
FIBA zone Qualifying tournaments World Cup berthsDivision Atop rankedteamsDivision Bmaximum possible entrantsAllocatedberthsBerth as thehost nationTotalberthsFIBA Africa 16 2 5 0 5FIBA Americas 16 2 7 0 7FIBA AsiaFIBA Oceania 16 17 7 1 8FIBA Europe 32 13 12 0 12Total 80 114 31 1 32
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
Second round Group E
Group F
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
Second round Group E
Group F
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
Second round Group E
Group F
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
Second round Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
References
External links Official website