The 2029 FIBA Asia Cup qualification is a basketball competition that is being played from August 2026 to February 2029, to determine the FIBA Asia-Oceania nations who will qualify for the 2029 FIBA Asia Cup.
Format The qualification process started in August 2026, with pre-qualifiers being contested on sub-zone and regional basis. Eight teams will advance to the qualifiers, joining the sixteen teams from the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Entrants Teams entering the qualifiers(from the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup)West RegionEast Region
Teams entering the pre-qualifiers(any team that did not participate in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup)West RegionEast RegionWest Asia(WABA sub-zone)Gulf(GBA sub-zone)Central Asia(CABA sub-zone)South Asia(SABA sub-zone)East Asia(EABA sub-zone)Southeast Asia(SEABA sub-zone)Oceania(FIBA Oceania)
Pre-qualifiers Participating teams Teams entering the qualifiers(from the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup)West RegionEast Region
First round Teams played a round-robin tournament to determine the three best ranked teams that advanced to the second round.
Teams from the WABA, GBA, CABA, and SABA sub-zones played in Group A and B, forming the West region, while teams from Oceania and the SEABA and EABA sub-zones played in Groups C and D, forming the East region. The groups were played at a single venue.
All times are local.
Group A The tournament was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Group B The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Group C The tournament was held in Seremban, Malaysia.
Group D The tournament was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Second round The 12 qualified teams will be divided into two groups of six teams (team from groups A/B form Group E and team from groups C/D into Group F). The results against teams that advance will be carried over and the teams will play against the teams they not met before. The top four teams of each group advance to the qualifiers.
Group E
Group F
Qualifiers 24 teams will compete for 16 places at the final tournament. Matches will be played over three windows: November 2027, February 2028 and November 2028. They will also earn their place for the qualifiers of the 2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup in France.
Participating teams Teams entering the qualifiers(from the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup)Teams qualified throughthe regional pre-qualifiersWest RegionEast RegionWest RegionEast RegionTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBD
Final qualifying tournament The six third-placed teams from the qualifiers will play for the final four places at the final tournament. The tournaments will be played in February 2029.
References
External links Pre-qualifiers website