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2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
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The 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification was a basketball competition that was played from June 2022 to March 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Asia-Oceania nations who would join the automatically qualified host Saudi Arabia at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.

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Format

The qualification process started in 2022, with pre-qualifiers being contested on sub-zone and regional basis. Eight teams advanced to the qualifiers, joining the sixteen teams from the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.[1]

Entrants

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Pre-qualifiers

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Participating teams

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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.[3]

The teams were organized in four groups, according to the serpentine system (for each Region), according to the FIBA World Ranking (December 2021) as follows:

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Group A

The tournament was held in Qatar.

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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  1. Sri Lanka withdrew before the tournament.
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Group B

The tournament was held in Palestine.

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  1. Bangladesh and Uzbekistan withdrew before the start of the competition.[4]
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Group C

A four-team tournament was scheduled to be held in Guam. After Hong Kong and Cambodia withdrew before the start of the competition, only one game was planned to be played with both teams advancing to the second round.[4] In October 2022, Hong Kong re-entered the tournament, which was played in India in November 2022.[5]

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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  1. Cambodia withdrew before the start of the competition.[6]
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Group D

The tournament was held in Mongolia.[5]

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Second round

The 12 qualified teams were divided into two groups of six teams (teams from groups A/B form Group E and teams from groups C/D into Group F). The results against teams that advanced were carried over and the teams played against the teams they did not met in the first round. The top four teams of each group advanced to the qualifiers. The groups were played in a single venue.[7]

Group E

The tournament was held in Qatar.

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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Notes:
  1. Qatar 2–0; United Arab Emirates 1–1; Palestine 0–2
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Group F

The tournament was held in Mongolia.

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Qualifiers

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24 teams competed for 16 places at the final tournament. Matches were played over three windows: February 2024, November 2024 and February 2025.[8] They also earned their place for the qualifiers of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Qatar alongside Qatar who automatically qualified for the World Cup as host. The top two teams of each group qualified for the final tournament and the six third-placed teams played another qualifying tournament for the final four places.

The draw took place on 19 September 2023.[9][10]

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Seeding

The seeding was announced on 19 September 2023, according to the FIBA rankings.[11] Eight pots were used for the seeding of the 24 qualified teams based on geographical and ranking principles. The first four pots were allocated for teams in the East Region, covering teams from the EABA (East Asia), SEABA (Southeast Asia), and FIBA Oceania (Oceania), and the rest for teams in the West Region which has the WABA (West Asia), GBA (Gulf), CABA (Central Asia), and SABA (South Asia) in its scope. The top seeded teams for each region were be allocated in Pot 1 and 5.[12]

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Groups

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Group A

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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Group B

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Group C

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. China 1–1 Japan (173–134)
  2. Guam 1–1 Mongolia (137–137). Teams ranked on overall points difference.
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Group D

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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  1. Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the hosts of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup on 7 December 2023, therefore qualifying for the tournament, regardless of their final placing.[13]
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Group E

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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  1. India 1–1 Kazakhstan (138–132)
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Group F

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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Final qualifying tournament

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The six third-placed teams from the qualifiers played for the final four places at the final tournament. The tournaments were played between 19 and 23 March 2025.[16]

Eastern Region Final Qualifying Tournament

Group G

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Western Region Final Qualifying Tournament

Group H

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Qualified teams

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Notes

  1. Due to the Gaza war, the matches were played at a neutral venue.
  2. Kazakhstan forfeited this match (0 classification points), due to not travelling to Iran.[14]
  3. Due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the match was played at a neutral venue.
  4. Due to the Israeli invasion of Syria, the matches were played at a neutral venue.[15]
  5. China have won in 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2015.
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