2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)

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Dates26 November 2021 – 27 February 2023
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Asian Qualification
Tournament details
Dates26 November 2021 – 27 February 2023
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Official website
Asian qualifiers website
2019
2027

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Asia-Oceania region began in November 2021 and concluded in February 2023. The process determined the six teams that would join the automatically qualified co-hosts the Philippines and Japan at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

The 16 teams that have qualified for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup participated in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers.

Format

In total, eight World Cup berths were allocated for the Asia-Oceania region. Two slots were automatically given to Philippines and Japan as co-hosts. The third co-host Indonesia did not have automatic qualification. Instead, it depended on their performance at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, which they hosted in July 2022. If the country finished in the top eight of the Asia Cup, they would automatically qualify for the World Cup as co-host and five slots from those qualifiers would be contested.[1] If the country did not finish among the top eight, six slots were contested.[2] In the end, Indonesia did not finish among the top eight, and six slots for the World Cup were contested. Despite automatic qualification, co-hosts competed in these qualifiers by virtue of qualifying to the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.

The qualification structure is as follows:

  • First round: The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams to play double round-robin system (home-and-away matches). Three best placed teams from a group advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The 12 teams were divided into two groups of six teams. Each group were formed from teams advanced from two first round groups. All results from the previous round were carried over. Six best placed teams (excluding automatic qualified co-hosts) from this round qualified for the World Cup.

Draw

The draw was held on 31 August 2021 in Mies, Switzerland.[3][4]

Seeding

Seedings were announced on 30 August 2021.[5] Teams were seeded based on geographical principles and FIBA rankings. Teams from pots 1, 3, 5 and 7 were drawn to Groups A and B, while teams from pots 2, 4, 6 and 8 were drawn to Groups C and D.

Pot 1
TeamPos
 Australia3
 New Zealand25
Pot 2
TeamPos
 Iran22
 Jordan39
Pot 3
TeamPos
 China28
 South Korea29
Pot 4
TeamPos
 Lebanon56
 Kazakhstan72
Pot 5
TeamPos
 Philippines31
 Japan35
Pot 6
TeamPos
 Syria82
 Indonesia85
Pot 7
TeamPos
 Chinese Taipei68
 India78
Pot 8
TeamPos
 Saudi Arabia87
 Bahrain102

First round

Second round

Statistical leaders

Player averages

CategoryPlayerTeamAverage
PointsAmir Hinton Syria26.7
ReboundsArsalan Kazemi Iran11.1
AssistsFreddy Ibrahim Jordan7.3
StealsAmir Hinton Syria3.0
BlocksWayne Chism Bahrain2.0
Mohammed Al-Suwailem Saudi Arabia
MinutesAmir Hinton Syria33.7
EfficiencyAmir Hinton Syria24.5

Team averages

CategoryTeamAverage
Points New Zealand92.6
Rebounds Australia45.4
Assists Australia25.8
Steals Lebanon11.4
Blocks Philippines4.2
Efficiency Australia120.0

Notes

References

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