2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)


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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.

2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Asian Qualification
Tournament details
Dates26 November 2021 – 27 February 2023
Teams16
Official website
Asian qualifiers website

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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.

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.

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

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
Team Pos
  Australia 3
  New Zealand 25
Pot 2
Team Pos
  Iran 22
  Jordan 39
Pot 3
Team Pos
  China 28
  South Korea 29
Pot 4
Team Pos
  Lebanon 56
  Kazakhstan 72
Pot 5
Team Pos
  Philippines 31
  Japan 35
Pot 6
Team Pos
  Syria 82
  Indonesia 85
Pot 7
Team Pos
  Chinese Taipei 68
  India 78
Pot 8
Team Pos
  Saudi Arabia 87
  Bahrain 102

The 16 teams qualified were divided into four groups of four teams. Each team faced the other teams in their group on a home-and-away basis over three windows. The top three teams from each group qualified for the next round.[6] The 2023 hosts Japan and Philippines automatically qualified regardless of their final ranking in their respective groups.

All times are local.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 4 4 0 390 229 +161 8 Second round
2   Philippines[a] 4 2 2 290 321 −31 6
3   India 4 0 4 233 363 −130 4
4   South Korea[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ Philippines advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.[7]
  2. ^ South Korea forfeited the games against the Philippines and New Zealand due to positive COVID-19 cases among its delegation and was subsequently disqualified.[8][9][10]
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 6 6 0 513 365 +148 12 Second round
2   China 6 4 2 493 397 +96 10
3   Japan[a] 6 2 4 417 483 −66 8
4   Chinese Taipei 6 0 6 366 544 −178 6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ Japan advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.[13]
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lebanon 6 5 1 529 374 +155 11 Second round
2   Jordan 6 4 2 447 401 +46 10
3   Saudi Arabia 6 3 3 425 436 −11 9
4   Indonesia[a] 6 0 6 351 541 −190 6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ Indonesia could have secured automatic qualification as co-hosts had they advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in Jakarta.[14]
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 6 5 1 452 384 +68 11 Second round
2   Iran 6 4 2 482 395 +87 10
3   Bahrain 6 2 4 380 475 −95 8
4   Syria 6 1 5 416 476 −60 7

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

The top three teams from all groups were grouped in two groups of six teams, where each team faced teams from another group. Results from the first round were carried over. The top three teams from each group, along with hosts Japan and the Philippines, qualified for the World Cup.

All times are local.

As only three teams played in Group A, after the disqualification of South Korea, the result of the qualified teams from Group C against the last-placed team were not carried over.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 10 8 2 926 689 +237 18 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2   Lebanon 10 7 3 870 768 +102 17
3   Philippines 10 6 4 802 768 +34 16[a] Qualified for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts
4   Jordan 10 6 4 775 751 +24 16[a] 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
5   Saudi Arabia 10 3 7 654 767 −113 13
6   India 10 0 10 611 895 −284 10

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Philippines 164–157 Jordan
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Australia[a] 12 11 1 993 657 +336 22[b] 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2   China 12 10 2 959 792 +167 22[b]
3   Japan 12 7 5 917 878 +39 19 Qualified for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts
4   Iran 12 6 6 856 824 +32 18 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
5   Kazakhstan 12 5 7 779 872 −93 17
6   Bahrain 12 2 10 761 1004 −243 14

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ As Australia forfeited one game, they did not receive a point.
  2. ^ a b Australia 2–0 China
Iran   20–0   Australia

Note: The game, originally scheduled for 14 November 2022 in Tehran, was not played as the Australian team decided not to travel to Iran. It was forfeited in favour of Iran.[15]

Category Player Team Average
Points Amir Hinton   Syria 26.7
Rebounds Arsalan Kazemi   Iran 11.1
Assists Freddy Ibrahim   Jordan 7.3
Steals Amir Hinton   Syria 3.0
Blocks Wayne Chism   Bahrain 2.0
Mohammed Al-Suwailem   Saudi Arabia
Minutes Amir Hinton   Syria 33.7
Efficiency Amir Hinton   Syria 24.5
Category Team Average
Points   New Zealand 92.6
Rebounds   Australia 45.4
Assists   Australia 25.8
Steals   Lebanon 11.4
Blocks   Philippines 4.2
Efficiency   Australia 120.0
  1. ^ a b c d The game, originally scheduled for the November 2021 window, was played during the February 2022 window.[11][12]
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