2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers

[Giannis34GOD2]

Sadik what part of having 3 host nations is hard to understand regarding the case of Indonesia not getting an automatic qualification for being a co-host, Qatar will be the solo host and solo host most of the time gets automatic qualification, plus Qatar was once qualified in a WC unlike Indonesia which do not have any meaningful history yet with basketball. Plus no one cares if Qatar gets demolished they survived the biggest sporting event on earth despite not winning any single game and getting trashed for a sports that really matter to them, and how sure are you that they will not try to improve their team until 2027, Qatar has the resources, plus they are not hosting to be a serious threat or win anything it's about Qatar as country and not Qatar national basketball team,

But other countries will question it, especially European countries...Qatar has no basketball culture and history (aside from 2006 qualification)... Qatar can host, no problem about that, But direct qualification should be not given outright, Their ranking is too low to be considered, They ranked 104 in current FIBA rankings... Not deserve for automatic qualification.. Their current line up is weak.. If they give them automatic qualification, FIBA's reputation will be question here.. It will use this as sample for future same situations like this one... Better give them same treatment as Indonesia last WC qualifiers, If they didn't qualified, better give that spot for more deserving team from Europe or Americas region that is more competitive and have huge followers

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

Which is why they might get the Indonesia treatment.

Progress further into the KO stages of the Asia Cup or 2nd round of the qualifiers.

Same as Indonesia, get into top 8 of FIBA Asia cup, or normal qualification via WC qualifiers... Imagine a ranked 104 will have a slot in the tournament because thy just host it? We faced them last Asian Games, we beat them by 40 plus points, they also almost lose to NP less Indonesia (who didn't get automatic slot for WC) in final qualification for play in round last Asian Games... Imagine if they grouped w/ any European or Americas team? A 70-80 pt blowout we will see if Qatar plays, Not a good sight for FIBA that they market the tournament as one of the best events in the world... I will understand if they have a solid fan base that will help FIBA's revenue such as Mongolia or Israel (or even Vietnam, they have rising fan base today)... Qatar's home game are not sold out, Almost empty arena, If not for foreign fans or local based fans such as Filipinos, Chinese or Lebanese watching there... I would rather have Syria to host, atleast there are many basketball fans in Syria to help FIBA's revenue, In fact last 3rd window of WC qualifiers (June 2022), Syria hold the most number of attendance in that stretch, even beaten us, Lithuanians and any other teams that has big fan base such as Serbians, Greeks or Lebanese fans...

 

[IPC2]

For the World Cup spot, we will have to contend with the following teams (there are 7 spots):

Aussie
NZ
Lebanon
Japan
China
SoKor
Iran
Jordan

We will need the roster to be well-built so we can contend with, and beat them. At least the non-Oceania teams.

 

[paolylo2]

For the World Cup spot, we will have to contend with the following teams (there are 7 spots):

Aussie
NZ
Lebanon
Japan
China
SoKor
Iran
Jordan

We will need the roster to be well-built so we can contend with, and beat them. At least the non-Oceania teams.

Tagal pa eh. You know what I mean? If FIBA insists on only having 16 teams in Asia, 9 got a legitimate chance so it's the luck of the draw and a team's ability to win away games.

AUS
NZ
JPN
LIB
KOR
CHN
Toss up between PHI, JOR, and IRI

Then again, TPE, BHR, even KAZ are capable of pulling off upsets. QAT might not take this seriously as qualified hosts pero alangan naman magpapatalo diba?

 

[deku_midoriya2]

Australia
Lebanon
NZL
Japan
Philippines
Jordan
China


I see those teams will qualified for 2027 FIBA WC... Sorry for Korea and Iran, their rebuilding process will need more time to get back from being serious contenders again...

Depending on the brackets, I see Korea in while toss up between Japan and Jordan.

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

Tagal pa eh. You know what I mean? If FIBA insists on only having 16 teams in Asia, 9 got a legitimate chance so it's the luck of the draw and a team's ability to win away games.

AUS
NZ
JPN
LIB
KOR
CHN
Toss up between PHI, JOR, and IRI

Then again, TPE, BHR, even KAZ are capable of pulling off upsets. QAT might not take this seriously as qualified hosts pero alangan naman magpapatalo diba?

Taipei can’t pull it thru because they were bracket in tough East region… If they were in West, They can easily make it to the 2nd round… It’s hard to then pull an upset against top 6 East region teams…

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

My question now for Qatar and FIBA… Will FIBA award Qatar a direct spot as host? in terms of performance, they are not good and their rankings are too low.. it didn’t help that they lose to Non World Cup team like Kazakhstan… It’s a shame if they will give Qatar a spot and they will perform like that, playing in the World Cup is not a charity event… they will lose badly in the World Cup and give Asian basketball community a big shame… Asian zone is the weakest competition level in all 4 continental zones and adding Qatar will not do good for the competition… FIBA should give them the same treatment as Indonesia, So that Qatar will go all out just to be consider… A top 8 spot in the fiba asia cup is a must for them to force them to do better..

 

[IPC2]

We won’t be playing against World Level teams till 2027 assuming we qualify for the WC.

Our team shouldn’t rely on Kai. We won the Asiad gold without him and Edu after all. Yeah, I get that Ange was there but it’s not like he made as much impact Brownlee.

The toughest opponents we have till Feb 2027 are: Australia, NZ, China, Lebanon, Korea, Japan, Iran, and Jordan.

We should focus on strengthening our chemistry to be competitive against those teams for now.

Cone magic is nice but we need it the most against Australia and NZ, whom we will meet next month, Asia Cup, and in the WCQ (at least one them).

We’re good for now.

CTC has built the team to be competitive based on chemistry and it’s paying off.

I think we qualified for the World Cup windows when we qualified for the Asia Cup.

In the first round of the windows (November 2025, February 2026, June 2026), we will probably face two of Aussie, Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor, assuming the qualifiers format of East/West remains the same. We need to hold the line in at least the first two windows, and I hope we can match up well with at least Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor.

In the second round (August 2026, November 2026, February 2027), we might face one or two of Lebanon, Iran, and Jordan. We will need a good enough team to win against those three.

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

I think we qualified for the World Cup windows when we qualified for the Asia Cup.

In the first round of the windows (November 2025, February 2026, June 2026), we will probably face two of Aussie, Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor, assuming the qualifiers format of East/West remains the same. We need to hold the line in at least the first two windows, and I hope we can match up well with at least Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor.

In the second round (August 2026, November 2026, February 2027), we might face one or two of Lebanon, Iran, and Jordan. We will need a good enough team to win against those three.

Aside from usual suspects such as Lebanon, Australia, Korea, etc... I'm monitoring the progress of 3 countries who might be our roadblock too in 2027 Fiba world cup qualification... First is Taiwan.. They are improving in past 2 years.. I admit I ignored them since they didn't treat Fiba seriously in past years or so.. now, they found some players who will be their key players plus the found their exact naturalized player in Brandon Gilbeck... They are already in par with Korea today... 2nd is Qatar, Now when they are now investing in their basketball team, we don't know what's in store for them.. last window, they beat Iran and I'm sure it will not done yet... They have many recruits that they can insert in their seniors team, and with resources they have, they can hire talented Naturalized player for them... And last is Saudi Arabia, don't sleep on this team, with Khaled Abdel Gabbar is now recognized as local player for them, they can now hire another naturalized to upgrade their chances.. as I said before, they just only 1 naturalized player away to being in the top 8 conversation... I heard they will naturalized Devin Ebanks (former draft pick by Lakers in 2010), maybe little bit old but he's an elite scorer in any level...

 

[sroth38392]

I think we qualified for the World Cup windows when we qualified for the Asia Cup.

In the first round of the windows (November 2025, February 2026, June 2026), we will probably face two of Aussie, Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor, assuming the qualifiers format of East/West remains the same. We need to hold the line in at least the first two windows, and I hope we can match up well with at least Japan, NZ, China, and SoKor.

In the second round (August 2026, November 2026, February 2027), we might face one or two of Lebanon, Iran, and Jordan. We will need a good enough team to win against those three.

Yes, true. It's pretty much the same format. Last window of ACQ will be an interesting one as the Kazakhstan/India, Guam/Mongolia, Iraq/Palestine, and UAE/Syria battle it out for the final qualifying tournament. We'll get to see some first times for the WCQ and traditional ones not make it.

Based on the current rankings, the pots could go like this:

Pot 1: Australia + Japan

Pot 2: Iran + Lebanon

Pot 3: New Zealand + China

Pot 4: Jordan + KSA

Pot 5: Philippines + Korea

Pot 6: Qatar + Bahrain

Pot 7: Guam/Mongolia + Taiwan/Thailand

Pot 8: India/Kazakhstan + UAE/Syria

There's a possibility (if the rankings stay unchanged) that Australia and New Zealand could be drawn in the same group in the first round.

Best case scenario:

Japan
China
Philippines
Mongolia/Guam

Worst case scenario:

Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Taiwan

​​​​​​​We need to improve our rankings by placing high in the Asia Cup.

 

[sroth38392]

Aside from usual suspects such as Lebanon, Australia, Korea, etc... I'm monitoring the progress of 3 countries who might be our roadblock too in 2027 Fiba world cup qualification... First is Taiwan.. They are improving in past 2 years.. I admit I ignored them since they didn't treat Fiba seriously in past years or so.. now, they found some players who will be their key players plus the found their exact naturalized player in Brandon Gilbeck... They are already in par with Korea today... 2nd is Qatar, Now when they are now investing in their basketball team, we don't know what's in store for them.. last window, they beat Iran and I'm sure it will not done yet... They have many recruits that they can insert in their seniors team, and with resources they have, they can hire talented Naturalized player for them... And last is Saudi Arabia, don't sleep on this team, with Khaled Abdel Gabbar is now recognized as local player for them, they can now hire another naturalized to upgrade their chances.. as I said before, they just only 1 naturalized player away to being in the top 8 conversation... I heard they will naturalized Devin Ebanks (former draft pick by Lakers in 2010), maybe little bit old but he's an elite scorer in any level...

You got sources?

Qatar has improved but they are not yet at the level to compete with the top 8. They have barely beaten Iran.

A naturalized player can help KSA but not by much. They don't have a good record against the top 8 and those teams also have naturalized players. In the 2023 WCQ, their only wins were against India in the second round; would've been a different story if Korea didn't get disqualified.

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

You got sources?

Qatar has improved but they are not yet at the level to compete with the top 8. They have barely beaten Iran.

A naturalized player can help KSA but not by much. They don't have a good record against the top 8 and those teams also have naturalized players. In the 2023 WCQ, their only wins were against India in the second round; would've been a different story if Korea didn't get disqualified.

Devin Ebanks currently playing for Al Ahli Jeddah, who are recently champions of last year SBL season.. maybe this is Arabic version but the federation eying him already... Although the naturalization of Saudi Arabia is quite hard since you have to meet requirements such as they have to convert to Muslim, residency within the country and they have to surrender their previous passports in their previous country if they wanted to reside in Saudi... He led Al Ahli to their first ever championship in SBL.. He's also a winner by also winning championship in Bahrain league.. maybe old enough but like Brownlee, he's a certified bucket getter... He can help KSA to atleast a top 8 finish... With Khaled Abdel Gabbar already classified as local by Fiba, it's very obvious that Saudi will recruit a naturalized player to help their national team to upgrade their chances...



https://youtu.be/mdmUCEhk79o?si=puxj2SOtRqhNaCI_

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

Qatar on the other hand, many know about their development how they handle their national team lately.. they got little assistance from FIBA by giving Tyler Harris local status , getting foreign born players passport before 16 and make them all local by Fiba.. it will be not surprise if they will make their mark in Fiba Asia cup this coming August.. Don't be surprise if Fiba also giving Mike Lewis local status by FIBA since Qatar have rich resources and will hire another naturalized player to make them more competitive... And I saw also one post by our friends here that Qatar also have players who are not playing last qualifiers that is also very good and might play in future Qatar games...

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

Yes, true. It's pretty much the same format. Last window of ACQ will be an interesting one as the Kazakhstan/India, Guam/Mongolia, Iraq/Palestine, and UAE/Syria battle it out for the final qualifying tournament. We'll get to see some first times for the WCQ and traditional ones not make it.

Based on the current rankings, the pots could go like this:

Pot 1: Australia + Japan

Pot 2: Iran + Lebanon

Pot 3: New Zealand + China

Pot 4: Jordan + KSA

Pot 5: Philippines + Korea

Pot 6: Qatar + Bahrain

Pot 7: Guam/Mongolia + Taiwan/Thailand

Pot 8: India/Kazakhstan + UAE/Syria

There's a possibility (if the rankings stay unchanged) that Australia and New Zealand could be drawn in the same group in the first round.

Best case scenario:

Japan
China
Philippines
Mongolia/Guam

Worst case scenario:

Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Taiwan

​​​​​​​We need to improve our rankings by placing high in the Asia Cup.

Guam will be the big favorites to grab that 3rd seed in Group C.. they have a plus 11 advantage over Mongolia plus they will play at home against the Mongols.. so give that slot to Guam already.. Kazakhstan is danger to be out of the competition after they default their game vs Iran, they didn't get a point system after that default.. if both Kazakhstan and India lose their games in 3rd window, India will advance since both will get 7 pts after the qualifiers despite Kazakhstan have better record since Fiba acknowledge the point system just like FIFA.. that default hurt their chances.. I don't blame them because of security reasons but that will be the consequences... I think Fiba should study the Iran's situation.. I even think even the Philippines will not go to Tehran to play games there.. Iran's home games should be move to safer place just like Lebanon and Syria last window...

 

[IPC2]

We will need to hold the fort without Kai for at least one or maybe two windows. So, the range is the November 2025 and February 2026 windows. Win at least 2 or 3 games to be safe, depending on the difficulty of the group.

Now, how do we do that in that span?

 

[IPC2]

Worth trying because he’s 37.

If Bennie’s papers aren’t ready post-Asia Cup, then the only player viable is Ange.

they can try harper jr.

he already has RP passport anyway but got it after the cut off..

Hope Ange is up to it in case we don't try another NP.

 

[sroth38392]

Hope Ange is up to it in case we don't try another NP.

He’s shown to be a good fit in CTC’s system.

Ange-Junemar twin tower has worked before.

Ange-Edu can also work assuming the latter stays healthy.

Having no JB means we need to rely on the system to create something.

I don’t see anyone on JB’s level of shot creation.

Dwight would be the closest.

Maybe Clarkson for the Asia Cup?

 

[IPC2]

He’s shown to be a good fit in CTC’s system.

Ange-Junemar twin tower has worked before.

Ange-Edu can also work assuming the latter stays healthy.

Having no JB means we need to rely on the system to create something.

I don’t see anyone on JB’s level of shot creation.

Dwight would be the closest.

Maybe Clarkson for the Asia Cup?

In these windows, if Ange does end up being our NP, we will need to lean on our defense, and for the others to chip in. Hope CJ, Dwight, Carl, Quiambao, and Malonzo are ready by then.

 

[sroth38392]

In these windows, if Ange does end up being our NP, we will need to lean on our defense, and for the others to chip in. Hope CJ, Dwight, Carl, Quiambao, and Malonzo are ready by then.

I wouldn’t mind a Jayson Castro callup for 1-2 windows.

 

[lurklurk2]

In these windows, if Ange does end up being our NP, we will need to lean on our defense, and for the others to chip in. Hope CJ, Dwight, Carl, Quiambao, and Malonzo are ready by then.

Carl is looking ready as a featured player on offense. Frontcourt of Kouame-Fajardo-Tamayo could work but it will certainly be a different look compared to the lineup with Brownlee and Kai.