# 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)

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.

## Entrants

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.
* Australia
* Bahrain
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Lebanon
* New Zealand
* Philippines
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* Syria

## 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. If the country did not finish among the top eight, six slots were contested. 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.

### Seeding

Seedings were announced on 30 August 2021. 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 :
| 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

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. The 2023 hosts Japan and Philippines automatically qualified regardless of their final ranking in their respective groups.
All times are local.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 229 | +161 | 8 | Second round |
| 2 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 290 | 321 | −31 | 6 | Second round |
| 3 | India | 4 | 0 | 4 | 233 | 363 | −130 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |
* ↑ Philippines advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.
* ↑ South Korea forfeited the games against the Philippines and New Zealand due to positive COVID-19 cases among its delegation and was subsequently disqualified.

### Group B

| 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 | Second round |
| 3 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 417 | 483 | −66 | 8 | Second round |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 6 | 366 | 544 | −178 | 6 | |
* ↑ Japan advanced to the second round as one of the pre-qualified host teams, regardless of the first round results and standings.

### Group C

| 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 | Second round |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 425 | 436 | −11 | 9 | Second round |
| 4 | Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 351 | 541 | −190 | 6 | |
* ↑ Indonesia could have secured automatic qualification as co-hosts had they advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in Jakarta.

### Group D

| 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 | Second round |
| 3 | Bahrain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 380 | 475 | −95 | 8 | Second round |
| 4 | Syria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 416 | 476 | −60 | 7 | |

## Second round

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.

### Group E

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 | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Philippines | 10 | 6 | 4 | 802 | 768 | +34 | 16 | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts |
| 4 | Jordan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 775 | 751 | +24 | 16 | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 3 | 7 | 654 | 767 | −113 | 13 | |
| 6 | India | 10 | 0 | 10 | 611 | 895 | −284 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Philippines 164–157 Jordan

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 12 | 11 | 1 | 993 | 657 | +336 | 22 | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | China | 12 | 10 | 2 | 959 | 792 | +167 | 22 | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Japan | 12 | 7 | 5 | 917 | 878 | +39 | 19 | 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 | |
* ↑ As Australia forfeited one game, they did not receive a point.
* 1 2 Australia 2–0 China

## Statistical leaders
### Player averages

| 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 |
| Blocks | Mohammed Al-Suwailem | Saudi Arabia | 2.0 |
| Minutes | Amir Hinton | Syria | 33.7 |
| Efficiency | Amir Hinton | Syria | 24.5 |

### Team averages

| 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 |