# 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification

The 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification was a basketball competition that was played from February 2023 to February 2025, to determine the eleven FIBA Americas nations who will join the automatically qualified host Nicaragua at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup.

## Sub-zone pre-qualifiers
### Central America

The tournament was held in Managua, Nicaragua.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nicaragua (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 325 | 237 | +88 | 8 | Pre-Qualifiers |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 1 | 315 | 298 | +17 | 7 | |
| 3 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 247 | 269 | −22 | 6 | |
| 4 | El Salvador | 4 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 304 | −27 | 5 | |
| 5 | Guatemala | 4 | 0 | 4 | 244 | 300 | −56 | 4 | |
All times are local (UTC−6).

### South America

Two teams entered the South American pre-qualifiers. Bolivia and Ecuador played a two-legged match with the overall winner advancing to the pre-qualifiers.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ecuador | 171–154 | Bolivia | 90–68 | 81–86 |

### Caribbean

Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda were the two countries qualified based on their high rankings. The automatic qualification came after a host country could not be found.

## Pre-qualifiers

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups: Group A in Chile and Group B in Nicaragua. Each team will play against the rest of the teams in its group (total of three games per team). The best two teams in each of the groups will automatically qualify for the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers, beginning in February 2024.
| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| Eliminated from the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification first round | Paraguay Chile Virgin Islands Cuba |
| Qualified from the sub-zone pre-qualifiers | Nicaragua Ecuador Barbados Antigua and Barbuda |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 275 | 158 | +117 | 6 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 241 | −48 | 5 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Barbados | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 256 | −33 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 256 | −36 | 3 | |
All times are local (UTC−4).

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nicaragua (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 213 | +19 | 6 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 194 | +50 | 5 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Virgin Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 201 | −8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 239 | −61 | 3 | |
All times are local (UTC−6).

## Qualifiers

12 teams from the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification were directly qualified and joined by the four teams qualifying from the pre-qualifiers. They were drawn into four groups of four teams and played a home-and-away format. The top three teams of each group qualified for the final tournament.
| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| Qualified from 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification second round | Canada United States Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Venezuela Mexico Brazil Argentina Uruguay Panama Bahamas Colombia |
| Qualified from the pre-qualifiers | Chile Nicaragua Cuba Paraguay |

### Draw

The draw was held on 9 August 2023.

#### Seeding

The seedings were announced on 2 August 2023. 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 re were drawn to Groups C and D.
Pot 1 :
| Pot 1 TeamPos  Argentina2  Brazil3 | Pot 2 TeamPos  United States1  Canada4 | Pot 3 TeamPos  Venezuela5  Uruguay9 | Pot 4 TeamPos  Puerto Rico6  Dominican Republic7 |
| Pot 5 TeamPos  Panama10  Colombia11 | Pot 6 TeamPos  Mexico8  Bahamas13 | Pot 7 TeamPos  Chile14  Paraguay16 | Pot 8 TeamPos  Cuba15  Nicaragua17 |
All times are local.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 489 | 435 | +54 | 10 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 2 | Venezuela | 6 | 3 | 3 | 405 | 421 | −16 | 9 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 3 | Colombia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 454 | 494 | −40 | 9 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 4 | Chile | 6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 478 | +2 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points scored: Venezuela 143–127 Colombia.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 524 | 370 | +154 | 11 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 2 | Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 2 | 495 | 403 | +92 | 10 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 3 | Panama | 6 | 3 | 3 | 491 | 490 | +1 | 9 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 4 | Paraguay | 6 | 0 | 6 | 372 | 619 | −247 | 6 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 4 | 2 | 514 | 413 | +101 | 10 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 475 | 443 | +32 | 10 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 3 | Mexico | 6 | 4 | 2 | 514 | 468 | +46 | 10 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 6 | 0 | 6 | 371 | 550 | −179 | 6 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup as host |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points difference: Canada +14, Dominican Republic −1, Mexico −13.
* ↑ Nicaragua was confirmed as hosts of the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup on 22 December 2023, therefore qualifying for the tournament automatically, two teams will take the two remaining spots in Group C.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 549 | 454 | +95 | 11 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 2 | Bahamas | 6 | 2 | 4 | 471 | 515 | −44 | 8 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 381 | 408 | −27 | 7 | 2025 FIBA AmeriCup |
| 4 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 383 | 407 | −24 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Cuba 73–81 Puerto Rico

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | App | First | Last | Streak | Best placement in tournament |
| Nicaragua | Host nation | 22 December 2023 | 1st | — | — | 1 | Debut |
| Uruguay | Group B top three | 24 November 2024 | 19th | 1980 | 2022 | 16 | Runners-up (1984) |
| Brazil | Group B top three | 24 November 2024 | 20th | 1980 | 2022 | 20 | Champions (1984, 1988, 2005, 2009) |
| United States | Group D top three | 20 February 2025 | 12th | 1989 | 2022 | 3 | Champions (1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017) |
| Argentina | Group A top three | 20 February 2025 | 20th | 1980 | 2022 | 20 | Champions (2001, 2011, 2022) |
| Colombia | Group A top three | 20 February 2025 | 3rd | 2017 | 2022 | 3 | Ninth place (2022) |
| Panama | Group B top three | 21 February 2025 | 14th | 2015 | 2022 | 4 | Fourth place (1984) |
| Venezuela | Group A top three | 23 February 2025 | 18th | 1988 | 2022 | 18 | Champions (2015) |
| Bahamas | Group D top three | 23 February 2025 | 2nd | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | Eighth place (1995) |
| Puerto Rico | Group D top three | 23 February 2025 | 20th | 1980 | 2022 | 20 | Champions (1980, 1989, 1995) |
| Canada | Group C top two | 24 February 2025 | 20th | 1980 | 2022 | 20 | Runners-up (1980, 1999) |
| Dominican Republic | Group C top two | 24 February 2025 | 15th | 1984 | 2022 | 7 | Third place (2011) |