2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Asia-Oceania region began on 26 November 2021 and will conclude in February 2023. Entrants. The 16 teams that have qualified for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup will participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. Format. In total, eight World Cup berths are allocated for the Asia-Oceania region. Two slots are automatically given to Philippines and Japan as co-hosts. The third co-host Indonesia doesn't have automatic qualification at the moment. Instead, it depends  on their performance at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, which they will be hosting in July 2022. If the country finishes at the top 8 of the Asia Cup, they will automatically qualify for the World Cup as co-host and five slots from those qualifiers will be contested. If the country does not finish among the top 8, six slots will be contested. Despite automatic qualification, co-hosts will compete in these qualifiers by virtue of qualifying to the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup. The qualification structure is as follows: 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. First round. The 16 teams qualified were divided into four groups of four teams. Each team will face the other teams in their group on a home-and-away basis over three windows. The top three teams from each group will qualify to the next round. The 2023 hosts  Japan and Philippines will automatically qualify regardless of their final ranking in their respective groups. "All times are local." Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group C. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group D. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Second round. The top three teams from all groups will be grouped in two groups of six teams, where each team will face teams from another group. Results from the first round will be carried. The top three teams from each group, along with hosts Japan and the Philippines, will qualify for the World Cup, However, if host Indonesia manages to  qualify by virtue of making through the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, only the top two teams from each group, along with the best third-place team will qualify. Group E. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group F. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>