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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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| 2 August 2017 – 25 February 2019 |
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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify for under the new qualification system. The process determined 31 out of the 32 teams that participated at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | Host nation | 7 August 2015 | 2010 | 9 | 1 | 8th place (1994) | 30 |
| Tunisia | African Second Round Group E Top 2 | 15 September 2018 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 24th place (2010) | 51 |
| Nigeria | African Second Round Group F Top 2 | 15 September 2018 | 2006 | 4 | 1 | 13th place (1998) | 33 |
| Greece | European Second Round Group L Top 3 | 16 September 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 4 | Runners-up (2006) | 8 |
| Germany | European Second Round Group L Top 3 | 16 September 2018 | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 3rd place (2002) | 22 |
| Czech Republic | European Second Round Group K Top 3 | 16 September 2018 | N/A | 1 | 1 | Debut | 24 |
| Lithuania | European Second Round Group J Top 3 | 17 September 2018 | 2014 | 5 | 4 | 3rd place (2010) | 6 |
| Australia | Asian Second Round Group F Top 3 | 30 November 2018 | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 5th place (1982, 1994) | 11 |
| France | European Second Round Group K Top 3 | 30 November 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 4 | 3rd place (2014) | 3 |
| Angola | African Second Round Group F Top 2 | 1 December 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 5 | 9th place (2006) | 39 |
| New Zealand | Asian Second Round Group E Top 3 | 1 December 2018 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 4th place (2002) | 38 |
| South Korea | Asian Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 8 | 2 | 11th place (1970) | 32 |
| Spain | European Second Round Group I Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 12 | 10 | Champions (2006) | 2 |
| Turkey | European Second Round Group I Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | Runners-up (2010) | 17 |
| United States | Americas Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 18 | 18 | Champions (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010, 2014) | 1 |
| Venezuela | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2006 | 4 | 1 | 11th place (1990) | 20 |
| Argentina | Americas Second Round Group E Top 3 | 2 December 2018 | 2014 | 14 | 9 | Champions (1950) | 5 |
| Canada | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 3 December 2018 | 2010 | 14 | 1 | 6th place (1978, 1982) | 23 |
| Brazil | Americas Second Round Group F Top 3 | 21 February 2019 | 2014 | 18 | 18 | Champions (1959, 1963) | 12 |
| Senegal | African Second Round Group F Top 2 | 22 February 2019 | 2014 | 5 | 2 | 14th place (1978) | 37 |
| Italy | European Second Round Group J Top 3 | 22 February 2019 | 2006 | 9 | 1 | 4th place (1970, 1978) | 13 |
| Poland | European Second Round Group J Top 3 | 22 February 2019 | 1967 | 2 | 1 | 5th place (1967) | 25 |
| Russia | European Second Round Group K Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | Runners-up (1994, 1998) | 10 |
| Japan | Asian Second Round Group F Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2006 | 5 | 1 | 11th place (1967) | 48 |
| Jordan | Asian Second Round Group E Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 23rd place (2010) | 49 |
| Iran | Asian Second Round Group F Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 19th place (2010) | 27 |
| Philippines | Asian best fourth placed team | 24 February 2019 | 2014 | 6 | 2 | 3rd place (1954) | 31 |
| Serbia | European Second Round Group L Top 3 | 24 February 2019 | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 2nd (2014) | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | African Best third placed team | 24 February 2019 | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 13th place (1982, 1986) | 64 |
| Montenegro | European Second Round Group I Top 3 | 25 February 2019 | N/A | 1 | 1 | Debut | 28 |
| Puerto Rico | Americas Second Round Group E Top 3 | 25 February 2019 | 2014 | 14 | 9 | 4th place (1990) | 16 |
| Dominican Republic | Americas best fourth placed team | 25 February 2019 | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 12th place (1978) | 18 |
The continental championships no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments were held over two years in a home-and-away format.
The first round of the qualifiers were held in late 2017 and early 2018. The Americas, Asia / Oceania and Africa qualifiers featured 16 teams each, whereas Europe had 32 teams. Division A teams was split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups advanced to round two, and last placed teams played the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.
Round two of the World Cup qualifiers were held in late 2018 and early 2019. Teams were split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams carried over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group qualified for the World Cup.
Starting in 2019, no wild card qualification were held, and the Olympic champions no longer directly qualified to the World Cup.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou, China.
| FIBA zone | Qualifying tournaments | World Cup berths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBA Africa | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| FIBA Americas | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| FIBA AsiaFIBA Oceania | 16 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| FIBA Europe | 32 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
All 16 teams which qualified for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup played in the Asian qualification round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which included teams from FIBA Oceania.
Australia defeated Philippines by default following a brawl left Philippines with only 1 player on court
The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 had also qualified for Division A of FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying. The last eight teams qualified through the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Pre-Qualifiers which were held in August 2017.
In order to determine the last eight spots in Division A, 13 teams participated in four home-and-away round robin groups on 2 to 19 August 2017. The draw to determine the 4 groups was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 10 December 2016.
As of 25 February 2019
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