Qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup were held to determine the participants in the

2017 FIBA Asia Cup The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) was the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia. It took place from 8 to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial sche ...

. Lebanon secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge The 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge was the 6th FIBA Asia Challenge, an international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia which was hosted by Iran from 9–18 September 2016. This tournament served as the first step in determining the process of the qu ...

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate: * The three best teams from the subzone of East Asia, the two best teams from the subzone of West Asia and the Winners from the subzones of Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf. * The five best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Challenge would qualify the same number of teams for their respective subzones. * Two wild card teams from FIBA Oceania: and . * The host nation would clinch one of the berths allocated for its subzone. * Including the host nation Lebanon.

Qualified teams

* Lebanon is also the 2017 West Asian Champions.

FIBA Asia Challenge

The 6th FIBA Asia Challenge was held at Tehran, Iran from 9 to 18 September 2016.

Central Asia

The 2017 Central Asian Qualifying Round was a one-game playoff between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

East Asia

The 4th

EABA Championship The EABA Championship is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years between national men's teams from East Asia. The tournament is also known as the East Asian Basketball Championship. The tournament is organised by ...

was held in Nagano,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

from 3 to 7 June 2017. The top five nations will qualify for the main tournament. On 7 June 2017, defeated the defending champions in the final, 77–64. Hosts subdued in the bronze medal game, 76–58. All four semifinalists qualified to the

, along with , who took the fifth and last East Asian spot by defeating , 96–81, the day before. The draw was held in Tokyo,

on 6 March 2017 to determine the composition of the two groups.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification 5th–6th

* Winner qualifies to the

Final round

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Gulf

The 15th Gulf Basketball Championship was held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in September 2016.

South Asia

The 6th SABA Championship was held in Malé, Maldives from 19 May to 23 May 2017.

Standings

Results

''All times are in Maldivian Time ( UTC+05:00)''

Final Rankings

Southeast Asia

The 12th SEABA Championship was held in Quezon City, Philippines from 12 to 18 May 2017.

West Asia

The 15th WABA Championship was held in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, Jordan from 29 January to 2 February 2017. National teams that participated were , , , , and hosts . Only the top four teams excluding Lebanon qualified for the continental joust.

References

{{FIBA Asia Cup qualification FIBA FIBA