BEIRUT (Lebanon)- Saudi Arabia, by virtue of being the hosts, have opted to be placed in Pot 1 for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Draw scheduled to be held in Jeddah the coming Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
All other teams are seeded in respective pots in order of Ranking based on FIBA World Ranking – Men Presented by NIKE, which was updated at the end of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers.
The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 will be played at Jeddah from Aug 5-17, marking the first time the Gulf state is hosting FIBA’s flagship event in Asia after 1997.
Pot 1: Saudi Arabia (hosts), Australia, Japan, New Zealand
Pot 2: Iran, Lebanon, China, Philippines
Pot 3: Jordan, Korea, Syria, Chinese Taipei
Pot 4: India, Qatar, Guam, Iraq.
The 16 teams will be split into four groups of four, with the top teams of each automatically qualifying for the Quarter-Finals. The no. 2 and 3 teams, on the other hand, will play in the Qualification to Quarter-Finals.
Winners of the Quarter-Finals will then advance to the Semi-Finals, where the victors will head into the finale to battle for the championship. The losing sides, meanwhile, will face each other in a Third-Place Game.
Click here for the live streaming of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Draw on FIBA’s YouTube Channel.
Click here for more information on the competition system of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025.
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