BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Five more teams have secured their spots to the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 as Window 3 of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers came to a close Monday night.
Korea, China, Iran, Qatar, and Syria are advancing after succeeding in their respective groups during the recently-concluded qualifying phase.
With this, all 12 direct tickets to the Asia Cup from the Qualifiers have been booked. Reigning two-time champions Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Japan, Jordan, and Lebanon had qualified during Window 2 last November.
Saudi Arabia are qualified by virtue of being the hosts of FIBA's flagship event in Asia to be played in Jeddah from Aug 5-17, 2025.
Australia, Lebanon and Jordan, the top three teams of the last FIBA Asia Cup in 2022 in Indonesia, finished the Qualifiers unbeaten after sweeping all six of their games.
A total of 16 teams from Asia and Oceania are set to compete in Jeddah, with the four remaining slots to be determined through the Qualifying Tournament for Third-Place Teams.
The six that finished third in their groups will take part in the Qualifying Tournament for Third-Place Teams for one last attempt of reaching the tournament proper are Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Iraq, India, and Bahrain.
Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Guam will play in a round-robin tournament as will Iraq, India and Bahrain in a similar tournament, with the top two teams from each tournament making it to the FIBA Asia Cup 2025.
More details about the Qualifying Tournament for Third-Place Teams will be announced soon.
The 12 teams qualified for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 so far: Australia; China; Iran; Japan; Jordan; Korea; Lebanon; New Zealand; Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria.
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