2021 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2021 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) will be the 30th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament is organised by FIBA Asia. It was originally scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 17 to 29 August 2021.[1]

2021 FIBA Asia Cup
Tournament details
Dates17–29 August
Teams16

Australia is the defending champion.

Format

A number of 16 qualified teams are expected to play the main round. They will be divided into 4 groups by 4 teams. Every group winner will gain direct access to the quarter final, while runners-up will match third placed teams in a playoff game.

Qualification
Main article: 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

The qualification started on 23 February 2018. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification and the teams that did not participate in it will play in the first round of the pre-qualifiers.

Pre-qualifiers were held in the Western and Eastern Regions to determine the eight teams who will join the 16 teams that participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Below are the list of qualified teams to the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers, which will begin in February 2020. Out of the 24 teams in the qualifiers, only 16 teams will qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup.

References
  1. "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
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