2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Americas Qualification
Dates	10 July 2024 – 2 March 2027
Official website
	Central American pre-qualifiers website; South American pre-qualifiers website; Qualifiers website

The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Americas region began in July 2024 and will conclude in March 2027. The process will determine the seven teams that will participate at the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[1]

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:

Pre-Qualifiers
- First round: Teams that did not enter the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers were divided into three tournaments, based on geographical sub-zones. The best-placed team from Central American sub-zone, the 2 best-placed team from the Caribbean sub-zone and the single winner from South American play-off advance to the second round.
- Second round: 4 teams that have eliminated for the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup will be joined by four teams advancing from the pre-qualifiers first round. Two teams advance from the sub-zone pre-qualifiers.
Qualifiers: The 12 teams that have qualified for the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup will be joined by four teams advancing from the pre-qualifiers second round.
- First round: The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four teams to play home-and-away matches. The three best placed teams from each group advance to the second round.
- Second round: The twelve teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. Each group is formed from teams advancing from the two first round groups. All results from the previous round will be carried over. The three best placed teams from both groups plus the fourth-placed team with better record qualify for the World Cup.

Entrants

Teams entering the qualifiers	Teams entering the pre-qualifiers second round	Teams entering the pre-qualifiers first round
Teams entering the qualifiers	Teams entering the pre-qualifiers second round	Central America	South America
Argentina Bahamas Brazil Canada Colombia Dominican Republic Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico United States Uruguay Venezuela	Chile Cuba Mexico Paraguay	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras	Bolivia Ecuador

Schedule

Qualifiers	Round	Dates
Pre-qualifiers	First round	10–14 July 2024 (South American sub-zone) 18–21 July 2024 (Central American sub-zone) August 2025 (Caribbean sub-zone)
Pre-qualifiers	Second round	July 2025
Qualifiers		24 November 2025 – 2 March 2027

Pre-qualifiers

All times are local.

First round

South American sub-zone

The tournament was played in a home and away format. Two teams competed for one spot to the second round.^[2]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bolivia	125–144	Ecuador	59–57	66–87

10 July 2024	Bolivia	59–57	Ecuador	Tarija
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 11–16, 15–14, 12–15
	Pts: Pérez 13 Rebs: Ribera 9 Asts: Arze 3	Boxscore	Pts: Cardenas 20 Rebs: Barahona 12 Asts: Barreras 3	Arena: Coliseo de Basquetbol Guadalquivir Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Claudio Osorio (CHI), Nicolas Zivieri (BRA)

14 July 2024	Ecuador	87–66 (144–125 agg.)	Bolivia	Pasaje
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 21–16, 26–13, 24–18
	Pts: Cardenas 24 Rebs: Barahona, Cardenas 9 Asts: Barreras 5	Boxscore	Pts: Calvo 20 Rebs: Arze 6 Asts: Arze 6	Arena: Coliseo César Fadul Dibb Referees: Fernando Leite (BRA), Nicolás Flores (PAR), Franco Anselmo (ARG)

Central American sub-zone

The tournament is played in San Salvador, El Salvador. Four teams compete for one spot to the second round.^[3]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	252	164	+88	6
2	El Salvador (H)	3	2	1	187	204	−17	5
3	Guatemala	3	1	2	201	226	−25	4
4	Honduras	3	0	3	194	240	−46	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

17 July 2024	Costa Rica	81–76	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 24–22, 22–18, 16–26
	Pts: Dan. Shedden 19 Rebs: Arias 6 Asts: Conejo 8	Boxscore	Pts: Cacho 15 Rebs: Bodden 11 Asts: Cacho, Guerrero 4	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Krishna Dominguez (MEX), Grant Todey (USA), Francisco De León (PUR)

17 July 2024	El Salvador	76–65	Guatemala	San Salvador
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 7–18, 25–10, 25–20
	Pts: Mosley 29 Rebs: García 6 Asts: Mosley 6	Boxscore	Pts: Ávila 28 Rebs: Camacho 18 Asts: Camacho, Esquivel 3	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Alan dos Santos (BRA), Ryan Langdon (CAN)

18 July 2024	Guatemala	47–94	Costa Rica	San Salvador, El Salvador
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 13–25, 13–20, 8–29
	Pts: Ávila 14 Rebs: Ávila 7 Asts: Oliva 3	Boxscore	Pts: Dan. Shedden 12 Rebs: Conejo, McDonald 6 Asts: Conejo 7	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo De La Rosa (PUR), Ryan Langdon (CAN)

18 July 2024	Honduras	62–70	El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 18–20, 18–11, 13–16
	Pts: Cacho 17 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Guerrero 4	Boxscore	Pts: Rodríguez 21 Rebs: García 8 Asts: García 5	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Grant Todey (USA), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM), Francisco De León (PUR)

19 July 2024	Honduras	56–89	Guatemala	San Salvador, El Salvador
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 14–20, 18–27, 8–22
	Pts: Martínez 19 Rebs: Martínez 6 Asts: Cacho 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ávila 22 Rebs: Ávila 10 Asts: M. González 5	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Alan dos Santos (BRA), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

19 July 2024	El Salvador	41–77	Costa Rica	San Salvador
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 10–23, 7–14, 9–20
	Pts: Menjivar 8 Rebs: Valle 6 Asts: Valle 2	Boxscore	Pts: Dan. Shedden 15 Rebs: Conejo 9 Asts: Conejo 5	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Carmelo De La Rosa (PUR), Ryan Langdon (CAN)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

20 July

Costa Rica	67
		21 July
Honduras	57
		Costa Rica	88
20 July
		El Salvador	56
El Salvador	81

Guatemala	67
		Third place

		21 July

		Honduras	58

		Guatemala	46

Semifinals

20 July 2024	Costa Rica	67–57	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 25–17, 10–13, 15–16
	Pts: Conejo 15 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Conejo 6	Boxscore	Pts: Cacho 12 Rebs: Martínez 10 Asts: Brooks 4	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Grant Todey (USA), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM), Ryan Langdon (CAN)

20 July 2024	El Salvador	81–67	Guatemala	San Salvador
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 26–17, 15–17, 17–13
	Pts: Mosley 18 Rebs: García 10 Asts: Hernández 5	Boxscore	Pts: Esquivel 17 Rebs: Catalán 8 Asts: Esquivel 4	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo De La Rosa (PUR), Francisco De León (PUR)

Third place game

21 July 2024	Honduras	58–46	Guatemala	San Salvador, El Salvador
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 17–11, 9–13, 16–8
	Pts: Cacho 16 Rebs: Cacho 13 Asts: Alfaro 3	Boxscore	Pts: Ávila 20 Rebs: Esquivel 14 Asts: Ávila, M. González 3	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Samuel Hidalgo (DOM), Ryan Langdon (CAN), Krishna Domínguez (MEX)

Final

21 July 2024	Costa Rica	88–56	El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 27–18, 24–8, 16–12
	Pts: McDonald 16 Rebs: Dav. Shedden 7 Asts: Conejo 10	Boxscore	Pts: Mosley 16 Rebs: García 12 Asts: Mosley 2	Arena: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Grant Todey (USA), Carmelo De La Rosa (PUR)

Second round

The eight participating teams will be divided into two groups. Four teams eliminated from the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification and four teams qualified from the sub-zone pre-qualifiers (teh Winner of Central sub-zone, the winner of South America sub-zone and the 2 bests teams for Carribbean sub-zone). Each team will play against the rest of the teams in its group (total of three games per team). The best two teams in each of the groups will automatically qualify for the Qualifiers. The groups will be played in August 2025.^[4]

Entrance/qualification method	Team(s)
Eliminated from the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification	Chile ~~Paraguay~~ Cuba Mexico
Qualified from the sub-zone pre-qualifiers	Costa Rica Ecuador Barbados Jamaica El Salvador

Paraguay will not participate and is replaced by Salvador (2nd from Central sub-zone)

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Barbados	Qualifiers
2	Costa Rica	Qualifiers
3	Jamaica
4	Mexico (H)

First match(es) will be played: 8 August 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	Qualifiers
2	Cuba	Qualifiers
3	Ecuador
4	El Salvador

First match(es) will be played: 8 August 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Qualifiers

Draw

The draw was held on 13 May 2025.^[5]^[6]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 9 May 2025.^[7]

Pot 1
Team	Pos
United States	1
Canada	6

Pot 2
Team	Pos
Argentina	8
Brazil	12

Pot 3
Team	Pos
Puerto Rico	15
Dominican Republic	18

Pot 4
Team	Pos
Venezuela	25
Uruguay	51

Pot 5
Team	Pos
Winner PQ N
Bahamas	52

Pot 6
Team	Pos
Colombia	55
Panama	57

Pot 7
Team	Pos
Second place PQ N
Nicaragua	80

Pot 8
Team	Pos
Winner PQ S
Second place PQ S

First round

All times are local.^[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	United States	Second round
2	Dominican Republic
3	Winner PQ N
4	Nicaragua

First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

28 November 2025	Nicaragua	vs.	United States

		Boxscore

28 November 2025	Winner PQ N	vs.	Dominican Republic

1 December 2025	United States	vs.	Nicaragua

		Boxscore

1 December 2025	Dominican Republic	vs.	Winner PQ N

26 February 2026	United States	vs.	Dominican Republic

		Boxscore

26 February 2026	Nicaragua	vs.	Winner PQ N

1 March 2026	United States	vs.	Winner PQ N

1 March 2026	Nicaragua	vs.	Dominican Republic

		Boxscore

3 July 2026	Dominican Republic	vs.	United States

		Boxscore

3 July 2026	Winner PQ N	vs.	Nicaragua

6 July 2026	Winner PQ N	vs.	United States

6 July 2026	Dominican Republic	vs.	Nicaragua

		Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	Second round
2	Canada
3	Bahamas
4	Second place PQ N

First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

28 November 2025	Second place PQ N	vs.	Puerto Rico

28 November 2025	Bahamas	vs.	Canada

		Boxscore

1 December 2025	Puerto Rico	vs.	Second place PQ N

1 December 2025	Canada	vs.	Bahamas

		Boxscore

26 February 2026	Puerto Rico	vs.	Canada

		Boxscore

26 February 2026	Second place PQ N	vs.	Bahamas

1 March 2026	Puerto Rico	vs.	Bahamas

		Boxscore

1 March 2026	Second place PQ N	vs.	Canada

3 July 2026	Canada	vs.	Puerto Rico

		Boxscore

3 July 2026	Bahamas	vs.	Second place PQ N

6 July 2026	Bahamas	vs.	Puerto Rico

		Boxscore

6 July 2026	Canada	vs.	Second place PQ N

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Brazil	Second round
2	Venezuela
3	Colombia
4	Winner PQ S

First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

27 November 2025	Winner PQ S	vs.	Brazil

27 November 2025	Colombia	vs.	Venezuela

		Boxscore

30 November 2025	Brazil	vs.	Winner PQ S

30 November 2025	Venezuela	vs.	Colombia

		Boxscore

27 February 2026	Brazil	vs.	Venezuela

		Boxscore

27 February 2026	Winner PQ S	vs.	Colombia

		Winner PQ S

2 March 2026	Brazil	vs.	Colombia

		Boxscore

2 March 2026	Winner PQ S	vs.	Venezuela

2 July 2026	Venezuela	vs.	Brazil

		Boxscore

2 July 2026	Colombia	vs.	Winner PQ S

5 July 2026	Colombia	vs.	Brazil

		Boxscore

5 July 2026	Venezuela	vs.	Winner PQ S

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Argentina	Second round
2	Uruguay
3	Panama
4	Second place PQ S

First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

27 November 2025	Second place PQ S	vs.	Argentina

27 November 2025	Panama	vs.	Uruguay

		Boxscore

30 November 2025	Argentina	vs.	Second place PQ S

30 November 2025	Uruguay	vs.	Panama

		Boxscore

27 February 2026	Argentina	vs.	Uruguay

		Boxscore

27 February 2026	Second place PQ S	vs.	Panama

2 March 2026	Argentina	vs.	Panama

		Boxscore

2 March 2026	Second place PQ S	vs.	Uruguay

2 July 2026	Uruguay	vs.	Argentina

		Boxscore

2 July 2026	Panama	vs.	Second place PQ S

5 July 2026	Panama	vs.	Argentina

		Boxscore

5 July 2026	Uruguay	vs.	Second place PQ S

Second round

The twelve qualified teams will be divided into two groups and play the other three teams from the other group twice. Group A will be paired with Group C and Group B with Group D. All results from the first round will be carried over.

Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	A1	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	A2
3	A3
4	C1	Best fourth placed team
5	C2
6	C3

First match(es) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	B1	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	B2
3	B3
4	D1	Best fourth placed team
5	D2
6	D3

First match(es) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Best fourth placed team

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	E4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	F	F4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA

References

^ "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "Bolivia y Ecuador buscan avanzar al Pre-Clasificatorio de las Américas a la Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA 2027". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Comienza baloncesto clasificatorio en El Salvador". prensa-latina.cu. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Mexico, Chile to host FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Pre-Qualifiers". FIBA. 20 June 2025.
^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw concluded in Doha". FIBA. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw Principles revealed". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
^ "World Cup 2027 Qualifiers full schedule available". FIBA. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

External links

Qualifiers website
- Central American pre-qualifiers website
- South American pre-qualifiers website

[1] "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[2] "Bolivia y Ecuador buscan avanzar al Pre-Clasificatorio de las Américas a la Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA 2027". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[3] "Comienza baloncesto clasificatorio en El Salvador". prensa-latina.cu. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[4] "Mexico, Chile to host FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Pre-Qualifiers". FIBA. 20 June 2025.

[5] "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

[6] "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw concluded in Doha". FIBA. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

[7] "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw Principles revealed". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

[8] "World Cup 2027 Qualifiers full schedule available". FIBA. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

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