2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Americas Qualification
Dates10 July 2024 – 2 March 2027
Official website
Central American pre-qualifiers website
South American pre-qualifiers website
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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
Central America South America

 Brazil
 Nicaragua
 Uruguay

 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)
December 2024 (Caribbean sub-zone)
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 July
 
 
 Costa Rica67
 
21 July
 
 Honduras57
 
 Costa Rica88
 
20 July
 
 El Salvador56
 
 El Salvador81
 
 
 Guatemala67
 
Third place
 
 
21 July
 
 
 Honduras58
 
 
 Guatemala46
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 were divided into two groups. 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 FIBA World Cup 2027 Qualifiers, beginning in November 2025.

Entrance/qualification method Team(s)
Eliminated from the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
Qualified from the sub-zone pre-qualifiers  Costa Rica
 Ecuador

References

  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.