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
	← 2023 2031 →

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
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)
Pre-qualifiers	Second round
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 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

^ "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.

External links

[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.

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