2025 Asian Cup Qualifier Draw: Chinese men's basketball team in the same group as Japan The window starts in February 2024
The results of the 2025 FIBA Men's Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers were released, and the Chinese men's basketball team was placed in Group C, and the teams in the same group were also related to the island, Japan, and Mongolia, and the strongest opponent in the group was naturally Japan. The Chinese men's basketball team has not won the Asian Cup in the past two editions, and both have missed the final four, and it is exciting to see whether the Asian Cup can re-emerge in 2025.
FIBA officially announced on March 3 that 24 teams will participate in the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers, namely: Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, Iran, China, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Lebanon, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Syria, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, India, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Palestine, Guam, Thailand, and Mongolia.
It's just that in the basketball World Cup that ended earlier, the Chinese men's basketball team ranked 29th only with 1 win and 4 losses, creating the worst record in history, and also missed the Paris Olympics. The 29th place in the world ranking of the Chinese men's basketball team was overtaken by the 26th place in Japan, so the Chinese men's basketball team can only rank in the second tier of the East Asian region with the Philippines and South Korea, while Japan, Australia and New Zealand have become the first team in the East Asian region.
The results of the 2025 FIBA Asian Cup Qualifier draw are now available, as follows:
Group A: Thailand, Australia, Republic of Korea, Indonesia
Group B: Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand
Group C: China, Guam, Japan, Mongolia
Group D: Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia
Group E: Iran, Kazakhstan, India, Qatar
Group F: Bahrain, Syria, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
The top two teams in each group will directly qualify for a total of 12 teams, and the third place in each group will be divided into two groups according to the region, and the second round of knockout will be carried out, and the top two teams in each group will be selected to give birth to 4 teams in the second round, and finally a total of 16 teams will enter the main stage of the 2025 Asian Cup.
The 24 teams participating in the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup Qualifiers will compete for 16 main tournament places (8 in East Asia and 8 in West Asia), and the matches will be played in three windows, starting February 22, 2024, November 21, 2024, and February 20, 2025, which are also linked to the 2027 World Cup qualifiers, while Qatar is automatically qualified as the host of the 2027 World Cup.
It is worth mentioning that in the history of the Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has won the championship 16 times, ranking first in Asian history. However, since the Asian Championship was changed to the Asian Cup in 2017, not only has it changed from biennial to quadrennial, but also due to the participation of the Oceanian teams Australia and New Zealand to disrupt the championship pattern, the Chinese men's basketball team has not won the championship in the past two tournaments, and both have missed the final four, while Australia has achieved 2 consecutive championships.
(Text/Drunken Lying Float)