2017 FIBA Asia Cup

2017 FIBA Asia Cup
29th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Lebanon
Dates	10 – 20 August
Teams	16
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
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	Advance to the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the play-offs
	Eliminated

The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) will be the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament is organised by FIBA Asia. It will take place from 10 August to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial scheduled date, in Lebanon. The Nuhad Nawfal Stadium will host the tournament's matches.

The tournament will determine the composition of the joint FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The top five teams in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge will earn an extra berth in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup for their respective sub-zones.Australia and New Zealand will also participate in this tournament.

The top 14 teams of the tournament will qualify for Division A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania.

One playoff berth each is allocated to the Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf sub-zones, while two berths are allocated for the West Asia sub-zone and three berths are are allocated for the East Asia sub-zone. The top five teams of the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge earned an extra berth for their sub-zones. Iran, Jordan, and Iraq earned three extra berths for the West Asia sub-zone, while South Korea and China earned two extra berths for the East Asia sub-zone. Australia and New Zealand from FIBA Oceania will be making their debut at the FIBA Asia Cup in 2017. Lebanon as hosts clinched one of the five berths allocated for West Asia, with the four remaining berths for contention.

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