The 16 participating teams at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup did participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. China, the host of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, also participated in the qualifiers despite being automatically qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts. The seeding of eight pots used in the draw were determined on the basis of the team's FIBA World Rankings and "geographic principles". Teams in pots with an odd number were either drawn on Group A or B while teams in pots with an even number were drawn on Group C or D.
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
Pot 5
Pot 6
Pot 7
Pot 8
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At the time of the draw, teams which hasn't secured qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Discounting FIBA Basketball World Cup hosts China, four teams from the East Asia region, a team each for Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia have not qualified yet at that time for the FIBA Asia Cup and thus placeholder teams selected on the basis of FIBA World Rankings were used for the draw. Should these teams have not qualify for the continental tournament, the qualifying teams could have replaced them. All of the placeholder teams later secured qualification.
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three teams from another group. All results from the first qualification round were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top three teams in each group along with the better placed fourth team qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup host, China, shall not be taken into consideration for qualifying spots. However all results related to the previous games of China in the relevant group shall be taken into account for the final standings.
Group E
Group F
Best fourth placed team
Statistical leaders
Players
;Points
Pos.
Name
PPG
1
Nick Fazekas
27.2
2
Ricardo Ratliffe
26.7
3
Dar Tucker
21.5
4
DeMario Mayfield
19.5
5
Wael Arakji
16.3
;Rebounds
Pos.
Name
RPG
1
Ricardo Ratliffe
12.5
1
Nick Fazekas
12.5
3
Andray Blatche
12.4
4
Arsalan Kazemi
9.4
5
Ira Brown
9.0
;Steals
Pos.
Name
SPG
1
DeMario Mayfield
2.7
2
Micheal Madanly
2.3
3
Andray Blatche
2.0
3
Sajjad Mashayekhi
2.0
5
Gabe Norwood
1.9
;Assists
Pos.
Name
APG
1
Wael Arakji
5.7
2
Shea Ili
5.5
3
DeMario Mayfield
5.3
4
Tai Webster
5.0
5
Lee Jung-hyun
4.5
;Blocks
Pos.
Name
BPG
1
Ater Majok
2.5
1
Quincy Davis
2.5
3
Andray Blatche
2.4
4
Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi
2.0
5
Ricardo Ratliffe
1.7
;Minutes
Pos.
Name
MPG
1
DeMario Mayfield
37.7
2
Behnam Yakhchali
33.7
3
Ricardo Ratliffe
33.5
4
Quincy Davis
33.0
5
Rustam Yergali
31.6
;Double-Doubles
Pos.
Name
DblDbl
1
Ricardo Ratliffe
8
2
Andray Blatche
6
3
Nick Fazekas
5
4
Ater Majok
4
5
Zaid Abbas
3
5
Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi
3
;Other statistical leaders
Stat
Name
Avg.
Field goal percentage
Mitch Creek
64.0%
3-point FG percentage
Jayson Castro
58.6%
Free throw percentage
Nick Fazekas
86.2%
Turnovers
Satnam Singh
4.5
Fouls
Ater Majok
3.3
Controversy
Australia – Philippines brawl
During the Group B match between the Philippines and Australia on 2 July 2018 in the Philippine Arena, a bench-clearing brawl broke out when an Australian player intentionally elbowed a Filipino player with 4:02 remaining in the third quarter, resulting in 13 players being ejected. The game was halted with 1:57 remaining in the third quarter when two of the remaining Filipino players fouled out, and awarded the win to Australia by default.
Nick Fazekas
Ricardo Ratliffe
Dar Tucker
DeMario Mayfield
Wael Arakji
Andray Blatche
Arsalan Kazemi
Micheal Madanly
Shea Ili
Quincy Davis
Rustam Yergali
Mitch Creek
Satnam Singh