The first phase of the Chinese Men s Basketball World Cup qualifiers is released: South Korea will face two matches on November 28 and December 1

On August 18, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 89-90 in the Asian Cup final and won the runner-up, winning the runner-up for the second time in the team's history. Such a result has exceeded the Asian Cup mission. The next major competition for the Chinese men's basketball team will be the first window of the World Cup Asian qualifiers on November 28 and December 1, and will face their old rivals South Korea men's basketball team twice at home and away.

The first phase of the 2027 Men's Basketball World Cup qualifiers in Asia:

Group A: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Guam

Group B: China, Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei

Group C: Iran, Jordan, Syria, Iraq

Group D: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, India, Qatar (host)

Chinese men's basketball team ranked B in the World Cup, the other three teams in the same group are the Japanese men's basketball team, the Korean men's basketball team and the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team. The Japanese men's basketball team ranked 9th in the Asian Cup, the Korean men's basketball team ranked 6th in the Korean men's basketball team, and the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team ranked 5th in the Chinese men's basketball team. It is a big test for the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Chinese men's basketball team will be in the first window of the World Cup qualifiers, which will be against the South Korean men's basketball team at home on November 28 and away on December 1. In the previous quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the South Korean men's basketball team 79-71.

According to the rules of the World Cup Asian qualifiers, the competition will be divided into two stages. The first stage of the 16 teams are divided into four groups, each group of four teams, and the home and away double round-robin matches will be held, and the top three of each group will advance to the second stage. The 12 teams in the second stage were re-divided into two groups, and each team competed home and away with the teams in the same group that did not meet in the first stage. After the second phase, the top three and the best fourth team in the two groups, plus the host Qatar Men's Basketball Team, a total of 8 teams were qualified to participate in the 2027 Men's Basketball World Cup.