2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in China and it will mark a new era for the competition as described. Rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, this edition will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup since 1967 that will not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but a year following the latter. Also, the group stage will expand from 24 to 32 teams. The top 8 teams, including Japan as
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa) along with the better placed third team will qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup proper. 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa) process will determine the 5 African teams that will participate at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. It will be held from November 2017 to February 2019. "All times are local." In the second round, the top three teams from each group will be placed in a group with three other top teams. All results from the first qualification round, are carried over to the second round. Games will be