India drawn with Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar in FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers, check full draw

The blue Cagers finished last in the previous edition in 2022.

The Indian men’s basketball team have been drawn with Iran, Qatar and Kazakhstan in Group E of the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers. The draw for FIBA Asia Cup 2025 qualifiers was conducted at the Ezdan Palace Hotel, Doha, Qatar. As the draw concluded, the 24 teams got a road map to follow for the quadrennial continental basketball competition.

India (81) is placed along with one of the top-seeded countries, Iran (27), in Group E. The other teams in the group are Kazakhstan (68), and the only team with a lower FIBA ranking than India in this group is Qatar (104). The proceedings of the draw was streamed live on the official YouTube channel of FIBA.

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Here’s what the concluded groups look like, the current Asia Cup champion Australia (4) is placed in Group A alongside Korea (51), Thailand (91) and Indonesia (74). Whereas another top-seeded team, New Zealand (21) is placed in Group B along with Chinese Taipei (78), Hong Kong (119) and Philippines (38).

Draw Results of FIBA Asia Cup 2025

Group A: Thailand, Australia, 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, UAE

Just like in the previous cycle, 24 teams are divided into six groups where they will play each other on a home and away basis over three windows, with two games per window. At the end of the qualifiers, the top two teams from each group will directly qualify for the Asia Cup 2025. On the other hand, the teams who finish third in each group will have to go through another filter to give themselves a chance to qualify.

The six teams who will stand third in each group will play another qualifier from which the top 4 will qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025. In the previous edition held in Indonesia in 2022, India finished last (16th) by losing in all the group stage matches to Lebanon, New Zealand and Philippines.

The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers will begin from February 2024.