The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2009 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia ( Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate: ^[1]

• The organizing country.
• The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.
• The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
• The two best teams from the sub-zones.

FIBA Asia Stanković Cup

Rank	Team	Note
	Jordan	Direct Qualifier
	Kazakhstan	Middle Asia (+1)
	Kuwait	Gulf (+1)
4	Qatar	Gulf (+2)
5	India	Middle Asia (+2)

Qualified teams

East Asia (1+2)	Gulf (2+2)	Middle Asia (2+2)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (1+2)
China	Qatar	India	Philippines	Jordan
South Korea	Kuwait	Kazakhstan	Indonesia	Iran
Japan	United Arab Emirates	Sri Lanka		Lebanon
	Bahrain *	Uzbekistan

*   Chinese Taipei, which finished fourth behind Korea, Japan and China in the East Asian qualifiers, was given a wild card entry into the championship following the withdrawal of Gulf representatives Bahrain.

East Asia

The East Asia Basketball Championship for Men 2009 is the qualifying tournament for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the two best teams excluding China qualifies for 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	162	133	+29	4
China	2	1	1	161	134	+27	3
Hong Kong	2	0	2	135	191	−56	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	187	131	+56	4
Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	165	137	+28	3
Mongolia	2	0	2	124	208	−84	2

Classification 5th–6th

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	June 13
	South Korea	86
					June 14
	Chinese Taipei	71
					South Korea	68
	June 13
					Japan	58
	Japan	68
	China	63
					3rd place
					June 14
					Chinese Taipei	90
					China	107

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	China
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Hong Kong
6	Mongolia

Gulf

The 19th Gulf Cup was held in Muscat, Oman.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	4	4	0	299	237	+62	8
Kuwait	4	3	1	282	255	+27	7
United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	327	280	+47	6
Bahrain	4	1	3	320	276	+44	5
Oman	4	0	4	214	394	−180	4

Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so   India,   Kazakhstan,   Sri Lanka and   Uzbekistan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

A tournament was held to determine Southeast Asia's two representatives to the FIBA Asia Championship. The qualifying tournament also served as the zonal championship, which held in Medan, Indonesia from June 6 to 9.

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	3	3	0	320	206	+114	6
Indonesia	3	2	1	217	235	−18	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	222	244	−22	4
Singapore	3	0	3	204	278	−74	3

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	Indonesia
	Malaysia
4	Singapore

West Asia

All the others withdrew, so   Iran and   Lebanon qualified automatically.

References

External links

• fibaasia.net
• Gulf Cup Results
• East Asia Qualifier