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The men's qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament will take place from 2019 to 2020; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones are expected to have representation in the Olympic basketball event.

Japan as host qualifies directly. The first qualifying tournament will be the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in which seven teams will qualify for the Olympics. The next best 16 teams in the FIBA Basketball World that did not qualify directly to the Olympics along with 2 select teams from each of the four FIBA regions or 24 teams will participate in four separate wild card tournaments which will determine the final four teams which will play in the Olympics.

Method

A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team.

Qualification via hosting the Olympics

The host nation (Japan) is qualified to participate in the Olympic men's basketball event as the host.^[1]

Qualification via World Cup

The best finishing team/s in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup from each FIBA zone qualifies directly to the Olympics.^[2]

FIBA Africa: 1 team
FIBA Americas: 2 teams
FIBA Asia: 1 team
FIBA Europe: 2 teams
FIBA Oceania: 1 team

Qualification via the wild card tournament

The additional four qualifying teams will be determined at the 2020 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men. The tournament will be contested by the 16 best non-qualifying teams at the 2019 World Cup and an additional 2 teams from each of the four regions of Africa, Americas, Asia (and Oceania), and Europe.^[2]

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Final standing by FIBA zone

	Qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics via sub-zone rank
	Qualify to the 2020 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
	Qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics as host country

#	FIBA Africa (1/5 teams)		FIBA Americas (2/7 teams)		FIBA Asia (1/6 teams)		FIBA Europe (2/12 teams)		FIBA Oceania (1/2 teams)
#	Team	W–L	Team	W–L	Team	W–L	Team	W–L	Team	W–L
1	Nigeria	3–2	Argentina	5–0	Iran	2–3	Spain	5–0	Australia	4–0
2	Tunisia	3–2	United States	4–0	China	2–3	France	4–0	New Zealand	2–2
3	Angola	1–4	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	1–4	Serbia	4–1
4	Ivory Coast	0–5	Venezuela	2–3	Jordan	1–4	Poland	4–1
5	Senegal	0–5	Puerto Rico	2–3	Japan	0–5	Czech Republic	3–2
6			Dominican Republic	2–3	Philippines	0–5	Lithuania^a	3–2
7			Canada^b	2–2			Italy^a	3–2
8							Greece^a	3–2
9							Russia^a	3–2
10							Germany	2–2
11							Turkey	2–2
12							Montenegro	1–4

^a Win/lose record is final but position might drop depends on the remaining bold teams within its zone which still has game(s) to play.
^b Zone position is final but still has remaining game to play.

References

^ Stein, Mark (2 May 2017). "USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Qualification for Olympic Games". FIBA. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[1] Stein, Mark (2 May 2017). "USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[qualsystem-2] "Qualification for Olympic Games". FIBA. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

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 The '''men's qualification for the [[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] [[basketball]] [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|tournament]]''' will take place from 2019 to 2020; all five [[FIBA]] (International Basketball Federation) zones are expected to have representation in the Olympic basketball event.
-The first qualifying tournament will be the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] in which seven teams will qualify for the Olympics. Japan as host qualifies directly. The next best 16 teams in the FIBA Basketball World that did not qualify directly to the Olympics along with 2 select teams from each of the four FIBA regions or 24 teams will participate in four separate wild card tournaments which will determine the final four teams which will play in the Olympics.
+Japan as host qualifies directly. The first qualifying tournament will be the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] in which seven teams will qualify for the Olympics. The next best 16 teams in the FIBA Basketball World that did not qualify directly to the Olympics along with 2 select teams from each of the four FIBA regions or 24 teams will participate in four separate wild card tournaments which will determine the final four teams which will play in the Olympics.
 ==Method==
 A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team.
-===Qualification via World Cup===
+=== Qualification via hosting the Olympics ===
+The host nation ({{nbt|Japan}}) is qualified to participate in the Olympic men's basketball event as the host.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/19293500/usa-basketball-use-nba-development-league-players-qualify-2019-fiba-world-cup|title=USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes|last1=Stein|first1=Mark|date=2 May 2017|work=ESPN|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref>
+=== Qualification via World Cup ===
 The best finishing team/s in the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]] from each FIBA zone qualifies directly to the Olympics.<ref name=qualsystem>{{cite news|title=Qualification for Olympic Games|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/qualification-og|accessdate=10 November 2017|publisher=FIBA}}</ref>
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 *[[FIBA Europe]]: 2 teams
 *[[FIBA Oceania]]: 1 team
-===Qualification via hosting the Olympics===
-The host nation ({{nbt|Japan}}) is qualified to participate in the Olympic men's basketball event as the host.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stein|first1=Mark|title=USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes|url=http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/19293500/usa-basketball-use-nba-development-league-players-qualify-2019-fiba-world-cup|accessdate=10 November 2017|work=ESPN|date=2 May 2017}}</ref>
 ===Qualification via the wild card tournament===