The following are eligible to participate:[1] After the cancellation of 2006 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup which was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria between 20th to 29th of July, The final ranking of the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was counted instead.

All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei,  Hong Kong and  South Korea qualified automatically.

The teams in the final advance to the FIBA Asia Championship.

The two teams with the best records advances to the FIBA Asia Championship.

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