The top five teams earned their respective sub-confederations an extra berth for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup which is formerly named as the FIBA Asia Championship.

Each zone had one place, and the hosts (Iran) and the defending FIBA Asia Championship titleholder (China) were automatically qualified.

[3] Included are teams' FIBA World Ranking prior to the tournament.

The Azadi Indoor Stadium, also known as the Twelve Thousand People Sport Hall was the venue of competition.

[4] However quarterfinals matches were held in Azadi Basketball Hall due to Tehran Derby.