FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji (at Division B) competed in the tournament for the first time.

FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand competed in the tournament for the first time and were placed in the same division.

[7] Division B included the host team, previous championship Level II participants Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.

Completing the eight-team Division B were FIBA Oceania representatives Fiji and American Samoa, which qualified by playing at the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Australia (4) China (10) Japan (13) South Korea (15) Chinese Taipei (34) New Zealand (38) Philippines (49) North Korea (64) India (40) Kazakhstan (43) Lebanon (54) Uzbekistan (54) Sri Lanka (56) Singapore (67) Fiji (77) American Samoa* (77) * Withdrew.