[1] Iran Jordan Lebanon Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia India Syria Bahrain Australia New Zealand China South Korea Philippines Japan Chinese Taipei Indonesia Iraq Palestine Qatar United Arab Emirates Kuwait Oman Uzbekistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh Hong Kong Mongolia Thailand Malaysia Singapore Vietnam Cambodia Guam Tahiti Iraq Palestine Qatar United Arab Emirates Kuwait Oman Uzbekistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh Hong Kong Mongolia Thailand Malaysia Singapore Vietnam Cambodia Guam Tahiti Teams played a round-robin tournament to determine the three best ranked teams that will advance to the second round.

Teams from the WABA, GBA, CABA, and SABA sub-zones played in Group A and B, forming the West region.

While teams from Oceania and the SEABA and EABA sub-zones played in Groups C and D, forming the East region.

[3] The teams are organized in four groups, according to the serpentine system (for each Region), according to the FIBA World Ranking (December 2021) as follows: Qatar (76) United Arab Emirates (126) Sri Lanka (132) Oman (157) Iraq (86) Palestine (89) Kuwait (141) Bangladesh (144) Uzbekistan (N/A) Guam (88) Singapore (112) Hong Kong (114) Cambodia (159) Tahiti (97) Thailand (107) Malaysia (121) Vietnam (140) Mongolia (N/A) The tournament was held in Qatar.

After Hong Kong and Cambodia withdrew before the start of the competition, only one game was planned to be played with both teams advancing to the second round.

[9][10] Bahrain India Iran Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria Australia China Chinese Taipei Indonesia Japan New Zealand Philippines South Korea Iraq Palestine Qatar United Arab Emirates Guam Hong Kong Mongolia Thailand The seeding was announced on 19 September 2023, according to the FIBA rankings.