[1] Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to one men's and one women's team in the 3x3 basketball tournaments.

The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar.

The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event.

The region to which the host country belongs (Americas) got only three (3) quota places per gender for their NOC in addition to the host country.

[1] *   Host nation (Qatar)A total of 128 athletes from 21 nations were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).