2009 FIBA Asia Championship

Jordan defeated Lebanon 80–66 in the bronze medal game to claim the third and final automatic bid for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Lebanon failed to qualify automatically for a third consecutive world championship, although FIBA later awarded them a wild card to the tournament.

[1] According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and Stanković Cup champion (Jordan) were automatically qualified.

*  Chinese Taipei, which finished fourth behind Korea, Japan and China in the East Asian qualifiers, was given a wild card entry into the championship following the withdrawal of Gulf representatives Bahrain.

[2] South Korea Japan Philippines Sri Lanka Iran Chinese Taipei Kuwait Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Qatar India China Lebanon Jordan Indonesia United Arab Emirates Each team has a roster of twelve players.

Participating countries