2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 20th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for national men's basketball teams. This will be the 3rd tournament under the new cycle which will start in 2019. It is also expected that there will be 32 teams in the tournament. As of today, the Philippines is the only probable country for the Basketball World Cup hosting rights
Probable bids
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:The Philippines was among the final two candidates together with China to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On August 7, 2015, FIBA announced that China will host the tournament. 14 voted for China while 7 voted for the Philippines for the right to host the tournament. In an interview with Luchi Cruz-Valdez on Reaksyon, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas President, Manuel V. Pangilinan stated that he sees 2027 as the earliest window for the Philippines to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and also hopes that the country will be ready with more facilities fit for international sporting events. The Philippines last hosted the World Cup in 1978.
:The country also has hosted three Southeast Asian Games (1981, 1991 and 2005), the 1954 Asian Games, three FIBA Asia Championships (1960, 1973 and 2013) and the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters. Prior to 2027, the Philippines will host the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Championship and the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
Format
The continental championships will no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments will be held over two years.
The first round of the Americas, Asia / Oceania and Africa qualifiers will feature 16 teams each, whereas Europe will have 32 teams. Division A teams will be split in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups will advance to round two, and last placed teams will play the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A.
In round two of the World Cup qualifiers, teams will be split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams will carry over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group will qualify for the World Cup.
Starting 2019, no Wild card qualification will be held, and the Olympic Champions will not directly qualify.

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