Jordan hosts Iraq in FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers

AMMAN – Jordan’s basketball team plays Iraq at 7:00pm Friday as window 2 of Group D qualifiers for the 31st FIBA Asia Cup 2025 tip off in Amman.

The Kingdom currently tops Group D and plays an away match against Palestine in Jeddah on November 25. In window 1, Jordan beat Palestine 73-46 and Saudi Arabia 79-64. In other matches, Iraq beat Palestine 75-72 as Saudi Arabia beat Iraq 64-58. In window 3 in February 2025, Jordan will face Saudi on February 21, before playing Iraq on February 24, 2025.

This week, the squad beat Palestine, Syria and Qatar to retain the title of the 12th edition of the King Abdullah Cup (The King’s Cup) as part of their final countdown ahead of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. 

A total of 24 teams are playing Round 1 qualification matches for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in three windows, while also battling for qualifying spots for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup alongside hosts Qatar who automatically advanced. The top two teams of each qualifying group move to the FIBA Asia Cup and the six third-placed teams will play another qualifying round for the final four places. The 31stFIBA Asia Cup will be hosted in Saudi Arabia from August 5-17, 2025.

Jordan previously qualified to the FIBA Asia Cup (formerly FIBA Asia Championship) 16 times with their best position finishing runner-up in 2011. In 2023, Jordan won a historic first ever team medal when they won silver at the Asian Games. In addition, the team played at the FIBA World Cup for the third time after earlier playing in 2010 and 2019. Alongside the junior men's team in 1995 and 2025,  basketball has been the only Jordanian team to reach a World Cup in a team sport.