The top five teams from both 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Basketball Championship plus the two teams from North America (Canada and USA) qualified directly for the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification. Four additional teams were scheduled to participate at a pre-qualifier tournament in July 2017, but it was cancelled. Instead, the sixth- and seventh-placed teams at the Centrobasket and South American Championship were invited to the World Cup qualification.[1]
^Brazil was suspended by FIBA in November 2016 due to its National Member Federation's failure to meet specific obligations.[2] The suspension was conditionally lifted in June 2017.[3]
In the second round, the top three teams from each group were placed in a group with three other top teams. All results from the first qualification round were carried over to the second round. Games were played in September 2018, November 2018 and February 2019. The top three teams in each group along with the better placed fourth team qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.