Basketball at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Basketball was contested at the 2021 Summer World University Games from 28 July to 6 August 2023 at 4 venues, which are listed in below, in Chengdu.

Qualification
Following the FISU regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in basketball events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level will be selected by
 * The entry and the payment of guarantee;
 * Those 8 teams who finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified;
 * Those 4 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition could be replaced by new applying teams;
 * The host is automatically qualified;
 * The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FIBA ranking.