According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the
FIBA Asia Champions Cup is ten. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones has one place, and the hosts (China) was automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the
2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
West Asia On March 17, 2017,
Al-Riyadi of
Lebanon ruled the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Champions Cup for the fourth time in their history after beating defending champions
Petrochimi of
Iran, 83-69, in the Final in
Amman,
Jordan. Joining the finalists is the first-time participants
Sareyyet Ramallah of
Palestine, which qualified by virtue of their win over
Iraq's
Al Mina the day before.
Southeast Asia On April 23, 2017,
Mono Vampire of
Thailand qualified to the main tournament by being the champion of TBSL (Thailand Basketball Super League).
Singapore Slingers, who was the runner-up in the
ASEAN Basketball League in 2017, was supposed to play in the tournament, but apparently withdrew due to the
2017 Southeast Asian Games.
Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas were given a wildcard slot on September 5, as a replacement to Japan's SunRockers Shibuya. SunRockers Shibuya withdrew their participation due to scheduling conflicts with the B.League.
Gulf The 37th GCC Club Basketball Championship was held from May 12 up to May 20, 2017 in
Manama,
Bahrain.
United Arab Emirates'
Al-Ahli defeated their compatriots
Al Shabab in the final. Joining the champions is the
Manama Club of
Bahrain, who took the bronze medal by defeating
Al-Rayyan of
Qatar. Eight teams vied for the two slots allotted for the Gulf Region. The draw for the tournament was held on April 7, 2017.
South Asia The
2017 SABA Championship, which is also the qualifying tournament for the
2017 FIBA Asia Cup and
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, was also designated as the qualifying tournament for SABA subzone for the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. Since won the tournament, their top domestic club will also represent South Asia, which means that the defending Indian champs
ONGC will represent India and South Asia. ==Draw==