The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the
2006 Asian Games.
Men • Best 8 teams from the basketball competition of the
2006 Asian Games that are participating in 2010 directly entered the second round. ;Qualifying round – Group A • • •
Athletes from Kuwait* ;Qualifying round – Group B • • ;Qualifying round – Group C • • ;Qualifying round – Group D • • ;Preliminary round – Group E • (Host) • (4) • (5) • (11) • 1st Qualifying round – Group A • 1st Qualifying round – Group C ;Preliminary round – Group F • (2) • (3) • (6) • (8) • 1st Qualifying round – Group B • 1st Qualifying round – Group D • The
Philippines, which has made it to the latter stages of every
Asian Games basketball tournament from 1951 to 2002, was originally drawn with Saudi Arabia but Saudi Arabia withdrew.
Kuwait, which was originally drawn with Hong Kong and North Korea, was re-drawn with the
Philippines to balance the number of teams in each group.
Women ;Group A • (Host) • (4) • • ;Group B • (2) • (3) • == Final standing ==