By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
The 32 national teams split into eight equal groups launched the 2025 EuroBasket Qualifiers.
The EuroBasket Qualifiers draw was completed setting the path toward the next edition of EuroBasket Tuesday.
Per the press release: “The groups for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers are now set after the draw was conducted in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday.
The 32-team field was split into eight groups of four teams with Final Round co-hosts Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland placed into separate groups.
The results for the draw are as follows:
Group A: Slovenia, Ukraine, Israel, Portugal
Group B: Italy, Turkey, Hungary, Iceland
Group C: Spain, Latvia, Belgium, Slovakia
Group D: Germany, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Sweden
Group E: France, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus
Group F: Greece, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Great Britain
Group G: Serbia, Finland, Georgia, Denmark
Group H: Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, North Macedonia
Seedings for the draw were assigned in accordance to the FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, with teams from Seed 1 drawn with teams from Seeds 4, 5 and 8 into Groups A, C, E and G, while teams from Seed 2 were paired with teams from Seeds 3, 6 and 7 into Groups B, D, F and H.
The three highest-placed teams from each group, except the groups which include FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-hosts Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia, will qualify for the Final Round. In the groups containing the host nations, the host and the two other highest placed teams will qualify for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025.
The FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers will be played across three windows on February 19-27, 2024, November 18-26, 2024 and February 17-25, 2025 with two games played by each team in every window.”
2027 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers
Earlier, the groups were set for the European Pre-Qualifiers of the 2027 FIBA World Cup.
Per the press release: “Teams participating in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers First Round now know their opponents after Tuesday’s draw in Munich, Germany.
The 10 nations were split into three groups – one consisting of four teams and the other two both with three teams.
The groups for the First Round are as follows:
Group A: Switzerland; Kosovo; Ireland; Azerbaijan
Group B: Romania; Luxembourg; Norway
Group C: Austria; Armenia; Albania
Teams were seeded for the draw based on the FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, while Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn into the same group, as per the decision of the Board of FIBA Europe.
The three group winners alongside the best-ranked second placed team will advance to the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Pre-Qualifiers Second Round – which is scheduled to be played in the summer of 2025.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Pre-Qualifiers First Round will be played across three windows on February 19-27, 2024, November 18-26, 2024 and February 17-25, 2025 with two gamedays in every window.”