This page describes the qualification procedure for

EuroBasket 2009 The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

Qualified teams

Eight teams have secured their places at the EuroBasket 2009 before the qualifications. Seven teams have qualified through the Qualifying Round, and one more team has qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round. Qualified as the host nation: * Qualified through the participation at the 2008 Summer Olympics * * * Qualified through the participation at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 * * * * Qualified through the Qualifying Round * * * * * * * Qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round *

Qualification format

The Qualifying Round was held from 20 August to 20 September 2008. The draw for the Qualifying Round was held on 16 February 2008 in

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. There were four groups, one group of five teams and three groups of four teams. The first team from each group and the three best second placed teams have qualified for

. The qualified teams were:

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, Latvia, Macedonia,

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The best six of the remaining teams then went to the Additional Qualifying Round, which has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009, shortly before the start of the Final Round. The teams qualified for the Additional Qualifying Round were:

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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. These six teams were divided in two groups of three teams each. After that, the winners of the groups,

and

, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with

winning the two-leg match. The last four teams have played in the Relegation Round, which was held from 5 to 20 August 2009. The teams qualified for the Relegation Round were:

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Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

and

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. The bottom two of these four teams,

and

, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The two teams on top of the group,

and

, have stayed in EuroBasket Division A. The draw for the groups of the Final Round as well as for the order of the games of the Additional Qualifying Round and the Relegation Round was held in

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on 8 November 2008. EuroBasket 2009 was held from 7 to 20 September 2009.

Qualifying round

Draw seedings

Qualification groups

The draw for the Qualifying Round was held on 16 February 2008 in

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Best group runners-up

Teams were ranked by basis of

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(PCT), then goal efficiency or goal average.

Additional qualifying round

The draw for the groups of the Additional Qualifying Round was held in

on 8 November 2008. Six teams have been divided in two groups of three teams each. The winners of these groups,

and

, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with

earning the spot at the end. The Additional Qualifying Round has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009.

Draw seedings

Group A

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Group B

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Additional qualifying round play-off

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Relegation round

The draw for the order of the games of the Relegation Round was held in

on 8 November 2008. Four teams have played home and away matches in a round-robin tournament. At the end, the two teams topping the group,

and

, have stayed in Division A and the two teams at the bottom,

and

, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The Relegation Round was held from 5 to 20 August 2009.

Group C

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References

External links

EuroBasket qualification at eurobasket2009.org
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Qualified teams

Qualification format

Qualifying round

Draw seedings

Qualification groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Best group runners-up

Additional qualifying round

Draw seedings

Group A

Group B

Additional qualifying round play-off

Relegation round

Group C

See also

References

External links