The

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qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

for the

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region, began in August 2017 and concluded in February 2019. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the

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, so all FIBA Europe nations had to participate in qualification.

Format

FIBA Europe was allocated 12 berths at the

. In total, 37 FIBA Europe teams took part in the qualification tournament. The qualification consisted of the following stages: * Pre-Qualifiers: 13 teams that did not participate in

EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and