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The EuroBasket 2025 qualification was a
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competition that was played from November 2021 to February 2025, to determine the 20
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member nations who would join the automatically qualified co-hosts Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia at the
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finals tournament.


Format changes

Similar, as for the previous edition, the format involved pre-qualifiers and qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers first round comprised teams that did not play in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Due to the
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, FIBA changed the qualification system during the pre-qualifiers first round.


Old format

The pre-qualifiers first round was played by ten teams: Eight eliminated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup pre-qualifiers, and two teams who did not apply to enter in those qualifiers. They were divided into three groups: two groups of three teams and one group with four teams. The winner of each group and the best runner-up team would qualified for the second round. The pre-qualifiers second round was played by twelve teams: Eight eliminated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers first round, and four teams that advanced from the first round. They were divided into four groups by three teams with the group winners advancing to the Qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers third round was played by all remaining teams from the first and the second round which failed to advance to the qualifiers. They competed for the four last places in the qualifiers.


New format

The pre-qualifiers first round continued playing in the original format since the decision about a competition system change was taken during its progress. In the meanwhile,
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was announced as one of the tournament hosts, while
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and
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were expelled from all FIBA competitions, which implied few format changes. Instead of originally four teams, now six teams advanced from the pre-qualifiers first round to the second round: three group winners, two best runners-up and Cyprus as host nation, regardless of their result. The pre-qualifiers second round was played by twelve teams: Six (instead of original eight following exclusion of Russia and Belarus) eliminated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers first round, and six teams advancing from the first round. Unlike the initial format, they were divided into three groups by four teams with the group winners and Cyprus advancing to the qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers third round was played by all other teams from the first two rounds without any changes. Qualifiers were played by 32 teams: 24 teams competing at the second round of 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers joined by eight teams advanced from Pre-Qualifiers.


Pre-Qualifiers

The EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers was played over three rounds. The best eight teams advanced to the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers.


First round

The pre-qualifiers first round was played in three windows: 25–28 November 2021; 24–27 February and 30 June – 3 July 2022. The winner of each group, the two best runners-up team and Cyprus as a host nation qualified for the second round. All other teams were transferred to the third round.


Draw

The draw was made on 20 August 2021.


=Seeding

= The seeding was based on the
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of 9 August 2021.


Groups

''All times are local.''


=Group A

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=Group B

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=Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Matches against the fourth-placed team in Group A are not included in this ranking.


Second round

The pre-qualifiers second round was played in three windows: August 2022, November 2022 and February 2023. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups by four teams. The winner of each group along with the tournament host Cyprus advanced to the Qualifiers. All other teams were transferred to the third round.


Draw

The draw was made on 14 July 2022.


=Teams

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Groups

''All times are local.''


=Group D

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=Group E

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=Group F

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Third round

The draw took place on 25 April 2023. The pre-qualifiers third round was played from 19 July to 5 August 2023. Twelve teams participated: the four teams eliminated from the first round were joined by the eight teams eliminated from the second round. The teams played in four groups of three; the four best-ranked teams advanced to the Qualifiers.


Teams


=Seeding

= The seeding was based on the
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of 27 February 2023.


Groups

''All times are local.''


=Group G

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=Group H

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=Group I

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=Group J

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Qualifiers

The EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers were played in the following windows: February 2024, November 2024 and February 2025. 32 teams, including the Eurobasket co-hosts, were drawn into eight groups by four teams. Three teams from each group qualified for the Eurobasket 2025. For the groups containing the host teams: Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland. The host and the two other highest placed teams qualified for the tournament. They alsoed earn their place into the qualifiers for the 2027 FIBA World Cup in Qatar.


Teams


Draw

The draw was held on 8 August 2023 in
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,
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. The 32 participating nations were sorted into eight groups of four teams each at the draw.


Seeding

The seeding was announced on 7 August 2023. In bold, teams that host the final tournament. Teams from seed 1 were drawn into the groups A, C, E and G with teams from seeds 4, 5 and 8. Teams from seed 2 were drawn into the groups B, D, F and H with teams from seeds 3, 6 and 7. Only one host of the final stage could be drawn in any group. ''All times are local.''


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group F


Group G


Group H


Qualified teams


Notes


References


External links


Qualifiers website

Qualifiers summaryPre-qualifiers website

Pre-qualifiers summary
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