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EuroBasket 2025
Tournament details
Host countriesCyprus
Finland
Poland
Latvia
Dates27 August–14 September
Teams24
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
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The EuroBasket 2025 will be the 42nd edition of the EuroBasket championship, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe.

Like the previous three editions, the tournament will be co-hosted by multiple countries; Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia.[1][2] It will take place from 27 August to 14 September 2025.[3]

Host selection

FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a preliminary group, to host the final round or to host the entire tournament. The EuroBasket in 2015, 2017 and 2022, tendered in the same way, each of these tournaments was hosted in four countries.

Six countries submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2025:[4]

During its meeting on 28 March 2022, the FIBA Europe Board selected Latvia, Cyprus and Finland to host the tournament, with Latvia hosting the knockout phase. Ukraine was an option to be the fourth host during the group stage. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland was named the fourth country to play host.[1][2]

Venues

Limassol will be the host city for Cyprus.[5] Riga will be the host city for Latvia and for the final phase. On 6 March 2023, Tampere was announced as the host city for Finland.[6] On March 17, Katowice was announced as the host city for Poland at a FIBA Europe Board meeting in Seville.[7] In June 2023, a draw determined which group will be played at each venue. Group A in Riga, Group B in Tampere, Group C in Limassol and Group D in Katowice.[3]

Tampere
EuroBasket 2025 is located in Europe
Tampere
Tampere
Limassol
Limassol
Riga
Riga
Katowice
Katowice
EuroBasket 2025 (Europe)
Nokia Arena
Capacity: 13,455
Limassol
Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center
Capacity: 9,600
Riga Katowice
Arena Riga Spodek
Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 11,036

Marketing

The official logo was unveiled on 5 December 2023.[8]

Qualification

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 qualification

The qualification process started in November 2021, with ten teams participating in the pre-qualifiers, including the eight eliminated teams from the 2023 World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers. The co-hosts will participate in the qualifiers, despite automatic qualification to the EuroBasket 2025.

Qualified teams

Team Qualification method Date of qualification App First Last Best placement in tournament
 Cyprus Host nation 29 March 2022 1st — — —
 Finland 18th 1939 2022 6th place (1967)
 Latvia 15th 1935 2017 Champions (1935)
 Poland 17 September 2022 30th 1937 2022 Runners-up (1963)
 Serbia Group G top two 24 November 2024 14th 1995 Champions (1995, 1997, 2001)
 Lithuania Group H top two 16th 1937 Champions (1937, 1939, 2003)

Draw

The draw will take place in Riga, Latvia sometime in March 2025.

Each of the four hosts (Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland) will be granted the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams would automatically be placed into the same group as their chosen partner country.

The 24 qualified teams will be seeded according to the FIBA Men's World Ranking.

The draw to determine the early designation of groups to the host cities of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 took place on 24 June in Ljubljana. The request of the four hosts to allocate the groups to the host cities for the 42nd edition of tournament in advance was approved by the FIBA Europe Board in its June meeting.[3]

The results of the draw are as follows: Group A will be played in Riga, Latvia Group B will be played in Tampere, Finland Group C will be played in Limassol, Cyprus Group D will be played in Katowice, Poland.

Preliminary round

Group A

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 Group A

Venue: Riga, Latvia.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 A5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 A6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 Group B

Venue: Tampere, Finland.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 B5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 B6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 Group C

Venue: Limassol, Cyprus.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 C5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 C6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Main article: EuroBasket 2025 Group D

Venue: Katowice, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 D5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 D6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout stage

Venue: Riga, Latvia.

Bracket

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
8 September
 
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
11 September
 
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
 
8 September
 
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
14 September
 
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 
 
 
 
9 September
 
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 
 
 
11 September
 
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 Third place
 
 
 
9 September14 September
 
 
 
  
 
6 September
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final

14 September 2025 vs. Arena Riga, Riga

References

  1. ^ a b "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Draw to determine early designation of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 groups held in Ljubljana". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Six countries bid to host FIBA EuroBasket 2025". 20 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "EuroBasket 2025: The huge benefits for the event's sponsors". CBN. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Tampere named as Finland's host city for FIBA EuroBasket 2025". fiba.basketball. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ "FIBA Europe Board concludes March meeting in Seville". fiba.basketball. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. ^ "FIBA EuroBasket 2025 logo revealed". FIBA.basketball. 5 December 2023.
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