EuroBasket 2025
The EuroBasket 2025 will be the 42nd edition of the EuroBasket championship, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Latvia Cyprus Finland |
| Dates | September |
| Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Like the previous three editions, the tournament will be co-hosted by multiple countries; Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and a yet to be determined fourth country.[1]
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 counties submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2025:[2]
During its meeting on 28 March 2022, the FIBA Europe Board selected Latvia, Cyprus and Finland to host the tournament, and Ukraine may be a fourth host during the group stage. That will be decided in November 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
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 qualifiers, despite automatic qualification to the EuroBasket 2025.
References
- "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Six countries bid to host FIBA EuroBasket 2025". 20 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.