EuroBasket 2025

EuroBasket 2025

Tournament details
Host countries	Cyprus Finland Poland Latvia
Dates	27 August–14 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)

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. It will take place from 27 August to 14 September 2025.

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:

• Cyprus (Limassol)
• Finland (Tampere)
• Hungary (Budapest)
• Latvia (Riga)
• Russia (Perm)
• Ukraine (Kyiv, Lviv or Dnipro)

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.

Venues

Limassol will be the host city for Cyprus. 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. On March 17, Katowice was announced as the host city for Poland at a FIBA Europe Board meeting in Seville. 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.

Tampere	Tampere Limassol Riga 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.

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	—	—	Debut
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	8th	2007		Runners-up (2009, 2017)
Lithuania	Group H top two		16th	1937		Champions (1937, 1939, 2003)
Slovenia	Group A top three	25 November 2024	15th	1993		Champions (2017)
Israel			31st	1953		Runners-up (1979)
Turkey	Group B top three		26th	1949		Runners-up (2001)
Italy			39th	1935		Champions (1983, 1999)
Spain	Group C top three		33rd			Champions (2009, 2011, 2015, 2022)

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, 2023 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.

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 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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 September

14 September

6 September

Final

v

14 September 2025		vs.		Arena Riga, Riga

External links

• Official website