EuroBasket 2025 qualification

The pre-qualifiers first round is 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 are 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 qualify for the second round.[2][3] The pre-qualifiers second round would be 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 would then be divided into four groups by three teams with the group winners advancing to the Qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers third round would be played by all remaining teams from the first and the second round which failed to advance to the qualifiers. They would compete for the four last places in the qualifiers.

The pre-qualifiers first round is kept playing in the original format since the decision about a competition system change was taken during its progress. In the meanwhile, Cyprus was announced as the tournament host, while Russia and Belarus were expelled from all FIBA competitions, which implied few format changes.[4][1] Instead of originally four teams, now six teams advance 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 will be 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 will be divided into three groups by four teams with the group winners and Cyprus advancing to the qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers third round will be played by all other teams from the first two rounds without any changes.

Qualifiers will be 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.

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.

The draw was made on 20 August 2021.[5]

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Rankings of 9 August 2021.[6]

Seed 1 Team Pos  Romania 54  Denmark 55  Switzerland 60

Seed 2 Team Pos  Austria 61  Kosovo 70  Luxembourg 74

Seed 3 Team Pos  Cyprus 79  Norway 89  Albania 105

Seed 4 Team Pos  Ireland 107

All times are local.

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

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Switzerland	4	3	1	315	295	+20	7	Second round
2	C	Norway	4	2	2	311	317	−6	6
3	B	Luxembourg	4	1	3	312	318	−6	5	Third 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.

The draw was made on 14 July 2022.[7]

All times are local.

The draw took place on 25 April 2023.[8][9] The pre-qualifiers third round will be played from 19 July to 5 August 2023.[10] Twelve teams will participate: the four teams eliminated from the first round are joined by the eight teams eliminated from the second round. The teams will play in four groups of three;[2] the four best-ranked teams will advance to the Qualifiers.

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Rankings of 27 February 2023.[8]

Seed 1 Team Pos  Croatia 25  Bulgaria 47  Romania 57  Switzerland 58

Seed 2 Team Pos  Denmark 60  Slovakia 61  Austria 63  Luxembourg 77

Seed 3 Team Pos  Kosovo 80  Norway 93  Ireland 96  Albania 100

All times are local.