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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
European Qualification
Tournament details
Dates19 February 2024 – March 2027
Teams42
Official website
European qualifiers website
European pre-qualifiers website
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The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Europe region, will begin in February 2024 and will conclude in March 2027. The process will determine the twelve teams that will qualify for the 2027 FIBA World Cup.[1]

Format

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FIBA Europe will be allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total, 42 FIBA Europe teams will take part in the qualification process. The qualification will consist of the following stages:

  • Pre-qualifiers
    • First round: Eight teams (plus entrants Armenia and Azerbaijan) that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers will take part. Four teams advance to the second round.
    • Second round: The four teams that advanced from the previous round will be joined by the eight teams that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Eight teams will advance to the qualifiers.
  • Qualifiers
    • First round: 24 teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2025 and eight teams that advanced from the pre-qualifiers will be organized into eight groups of four. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the second round.
    • Second round: The top 24 teams from the first round will be organised into four groups of six, with results carried over from the first round. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the World Cup.

Pre-qualifiers

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First round

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First round will be contested between teams that will not participate in EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Armenia will be making their second appearance in World Cup qualification, while Azerbaijan will make their debut.[2]

The ten participating nations will be sorted into three groups. Group A will contain four teams, while Groups B and C will include three teams each.[3] Each team will play the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system across three windows on February 19-27, 2024, November 18-26, 2024 and February 17-25, 2025. Four teams in total - the three group winners plus the best ranked second placed team across all groups - will advance to the Second round. The other six teams will be eliminated.

Draw

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Draw took place on 8 August 2023 in Munich.[4]

Seeding
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The seeding will be based on the FIBA World Ranking of 27 February 2023.[5]

Seed 1
Team Pos
 Romania 57
  Switzerland 58
 Austria 63
Seed 2
Team Pos
 Luxembourg 77
 Kosovo 80
 Armenia 87
Seed 3
Team Pos
 Norway 93
 Ireland 96
 Albania 100
Seed 4
Team Pos
 Azerbaijan 113

Groups

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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 233 159 +74 6 Second round
2  Ireland 3 1 2 230 236 −6 4 Second round if best second-placed team
3  Kosovo 3 1 2 203 238 −35 4
4  Azerbaijan 3 1 2 207 240 −33 4
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 February 2024 Switzerland  72–53  Azerbaijan Fribourg
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 19–8, 21–15, 22–10
Pts: Fofana 19
Rebs: Nzege 10
Asts: Fofana, Zinn 5 		Boxscore Pts: LeDay 22
Rebs: Donat, Leday 6
Asts: Mammadov 4 		Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)
22 February 2024 Kosovo  83–76  Ireland Pristina
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–21, 20–19, 18–19
Pts: Hajrizi 20
Rebs: Hajrizi 9
Asts: Tmušić 6 		Boxscore Pts: Blount 27
Rebs: Blount 13
Asts: Badmus 4 		Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Ali Şakacı (TUR), Jan Baloun (CZE), Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA)
25 February 2024 Azerbaijan  87–77  Kosovo Baku
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–25, 16–16, 28–17
Pts: Aydın 27
Rebs: Hall 14
Asts: Shirzadov 6 		Boxscore Pts: Berisha 20
Rebs: Kapiti 6
Asts: Mala 6 		Arena: Sarkhadchi Sport Center
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Andžej Urbanovič (LTU), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Viktor Nagy (HUN)
25 February 2024 Ireland  63–86   Switzerland Dublin
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 14–19, 14–22, 20–23
Pts: Flood 15
Rebs: Buivydas 7
Asts: Blount 4 		Boxscore Pts: Anabir 15
Rebs: Jurkovitz 8
Asts: Fofana 6 		Arena: National Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Javier Torres (ESP), Chess Van Looy (BEL)
21 November 2024 Ireland  91–67  Azerbaijan Dublin
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 23–13, 23–20, 20–22
Pts: Flood 28
Rebs: Blount 12
Asts: Blount 9 		Boxscore Pts: Davis 25
Rebs: Aydın, Davis 8
Asts: Aydın 4 		Arena: National Basketball Arena
Attendance: 900
Referees: Iain MacDonald (GBR), Ioannis Tsimpouris (GRE), Davíð Tómasson (ISL)
21 November 2024 Switzerland  75–43  Kosovo Bern
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 22–6, 20–22, 19–3
Pts: Mbala 15
Rebs: Mbala 12
Asts: Fofana, Kazadi 4 		Boxscore Pts: Tmušić 9
Rebs: Morina 8
Asts: Morina 4 		Arena: Mobiliar Arena
Attendance: 585
Referees: Joaquin García (ESP), Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Domen Krajnc (SLO)
24 November 2024 Azerbaijan  vs.   Switzerland Baku
14:00
Boxscore Arena: Baku Sports Palace
24 November 2024 Ireland  vs.  Kosovo Dublin
17:00
Boxscore Arena: National Basketball Arena
20 February 2025 Kosovo  vs.  Azerbaijan
Boxscore
20 February 2025 Switzerland  vs.  Ireland
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Azerbaijan  vs.  Ireland
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Kosovo  vs.   Switzerland
Boxscore
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 2 1 1 147 138 +9 3 Second round
2  Norway 2 1 1 134 133 +1 3 Second round if best second-placed team
3  Luxembourg 2 1 1 134 144 −10 3
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 February 2024 Romania  72–760(OT)  Luxembourg Cluj-Napoca
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 19–10, 16–11, 12–29, Overtime: 5–9
Pts: Cățe 25
Rebs: Girbea 11
Asts: Tohătan 5 		Boxscore Pts: Kovac, Logelin 15
Rebs: Rugg, Vujaković 9
Asts: Kreps 3 		Arena: BTarena
Attendance: 3,050
Referees: Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Josip Mikulić (CRO)
25 February 2024 Luxembourg  58–72  Norway Luxembourg City
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 23–19, 20–8, 6–21
Pts: Rugg 22
Rebs: Vujaković 10
Asts: Rugg 3 		Boxscore Pts: Frey 23
Rebs: Berg 16
Asts: Frey 6 		Arena: d'Coque
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Armin Mutapcic (GER), Martin Van Hoye (BEL)
21 November 2024 Norway  62–75  Romania Oslo
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 18–17, 12–12, 12–20
Pts: Frey 21
Rebs: Ndow 11
Asts: Frey 5 		Boxscore Pts: Olah 16
Rebs: Cățe 13
Asts: Tohătan 5 		Arena: Nordstrand Arena
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Elvis Binders-Čoders (LAT), Jan Baloun (CZE), Karol Kowalski (POL)
24 November 2024 Luxembourg  vs.  Romania Luxembourg City
17:00
Boxscore Arena: d'Coque
20 February 2025 Norway  vs.  Luxembourg
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Romania  vs.  Norway
Boxscore
Group C
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 2 2 0 205 154 +51 4 Second round
2  Armenia 2 1 1 175 185 −10 3 Second round if best second-placed team
3  Albania 2 0 2 142 183 −41 2
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 February 2024 Austria  106–91  Armenia Vienna
19:15 Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 31–19, 25–20, 27–23
Pts: Mahalbašić 27
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Diggs 5 		Boxscore Pts: Jones 30
Rebs: Tavitian 7
Asts: Jones 8 		Arena: Hallmann-Dome
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Christian Theis (GER), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH)
25 February 2024 Armenia  84–79  Albania Yerevan
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 24–19, 14–17, 22–20
Pts: Spight 31
Rebs: Tavitian 8
Asts: Jones 11 		Boxscore Pts: Lekndreaj 19
Rebs: Lilaj 10
Asts: Lekndreaj 5 		Arena: Karen Demirchyan Complex
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Emmouil Tsolakos (GRE)
21 November 2024 Albania  63–99  Austria Durrës
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–23, 12–32, 16–17
Boxscore Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace
Referees: Arnau Padros (ESP), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)
24 November 2024 Armenia  vs.  Austria Yerevan
18:00
Boxscore Arena: Karen Demirchyan Complex
20 February 2025 Albania  vs.  Armenia
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Austria  vs.  Albania
Boxscore

Ranking of second-placed teams

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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 B  Norway 2 1 1 134 133 +1 3 Second round
2 C  Armenia 2 1 1 175 185 −10 3
3 A  Ireland 2 0 2 139 169 −30 2
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Second round

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The four teams that advanced from the previous round will be joined by the eight teams that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Those twelve teams will be placed into four groups with three teams each. Each group will be formed by one team that advanced from the first round, and two last placed finishers from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Each team will play the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system. The two top-ranked teams from each group (eight teams in total) will advance to the Qualifiers. This round will be played in the Summer of 2025.

Teams

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Entrance/qualification method Team(s)
Advanced from First round
Eliminated from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

Groups

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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifiers
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group E
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifiers
2 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group F
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifiers
2 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group G
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 G1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifiers
2 G2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 G3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualifiers

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Entrants

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The 32 teams including 24 teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2025 and the 8 teams from the pre-qualifiers will participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup European qualifiers.

References

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  1. ^ "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ "The Armenian national team will participate in the pre-qualifiers of the Basketball World Cup (in Armenian)". Basketball Federation of Armenia (BFA). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "HOW TO QUALIFY". FIBA. 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Groups set for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round seedings set". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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