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2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

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]

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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Format edit

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 edit

First round edit

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 edit

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

Seeding edit

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 edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 2 2 0 158 116 +42 4 Second round
2   Azerbaijan 2 1 1 140 149 −9 3[a] Second round if best second-placed team
3   Kosovo 2 1 1 160 163 −3 3[a]
4   Ireland 2 0 2 139 169 −30 2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Azerbaijan 87–77 Kosovo
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: 1,120
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
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 Switzerland   vs.   Kosovo
Boxscore
21 November 2024 Ireland   vs.   Azerbaijan
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Azerbaijan   vs.    Switzerland
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Ireland   vs.   Kosovo
Boxscore
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 edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Luxembourg 2 1 1 134 144 −10 3 Second round
2   Norway 1 1 0 72 58 +14 2 Second round if best second-placed team
3   Romania 1 0 1 72 76 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 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: 3,006
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   vs.   Romania
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Luxembourg   vs.   Romania
Boxscore
20 February 2025 Norway   vs.   Luxembourg
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Romania   vs.   Norway
Boxscore
Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Armenia 2 1 1 175 185 −10 3 Second round
2   Austria 1 1 0 106 91 +15 2 Second round if best second-placed team
3   Albania 1 0 1 79 84 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 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   vs.   Austria
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Armenia   vs.   Austria
Boxscore
20 February 2025 Albania   vs.   Armenia
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Austria   vs.   Albania
Boxscore

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

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   Azerbaijan 2 1 1 140 149 −9 3 Second round
2 C   Austria 1 1 0 106 91 +15 2
3 B   Norway 1 1 0 72 58 +14 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Second round edit

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 edit

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

Groups edit

Group D edit
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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group E edit
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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group F edit
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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group G edit
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: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualifiers edit

Entrants edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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