2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

European Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 February 2024 – March 2027
Teams	42
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, began 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

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 took part. Four teams advanced 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

First round

The first round was contested between teams that did not participate in the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Armenia made their second appearance in World Cup qualification, while Azerbaijan made their debut. ^[2]

The ten participating nations were sorted into three groups. Group A contained four teams, while Groups B and C included three teams each. ^[3] Each team played the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system. Four teams in total – the three group winners plus the best ranked second placed team across all groups – advanced to the Second round. The other six teams were eliminated.

Draw

The draw took place on 8 August 2023 in Munich. ^[4]

Seeding

The seeding was 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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	6	6	0	484	341	+143	12	Second round
2	Ireland	6	3	3	454	470	−16	9
3	Kosovo	6	2	4	442	489	−47	8
4	Azerbaijan	6	1	5	405	485	−80	7

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Switzerland   v   Azerbaijan

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: K. Mammadov 4	Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)

Kosovo   v   Ireland

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)

Azerbaijan   v   Kosovo

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: S. 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)

Ireland   v    Switzerland

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)

Ireland   v   Azerbaijan

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)

Switzerland   v   Kosovo

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)

Azerbaijan   v    Switzerland

24 November 2024	Azerbaijan	55–85	Switzerland	Baku
14:00	Scoring by quarter:20–15, 15–22, 8–24, 12–24
	Pts: Aydın 15 Rebs: Aydın 12 Asts: K. Mammadov 5	Boxscore	Pts: Rocak 19 Rebs: Granvorka 7 Asts: Fofana 11	Arena: Baku Sports Palace Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Tolga Edis (TUR), Kirile Tvauri (GEO), Vlad-Theodor Cotrobas-Dascalu (ROU)

Ireland   v   Kosovo

24 November 2024	Ireland	91–85	Kosovo	Dublin
17:00	Scoring by quarter:24–12, 18–25, 31–21, 18–27
	Pts: Quinn 23 Rebs: Quinn 13 Asts: Blount 6	Boxscore	Pts: Berisha 15 Rebs: Ukaj 8 Asts: Armstead 8	Arena: National Basketball Arena Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Martin Van Hoye (BEL), Alexandre Maret (FRA)

Kosovo   v   Azerbaijan

20 February 2025	Kosovo	81–79	Azerbaijan	Pristina
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–20, 17–18, 21–20
	Pts: Tmušić 21 Rebs:four players 5 Asts: Myles 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hall 21 Rebs: Hall 16 Asts: K. Mammadov, Turgut 5	Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Mladen Lučić (MNE)

Switzerland   v   Ireland

20 February 2025	Switzerland	85–54	Ireland	Fribourg
19:30	Scoring by quarter:30–16, 18–15, 19–9, 18–14
	Pts: Mbala 19 Rebs:three players 5 Asts: Fofana 10	Boxscore	Pts: Quinn 18 Rebs: Quinn 9 Asts: Flood 3	Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA), Arnau Padros (ESP), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)

Azerbaijan   v   Ireland

23 February 2025	Azerbaijan	64–79	Ireland	Baku
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–20, 19–13, 15–25
	Pts: S. Shirzadov 14 Rebs: Hall 12 Asts: K. Mammadov 4	Boxscore	Pts: Flood 23 Rebs: Quinn 9 Asts: Flood 5	Arena: Baku Sports Palace Attendance: 286 Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Duhan Köyiçi (TUR), Nemanja Vlahović (SRB)

Kosovo   v    Switzerland

23 February 2025	Kosovo	73–81	Switzerland	Pristina
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 16–23, 15–13, 28–22
	Pts: Berisha 20 Rebs: Kapiti 11 Asts: Myles 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ducommun 21 Rebs: Granvorka 10 Asts: George 5	Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA), Polat Parlak (TUR), Jan Baloun (CZE)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	4	3	1	316	287	+29	7	Second round
2	Norway	4	2	2	273	277	−4	6
3	Luxembourg	4	1	3	271	296	−25	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Romania   v   Luxembourg

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)

Luxembourg   v   Norway

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)

Norway   v   Romania

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)

Luxembourg   v   Romania

24 November 2024	Luxembourg	78–84	Romania	Luxembourg City
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 19–23, 18–19, 29–19
	Pts: Kovac 23 Rebs: Rugg 6 Asts: Kovac 4	Boxscore	Pts: Richard 26 Rebs: Cățe 16 Asts: Tohătan 4	Arena: d'Coque Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Edgard Ceccarelli (FRA), Tijmen Last (NED), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH)

Norway   v   Luxembourg

20 February 2025	Norway	68–59	Luxembourg	Oslo
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–17, 22–8, 16–13
	Pts: Frey 27 Rebs: Ndow 9 Asts: Frey 4	Boxscore	Pts: Vujaković 12 Rebs: Rugg 11 Asts:four players 2	Arena: Nordstrand Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Joaquin García (ESP), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Rainis Värv (EST)

Romania   v   Norway

23 February 2025	Romania	85–71	Norway	Oradea
19:00	Scoring by quarter:23–22, 18–20, 22–15, 22–14
	Pts: Grasu, Richard 14 Rebs: Cățe 6 Asts: Cățe 6	Boxscore	Pts: Ndow 19 Rebs: Ndow, Nordheim 6 Asts:four players 3	Arena: Oradea Arena Attendance: 2,397 Referees: Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Tolga Edis (TUR), Kirile Tvauri (GEO)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	4	3	1	401	312	+89	7	Second round
2	Armenia	4	2	2	346	384	−38	6
3	Albania	4	1	3	290	341	−51	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Austria   v   Armenia

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)

Armenia   v   Albania

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)

Albania   v   Austria

21 November 2024	Albania	63–99	Austria	Durrës
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–23, 12–32, 16–17
	Pts: Hamati 16 Rebs: Hamati 6 Asts: Dusha 4	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 23 Rebs: Brajkovic 7 Asts: Vujošević 4	Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace Attendance: 250 Referees: Arnau Padros (ESP), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)

Armenia   v   Austria

24 November 2024	Armenia	80–129	Austria	Yerevan
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 6–29, 25–36, 27–25
	Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Chizhenok 5 Asts: Jones 7	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 25 Rebs: Schott 12 Asts: Vujošević 11	Arena: Karen Demirchyan Complex Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE)

Albania   v   Armenia

20 February 2025	Albania	67–91	Armenia	Durrës
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 16–25, 22–22, 15–22
	Pts: Lekndreaj 17 Rebs: Tola 8 Asts: Hysa 6	Boxscore	Pts: Jones 34 Rebs: Tavitian 8 Asts: Jones 8	Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace Attendance: 250 Referees: Ioannis Tsimpouris (GRE), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH), Domen Krajnc (SLO)

Austria   v   Albania

23 February 2025	Austria	67–78	Albania	Schwechat
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–16, 17–22, 19–21
	Pts: Suljanovic 11 Rebs: Brajkovic 9 Asts: Hahn 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hysa 17 Rebs: Tola 7 Asts: Hysa, Topalli 5	Arena: Multiversum Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Branimir Galić (CRO), Viktor Nagy (HUN), Elvis Binders-Čoders (LAT)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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	4	2	2	273	277	−4	6	Second round
2	C	Armenia	4	2	2	346	384	−38	6
3	A	Ireland	4	1	3	284	339	−55	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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. 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

Entrance/qualification method	Team(s)
Advanced from First round	Austria   Norway   Romania    Switzerland
Eliminated from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bulgaria   Croatia   Denmark   Hungary   North Macedonia   Netherlands   Slovakia   Ukraine

Draw

The draw will take place on 14 March 2025 in Mies. ^[6]

Seeding

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Ranking of 25 February 2025. ^[6]

Seed 1 Team Pos   Croatia 32   Ukraine 38   Hungary 44   Bulgaria 46

Seed 2 Team Pos   Netherlands 54   North Macedonia 58   Denmark 59   Slovakia 60

Seed 3 Team Pos    Switzerland 62   Romania 64   Austria 67   Norway 77

Groups

Group D

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: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group E

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: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

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: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group G

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: 2 August 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualifiers

Entrants

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.

Entrance/qualification method	Team(s)
Advanced from Second round (8)
EuroBasket 2025 Hosts (4)	Cyprus   Finland   Latvia   Poland
EuroBasket 2025 Qualifers (20)	Belgium   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Czech Republic   Estonia   France   Georgia   Germany   Great Britain   Greece   Iceland   Israel   Italy   Lithuania   Montenegro   Portugal   Serbia   Slovenia   Spain   Sweden   Turkey

References

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.
6. "Seeds confirmed for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

External links

• Pre-qualifiers website
  • Pre-qualifiers summary