Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Καλαθοσφαίρισης 2025 (in Greek) 2025 Avrupa Basketbol Şampiyonası (in Turkish) Koripallon Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2025 (in Finnish) Europamästerskapet i basket för herrar 2025 (in Swedish) Mistrzostwa Europy w Koszykówce Mężczyzn 2025 (in Polish) 2025. gada Eiropas čempionāts basketbolā (in Latvian)
The EuroBasket 2025 was the 42nd edition of the EuroBasket championship, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 27 August to 14 September 2025,[1] returning to its usual calendar slot, after the EuroBasket 2021 was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the previous three editions, the tournament was co-hosted by multiple countries; Cyprus, Finland, Poland, and Latvia.[2][3]
Spain, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage. It was their earliest exit in a 36-year stint since Yugoslavia 1989 and the earliest exit by a defending champion since Germany in EuroBasket 1995.
FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a 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:[8]
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.[2][3]
Venues
Riga is the host city for Latvia and selected for the tournament's final phase. Limassol is the host city for Cyprus.[9] On 6 March 2023, Tampere was announced as the host city for Finland.[10] On March 17, Katowice was announced as the host city for Poland.[11] 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.[1]
The official logo was unveiled on 5 December 2023.[12]
The visual identity was developed in close cooperation with the four host cities—Limassol, Tampere, Katowice, and Riga—and is characterized by a bold, architectural aesthetic designed to make a lasting impression for the 42nd edition of Europe’s flagship basketball tournament.[12]
Each host city is represented through distinct color combinations embedded within the tournament’s broader visual identity.[12]
According to FIBA’s Official Technical Supplier, the visual identity—including the logo—is further reinforced on-court via an innovative custom print technology. This allows court designs to feature three-dimensional effects, color gradients, and layered transparency, turning the playing surface into an immersive visual extension of the tournament branding.[13]
40 teams took part in qualification, including the four co-hosts who participated for preparation reasons.
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. Eight teams progressed from the pre-qualifiers to the main qualifiers where 32 countries were split into eight groups of four, with the top three from each group qualifying for EuroBasket. The qualifiers draw was held on 8 August 2023 in Munich, Germany.[14][15]
Of the 24 qualified teams, 19 of them were present in the previous edition. Co-host Cyprus will make their debut at the edition. Portugal returns after a fourteen year absence having last appeared in 2011.[16]Sweden progressed to the finals for the first time since 2013.[17] Co-host Latvia and Iceland will return after missing out on 2022.[18]
Of the teams who failed to qualify, Croatia missed out for the first time ever. Ukraine also failed to progress for the first time since 2009. After taking part in 2017 and 2022, Hungary didn't qualify. Bulgaria and Netherlands failed to qualify after their sporadic appearance in 2022.
Georgia continued their perfect streak of making every edition since their debut. Montenegro made their third consecutive appearance at EuroBasket for the first time ever.
The allocation draw for the hosting nations was advanced by the FIBA Europe Board in its June 2023 meeting and was held during the Final Phase of EuroBasket Women 2023 in Ljubljana on 24 June 2023.[1] The Group A got pulled for Latvia, Group B for Finland, Group C for Cyprus and Group D for Poland.
After the tournament seedings got finalised, each of the hosting federations were granted the right to select a partner federation from non-corresponding pots to be pre-paired together for the draw capitalizing on commercial and marketing criteria.[19] Latvia's choice was Estonia, Finland's choice was Lithuania, Cyprus's choice was Greece and Poland's choice was Iceland.[20] Given the selections involved three of four teams from the Seed 2, Slovenia was consequently also guaranteed into Group D with Poland.
The main draw took place in Riga, Latvia on 27 March 2025.[21]
Seeding
The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the FIBA Men's World Ranking. The seeding was announced on 25 February 2025.[22] In bold are the teams that host the tournament.
Teams were ranked according to the Official Basketball Rules, with earned position as the primary criterion, followed by the group phase overall record and point differential.[25] Assuming all these factors are equal, the World Ranking would have served as the last competitive tiebraker.
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Germany (2nd title)
Turkey 
Greece 
Finland 
Luka Dončić (34.7 ppg)
