EuroBasket 2029 qualification

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EuroBasket 2029 qualification
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2025 – February 2029
Teams42 (expected)
Official website
Qualifiers website
Pre-qualifiers website
2025
2033

The EuroBasket 2029 qualification is a basketball competition that will begin in November 2025 and will conclude in February 2029, to determine the 20 FIBA Europe member nations who will join the automatically qualified co-hosts Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain at the EuroBasket 2029 finals tournament.

Contents

Pre-Qualifiers

The EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers will be played over three rounds. The best eight teams advance to the EuroBasket 2029 Qualifiers.

First round

The pre-qualifiers first round will be played by the ten teams that were eliminated from the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers. The winner of each group, and the best runner-up team qualify for the second round.

Draw

The draw was made on 8 September 2025. [1]

Seeding

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Rankings of 25 February 2025. [2]

Seed 1
TeamPos
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 46
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 58
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 60
Seed 2
TeamPos
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 76
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 77
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 82
Seed 3
TeamPos
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 86
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 92
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 95
Seed 4
TeamPos
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 113

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 0000000 Second round
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0000000Second round if best second-placed team
3Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 0000000 Third round
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 November 2025 North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svgvs.Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Skopje
19:00
Boxscore Arena: SRC Kale
27 November 2025 Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvs.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Luxembourg City
19:30
Boxscore Arena: d'Coque
30 November 2025 Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svgvs.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Baku
19:00
Boxscore Arena: Sarkhadchi Sport Center
27 February 2026 Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvs.Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Boxscore
27 February 2026 North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svgvs.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Boxscore
2 March 2026 Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvs.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Boxscore
2 July 2026 Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvs.Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Boxscore
5 July 2026 Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svgvs.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Boxscore

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0000000 Second round
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0000000Second round if best second-placed team
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0000000 Third round
First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 November 2025 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvs.Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Botevgrad
19:15
Boxscore Arena: Arena Botevgrad
30 November 2025 Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvs.Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Yerevan
19:00
Boxscore Arena: Mika Sports Arena
27 February 2026 Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvs.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Boxscore
2 March 2026 Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvs.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Boxscore
2 July 2026 Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvs.Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Boxscore
5 July 2026 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvs.Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Boxscore

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0000000 Second round
2Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 0000000Second round if best second-placed team
3Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 0000000 Third round
First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 November 2025 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvs.Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Prievidza
18:00
Boxscore Arena: ŠH Prievidza
30 November 2025 Albania  Flag of Albania.svgvs.Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Shkodër
18:00
Boxscore Arena: Qazim Dervishi Sports Palace
27 February 2026 Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvs.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Boxscore
2 March 2026 Albania  Flag of Albania.svgvs.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Boxscore
2 July 2026 Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvs.Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Boxscore
5 July 2026 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvs.Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Boxscore

Ranking of second-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0000000 Second round
2 B Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0000000 Third round
3 C Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

References

  1. "Draw results for FIBA EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. 8 September 2025.
  2. "Seeds confirmed for FIBA EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers First Round draw". FIBA. 4 September 2025.