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
Boxscore
27 November 2025 Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvs.Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Boxscore
30 November 2025 Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svgvs.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Boxscore
30 November 2025 Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvs.Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
30 November 2025 Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svgvs.Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
30 November 2025 Albania  Flag of Albania.svgvs.Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Boxscore
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.