EuroBasket 2029 qualification

EuroBasket 2029 qualification

Tournament details
Dates	27 November 2025 – February 2029
Teams	42 (expected)
Official website
Qualifiers website Pre-qualifiers website
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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.

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 Team Pos   Bulgaria 46   North Macedonia 58   Slovakia 60

Seed 2 Team Pos   Kosovo 76   Norway 77   Ireland 82

Seed 3 Team Pos   Luxembourg 86   Armenia 92   Albania 95

Seed 4 Team Pos   Azerbaijan 113

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round if best second-placed team
3	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Third round
4	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

North Macedonia   v   Azerbaijan

27 November 2025	North Macedonia	vs.	Azerbaijan	Skopje
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: SRC Kale

Luxembourg   v   Ireland

27 November 2025	Luxembourg	vs.	Ireland	Luxembourg City
19:30
		Boxscore		Arena: d'Coque

Azerbaijan   v   Luxembourg

30 November 2025	Azerbaijan	vs.	Luxembourg	Baku
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Sarkhadchi Sport Center

Ireland   v   North Macedonia

30 November 2025	Ireland	vs.	North Macedonia	Dublin
17:00
		Boxscore		Arena: National Basketball Arena

Ireland   v   Azerbaijan

27 February 2026	Ireland	vs.	Azerbaijan
		Boxscore

North Macedonia   v   Luxembourg

27 February 2026	North Macedonia	vs.	Luxembourg
		Boxscore

Azerbaijan   v   North Macedonia

2 March 2026	Azerbaijan	vs.	North Macedonia
		Boxscore

Ireland   v   Luxembourg

2 March 2026	Ireland	vs.	Luxembourg
		Boxscore

North Macedonia   v   Ireland

2 July 2026	North Macedonia	vs.	Ireland
		Boxscore

Luxembourg   v   Azerbaijan

2 July 2026	Luxembourg	vs.	Azerbaijan
		Boxscore

Azerbaijan   v   Ireland

5 July 2026	Azerbaijan	vs.	Ireland
		Boxscore

Luxembourg   v   North Macedonia

5 July 2026	Luxembourg	vs.	North Macedonia
		Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round if best second-placed team
3	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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.

Bulgaria   v   Armenia

27 November 2025	Bulgaria	vs.	Armenia	Botevgrad
19:15
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Botevgrad

Armenia   v   Norway

30 November 2025	Armenia	vs.	Norway	Yerevan
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Mika Sports Arena

Norway   v   Bulgaria

27 February 2026	Norway	vs.	Bulgaria
		Boxscore

Armenia   v   Bulgaria

2 March 2026	Armenia	vs.	Bulgaria
		Boxscore

Norway   v   Armenia

2 July 2026	Norway	vs.	Armenia
		Boxscore

Bulgaria   v   Norway

5 July 2026	Bulgaria	vs.	Norway
		Boxscore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round if best second-placed team
3	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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.

Slovakia   v   Albania

27 November 2025	Slovakia	vs.	Albania	Prievidza
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: ŠH Prievidza

Albania   v   Kosovo

30 November 2025	Albania	vs.	Kosovo	Shkodër
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Qazim Dervishi Sports Palace

Kosovo   v   Slovakia

27 February 2026	Kosovo	vs.	Slovakia
		Boxscore

Albania   v   Slovakia

2 March 2026	Albania	vs.	Slovakia
		Boxscore

Kosovo   v   Albania

2 July 2026	Kosovo	vs.	Albania
		Boxscore

Slovakia   v   Kosovo

5 July 2026	Slovakia	vs.	Kosovo
		Boxscore

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	B	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Third round
3	C	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

External links

• Qualifiers website
• Pre-qualifiers website