2027_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_qualification_(Europe)
The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Europe region, will begin 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]
| European Qualification | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 19 February 2024 – March 2027 |
| Teams | 42 |
| Official website | |
| European qualifiers website European pre-qualifiers website | |
← 2023 2031 → | |
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 will take part. Four teams advance 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.
First round
First round will be contested between teams that will not participate in EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Armenia will be making their second appearance in World Cup qualification, while Azerbaijan will make their debut.[2]
The ten participating nations will be sorted into three groups. Group A will contain four teams, while Groups B and C will include three teams each.[3] Each team will play the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system across three windows on February 19-27, 2024, November 18-26, 2024 and February 17-25, 2025. Four teams in total - the three group winners plus the best ranked second placed team across all groups - will advance to the Second round. The other six teams will be eliminated.
Draw
Draw took place on 8 August 2023 in Munich.[4]
Seeding
The seeding will be based on the FIBA World Ranking of 27 February 2023.[5]
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Groups
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Switzerland |
2 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 116 | +42 | 4 | Second round |
| 2 |  Azerbaijan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 149 | −9 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | Second round if best second-placed team |
| 3 |  Kosovo |
2 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 163 | −3 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  Ireland |
2 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 169 | −30 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
| 22 February 2024 | Switzerland |
72–53 | Azerbaijan |
Fribourg | |
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| 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: Mammadov 4 |
Arena: Site Sportif Saint-Léonard Attendance: 1,120 Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA) |
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| 22 February 2024 | Kosovo |
83–76 | Ireland |
Pristina | |
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| 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) |
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| 25 February 2024 | Azerbaijan |
87–77 | Kosovo |
Baku | |
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| 14:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–25, 16–16, 28–17 | ||||
| Pts: Aydın 27 Rebs: Hall 14 Asts: Shirzadov 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Berisha 20 Rebs: Kapiti 6 Asts: Mala 6 |
Arena: Sarkhadchi Sport Center Referees: Andžej Urbanovič (LTU), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Viktor Nagy (HUN) |
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| 25 February 2024 | Ireland |
63–86 | Switzerland |
Dublin | |
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| 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) |
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v Kosovo
| 21 November 2024 | Switzerland |
vs. | Kosovo |
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v Azerbaijan
| 21 November 2024 | Ireland |
vs. | Azerbaijan |
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v Switzerland
| 24 November 2024 | Azerbaijan |
vs. | Switzerland |
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v Azerbaijan
| 20 February 2025 | Kosovo |
vs. | Azerbaijan |
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v Ireland
| 20 February 2025 | Switzerland |
vs. | Ireland |
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v Ireland
| 23 February 2025 | Azerbaijan |
vs. | Ireland |
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v Switzerland
| 23 February 2025 | Kosovo |
vs. | Switzerland |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Luxembourg |
2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 144 | −10 | 3 | Second round |
| 2 |  Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 2 | Second round if best second-placed team |
| 3 |  Romania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 76 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
| 22 February 2024 | Romania |
72–760(OT) | Luxembourg |
Cluj-Napoca | |
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| 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: 3,006 Referees: Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Josip Mikulić (CRO) |
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| 25 February 2024 | Luxembourg |
58–72 | Norway |
Luxembourg City | |
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| 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) |
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v Romania
| 24 November 2024 | Luxembourg |
vs. | Romania |
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v Luxembourg
| 20 February 2025 | Norway |
vs. | Luxembourg |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Armenia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 185 | −10 | 3 | Second round |
| 2 |  Austria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 91 | +15 | 2 | Second round if best second-placed team |
| 3 |  Albania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 84 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
| 22 February 2024 | Austria |
106–91 | Armenia |
Vienna | |
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| 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) |
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| 25 February 2024 | Armenia |
84–79 | Albania |
Yerevan | |
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| 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) |
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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 |
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| 1 | A | Azerbaijan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 149 | −9 | 3 | Second round |
| 2 | C | Austria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 91 | +15 | 2 | |
| 3 | B | Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 2 |
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) |
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| Advanced from First round | |
| Eliminated from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers |
Groups
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
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.
- "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "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.
- "HOW TO QUALIFY". FIBA. 6 August 2023.
- "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round seedings set". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 August 2023.