2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
European Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 February 2024 – March 2027
Teams	42
Official website
	European qualifiers website; European pre-qualifiers website
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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]

Format

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.

Pre-qualifiers

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]

Seed 1
Team	Pos
Romania	57
Switzerland	58
Austria	63

Seed 2
Team	Pos
Luxembourg	77
Kosovo	80
Armenia	87

Seed 3
Team	Pos
Norway	93
Ireland	96
Albania	100

Seed 4
Team	Pos
Azerbaijan	113

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	158	116	+42	4	Second round
2	Azerbaijan	2	1	1	140	149	−9	3^[a]	Second round if best second-placed team
3	Kosovo	2	1	1	160	163	−3	3^[a]
4	Ireland	2	0	2	139	169	−30	2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Azerbaijan 87–77 Kosovo

22 February 2024	Switzerland	72–53	Azerbaijan	Fribourg
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: 1,150 Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)

22 February 2024	Kosovo	83–76	Ireland	Pristina
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)

25 February 2024	Azerbaijan	87–77	Kosovo	Baku
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 Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Andžej Urbanovič (LTU), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Viktor Nagy (HUN)

25 February 2024	Ireland	63–86	Switzerland	Dublin
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)

21 November 2024	Switzerland	vs.	Kosovo	Bern

		Boxscore		Arena: Mobiliar Arena

21 November 2024	Ireland	vs.	Azerbaijan	Dublin

		Boxscore		Arena: National Basketball Arena

24 November 2024	Azerbaijan	vs.	Switzerland	Baku

		Boxscore		Arena: Baku Sports Palace

24 November 2024	Ireland	vs.	Kosovo	Dublin

		Boxscore		Arena: National Basketball Arena

20 February 2025	Kosovo	vs.	Azerbaijan

		Boxscore

20 February 2025	Switzerland	vs.	Ireland

		Boxscore

23 February 2025	Azerbaijan	vs.	Ireland

		Boxscore

23 February 2025	Kosovo	vs.	Switzerland

		Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
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
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: 3,050 Referees: Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Josip Mikulić (CRO)

25 February 2024	Luxembourg	58–72	Norway	Luxembourg City
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)

21 November 2024	Norway	vs.	Romania

		Boxscore

24 November 2024	Luxembourg	vs.	Romania

		Boxscore

20 February 2025	Norway	vs.	Luxembourg

		Boxscore

23 February 2025	Romania	vs.	Norway

		Boxscore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

22 February 2024	Austria	106–91	Armenia	Vienna
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)

25 February 2024	Armenia	84–79	Albania	Yerevan
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)

21 November 2024	Albania	vs.	Austria

		Boxscore

24 November 2024	Armenia	vs.	Austria

		Boxscore

20 February 2025	Albania	vs.	Armenia

		Boxscore

23 February 2025	Austria	vs.	Albania

		Boxscore

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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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)
Advanced from First round
Eliminated from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

Groups

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	D1	Qualifiers
2	D2	Qualifiers
3	D3

First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	E1	Qualifiers
2	E2	Qualifiers
3	E3

First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	F1	Qualifiers
2	F2	Qualifiers
3	F3

First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group G

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	G1	Qualifiers
2	G2	Qualifiers
3	G3

First match(es) will be played: 11 August 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualifiers

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.

References

^ "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.
^ "Groups set for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. 8 August 2023.
^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round seedings set". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

Pre-qualifiers website
- Pre-qualifiers summary

[table_hth_AZE0.71209160457928-6] Azerbaijan 87–77 Kosovo

[1] "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[2] "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.

[3] "HOW TO QUALIFY". FIBA. 6 August 2023.

[4] "Groups set for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round". FIBA. 8 August 2023.

[5] "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Pre-Qualifiers First Round seedings set". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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