The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Europe region, began 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.
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 took part. Four teams advanced 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 The first round was contested between teams that did not participate in the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Armenia made their second appearance in World Cup qualification, while Azerbaijan made their debut.
The ten participating nations were sorted into three groups. Group A contained four teams, while Groups B and C included three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system. Four teams in total – the three group winners plus the best ranked second placed team across all groups – advanced to the Second round. The other six teams were eliminated.
Draw The draw took place on 8 August 2023 in Munich.
Seeding The seeding was based on the FIBA World Ranking of 27 February 2023.
+ Seed 1 Team 57 58 63+ Seed 2 Team 77 80 87+ Seed 3 Team 93 96 100+ Seed 4 Team 113
Groups All times are local. Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams Matches against the fourth-placed team in Group A are not included in this ranking.
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
Draw The draw took place on 14 March 2025 in Mies.
Seeding The seeding was based on the FIBA World Ranking of 25 February 2025.
+ Seed 1 Team 32 38 44 46+ Seed 2 Team 54 58 59 60+ Seed 3 Team 62 64 67 77
Groups All times are local. Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
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.
Entrance/qualification method Team(s)EuroBasket 2025 Hosts (4) EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers (20) Advanced from Second round (8)
Draw The draw was held on 13 May 2025.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 9 May 2025.
+ Pot 1 Team 2 3 4 5+ Pot 2 Team 9 10 11 13+ Pot 3 Team 14 16 17 19+ Pot 4 Team 20 24 27 32+ Pot 5 Team 37 39 40 41+ Pot 6 Team 43 63 54 48+ Pot 7 Team 49 50 67 56+ Pot 8 Team 44 59 62 84
First round All times are local.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Second round The qualified teams will be divided into four groups and play the other three teams from the other group twice. Group A will be paired with Group B, Group C with Group D, Group E with Group F, Group G with Group H. All results from the first round will be carried over.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Notes
References
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