The 2027 EuroBasket Women, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2027, will be the 41st edition of the biannual continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe, for national women's basketball teams. It will be held from 16 to 27 June 2027. It will be co-hosted by Belgium, Finland, Sweden and Lithuania, with each country hosting for the first time. 36 games will be played across five venues in five cities. This will be the second FIBA Women's EuroBasket to be hosted by four countries, copying the hosting format used for the men's EuroBasket since 2015. The final will be in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius. The tournament will involve 16 teams, with the four co-hosts qualifying automatically.
The top six teams will qualify for the 2028 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to try and participate in the Basketball at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Belgium are the two-time defending champions.
Bidding process and (Vilnius, Klaipėda and Espoo)
Finland and Lithuania were confirmed as hosts on 24 November 2023 at the FIBA Europe Board in Mies, Switzerland. Although, FIBA Europe stated the possibility of a potential third and fourth being involved, similar to 2025.
On 22 March 2024, FIBA Europe stated that several countries have expressed an interest in becoming a co-host and confirmed the additional hosts will be announced in November 2024.
On 13 August 2024, three more countries applied to become co-hosts:
(At the Sportpaleis in Antwerp) (At the Gopass Aréna in Bratislava)https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/slovensko-chce-organizovat-motogp-aj-me-v-basketbale-zien-2024/ (At the Avicii Arena in Stockholm)
On 28 November 2024 at the FIBA Europe Board in Istanbul, Turkey, the last two co-host spots were awarded to Belgium and Sweden.
Venues The tournament is expected to take place in five venues across five cities. Four cities are scheduled to organize one group, while the final round will be played in Vilnius. Belgium's federation has stated that they want to increase the capacity of the Sportpaleis to 20,000 for the tournament.https://starsporttv.be/fr/content/euro-2027-de-basket-feminin-nouveau-systeme-de-qualifications-la-belgique-deja-qualifiee-sur-le-pont-en-novembre
In Belgium, the Sportpaleis will be used for the event. The historical venue has hosted the 2013 and 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships while basketball related, it hosted the 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four and one of the groups in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
In Finland, the Espoo Metro Areena will hold games for the competition. Events the facility has hosted are the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2022 World Ringette Championships and 2023 European Figure Skating Championships.
In Lithuania, the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda and Twinsbet Arena in the capital Vilnius will organise matches for the tournament. Both venues hosted EuroBasket 2011 and 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Separately, the Švyturys Arena hosted the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women and many Klaipėda based teams. The Twinsbet Arena hosted the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and has hosted numerous high profile concerts as well.
In Sweden, the Avicii Arena will hold their games. It has organised five Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship. Outside of sport, it also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and 2016.
Antwerp Espoo SportpaleisCapacity: 18,575 Espoo Metro AreenaCapacity: 8,500 Stockholm Vilnius Avicii ArenaCapacity: 16,000 Twinsbet ArenaCapacity: 10,000 Klaipėda Švyturys ArenaCapacity: 6,200
Preparations Handover ceremony
The Handover ceremony took place on 29 June 2025 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus during the third place match between France and Italy.https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/news/ebw-2025-co-hosts-complete-handover-to-belgium-finland-lithuania-sweden The hosts of the 2025 tournament, were represented by as follows:
Zdenek Briza, vice president of the Czech Basketball Federation. Armin Andres, vice president of the German Basketball Federation. Maurizio Bertea, secretary general of the Italian Basketball Federation. Evangelos Liolios, president of the Hellenic Basketball Federation.
All four 2025 representatives did the symbolic handover to the 2027 hosts, who were represented by as follows:
Vydas Gedvilas, commissioner of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. Anja Frey, secretary general of the Swedish Basketball Federation. Timo Elo, president of Basketball Finland. Stefan Garaleas Secretary General of Basketball Belgium.
Logo reveal On 21 July 2025, the logo was unveiled.https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/europe/news/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-logo-unveiled FIBA Europe Executive Director, Kamil Novak, is quoted saying:
In the same press release Dare to Dream was announced as the motto.
Qualification
On 28 November 2024, FIBA Europe revamped the qualification process.https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/europe/news/fiba-europe-board-approves-new-womens-eurobasket-qualifiers-system-youth-eurobasket-2025-hosts The qualification will begin in November 2025 and end in February 2027.
Qualified teams
Final standings
Qualified for the 2028 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Rank Team Record 4th Eliminated in the quarterfinals 5th 6th 7th 8th Eliminated in the qualification for quarterfinals 9th 10th 11th 12th Eliminated in the first round 13th 14th 15th 16th
Marketing On 21 July 2025, the logo was unveiled two days prior to the qualifiers draw.
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