The EuroBasket 2029 will be the 43rd edition of the EuroBasket championship, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe.
Like the previous four editions, the tournament will be co-hosted by multiple countries; Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain. It will take place from 4 to 21 September 2029.
Germany are the defending champions.
Bidding process
On 22 March 2024, FIBA Europe announced that the bidding process would begin later in 2024, with a deadline for submitting bids being 29 November. There were three options for hosting: to host a preliminary group, to host the final round or to host the entire tournament. The 2015, 2017, 2022 and 2025 editions tendered in the same way, with each of these tournaments hosted by four countries.
On 4 December, FIBA announced that eight countries applied to host the tournament.
Final bids Winning bids are marked in bold.
(at the Unibet Arena in Tallinn) (at the Telekom Center Athens in Athens) (at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas) (at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana) (at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam) (at the Movistar Arena in Madrid)
Withdrawn bids (venue unknown, either in Helsinki or Tampere) (at the SAP Garden in Munich)
On 22 May 2025, Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain were selected as hosts at the FIBA Europe Board meeting in Riga, Latvia, with the Spanish capital Madrid set to provide the backdrop for the Final Phase.
Venues Athens Telekom Center AthensCapacity: 18,300 Ljubljana Arena StožiceCapacity: 12,480Tallinn Madrid Unibet Arena Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Movistar ArenaCapacity: 7,200 Capacity: 78,287 Capacity: 15,000
Draw The draw will take place in Madrid, Spain sometime in 2029.
Each of the four hosts (Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain) will grant the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams were automatically placed into the same group as their chosen partner country.
Qualification
The qualifiers will begin in February 2028 and end in February 2029. Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain automatically qualified as co-hosts.
Qualified teams TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance WR Host nation 22 May 2025 8th 1937 2025 3 (1937, 1939) TBD 30th 1949 19 (1987, 2005) TBD 16th 1993 16 (2017) TBD 34th 193533 (2009, 2011, 2015, 2022) TBD
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