The EuroBasket 2029 qualification is a basketball competition that began in November 2025 and will conclude in February 2029, to determine the 20 FIBA Europe member nations who will join the automatically qualified co-hosts Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain at the EuroBasket 2029 finals tournament.
Pre-Qualifiers The EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers will be played over three rounds. The best eight teams advance to the EuroBasket 2029 Qualifiers.
First round The pre-qualifiers first round was played by the ten teams that were eliminated from the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers. The winner of each group, and the best runner-up team qualified for the second round.
Draw The draw was made on 8 September 2025.
Seeding The seeding was based on the FIBA World Rankings of 25 February 2025.
+ Seed 1 Team 46 58 60+ Seed 2 Team 76 77 82+ Seed 3 Team 86 92 95+ 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 pre-qualifiers second round is being played in three windows: August 2026, November 2026 and February 2027.
The twelve teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The winner of each group advances to the Qualifiers. All other teams will be transferred to the third round.
Teams Entrance/qualification method Team(s) Advanced from First round Eliminated from 2027 World Cup qualification first round
Draw The draw took place on 16 July 2026 in Munich, Germany.
Groups All times are local.
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Third round The pre-qualifiers third round will be played from 24 July to 11 August 2027. Fourteen teams participate: the six teams eliminated from the first round will be joined by the eight teams eliminated from the second round. The teams will play in two groups of four and two groups of three with the four group winners advance to the Qualifiers.
Teams Entrance/qualification method Team(s) Eliminated from the First round Eliminated from the Second round
Groups All times are local.
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Qualifiers The EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers will be played in between 2028 and 2029. 32 teams, including the Eurobasket co-hosts, will be drawn into eight groups by four teams. Three teams from each group will qualify for the Eurobasket 2029. For the groups containing the host teams: Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain. The host and the two other highest placed teams will qualify for the tournament. They will also earn their place in the qualifiers for the 2031 FIBA World Cup, alongside France, who automatically qualified as host.
Teams Entrance / qualification method Team(s) Host nations Pre-Qualifiers Second round TBDTBDTBDTBD Pre-Qualifiers Third round TBDTBDTBDTBD
Qualified teams TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance Host nation 8th 1937 20253 (1937, 1939) TBDTBD 30th 1949 19 (1987, 2005)TBDTBD 16th 1993 16 (2017) TBDTBD 34th 1935 33 TBDTBD
References
External links Qualifiers website Pre-qualifiers website