EuroBasket 2017

FIBA EuroBasket 2017
40th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Romania
 Finland
 Israel
 Turkey
Dates 31 August – 17 September
Teams 24 (from 49 federations)
Venues 5 (in 4 host cities)
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The EuroBasket 2017 will be the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that is organized by FIBA Europe. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships will take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1]

Host selection

Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country.[2] Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland (possible joint bid),[3][4] Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, and Bulgaria (possible joint bid),[5] United Kingdom,[6][7] Israel,[8] Poland,[9] Slovenia,[10] Belgium.[11]

On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations have applied to organise the EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.[12]

On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.[13]

Possible suspension of 14 Federations

Due to the support of the National Federations and Leagues to the Euroleague Basketball, instead of the newly created Basketball Champions League organised by FIBA, on 15 April 2016, FIBA is threatening to suspended 14 federations from Eurobasket 2017. Notified national organisations are given 5 days period, till 20 April 2016, to explain their stance on developing situation.[14][15][16] These federations are:

Venues

Istanbul
Istanbul
Helsinki
Tel Aviv
Cluj-Napoca
EuroBasket 2017 (Europe)
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,000
Istanbul
Abdi İpekçi Arena
Capacity: 12,270
Helsinki Tel Aviv Cluj-Napoca
Hartwall Arena Menora Mivtachim Arena Polyvalent Hall
Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 11,768 Capacity: 7,308

Format

A number of 24 qualified teams will play in groups of six; the four best teams in these groups advancing to a single-elimination knockout stage.[17]

Qualification

Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants and the host teams all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2017 Final Round.

The remaining teams will join the qualification from 31 August to 17 September 2016 for 11 places.[18]

Team Qualification Date of qualification Appearance Last appearance
 Turkey Host country December 11, 2015 23 2015
 Romania Host country December 11, 2015 18 1987
 Finland Host country December 11, 2015 14 2015
 Israel Host country December 11, 2015 29 2015
 Spain 1st in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 31 2015
 Lithuania 2nd in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 14 2015
 France 3rd in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 38 2015
 Serbia 4th in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 12 2015
 Greece 5th in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 26 2015
 Italy 6th in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 37 2015
 Czech Republic 7th in EuroBasket 2015 September 20, 2015 5 2015
 Latvia 8th in EuroBasket 2015 January 20, 2016 14 2015
 Croatia 9th in EuroBasket 2015 January 20, 2016 13 2015

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