EuroBasket Women 2025

EuroBasket Women 2025
Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic; Germany; Italy; Greece
Dates	18–29 June
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
	← 2023 2027 →

The 2025 Women's European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2025, is the 40th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. It will be held in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Greece from 18 to 29 June 2025. This will be the first FIBA Women's EuroBasket to be hosted by four countries.

The top six teams will qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup joining Germany who automatically qualified as host.

Belgium are the defending champions.

Bidding process

Romania – In March 2023, the president of the Romanian Basketball Federation, Carmen Tocală, said that they intend to apply to host Group games in a new 5,000 capacity multi-complex arena in Constanța. This would be their third time hosting, after 1966 and 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Italy – On 14 July, the Italian Basketball Federation announced that they would bid for the hosting rights. This would be their eighth time hosting, after 1938, 1968, 1974, 1981, 1985, 1993 and 2007.^[4]^[5]

On 7 September 2023, FIBA announced that the Czech Republic (Brno^[6]), Germany (Hamburg^[7]), Greece (Piraeus)^[8] and Italy (unknown city) will host the tournament. Each country will host a group and the final round is scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece.^[9] Bologna was selected as the host city for Italy on 11 December 2023, while on the same day, the final round was relocated from Athens to Piraeus.^[10]^[11]

Qualification

The draw will take place on 19 September 2023. The qualification began in November 2023 and will end in February 2025.^[9]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	First appearance	Last appearance	Best placement in tournament	WR
Czech Republic	Host nation	8 September 2023	1995	2023	Champions (2005)	21
Germany			1954		Third place (1997)	13
Greece			2001		Fourth place (2017)	18
Italy			1938		Champions (1938)	16
Sweden	Group D winner	10 November 2024	1978	2021	Sixth place (2019)	27
Turkey	Group F winner	10 November 2024	2005	2023	Runners-up (2011)	17

Venues

The tournament will be played in four venues in four cities. One venue will be used in one country each. The preliminary matches are scheduled to be held in Brno, Hamburg, Bologna and Piraeus. The final round was to be played in the Greek capital, Athens, but was changed to the port city, Piraeus, instead.

Brno (Czech Republic): Sportovní hala Vodova (Capacity: 3,000)^[12]^[13]
Hamburg (Germany): Edel-optics.de Arena (Capacity: 3,400)^[14]
Bologna (Italy): PalaDozza^[15] (Capacity: 5,570)
Piraeus (Greece): Peace and Friendship Stadium (Capacity: 11,640)

Draw

The draw will take place in 8 March 2025 in Piraeus, Greece.^[16] Before the draw, in May 2024, the allocation of the groups were announced:

Group A will play in Piraeus, Greece.
Group B will play in Bologna, Italy.
Group C will play in Brno, Czech Republic.
Group D will play in Hamburg, Germany.

Marketing

The official logo was revealed on 8 March 2024 to mark International Women's Day.^[17]

References

^ "Women's basketball: Romania to apply for the organization of EuroBasket 2025". Știri pe surse. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Constanța va intra în cursa pentru organizarea FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025" (in Romanian). Romanian Basketball Federation. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Constanța vrea să găzduiască meciurile din cadrul FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 / 'Ne putem ridica la cerințele și nivelul unui astfel de eveniment european'". G4Media.ro. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ Cacciuni, Mimmo (14 July 2023). "Consiglio Federale. Playoff scudetto, ammissione campionati 2023-24, candidatura EuroBasket Women 2025". FIP. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Nel CF della FIP il progetto di candidatura dell'Italia per uno dei gironi di EuroBasket Women 2025". sporteconomy.it. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "EuroBasket se vrací do Česka!". cz.basketball. 7 September 2023.
^ "DBB richtet Vorrunde der Women's EuroBasket 2025 aus". DBB. 7 September 2023.
^ "Η Ελλάδα θα διεκδικήσει το Eurobasket Γυναικών 2025 και θα φιλοξενήσει την γιορτή για τα 90 χρόνια της FIBA". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Four co-hosts named for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025". 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 champions to be crowned at iconic Peace and Friendship Stadium". 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ Gialleli, Sofia (11 December 2023). "Η πρωταθλήτρια Ευρώπης 2025 θα στεφθεί στο ΣΕΦ (pics)".
^ "Ve sportovním areálu na Vodově začíná výstavba třetí haly pro míčové sporty". Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Brno předvedlo Vodovu a hotely | CZ.BASKETBALL". cz.basketball. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Fiba-Entscheidung: Basketball-EM der Frauen 2025 auch in Deutschland". Sportschau (in German). 7 September 2023.
^ Parasiliti, Daniele (14 December 2023). "Basket, Datome: "Valutiamo positivamente la proposta di candidatura per il Mondiale del 2031"". SPORTFACE.IT. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Early allocation of groups approved for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025". FIBA. 28 May 2024.
^ "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 logo unveiled". FIBA. 8 March 2024.

[1] "Women's basketball: Romania to apply for the organization of EuroBasket 2025". Știri pe surse. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[2] "Constanța va intra în cursa pentru organizarea FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025" (in Romanian). Romanian Basketball Federation. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[3] "Constanța vrea să găzduiască meciurile din cadrul FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 / 'Ne putem ridica la cerințele și nivelul unui astfel de eveniment european'". G4Media.ro. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[4] Cacciuni, Mimmo (14 July 2023). "Consiglio Federale. Playoff scudetto, ammissione campionati 2023-24, candidatura EuroBasket Women 2025". FIP. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[5] "Nel CF della FIP il progetto di candidatura dell'Italia per uno dei gironi di EuroBasket Women 2025". sporteconomy.it. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[6] "EuroBasket se vrací do Česka!". cz.basketball. 7 September 2023.

[7] "DBB richtet Vorrunde der Women's EuroBasket 2025 aus". DBB. 7 September 2023.

[8] "Η Ελλάδα θα διεκδικήσει το Eurobasket Γυναικών 2025 και θα φιλοξενήσει την γιορτή για τα 90 χρόνια της FIBA". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[Host-9] "Four co-hosts named for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025". 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[10] "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 champions to be crowned at iconic Peace and Friendship Stadium". 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[11] Gialleli, Sofia (11 December 2023). "Η πρωταθλήτρια Ευρώπης 2025 θα στεφθεί στο ΣΕΦ (pics)".

[12] "Ve sportovním areálu na Vodově začíná výstavba třetí haly pro míčové sporty". Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[13] "Brno předvedlo Vodovu a hotely | CZ.BASKETBALL". cz.basketball. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[14] "Fiba-Entscheidung: Basketball-EM der Frauen 2025 auch in Deutschland". Sportschau (in German). 7 September 2023.

[15] Parasiliti, Daniele (14 December 2023). "Basket, Datome: "Valutiamo positivamente la proposta di candidatura per il Mondiale del 2031"". SPORTFACE.IT. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[16] "Early allocation of groups approved for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025". FIBA. 28 May 2024.

[17] "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 logo unveiled". FIBA. 8 March 2024.

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