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The 2025 FIBA Women’s European Basketball Championship is a continental tournament organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) featuring national women’s teams from Europe. The 2025 edition, held from 18 to 29 June, is the 40th Women’s European Basketball Championship under this format.
Groups of the 2025 FIBA Women’s European Basketball Championship – (Anadolu Ajansı)
The tournament also serves as a direct qualifier for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup and the associated qualifying events. The top five teams at EuroBasket 2025 will earn the right to participate in these qualifiers. Since Germany is the host of the 2026 World Cup, if it finishes in the top six, the seventh-placed team will also qualify for the qualifiers.
The 2025 tournament is the first in the history of the FIBA Women’s European Basketball Championship to be jointly hosted by four different countries. The host nations are Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Greece. Group stage matches are being held in Hamburg, Germany; Brno, Czech Republic; Bologna, Italy; and Piraeus, Greece. After the group stage, all subsequent matches will be played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.
A total of 16 teams have qualified and are divided into four groups. In the group stage, each team plays once against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams from each group advance directly to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, teams from Group A and Group B face off against teams from Group C and Group D in cross-matches. The winners of the quarterfinals proceed to the semifinals, while the losers compete in classification matches for fifth and seventh place. The top six teams qualify for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifiers.
The tournament began on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and will conclude with the final match on Sunday, 29 June 2025. The group stage will take place from 18 to 22 June, the quarterfinals on 24–25 June, and the semifinals and classification matches on 27 June. The final, third-place, fifth-place and seventh-place games will be played on 29 June.
Türkiye vs France in the opening match of Group A at the 2025 FIBA European Championship, 18 June 2025 – (Anadolu Ajansı)
The 16 teams participating in the championship are: Türkiye, France, Greece, Switzerland, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy, Lithuania, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Portugal, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and Spain.
The teams have been divided into four groups as follows:
Of the 16 nations competing, only Spain (4), France (2), Serbia (2), Russia (3), Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Italy have previously won gold medals in this championship. The country with the most titles is the Soviet Union, with 21 victories.
Group A matches are being held in Piraeus, Greece. The teams in this group are France, Türkiye, Greece and Switzerland. The opening match of the tournament took place on 18 June 2025 between Türkiye and France, with Türkiye losing 71–69. Türkiye will play Switzerland on 19 June and host nation Greece on 21 June in their remaining group matches. Switzerland is participating in the tournament for the first time in 70 years. Gabby Williams is not part of the French squad. Greece is competing as the host nation in the group stage.
Türkiye vs France in the opening match of Group A at the 2025 FIBA European Championship, 18 June 2025 – (Anadolu Ajansı)
The PalaDozza arena in Bologna is the venue for Group B matches. The group includes Slovenia, Serbia, Italy and Lithuania. Serbia’s roster features Yvonne Anderson and Jovana Nogic. Italy’s roster includes Cecilia Zandalasini and Lorela Cubaj. Slovenia’s roster features Teja Oblak. Lithuania is returning to the tournament for the first time since 2015. The squad includes Juste Jocyte and Laura Juskaite.
Group C matches are being held in Brno, Czech Republic. The group features Belgium, the Czech Republic, Montenegro and Portugal. Belgium is the reigning champion of the 2023 tournament and includes Emma Meesseman in its roster. The Czech Republic is competing as host nation and features Veronika Voráčková and Tereza Vyoralová in its squad. Portugal is participating in the tournament for the first time, with Marcia Da Costa and Sofia Silva in its roster.
The Inselpark Arena in Hamburg will host Group D matches. The group includes Germany, Spain, Sweden and Great Britain. Spain’s roster features Awa Fam, Iyana Martin and Raquel Carrera. Germany’s roster includes Leonie Fiebich. Klara Lundquist plays for Sweden, and Temi Fagbenle represents Great Britain.
The 2025 FIBA Women's European Basketball Championship began on 18 June with the participation of 16 countries. Group stage matches are being held in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Greece. The final stage is scheduled to take place on 29 June at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus.
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