EuroBasket Women 2027 qualification

The EuroBasket Women 2027 qualification will be held from November 2025 to February 2027 to decide the 12 teams to join the co-hosts Belgium, Finland, Sweden and Lithuania. It will feature 38 teams split into two qualification rounds. The four co-hosts will be placed in the same group.^[1]

Format

27 teams will enter in round 1 and be split into six groups of four and one group of three. The top-two of each group and the three-best third-ranked teams will advance to round 2. In round 2 they will be joined by the teams participating at the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. They will be split into six groups of four teams with the top two teams qualifying to the final tournament.^[1]

First round

Matches will be played on 9 to 19 November 2025 and 8 to 18 March 2026, with three matches per window.

Draw

The draw took place on 23 July 2025.^[2]^[3]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 17 July 2025.^[2]

Seed 1
Team	Pos
Serbia	8
Great Britain	20
Slovenia	22
Montenegro	19
Greece	21
Bosnia and Herzegovina	23
Slovakia	28

Seed 2
Team	Pos
Latvia	29
Portugal	40
Croatia	33
Ukraine	35
Poland	43
Switzerland	49
Israel	47

Seed 3
Team	Pos
Luxembourg	50
Netherlands	51
Denmark	55
Bulgaria	58
Romania	60
Iceland	62
Norway	67

Seed 4
Team	Pos
Estonia	69
North Macedonia	74
Cyprus	78
Austria	80
Ireland	81
Azerbaijan	103

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking
4	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
3	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round, depends on ranking

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Matches against the fourth-placed team in Groups A to F are not included in this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	B	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	E	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	F	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	G	G3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Second round

Matches will be played on 8 to 18 November 2026 and 7 to 17 February 2027, with three matches per window.

Teams

Entrance/qualification method	Team(s)
Advanced from First round
Participating at the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments	Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Italy Spain Turkey

Groups

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Last appearance	Best placement in tournament
Finland	Host nation	24 November 2023	1987	Eleventh place (1952, 1956)
Lithuania		24 November 2023	2025	Champions (1997)
Belgium		28 November 2024	2025	Champions (2023, 2025)
Sweden		28 November 2024	2025	Sixth place (2019)

Group H

The four hosts are placed into one group and the results do not count into the qualifying process. Matches will be played in November 2025, November 2026 and February 2027, two matches in each window.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

References

^ ^a ^b "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers competition system explained". fiba.basketball. 15 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Seeds confirmed for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers First Round Draw". fiba.basketball. 17 July 2025.
^ "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers First Round Draw complete". fiba.basketball. 23 July 2025.

External links

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