EuroBasket, also called the European Basketball Championship, is the main international tournament for the senior men's national basketball teams of Europe. FIBA Europe, the continental zone of the International Basketball Federation, organises it, and it was first held in Switzerland in 1935, is now played every four years, and its 1941 edition was cancelled because of the Second World War. The Soviet Union holds the record with fourteen gold medals, while Yugoslavia, Spain, Greece, Lithuania, Italy, France, Slovenia and Germany have also won titles. Today 24 national teams reach the final tournament through qualifiers, play a group round, and then enter a single-elimination knockout stage with a bronze medal game. Germany won the 2025 title.
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Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined.
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is the main international basketball competition for the senior men's national teams of primarily European countries
Lead, frequency
It is held every four years and organised by FIBA Europe
Lead, first edition
The competition was first held in 1935.
Competition format, preliminary round
The twenty-four qualified teams are placed into four groups of six, and each group plays a round-robin tournament.
Competition format, knockout stage
The knockout stage is a 16-team single-elimination tournament
Qualification
24 European teams take part in the final competition.
History, beginning
Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined.
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is the main international basketball competition for the senior men's national teams of primarily European countries
Governs: FIBA (International Basketball Federation), Lead, organiser
organised by FIBA Europe, the European zone of FIBA, the International Basketball Federation
View the SourceNenad Krstić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, National team career, EuroBasketQuote, Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, National team career, EuroBasket
EuroBasket 2009, where he won the silver medal
Bobby Dixon (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bobby Dixon, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Bobby Dixon, National team career
he played at the EuroBasket 2015
Lucca Staiger (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lucca Staiger, College career, EuroBasket 2009Quote, Competitors Include: Lucca Staiger, College career, EuroBasket 2009
Staiger competed with the senior German national basketball team for the first time at EuroBasket 2009
Andrei Kirilenko (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andrei Kirilenko, Lead, national team, EuroBasketQuote, Competitors Include: Andrei Kirilenko, Lead, national team, EuroBasket
won the EuroBasket title in 2007, earning MVP honors in the process
Chris Welp (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Welp, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Chris Welp, National team career
Welp won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1993
Uwe Blab (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Uwe Blab, National team career, EuroBasket 1983Quote, Competitors Include: Uwe Blab, National team career, EuroBasket 1983
Blab was first selected to the West Germany national team for the EuroBasket in 1983.
Nikita Kurbanov (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nikita Kurbanov, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Nikita Kurbanov, National team career
He has also played with the senior Russian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2009, the EuroBasket 2015, and the EuroBasket 2017.
Germany men's national basketball team (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Germany men's national basketball team, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Germany men's national basketball team, Lead
competing in 26 appearances at the EuroBasket
Robin Benzing (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Robin Benzing, German national team, EuroBasket 2009Quote, Competitors Include: Robin Benzing, German national team, EuroBasket 2009
In 2009, he made his debut for the senior Germany national basketball team in the EuroBasket 2009.
Ivica Žurić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Croatian national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Croatian national team
the bronze medal at the 1993 EuroBasket
Nikola Lončar (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, National team career, European championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, National team career, European championship
two FIBA European Championship medals (gold in 1997 and bronze in 1999)
Đorđe Gagić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Đorđe Gagić, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Đorđe Gagić, National team career
Gagić represented Serbian national team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia.
Henning Harnisch (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Henning Harnisch, National team career, EuroBasketQuote, Competitors Include: Henning Harnisch, National team career, EuroBasket
He was a member of the team that won Germany's first gold medal, at the 1993 EuroBasket.
Nikita Morgunov (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nikita Morgunov, National team career, EuroBasketQuote, Competitors Include: Nikita Morgunov, National team career, EuroBasket
won the gold medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 2007
Alexander Kühl (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alexander Kühl, International careerQuote, Competitors Include: Alexander Kühl, International career
part of the team which played in the EuroBasket 1997 tournament in Barcelona
Hansi Gnad (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hansi Gnad, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Hansi Gnad, National team career
helped lead the German squad to win the gold medal at the 1993 EuroBasket
Maciej Zieliński (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Maciej Zieliński (basketball), LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Maciej Zieliński (basketball), Lead
With the national team he participated at EuroBasket 1991 and EuroBasket 1997
José Miguel Antúnez (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: José Miguel Antúnez, Spain national teamQuote, Competitors Include: José Miguel Antúnez, Spain national team
They won a bronze medal at the 1991 EuroBasket.
Kęstutis Šeštokas (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Kęstutis Šeštokas, Achievements, national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Kęstutis Šeštokas, Achievements, national team
1997 member of the Lithuanian squad at EuroBasket 1997
Maik Zirbes (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Maik Zirbes, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Maik Zirbes, National team career
In 2013, Zirbes was a member of Germany's roster at the 2013 EuroBasket
Milenko Tepić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Milenko Tepić, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Milenko Tepić, National team career
played at the EuroBasket 2007
Raško Katić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Raško Katić, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Raško Katić, National team career
represented the Serbia men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013
Ivan Paunić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ivan Paunić, Competition as statedQuote, Competitors Include: Ivan Paunić, Competition as stated
competed at the EuroBasket 2009 in Poland and won the silver medal
Hedo Türkoğlu (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hedo Türkoğlu, International careerQuote, Competitors Include: Hedo Türkoğlu, International career
Türkoğlu was a member of the Turkish national team which won a silver medal at EuroBasket 2001.
Rimantas Kaukėnas (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Rimantas Kaukėnas, List mentionsQuote, Competitors Include: Rimantas Kaukėnas, List mentions
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket)
Patrick Femerling (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, German national teamQuote, Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, German national team
the silver medal at the 2005 FIBA European Championship
Marko Pešić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marko Pešić, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Marko Pešić, National team career
Pešić won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro
Zack Wright (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Zack Wright, National team careerQuote, Competitors Include: Zack Wright, National team career
He played with the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013.
Steffen Hamann (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, National team career, EuroBasketsQuote, Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, National team career, EuroBaskets
He played at the 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011 EuroBaskets
Krešimir Lončar (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Krešimir Lončar, Croatian national team, EuroBasket 2009Quote, Competitors Include: Krešimir Lončar, Croatian national team, EuroBasket 2009
and the Eurobasket 2009 in Poland
Dimos Dikoudis (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Dimos Dikoudis, National team career, EuroBasketQuote, Competitors Include: Dimos Dikoudis, National team career, EuroBasket
he won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket
Tim Ohlbrecht (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tim Ohlbrecht, Lead, European ChampionshipsQuote, Competitors Include: Tim Ohlbrecht, Lead, European Championships
the European Championships in 2009 and 2011
Olympedia: Sven Schultze
OlympediaCompetitors Include: Sven Schultze, List mentionsQuote, Competitors Include: Sven Schultze, List mentions
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket)
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