# 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)

The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Europe region, began in February 2024 and will conclude in March 2027. The process will determine the twelve teams that will qualify for the 2027 FIBA World Cup.

## Format

FIBA Europe will be allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total, 42 FIBA Europe teams will take part in the qualification process. The qualification will consist of the following stages:
* Pre-qualifiers
** First round: Eight teams (plus entrants Armenia and Azerbaijan) that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers took part. Four teams advanced to the second round.
** Second round: The four teams that advanced from the previous round will be joined by the eight teams that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Eight teams will advance to the qualifiers.
* Qualifiers
** First round: 24 teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2025 and eight teams that advanced from the pre-qualifiers will be organized into eight groups of four. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the second round.
** Second round: The top 24 teams from the first round will be organised into four groups of six, with results carried over from the first round. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the World Cup.

## Pre-qualifiers
### First round

The first round was contested between teams that did not participate in the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Armenia made their second appearance in World Cup qualification, while Azerbaijan made their debut.
The ten participating nations were sorted into three groups. Group A contained four teams, while Groups B and C included three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system. Four teams in total – the three group winners plus the best ranked second placed team across all groups – advanced to the Second round. The other six teams were eliminated.

#### Draw

The draw took place on 8 August 2023 in Munich.

##### Seeding

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Ranking of 27 February 2023.
Seed 1 :
| Seed 1 TeamPos  Romania57  Switzerland58  Austria63 | Seed 2 TeamPos  Luxembourg77  Kosovo80  Armenia87 | Seed 3 TeamPos  Norway93  Ireland96  Albania100 | Seed 4 TeamPos  Azerbaijan113 |

#### Groups
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 484 | 341 | +143 | 12 | Second round |
| 2 | Ireland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 454 | 470 | −16 | 9 | |
| 3 | Kosovo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 442 | 489 | −47 | 8 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 1 | 5 | 405 | 485 | −80 | 7 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 316 | 287 | +29 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | Norway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 277 | −4 | 6 | Second round |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 271 | 296 | −25 | 5 | |

##### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 401 | 312 | +89 | 7 | Second round |
| 2 | Armenia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 346 | 384 | −38 | 6 | |
| 3 | Albania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 290 | 341 | −51 | 5 | |

#### Ranking of second-placed teams

Matches against the fourth-placed team in Group A are not included in this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Norway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 277 | −4 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | C | Armenia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 346 | 384 | −38 | 6 | |
| 3 | A | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 284 | 339 | −55 | 5 | |

### Second round

The four teams that advanced from the previous round will be joined by the eight teams that were eliminated from the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Those twelve teams will be placed into four groups with three teams each. Each group will be formed by one team that advanced from the first round, and two last placed finishers from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers. Each team will play the other teams in its group in home and away games in a round robin system. The two top-ranked teams from each group (eight teams in total) will advance to the Qualifiers. This round will be played in the Summer of 2025.

#### Teams

| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| Advanced from First round | Austria Norway Romania Switzerland |
| Eliminated from EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers | Bulgaria Croatia Denmark Hungary North Macedonia Netherlands Slovakia Ukraine |

#### Draw

The draw took place on 14 March 2025 in Mies.

##### Seeding

The seeding was based on the FIBA World Ranking of 25 February 2025.
Seed 1 :
| Seed 1 TeamPos  Croatia32  Ukraine38  Hungary44  Bulgaria46 | Seed 2 TeamPos  Netherlands54  North Macedonia58  Denmark59  Slovakia60 | Seed 3 TeamPos  Switzerland62  Romania64  Austria67  Norway77 |

#### Groups
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

##### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

##### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 3 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Qualifiers
### Entrants

The 32 teams including 24 teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2025 and the 8 teams from the pre-qualifiers will participate in the first round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup European qualifiers.
| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| Advanced from Second round (8) | |
| EuroBasket 2025 Hosts (4) | Cyprus Finland Latvia Poland |
| EuroBasket 2025 Qualifers (20) | Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Estonia France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Iceland Israel Italy Lithuania Montenegro Portugal Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey |