| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Czech Republic Germany Greece Italy |
| Dates | 18–29 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
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The 2025 European Women 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, Greece and Italy.
Belgium are the defending champions.
Bidding process
- 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.
- 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.
On 7 September 2023, FIBA announced that the Czech Republic (Brno[6]), Germany (Hamburg[7]), Greece (Piraeus) and Italy (Bologna) will host the tournament. Each country will host a group and the final round is scheduled to take place in Piraeus, Greece.[8] Bologna was selected as the host city for Italy on 11 December 2023, while Piraeus was selected to host the final.[9][10]
Qualification
The draw will take place on 19 September 2023. The qualification began in November 2023 and will end in February 2025.[8]
Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Date of qualification | Last appearance | Best placement in tournament | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic | Host nation | 8 September 2023 | 2023 | Champions (2005) | 22 |
 Germany | Third place (1997) | 25 | |||
 Greece | Fourth place (2017) | 18 | |||
 Italy | Champions (1938) | 15 | |||
Venues
The tournament will be played in four venues in four cities. One venue will be used in one country each. The preliminary matches were scheduled to be held in Prague, Hamburg, Bologna and Piraeus. The final round will be played in the Greek port city Piraeus.
- Brno (Czech Republic): Winning Group Arena (Capacity: 7,700)
- Hamburg (Germany): Barclays Arena (Capacity: 16,000)
- Bologna (Italy): Unipol Arena (Capacity: 11,000)
- Piraeus (Greece): Peace and Friendship Stadium (Capacity: 11,640)
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". Federația Română de Baschet (in Romanian). 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". Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ↑ "Nel CF della FIP il progetto di candidatura dell'Italia per uno dei gironi di EuroBasket Women 2025". 15 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ↑ "EuroBasket se vrací do Česka! | CZ.BASKETBALL". cz.basketball.
- ↑ "DBB richtet Vorrunde der Women's EuroBasket 2025 aus". DBB. 7 September 2023.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ https://www.basket.gr/ellinika/eidhseis/i-protathlitria-eyropis-2025-tha-stefthei-st/