EuroBasket 2021 qualification

The EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers started in 2017.

Pre-Qualifiers

The EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers will be played by 17 teams over three rounds. The best 8 teams will advance to the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers.

First round

The pre-qualifiers first round was played by 9 teams: 5 did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round, and 3 teams that did not participate in it.

The winner of each group and the best runner-up team qualified for the second round, that gives the option to qualify directly to the EuroBasket qualifiers.[1] The other five teams were dropped to the third round, joining the teams that did not advance to the EuroBasket qualifiers from the second round.[2]

Seeding

Pot 1
Team
 Slovakia
 Albania
 Cyprus
Pot 2
Team
 Macedonia
 Armenia
 Portugal
Pot 3
Team
  Switzerland
 Denmark
 Luxembourg

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Macedonia 4 3 1 323 293 +30 7 Advance to the second round
2   Switzerland 4 2 2 319 330 −11 6 Transfer to the third round
3  Slovakia 4 1 3 308 327 −19 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 4 0 336 282 +54 8 Advance to the second round
2  Armenia 4 2 2 299 296 +3 6 Withdrew after the first round
3  Albania 4 0 4 275 332 −57 4 Transfer to the third round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 3 1 314 276 +38 7 Advance to the second round
2  Cyprus 4 2 2 276 285 −9 6
3  Luxembourg 4 1 3 285 314 −29 5 Transfer to the third round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B  Armenia[lower-alpha 1] 4 2 2 299 296 +3 6 Withdrew after the first round
2 C  Cyprus 4 2 2 276 285 −9 6 Advance to the second round
3 A   Switzerland 4 2 2 319 330 −11 6 Transfer to the third round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Armenia withdrew because of financal concerns.[3]

Second round

The second round will be played by 12 teams: the 4 teams qualified from the first round, and the 8 teams eliminated from the first round of the 2019 World Cup qualification.

Teams were be divided into four groups of three teams, where the four group winners will qualify to the EuroBasket qualifiers. Groups were set on 16 January 2018 in Freising, Germany.[4]

Cyprus replaced Armenia, who withdrew, citing financial concerns.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 2 2 0 174 166 +8 4 Qualification to the EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Belarus 1 0 1 94 98 −4 1 Advance to the third round
3  Sweden 1 0 1 72 76 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Macedonia 2 2 0 166 149 +17 4 Qualification to the EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Kosovo 1 0 1 73 76 −3 1 Advance to the third round
3  Romania 1 0 1 76 90 −14 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FIBA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 2 1 1 145 143 +2 3 Qualification to the EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Belgium 1 1 0 66 65 +1 2 Advance to the third round
3  Iceland 1 0 1 77 80 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FIBA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 1 1 0 72 69 +3 2 Qualification to the EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Cyprus 1 0 1 69 72 −3 1 Advance to the third round
3  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2018. Source: FIBA

Third round

The third round will be joined by four teams eliminated in the first round and the eight teams that played the second round and did not advance to the EuroBasket qualifiers. Only four teams will join the EuroBasket qualifiers. This round will be played in the August 2019.

Qualified teams

Qualifiers

Teams qualified from the second round and the rest of the teams will join this round and will be divided into eight groups of four teams, where the three first qualified of each one will join the main round.

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers field complete". FIBA. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Road to World Cup 2019 and EuroBasket 2021" (PDF). FIBA. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Cyprus to replace Armenia in FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". fiba.basketball. 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Second Round placeholders drawn". FIBA. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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