EuroBasket 2015 qualification
This article describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2015.
Qualification format
In the first qualifying round, 13 teams which didn't qualify for EuroBasket 2013 have been divided into four groups. The winners of each group advance to the knockout stage, composed by two semifinals and one final series under a home-and-away format.The champion of the first qualifying round qualifies directly for EuroBasket 2015, while the rest of the teams join 14 EuroBasket 2013 teams which did not qualify directly for the 2015 edition in the second qualifying round.
First round
13 teams played in the first qualifying round during the middle of 2013.Denmark made a comeback to the competition since 2010, while Azerbaijan, Albania and Cyprus did not take part in this edition after playing in the qualifying round in 2012.
Seedings
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Group stage
All times are local.Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
First leg
----Second leg
----Final
First leg
Second leg
Second round
Seedings
In the second qualifying round, 26 teams were drawn into five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The winners of each group and the six best second-placed teams qualified for EuroBasket 2015. The games were played between 10 August and 27 August 2014.Team secured a place in the EuroBasket 2015 |
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Ranking of second-placed teams
The six best second-placed teams from the groups qualified directly for the tournament. In order to determine them, the results from the games against the fourth-placed teams in each of the groups of four teams were removed from the ranking process.Team | W | L | PF | PA | G.AVG |
3 | 1 | 289 | 272 | 1.062 | |
2 | 2 | 313 | 268 | 1.167 | |
2 | 2 | 308 | 289 | 1.065 | |
2 | 2 | 286 | 289 | 0.989 | |
2 | 2 | 282 | 286 | 0.986 | |
2 | 2 | 250 | 264 | 0.946 | |
2 | 2 | 300 | 328 | 0.914 |