EuroBasket 2017 qualification


This article describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2017.

Qualification format

All teams which didn't qualify yet for EuroBasket 2017 were divided into six groups of four teams and one more of three. The winners of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified for the final tournament.
Kosovo made its first international appearance while Albania and Cyprus came back to the competition after absenting from the last edition.
Russian Basketball Federation was suspended by FIBA in July 2015, but later their membership was restored in November 2015.

Seedings

In the qualifying round, 27 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The winners of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified for EuroBasket 2017. The games were played between 31 August and 17 September 2016.
Teams were seeded following the results in the last EuroBasket or qualifiers.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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Groups

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Matches against the fourth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking.

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

;Points
NameGPPPG
Rashaun Broadus519.8
Alex Laurent619.5
Ádám Hanga519.4
João Gomes619.3
Jusuf Nurkić419.3

;Rebounds
NameGPRPG
Jusuf Nurkić414.7
João Gomes610.0
Hlynur Bæringsson68.2
Tornike Shengelia58.0
Zaza Pachulia67.7

;Assists
NameGPAPG
Goran Dragić58.4
George Tsintsadze66.8
Ludvig Håkanson46.0
Maodo Lô65.8
Oleksandr Lypovyy65.3

;Blocks
NameGPBPG
Viacheslav Kravtsov61.7
Kyrylo Fesenko61.5
Timofey Mozgov41.5
Nicholas Spires41.5
Vyacheslav Bobrov61.2

;Steals
NameGPSPG
Retin Obasohan63.0
Rashaun Broadus52.8
Martin Dorbek62.5
Vladimir Dašić62.5
George Tsintsadze62.2
Hristo Zahariev62.2

;Minutes
NameGPMPG
Sasha Vezenkov436.2
Dardan Berisha636.0
Rashaun Broadus535.7
João Gomes634.9
Justin Doellman534.4

Individual game highs

StatisticNameTotalOpponent
Points Ádám Hanga
Rain Veideman
32
Total Rebounds Jusuf Nurkić16
Assists Goran Dragić11
Blocks Kyrylo Fesenko5
Steals George Tsintsadze9
Field goal percentage Gabriel Olaseni100%
2-point field goal percentage Goran Dragić100%
3-point field goal percentage Michael Dixon
János Eilingsfeld
Logi Gunnarsson
Danilo Nikolić
100%
Free throw percentage Bojan Dubljević100%
Turnovers Goran Dragić
Zaza Pachulia
Goran Dragić
Adam Hrycaniuk
7
Minutes

StatisticNameTotalOpponent
Field goals made Alex Laurent13
Field goals attempted Nikola Vučević22
2-point field goals made Danilo Barthel
Maciej Lampe
Alex Laurent
Jonas Bergstedt
10
2-point field goals attempted Nikola Vučević
Jonas Bergstedt
17
3-point field goals made Nikolaos Stylianou8
3-point field goals attempted Mirza Teletović16
Free throws made Haukur Pálsson
Bojan Dubljević
12
Free throws attempted Goran Dragić15
Offensive Rebounds Gasper Vidmar
João Gomes
7
Defensive Rebounds Jusuf Nurkić
Alex Laurent
Gabriel Olaseni
11

Team tournament highs

;Points
TeamGPPPG
693.8
689.3
687.3
685.3
682.5

;Rebounds
TeamGPRPG
449.3
642.2
642.0
641.8
641.7

;Assists
TeamGPAPG
622.0
620.7
420.5
620.0
619.8

;Blocks
TeamGPBPG
65.3
63.2
63.2
63.0
63.0
43.0

;Steals
TeamGPSPG
610.8
69.8
69.5
69.0
68.8
68.8

Team game highs

StatisticTeamTotalOpponent
Points
113
Total Rebounds58
Assists33
Blocked Shots8
Steals20
Field goal percentage65.1%
2-point field goal percentage76.2%
3-point field goal percentage66.7%
Free throws percentage100.0%
Turnovers26

StatisticTeamTotalOpponent
Field goal Made45
Field goal Attempted91
2-point field goal Made35
2-point field goal Attempted
51
3-point field goal Made16
3-point field goal Attempted44
Free throws Made31
Free throws Attempted
38
Offensive Rebounds22
Defensive Rebounds
40