FIBA EuroBasket 2009 qualification


This page describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2009.

Qualified teams

Eight teams have secured their places at the EuroBasket 2009 before the qualifications. Seven teams have qualified through the Qualifying Round, and one more team has qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round.
Qualified as the host nation:
Qualified through the participation at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualified through the participation at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008
Qualified through the Qualifying Round
Qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round
The Qualifying Round was held from 20 August to 20 September 2008. The draw for the Qualifying Round was held on 16 February 2008 in Venice, Italy. There were four groups, one group of five teams and three groups of four teams. The first team from each group and the three best second placed teams have qualified for EuroBasket 2009. The qualified teams were: Bulgaria, Great Britain, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.
The best six of the remaining teams then went to the Additional Qualifying Round, which has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009, shortly before the start of the Final Round. The teams qualified for the Additional Qualifying Round were: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Italy and Portugal. These six teams were divided in two groups of three teams each. After that, the winners of the groups, Belgium and France, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with France winning the two-leg match.
The last four teams have played in the Relegation Round, which was held from 5 to 20 August 2009. The teams qualified for the Relegation Round were: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Ukraine. The bottom two of these four teams, Czech Republic and Estonia, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The two teams on top of the group, Hungary and Ukraine, have stayed in EuroBasket Division A.
The draw for the groups of the Final Round as well as for the order of the games of the Additional Qualifying Round and the Relegation Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008.
EuroBasket 2009 was held from 7 to 20 September 2009.

Qualifying round

Draw seedings

Qualification groups

The draw for the Qualifying Round was held on 16 February 2008 in Venice, Italy.
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

































Group A

TeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1571663524+139
1244670639+31
1244574590−16
1135613655−42
1026552664−112

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Group B

TeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1042495443+52
1042492446+46
933395460−65
715434467−33

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Group C

TeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1260487407+80
933460446+14
824403430−27
715417484−67

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Group D

TeamPtsWLPFPADiff
1042504482+22
933515491+24
933465470−5
824432473−41

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Best group runners-up

Teams were ranked by basis of winning percentage, then goal efficiency or goal average.
Qualified for the Final Tournament
Qualified for the Additional Qualifying Round

Grp.TeamWLPFPADiff.PCTTie
B42492446+46.667
D33515491+24.5001.0489
A44670639+31.5001.0485
C33460446+14.5001.0313

Additional qualifying round

The draw for the groups of the Additional Qualifying Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008. Six teams have been divided in two groups of three teams each. The winners of these groups, Belgium and France, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with France earning the spot at the end. The Additional Qualifying Round has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009.

Draw seedings

Group A

TeamPtsWLPFPADiffTie
731303277+261–1, 1.112
73129629601–1, 0.899
404233259−26

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Group B

TeamPtsWLPFPADiff
731316287+29
622319321−2
513304331−27

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Additional qualifying round play-off

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Relegation round

The draw for the order of the games of the Relegation Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008. Four teams have played home and away matches in a round-robin tournament. At the end, the two teams topping the group, Hungary and Ukraine, have stayed in Division A and the two teams at the bottom, Czech Republic and Estonia, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The Relegation Round was held from 5 to 20 August 2009.

Group C

TeamPtsWLPFPADiffTie
1042435394+411–1, 1.104
1042436437−11–1, 0.906
933412404+8
715383431−48

Note: All times are local
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