The 2025 Women's European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2025, was the 40th edition of the biannual continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. It was held in Czechia, Germany, Italy and Greece from 18 to 29 June 2025. This was the first FIBA Women's EuroBasket to be hosted by four countries, copying the hosting format used for the men's EuroBasket since 2015. The tournament involved 16 teams, with the four co-hosts qualifying automatically. Portugal made their debut while Switzerland returned after 69 years.
The winner qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and the top five teams (including the winner) will qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments for the 2026 World Cup. Germany (as host) and Czechia (as winner of a Pre-Qualifying Tournament) had already qualified for the qualifying tournaments and should one or both of these teams finish in the qualifying positions, the next-best team(s) qualified instead.
Belgium were the defending champions. The Belgians would go undefeated and successfully defend their title with a 67–65 win over Spain, despite being down by 12 points with three minutes left. Belgium became the third country after Soviet Union and Spain to defend their title. Emma Meesseman won her second MVP award in a row, becoming the first player to win it twice. Mariona Ortiz received the best defensive player award while Justė Jocytė won the rising star award, given to the best young player.
The tournament broke many records on and off the court and was deemed a big success by FIBA Europe. This edition broke the attendance record with 92,851 fans at games. This edition also broke the single game attendance record for the 21st century as Greece's do or die game against Turkey in Piraeus would garner 10,503 spectators, breaking the record previously held by the quarterfinal game between Russia vs Latvia in 2009. On the field, Italy won their first medal the 30 years while Germany and Slovenia achieved their best ever result with fifth and ninth respectively. France's win 111–37 over Switzerland was the biggest winning margin in 49 years.
Bidding process The following countries applied: – Czechia decided to file a late bid for the event after discussions with the Italian and German federations. Their host city is Brno. Czechia hosted the tournament in 1995 and 2017.
– Germany is vying to host the EuroBasket Women for the first time ever, with Hamburg as their host city. Despite Germany never hosting the EuroBasket Women, Germany have hosted the men's EuroBasket five times and will host the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
– In December 2021, the Greek federation announced their intent to bid for the hosting rights after a meeting with Andreas Zagklis. This would be their second time hosting, having held it in 2003.
– 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.
– 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 7 September 2023, FIBA announced that the Czechia (Brno), Germany (Hamburg), Greece (Piraeus) and Italy (unknown city) will host the tournament. Each country will host a group and the final round is scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece. Bologna was selected as the host city for Italy on 11 December 2023, while on the same day, the final round was relocated from Athens to Piraeus.
Qualification
32 teams took part in qualification, while the four co-hosts played in a separate group for preparation reasons. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, with the eight group winners plus the four best second place teams qualifying. The draw took place on 19 September 2023 in Munich, Germany. Qualification began on 9 November 2023 and ended on 9 February 2025.
Of the sixteen qualified teams, 12 were present in the previous edition. Portugal made their debut at this edition, marking the first time since EuroBasket Women 2017 that a team debuted at the tournament. Regarding the returnees, Switzerland qualified for the first time ever and will return after a 69 year absence, breaking the record for the longest time between edition appearances. Lithuania comes back after failing to qualify since 2015, while Sweden returns after missing out on 2023. Both Lithuania and Sweden, alongside defending champions Belgium, will all co-host the 2027 edition, with Finland being the only co-host not to qualify.
The most notable absentee is Hungary, who placed fourth in 2023 and narrowly missed out in the 2024 Olympics, Hungary's failure to qualify marks the fourth time in a row that the fourth place team from the previous tournament fails to make the next edition. Slovakia, who were present at the last two editions in 2021 and 2023 also failed to qualify. Latvia, plus 2023 co-host Israel, also failed to advance after taking part in the 2023 competition.
Montenegro, Slovenia and Turkey all continue their perfect record of qualifying for every tournament since their debut. The first teams to qualify were Sweden and Turkey, who both qualified in November 2024.
As of 2027, this the last time Switzerland qualified and the last time Finland failed to qualify.
Qualified teams Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament WR Host nation 16th 1995 2023 16 21 17th 1954 2 13 11th 2001 2 18 35th 1938 7 16 Group D winner 9th 1978 2021 1 27 Group F winner 11th 2005 2023 11 17 Group E winner 35th 1938 14 3 Group A winner 23th 1974 13 5 Group G winner 11th 2003 7 9 Group C winner 15th 1950 5 6 Four best runners up 6th 2011 2 23 Four best runners up 12th 1938 2015 1 45 Group H winner 8th 2011 2023 8 22 Four best runners up 1st Debut 46 Group B winner 5th 2017 2023 5 25 Four best runners up 5th 1938 1956 1 65
Venues The tournament's four cities are Bologna, Brno, Hamburg and Piraeus. Brno was the only venue to undergo renovations for the tournament. Each city is scheduled to organise one group, with the final round was to be played in Piraeus. This is Germany's first time hosting the event and the second, third and eighth to be hosted in Greece, Czechia and Italy respectively.
In Czechia, the Sportovní hala Vodova was used for the event. The venue previously hosted the 1998 Men's World Floorball Championships, 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women and in the near future, the 2025 Women's World Floorball Championships. The venue has also hosted numerous basketball, floorball, handball and volleyball youth championships. The facility is also used for KP Brno and Žabiny Brno in the EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women.
In Germany, the Inselpark Arena held games for the competition. The venue is home to the Hamburg Towers and has organised the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and some editions of the invitational basketball tournament, the Basketball Supercup.
In Italy, the PalaDozza organised matches for the tournament. The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship took place in this arena. Basketball team, Fortitudo Bologna plays their games here. In the past, the venue has hosted various other Bologna-based teams and is used for concerts.
In Greece, the Peace and Friendship Stadium held their games. The venue was built in 1985 but was heavily transformed for the 2004 Summer Olympics where it hosted indoor volleyball. The venue has also organised many prestigious World and European championship. When not hosting marquee events, Olympiacos uses the arena for their games in numerous sports.
Piraeus Bologna Peace and Friendship StadiumCapacity: 11,640 PalaDozzaCapacity: 5,570 Hamburg Brno Inselpark ArenaCapacity: 3,400 Sportovní hala VodovaCapacity: 3,000
Allocation of groups On 27 May 2024 in Munich, following a request by the four host nations, FIBA organised a draw to allocate each host a group. The results of the draw as are follows:
Group A will play in Piraeus, Greece. Group B will play in Bologna, Italy. Group C will play in Brno, Czechia. Group D will play in Hamburg, Germany.
Final draw
The final draw took place at 19:00 CET on 8 March 2025 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece. Journalist Lila Kountourioti and actress Yioulika Skafida hosted the draw. Basketball players, Dimitris Diamantidis and Sandrine Gruda, were the guests who assisted the draw. The draw started with the co-hosts being placed into their respective groups and continued with, in order, pots 4, 3, 2 and 1 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule).
Seeding On 19 February 2025, the seeding for the draw was announced. The seeding was based on the FIBA Women's World Ranking as of 14 February 2025.
+ Pot 1Team3568 + Pot 2Team (H)13 (H)1517 (H)18 + Pot 3Team1920 (H)2122 + Pot 4Team25404549
Draw + Group A TeamA1 A2 A3 A4 + Group B TeamB1 B2 B3 B4 + Group C TeamC1 C2 C3 C4 + Group D TeamD1 D2 D3 D4
Schedule
ScheduleRoundGamedayDatePreliminary roundGameday 1 18–19 July 2025Gameday 2 19–20 July 2025Gameday 3 21–22 July 2025Final roundQuarter-finals25 June 2025Semi-finals27 June 2025Final29 June 2025
Referees The following 32 referees were selected for the tournament.
Geert Jacobs Martin Horozov Josip Jurčević Jelena Tomić Ivor Matějek Amal Dahra Alexandre Deman Valentin Oliot Carsten Straube Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Silvia Marziali Andris Aunkrogers Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Gintaras Mačiulis Nataša Dragojević Viola Györgyi Julio Anaya Paulina Gajdosz ️Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Ivana Ivanović Veronika Obertová Zdenko Tomašovič Blaž Zupančič Yasmina Alcaraz Ariadna Chueca Sandra Sánchez Çisil Güngör Özlem Yalman
Squads
Each nation has to submit a list of 12 players. Notable players The following players were the tallest, smallest, oldest and youngest players at the tournament. Tallest player Teaira McCowanSmallest player Kateřina ZeithammerováOldest player Romy BärYoungest player Jovana Popović
Preliminary round Classification of teams Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point: Win: 2 points Loss: 1 point Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing. Loss by forfeit: 0 points, with a final score of 20–0 for the opponents of the forfeiting team. Head-to-head record via points system above Point difference in games among tied teams Points for in games among tied teams Point difference in all group games Points for in all group games
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The final round was the knockout stage of the competition. It took place from 25 to 29 June 2025 and consisted of the top-two teams from Groups A, B, C and D. The round was played in a single-elimination tournament, with all games played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Greece. Teams that lost in the quarter-finals would go to the classification stage and play for places 5 to 8. Bracket
Quarterfinals
Classification games
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings
Awards FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 Champions Belgium2nd title
Team roster: Emma Meesseman, Elise Ramette, Antonia Delaere, Kyara Linskens, Bethy Mununga, Becky Massey, Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka, Julie Vanloo, Julie Allemand, Nastja Claessens, Marie Vervaet, Ine JorisHead coach: Mike Thibault
Player awards