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EuroBasket 2025

The EuroBasket 2025 was the 42nd edition of the EuroBasket championship, the quadrennial international men's basketball championship organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 27 August to 14 September 2025, returning to its usual calendar slot, after the EuroBasket 2021 was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the previous three editions, the tournament was co-hosted by multiple countries; Cyprus, Finland, Poland, and Latvia.

Spain, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage. It was their earliest exit in a 36-year stint since Yugoslavia 1989 and the earliest exit by a defending champion since Germany in EuroBasket 1995.

Finland became the first Nordic country to reach the semi-final of the tournament, falling against Germany. The latter defeated Turkey 88–83 in the final to be crowned champions of Europe. It was the reigning world champions second title in history, achieved after 32 years since EuroBasket 1993. Greece claimed bronze medals by defeating Finland 92–89. Germany's point guard Dennis Schröder was recognized as the FIBA EuroBasket MVP.

FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a group, to host the final round or to host the entire tournament. The EuroBasket in 2015, 2017 and 2022, tendered in the same way, each of these tournaments was hosted in four countries.

Six countries submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2025:

During its meeting on 28 March 2022, the FIBA Europe Board selected Latvia, Cyprus and Finland to host the tournament, with Latvia hosting the knockout phase. Ukraine was an option to be the fourth host during the group stage. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland was named the fourth country to play host.

Riga is the host city for Latvia and selected for the tournament's final phase. Limassol is the host city for Cyprus. On 6 March 2023, Tampere was announced as the host city for Finland. On March 17, Katowice was announced as the host city for Poland. In June 2023, a draw determined which group will be played at each venue: Group A in Riga, Group B in Tampere, Group C in Limassol and Group D in Katowice.

The official logo was unveiled on 5 December 2023.

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