EuroBasket 2025 tipped off on Wednesday as 24 groups and loads of NBA stars compete to be topped males’s basketball champions of Europe. Video games can be performed within the 4 host nations of Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia. The knockout stage, together with the third-place and championship recreation can be held in Riga, Latvia in September. Defending champion Spain will attempt to defend its crown after beating France in ultimate of the 2022 competitors.
EuroBasket 2025 will not be quick on star energy. Luka Dončić is suiting up for his dwelling nation of Slovenia, whereas three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić leads Serbia, the match favorites. Giannis Antetokounmpo is taking part for Greece as soon as once more. A slew of different NBA gamers like Latvia’s Kristaps Porziņģis, Franz Wagner — who helped lead Germany to a bronze medal in 2022 — and a promising younger French trio of Zaccharie Risacher, Alexandre Sarr and Bilal Coulibaly are different names to look at. France’s Victor Wembanyama, nevertheless, won’t be competing in EuroBasket after his NBA season was lower quick by a blood clot in February.
With the match underway, this is every part you should know:
Format
The match begins with a bunch stage, with 4 teams consisting of six groups every. The group stage is round-robin fashion play, through which every group will play others of their respective group as soon as. Groups obtain two factors for a win and one level for a loss, and on the finish of the group stage the highest 4 groups in every group advance to the knockout stage. If two groups are tied in factors on the finish of the group stage, their head-to-head matchup would be the first tiebreaker. The second tiebreaker can be level differential, adopted by factors scored, if vital.
The place to look at EuroBasket 2025?
EuroBasket is streaming on Courtside 1891, a FIBA subscription service.
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Schedule, scores
Wednesday, Aug. 27
- Lithuania 94, Nice Britain 70
- Portugal 62, Czechia 50
- Germany 106, Montenegro 76
- Türkiye 93, Latvia 73
- Finland 93, Sweden 90
- Serbia 98, Estonia 64
Thursday, Aug. 28
- Georgia 83, Spain 69
- Israel 83, Iceland 71
- France 92, Belgium 64
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 91, Cyprus 64
- Greece 75, Italy 66
- Poland 105, Slovenia 95
Friday, Aug. 29
- Germany 105, Sweden 83
- Türkiye 92, Czechia 78
- Lithuania 94, Montenegro 67
- Estonia vs. Latvia | 11 a.m. ET
- Finland vs. Nice Britain | 1:30 p.m. ET
- Portugal vs. Serbia | 2:15 p.m. ET
Saturday, Aug. 30
- Lithuania vs. Germany | 6:30 a.m. ET
- Czechia vs. Estonia | 7:45 a.m. ET
- Italy vs. Georgia | 8 a.m. ET
- Iceland vs. Belgium | 8 a.m. ET
- Nice Britain vs. Sweden | 9:30 a.m. ET
- Latvia vs. Serbia | 11 a.m. ET
- France vs. Slovenia | 11 a.m. ET
- Cyprus vs. Greece | 11:15 a.m. ET
- Montenegro vs. Finland | 1:30 p.m. ET
- Türkiye vs. Portugal | 2:15 p.m. ET
- Spain vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:30 p.m. ET
- Poland vs. Israel | 2:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, Aug. 31
- Georgia vs. Greece | 8 a.m. ET
- Slovenia vs. Belgium | 8 a.m. ET
- Israel vs. France | 11 a.m. ET
- Spain vs. Cyprus | 11:15 a.m. ET
- Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Italy | 2:30 p.m. ET
- Poland vs. Iceland | 2:30 p.m. ET
Monday, Sept. 1
- Sweden vs. Montenegro | 6:30 a.m. ET
- Estonia vs. Türkiye | 7:45 a.m. ET
- Germany vs. Nice Britain | 9:30 a.m. ET
- Portugal vs. Latvia | 11 a.m. ET
- Finland vs. Lithuania | 1:30 p.m. ET
- Serbia vs. Czechia | 2:15 p.m. ET
Tuesday, Sept. 2
- Greece vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 a.m. ET
- Belgium vs. Israel | 8 a.m. ET
- Iceland vs. Slovenia | 11 a.m. ET
- Cyprus vs. Georgia | 11:15 a.m. ET
- Italy vs. Spain | 2:30 p.m. ET
- France vs. Poland | 2:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Sept. 3
- Montenegro vs. Nice Britain | 6:30 a.m. ET
- Estonia vs. Portugal | 7:45 a.m. ET
- Lithuania vs. Sweden | 9:30 a.m. ET
- Czechia vs. Latvia | 11 a.m. ET
- Finland vs. Germany | 1:30 p.m. ET
- Türkiye vs. Serbia | 2:15 p.m. ET
Thursday, Sept. 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Georgia | 8 a.m. ET
- France vs. Iceland | 8 a.m. ET
- Israel vs. Slovenia | 11 a.m. ET
- Italy vs. Cyprus | 11:15 a.m. ET
- Spain vs. Greece | 2:30 p.m. ET
- Poland vs. Belgium | 2:30 p.m. ET
Knockout Stage
All knockout stage video games in Latvia
- Spherical of 16: Sept. 6-7
- Quarterfinals: Sept. 8-10
- Semifinals: Sept. 12
- Third Place: Sept. 18 | 10 a.m. ET
- Last: Sept. 18 | 2 p.m. ET
