The 2025 European Basketball Championship will take place in Latvia, Cyprus and Finland, and Ukraine is still in talks to become the fourth host. This was announced by the FIBA Europe association on Tuesday in Munich. Accordingly, in addition to a preliminary round group, Latvia will also host the final round of the 42nd edition of the tournament.
Two other groups play in Cyprus and Finland. In addition, FIBA announced that in an “act of solidarity” and despite the Russian war of aggression, exclusive talks with Ukraine regarding the organization of the fourth group will continue until November of this year. At the same time, FIBA will work on a possible alternative. Originally, Russia and Hungary had also applied.
This year, the EM (September 1st to 18th) will take place in Germany, Italy, Georgia and the Czech Republic. The German national team plays their group games in Cologne before the European champions are determined in the final round in Berlin.