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:
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Qualified through the participation at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Qualified through the participation at the
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008
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Qualified through the Qualifying Round
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Qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round
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Qualification format
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
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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
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Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
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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
The EuroBasket Division B was the second-ranked tier of the bi-annual EuroBasket competition. In this Division the teams played-off in order to get a promotion into Division A. Conversely, the two worst performing teams of Division A were relegate ...
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
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Italy.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Best group runners-up
Teams were ranked by basis of
winning percentage (PCT), then goal efficiency or goal average.
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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.
Draw seedings
Group A
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Group B
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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.round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. 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
The EuroBasket Division B was the second-ranked tier of the bi-annual EuroBasket competition. In this Division the teams played-off in order to get a promotion into Division A. Conversely, the two worst performing teams of Division A were relegate ...
championship. The Relegation Round was held from 5 to 20 August 2009.
Group C
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See also
* Eurobasket 2009 Division B – Montenegro and Georgia have been promoted from the EuroBasket Division B
The EuroBasket Division B was the second-ranked tier of the bi-annual EuroBasket competition. In this Division the teams played-off in order to get a promotion into Division A. Conversely, the two worst performing teams of Division A were relegate ...
to qualify in Division A, thus replacing Czech Republic and Estonia in the qualifications for the EuroBasket 2011.
References
External links
EuroBasket qualification at eurobasket2009.org
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