EuroBasket 2022, the newest edition of the quadrennial tournament to determine the basketball champion of Europe, tipped off on Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 18 with games played in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy and Germany. The knockout stage of the competition, including the final, will be held in Berlin. Luka Doncic and reigning champions Slovenia were supposed to defend their title in 2021, but when the 2020 Olympics were postponed a year due to COVID-19, EuroBasket was also pushed back.
The slight schedule adjustment will not affect future tournaments, however, and the next event will be held in 2025 as scheduled.
Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing for Greece, while reigning back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic is suiting up for Serbia. Those two, along with Doncic, highlight the list of NBA players who are in action in the tournament. Also worth watching is France, which won the silver medal at the 2020 Olympics. France has five NBA players suiting up, including three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert.
Ahead of the tournament, here’s everything you need to know:
Groups
Note: Montenegro replaced Russia, which was disqualified from participating by FIBA due to the invasion of Ukraine.
Group A
- Belgium*
- Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Montenegro*
- Spain*
- Turkey*
Group B
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- France*
- Germany*
- Hungary
- Lithuania*
- Slovenia*
Group C
- Croatia*
- Estonia
- Great Britain
- Greece*
- Italy*
- Ukraine*
Group D
- Czech Republic*
- Finland*
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Poland*
- Serbia*
*Qualified for knockout stage
Format
The tournament will begin with the group stage, which features four groups of six teams. Each group will play a round-robin, in which each team will play the other five teams in its group once. Teams will receive two points for a win and one point for a loss, and the top four teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage. If two teams are tied in points, their head-to-head matchup will be the first tiebreaker. Subsequent tiebreakers will be point differential followed by points scored if necessary.
The 16 teams that advance to the knockout stage will then be placed in a bracket based on their qualifying position. From there, it’s single-elimination matchups all the way until the final, which will be played in Berlin on Sept. 18.
Schedule, scores, live stream
All times Eastern
Group A
- Sept. 1: Spain 114, Bulgaria 87
- Sept. 1: Turkey 72, Montenegro 68
- Sept. 1: Belgium 79, Georgia 76
- Sept. 3: Montenegro 76, Belgium 70
- Sept. 3: Turkey 101, Bulgaria 87
- Sept. 3: Spain 90, Georgia 64
- Sept. 4: Montenegro 91, Bulgaria 81
- Sept. 4: Belgium 83, Spain 73
- Sept. 4: Georgia 88, Turkey 83
- Sept. 6: Turkey 78, Belgium 63
- Sept. 6: Spain, 82, Montenegro 65
- Sept. 6: Bulgaria 92, Georgia 80
- Sept. 7: Spain 72, Turkey 69
- Sept. 7: Belgium 89, Bulgaria 80
- Sept. 7: Montenegro 81, Georgia 73
Group B
- Sept. 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina 95, Hungary 85
- Sept. 1: Slovenia 92, Lithuania 85
- Sept. 1: Germany 76, France 63
- Sept. 3: Germany 92, Bosnia and Herzegovina 82
- Sept. 3: France 77, Lithuania 73
- Sept. 3: Slovenia 103, Hungary 88
- Sept. 4: Germany 109, Lithuania 107
- Sept. 4: Bosnia & Herzegovina 97, Slovenia 93
- Sept. 4: France 78, Hungary 74
- Sept. 6: France 81, Bosnia and Herzegovina 68
- Sept. 6: Lithuania 87, Hungary 64
- Sept. 6: Slovenia 88, Germany 80
- Sept. 7: Lithuania 87, Bosnia and Herzegovina 70
- Sept. 7: Slovenia 88, France 82
- Sept. 7: Germany 106, Hungary 71
Group C
- Sept. 2: Ukraine 90, Great Britain 61
- Sept. 2: Greece 89, Croatia 85
- Sept. 2: Italy 83, Estonia 62
- Sept. 3: Croatia 86, Great Britain 65
- Sept. 3: Ukraine, 74, Estonia 73
- Sept. 3: Greece 85, Italy 81
- Sept. 5: Croatia 73, Estonia 70
- Sept. 5: Greece 93, Great Britain 77
- Sept. 5: Ukraine 84, Italy 73
- Sept. 6: Estonia 94, Great Britain 62
- Sept. 6: Greece 99, Ukraine 79
- Sept. 6: Italy 81, Croatia 76
- Sept. 8: Croatia 90, Ukraine 85
- Sept. 8: Greece 90, Estonia 69
- Sept. 8: Italy 90, Great Britain 56
Group D
- Sept. 2: Israel 89, Finland 87
- Sept. 2: Poland 99, Czech Republic 84
- Sept. 2: Serbia 100, Netherlands 76
- Sept. 3: Finland 89, Poland 59
- Sept. 3: Serbia 81, Czech Republic 68
- Sept. 3: Israel 74, Netherlands 67
- Sept. 5: Poland 85, Israel 76
- Sept. 5: Czech Republic 88, Netherlands 80
- Sept. 5: Serbia 100, Finland 70
- Sept. 6: Poland 75, Netherlands 69
- Sept. 6: Finland 98, Czech Republic 88
- Sept. 6: Serbia 89, Israel 78
- Sept. 8: Finland 88, Netherlands 67
- Sept. 8: Czech Republic 88, Israel 77
- Sept. 8: Serbia 96, Poland 69
Knockout Stage
(All times Eastern)
- Sept. 10: France 87, Turkey 86 (OT)
- Sept. 10: Slovenia 88, Belgium 72
- Sept. 10: Germany vs. Montenegro | 12 p.m.
- Sept. 10: Spain vs. Lithuania | 2:45 p.m.
- Sept. 11: Ukraine vs. Poland | 6 a.m.
- Sept. 11: Finland vs. Croatia | 8:45 a.m.
- Sept. 11: Serbia vs. Italy | 12 p.m.
- Sept. 11: Greece vs. Czech Republic | 2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinals
- Sept. 13: Quarterfinal Game 1 | 1:05 p.m.
- Sept. 13: Quarterfinal Game 2 | 4:20 p.m
- Sept. 14: Quarterfinal Game 3 | 1:05 p.m.
- Sept. 14: Quarterfinal Game 4 | 4:20 p.m.
Semifinals
- Sept. 16: Semifinal Game 1 | 1:05 p.m.
- Sept. 16: Semifinal Game 2 | 4:20 p.m.
Third-place game
Championship game
NBA players participating
Belgium:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Lithuania
Montenegro
Netherlands
Poland
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
- Sviatoslav Mikhailiuk, free agent
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