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EuroBasket 2022, the newest edition of the quadrennial tournament to determine the basketball champion of Europe, tipped off Thursday (Sept. 1) and runs through Sept. 18 with games 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 will be playing for Greece, while reigning back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic will be suiting up for Serbia. Those two, along with Doncic, highlight the list of NBA players who will be in action when the tournament kicks off. 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
BelgiumBulgariaGeorgia MontenegroSpainTurkey
Group B
Bosnia and HerzegovinaFranceGermanyHungaryLithuaniaSlovenia
Group C
CroatiaEstoniaGreat BritainGreeceItalyUkraine
Group D
Czech RepublicFinlandIsraelNetherlandsPolandSerbia
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 87Sept. 1: Turkey 72, Montenegro 68Sept. 1: Belgium 79, Georgia 76Sept. 3: Montenegro 76, Belgium 70Sept. 3: Turkey 101, Bulgaria 87Sept. 3: Spain 90, Georgia 64Sept. 4: Bulgaria vs. Montenegro | 7:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 4: Spain vs. Belgium | 10:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 4: Turkey vs. Georgia | 12:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Belgium vs. Turkey | 7:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Montenegro vs. Spain | 10:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Georgia vs. Bulgaria 12:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: Turkey vs. Spain | 7:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: Bulgaria vs. Belgium | 10:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: Georgia vs. Montenegro | 2:20 p.m. | ESPN+
Group B
Sept. 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina 95, Hungary 85Sept. 1: Slovenia 92, Lithuania 85Sept. 1: Germany 76, France 63Sept. 3: Germany 92, Bosnia and Herzegovina 82Sept. 3: France 77, Lithuania 73Sept. 3: Slovenia 103, Hungary 88Sept. 4: Lithuania vs. Germany | 8:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 4: Slovenia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11:35 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 4: France vs. Hungary | 2:20 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. France | 8:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Hungary vs. Lithuania | 11:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Germany vs. Slovenia | 2:20 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: Lithuania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: France vs. Slovenia | 11:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 7: Hungary vs. Germany | 2:20 p.m. | ESPN+
Group C
Sept. 2: Ukraine 90, Great Britain 61Sept. 2: Greece 89, Croatia 85Sept. 2: Italy 83, Estonia 62Sept. 3: Croatia 86, Great Britain 65Sept. 3: Ukraine, 74, Estonia 73Sept. 3: Greece vs. Italy | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Croatia vs. Estonia | 8:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Great Britain vs. Greece | 10:50 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Ukraine vs. Italy | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Estonia vs. Great Britain |8:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Greece vs. Ukraine | 10:50 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Italy vs. Croatia | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Croatia vs. Ukraine | 8:05 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Estonia vs. Greece | 10:50 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Great Britain vs. Italy | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+
Group D
Sept. 2: Israel 89, Finland 87Sept. 2: Poland 99, Czech Republic 84Sept. 2: Serbia 100, Netherlands 76Sept. 3: Finland 89, Poland 59Sept. 3: Serbia 81, Czech Republic 68Sept. 3: Netherlands vs. Israel | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Poland vs. Israel | 7:50 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Czech Republic vs. Netherlands | 11:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 5: Serbia vs. Finland | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Netherlands vs. Poland | 7:50 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Finland vs. Czech Republic | 11:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 6: Israel vs. Serbia | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Finland vs. Netherlands | 7:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Czech Republic vs. Israel | 11:20 a.m. | ESPN+Sept. 8: Serbia vs. Poland | 2:50 p.m. | ESPN+
Knockout Stage
Round of 16: Sept. 10-11Quarterfinals: Sept. 13-14Semifinals: Sept. 16Third Place: Sept. 18Final: Sept. 18
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
