Eurobasket
What is EuroBasket?
What is the format of the competition?
How many teams are allowed to compete?
EuroBasket is also referred to as the European Basketball Championship. This is an international basketball event in the European continent and this is governed by the FIBA Europe.
Out of 24 European countries, only 16 surviving teams are allowed to compete in the championships. 8 spots will be determined by the host country while the rest would be declared as the Top Seven finishers of the previous year’s EuroBasket. They will be divided into 2 divisions, and each of them will have a chance to play against each other in a round-robin setup.
EuroBasket almost had the same format as the NBA League where they have a preliminary round that plays a round-robin format. When the 16 teams are determined, there will be a single-elimination tournament until it goes down to two teams, waiting for the championships. The semi-final losers will receive a bronze medal and will be placed from a fifth to eighth place. When they come up with the Top 3 best teams, they would have to compete against each other in a round-robin format. Whoever wins the title should proceed to the prominent EuroLeague Basketball Competition, where the most competitive basketball teams in Europe will be facing each other.