Eurobasket 2025 is close to the beginning »Who is the main favorite for the title and what are the biggest stars from this tournament

Only 2 days left until the start of Eurobasket 2025, the competition that brings together the best national in Europe. The tournament will take place in the period August 27 – September 14the 24 teams being divided into 4 groups.

The Eurobasket 2025 groups and program

Here's what the composition of the 4 groups at the European Championship looks like:

• Group A (Riga, Latvia): Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Serbia, Czech Republic

• Group B (Tampere, Finland): Germany, Finland, UK, Lithuania, Sweden, Montenegro

• Group C (Limassol, Cyprus): Cyprus, Italy, Georgia, Spain, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Group D (Katowice, Poland): Iceland, France, Slovenia, Poland, Belgium, Israel

The first phase will end on September 4, after which the elimination matches will follow, which will be played in Riga, the capital of Latvia.

• Groups (August 27 – September 4)

• Optimal finals (September 6-7)

• Quarters of final (September 9-10)

• Semifinals (September 12)

• Finals (September 14)

Nikola Jokic, Giannis Fretokounpo and Luka Doncic, the biggest names from the European Championship

Eurobasket 2022 was won by Spain, after a final with France, score 88-76. However, at this edition, the Iberians are not at all favorite, and they are even seen with very small chances when qualifying in the semifinals or even in “quarters”.

Instead, The main candidate for the title is Serbiawhich, a year ago, was close to surprising in the semi -final of the Olympic games and eliminating a national state with Lebron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry.

Having a mature leader in Nikola Jokic and taking advantage of great chemistry, Serbia can win the gold medals. The nationals that can pose problems to Serbia are Germany, the 2023 world champion, and France, the 2024 Olympic vice -champion.

It is remarkable that at Eurobasket 2025 participate The European Champion En-Titre (Spain), the World Champion En-Titre (Germany) and the silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Games (France, Serbia).

Also, 3 of the best players in the world announced their presence at the European Championship. This is Nikola Jokic, Giannis Fretokounpo and Luka Doncic. Also, at Eurobasket 2025, basketball players will also evolve in the national team such as Lauri Markkan (Finland), Deni Avdija (Israel), Alperen Sengun (Turkey), Kristaps Porzingis (Latvia), Franz Wagner (Germany) and Jonas Valanceas (Lithuania).

In addition to the NBA stars, the national teams are full of important players in Euroliga, as well as naturalized Americans such as Shane Larkin (Turkey), Darius Thompson (Italy), Kamar Baldwin (Georgia) or Jordan Loyd (Poland).

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Manu Lecomte, the only LNBM player who will evolve at Eurobasket 2025

The only player in the National Men's Basketball League evolving at Eurobasket 2025 is Manu Lecomte (Belgium)the new defender of CS Vâlcea 1924. Mareks Mejeris and Sasu Salin, the former basketball players of the U-BT Cluj-Napoca champion, are in the Latvian and Finland lots, and Travante Williams, who played in the 2024-2025 season for CSM CSU Oradea, will dress.

Other players who went through the National League and participate in the European Championship are Ilari Seppala (Finland), Aleksandre Phevadze (Georgia) and Viktor Gaddefors (Sweden).

Also, Marius Ciulin, one of the most famous Romanian referees, will officiate at this tournamentbeing present in Riga, where the matches in Group A.

The matches will not be broadcast on television in Romania and will be able to be watched online, on the Courtside 1891 platform.