FIBA EuroBasket 2022 begins to take shape with seven teams qualifying in November

MUNICH (Germany) - The November window of the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifier saw reigning champions Slovenia and six other teams clinch their berths at Europe's flagship basketball event, joining the automatically qualified four hosts – Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy.

Following the qualification of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine, there are now 13 spots remaining in the 24-team Final Round field ahead of the last window.

Among the 32 teams in the Qualifiers, four managed to stay unbeaten, as Croatia, Israel and Georgia improved their marks to 4-0 on Gameday 4, and Italy registered their third win in a row with a game in hand.

The race for qualification will conclude next year with the last of three qualification windows, set to take place from February 19-22, 2021.

With three teams qualifying from each of the groups, there's room for only one more to advance in Groups A, F and H; all other groups have two spots to fill.

The 2022 edition of FIBA EuroBasket will take place September 1-18, 2022 with the Group Phase in Prague (CZE), Tbilisi (GEO), Cologne (GER) and Milan (ITA), and the Final Phase in Berlin (GER).

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