| 18.10.2006
The EuroBasket 2007 Draw will take place on Thursday, October 19th, at 12:30 local time in Madrid, Spain at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid.
The Draw will be broadcast live nationally on La Sexta and can also be followed in real-time on fibaeurope.com.
A number of prominent Spanish players and dignitaries are scheduled to be in attendance.
Fifteen countries have already qualified for the final round and will be drawn into four groups of four teams.
The qualified countries are:
Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Greece Italy Latvia Lithuania Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Turkey
The final team will come from the Additional Qualifying Round, which features the following countries:
Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Denmark Estonia FYR of Macedonia Hungary Israel Sweden Ukraine
The teams will be drawn into three groups and will play round robin games (home and away) beginning on August 8th, 2007.
The three group winners will qualify to the Additional Qualifying Tournament (AQT) which will take place from August 29-31, 2007.
The winner of the AQT will qualify for EuroBasket 2007.
EuroBasket 2007 takes place from September 3-16, 2007 in Spain. |