EuroBasket Women 2011 Qualifying Seeds Draw

EuroBasket Women 2011
Division A

The European teams participating in the FIBA World Championship For Women 2010 qualify directly for the Final Round of EuroBasket Women 2011: France, Russia, Spain, Belarus, Greece, Czech Republic and EuroBasket Women 2011 hosts Poland.

Qualifying Round Teams 

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Finland
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Hungary
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Romania
• Serbia
• Slovak Republic
• Turkey
• Ukraine

The 18 teams will be divided into two (2) groups of five (5) teams and two (2) groups of four (4) teams and will play home and away games. The teams placed first and second in each group will qualify for the Final Round of EuroBasket Women 2011.

The ten teams which do not qualify will participate in an Additional Qualification/Relegation Round. The first six teams according to the ranking will play in two groups of three for one spot in the Final Round. Four last placed teams will play in one group for two Relegation spots in Division B.

The Division A Qualifying Round games will be played on 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 26th and 29th of August 2010.

The Additional Qualifying/Relegation Round matches will be played on 16th, 19th, 22nd, 25th, 28th and 31st of May 2011 and the two games which determine the last team to progress to EuroBasket Women 2011 on 8th and 11th June 2011.

EuroBasket Women 2011
Division B
Qualifying Round Teams

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Estonia
• Luxembourg
• Norway
• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Sweden
• Switzerland

They will be divided into two (2) groups (A, B) of four (4) teams and will play home and away games.

The teams placed first and second in each group will play the Promotion games (A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2).

The two winners of the Promotion games will be promoted to Division A.

The Division B Qualifying Round games will be played on 7th, 11th and 15th of August 2010 and in August - September 2011 (exact dates to be confirmed later).