It is already official! The Eurobasket 2029 will be played in Spain, As announced by FIBA this Thursday in Latvia. The president of the Feb, Elisa Aguilar, The male coach Sergio Scariolo, and the former player Sergio Rodríguez, They have successfully defended the candidacy.
The European Championship will live a special opening party, since the duel will be carried out in the Santiago Bernabéu, in which 80,000 people can congregate. In case of completing capacity, a new record of assistance in a FIBA match would be achieved.
Spain will be one of the headquarters of the group stage, while The qualifiers for the title will be played at the Movistar Arena of the Spanish capital.
The Movistar Arena will house the qualifiers for the Eurobasket / ACB Photo – Victor Carretero
Slovenia, Estonia and Greece will also house the first phase
The capital of Spain will house in the summer of 2029 the 15 games of one of the four groups (in which the selection will be part) of the first phase and all the crossings of the eighth, quarterfinals, the semifinals and the complete struggle for the medals. Slovenia, Estonia and Greece They will house the other three groups of the initial phase of the Eurobasket.
The fourth male Eurobasket in Spain
It will be the fourth time on which the male Eurobasket is played in Spain, After the 1973, 1997 and 2007 editions. The Feb continues to host tournaments in our country: in 2014 the male World Cup was played, while Tenerife welcomed the female in 2018. It was in 2021, during the pandemic, when Valencia housed the female European.
