FIBA Europe has announced the seedings for the both Men and Women EuroBasket 2011 qualifying draw which will take place in Freising near Munich, Germany on Saturday, 16th January at 2 p.m. local time.

EuroBasket 2011 will take place in Lithuania while EuroBasket Women 2011 will be held in Poland.

The European participants in 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, qualify directly for the Final Round of EuroBasket 2011: Spain, Serbia, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, France, Turkey, Russia, Germany and EuroBasket 2011 hosts Lithuania

EuroBasket 2011 Division A Qualifying Round Ranking/Seedings:

Pot 1: Poland, FYRO Macedonia, Latvia
Pot 2: Israel, Great Britain, Bulgaria
Pot 3: Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Finland
Pot 4: Italy, Portugal, Hungary
Pot 5: Ukraine, Montenegro, Georgia

The 15 teams will be divided into three (3) groups of five (5) teams and will play home and away games. The teams placed first in each group and the two best second placed teams, will qualify for the Final Round of EuroBasket 2011 directly.

The ten teams which do not qualify will play in the 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. The four last placed teams will play in one group for two Relegation spots in Division B.

The games of the Qualifying Round will be played between 2nd and 29th of August 2010.

EuroBasket 2011 Division B Qualifying Round Ranking/Seedings:

Pot 1: Czech Republic, Estonia, Sweden
Pot 2: Belarus, Netherlands, Swizterland,
Pot 3: Slovakia, Austria, Romania
Pot 4: Cyprus, Albania, Luxemburg
Pot 5: Azerbaijan

The two winners of the Promotion games (home and away) will be promoted to Division A. The teams ranked 1st and 2nd will play the return game at home.

The Qualifying Round games will be played between 8th and 21st of August 2010.

EuroBasket Women 2011 in Poland

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.

EuroBasket Women 2011 Division A Qualifying Round Ranking/Seedings:

Pot 1: Italy, Latvia, Slovakia, Turkey
Pot 2: Lithuania, Israel, Hungary, Ukraine
Pot 3: Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Bulgaria
Pot 4: Belgium, Romania, Finland
Pot 5: Great Britain, Montenegro, Netherlands

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 Ranking/Seedings:

Pot 1: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Sweden
Pot 2: Portugal, Estonia,
Pot 3: Slovenia, Switzerland,
Pot 4: Luxemburg,  Norwey

The teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland will contest the Division B Qualifying Round.

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).