Preview: Which teams will be first into the Quarter-Finals?

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Preview: Which teams will be first into the Quarter-Finals?


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RIGA (Latvia) – The action at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 heats up this weekend as we enter the Final Phase.

There are 16 teams left in contention out of 24 that started this journey as the Round of 16 is about to commence in Riga. For starters, we have the first four games on Saturday, followed by another four showdowns on Sunday.

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It’s win-or-go-home time, so let’s see who is advancing to the Quarter-Finals and who’s booking the flight back.

Key Storylines

We open the knockout stages with a team that has clearly established itself as one of the favorites. Türkiye is still unbeaten as they came out on top of the Group A ahead of Serbia. Their title intentions are being led by Alperen Sengun, who’s having the tournament of a lifetime. However, Sweden also have plans of their own as they came out of Group B in fourth place, beating only Great Britain. Türkiye are heavy favorites here, but Sweden are sure to look for an upset.

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Germany are also still unbeaten, winning all five of their Group B encounters by a big margin. The reigning world champs are looking to add the European title to that as well and they’ve been unmatched so far, leading all teams in points per game. How can Portugal fare against that? We don’t know, but you can be sure Portugal are comfortable in the underdog position from which they advanced into the Round of 16 with two wins on the record.

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Early in the Final Phase, we have one big derby already. A Baltic showdown between Lithuania and Latvia does not only bring the ticket to the Quarter-Finals, but also the bragging rights between neighbors. Latvia have started slow, but picked things up with back-to-back victories in which they also managed to calibrate their shooting. On the other hand, Lithuania lost only to Germany and are seen as one of the dark horses, but it’ll be a hard task for them without Rokas Jokubaitis who’s out for tournament due to a knee injury.

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Serbia did not expect to find themselves in this part of the bracket, but a narrow loss to Türkiye saw them drop to second place in Group A. Now, they have to go through Finland and a red-hot Lauri Markkanen. The Finnisher is trailing only Luka Doncic in total points scored at the event so far and is looking to continue on that note, but Serbia and Nikola Jokic are on their quest for the title and are looking to go through anyone, even without captain Bogdan Bogdanovic.

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