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The first FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers window will feature 93 EuroLeague players. The Greek national team leads in EuroLeague representation with 11 players, followed closely by Italy, Spain, and Serbia, each featuring 10 EuroLeague athletes.

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The first window of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers is set to kick off this week, showcasing an unprecedented participation of EuroLeague players.

Among the 32 national teams competing for a spot in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025, 22 of them boast at least one EuroLeague player, according to the latest information as of Wednesday.

A total of 93 EuroLeague players are slated to take part in the upcoming FIBA window.

This shift is a result of an agreement between the EuroLeague and FIBA, allowing for a temporary break in EuroLeague competition during this period.

Countries with the most EuroLeague players

The Greek national team is leading the pack in terms of EuroLeague representation, featuring 11 players from the prestigious league.

Following closely are three other European powerhouses -- Italy, Spain, and Serbia -- each fielding 10 EuroLeague athletes.

They are pursued by Germany (8), France (8), Turkey (7) and Israel (5).

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Lithuania has four EuroLeague players, while Croatia boasts three.

Poland, Estonia, Denmark, Slovenia, and Georgia will each contribute two players from the EuroLeague.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, and Montenegro will be represented by one EuroLeague player each.

10 national teams will not feature any EuroLeague players in this FIBA competition. These include Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Great Britain, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Portugal.

Country EuroLeague players Greece 11: Kostas Antetokounmpo, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Lefteris Mantzoukas, Naz Mitrou-Long, Dinos Mitoglou, Dimitris Moraitis, Georgios Papagiannis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Nikos Rogkavopoulos, Thomas Walkup Spain 10: Alberto Abalde, Carlos Alocen, Dario Brizuela, Victor Claver, Rudy Fernandez, Juancho Hernangomez, Xavi Lopez-Arostegui, Joel Parra, Jaime Pradilla, Ricky Rubio Italy 10: Giordano Bortolani, Guglielmo Caruso, Diego Flaccadori, Nicolo Melli, Alessandro Pajola, Gabriele Procida, Achille Polonara, Giampaolo Ricci, Matteo Spagnolo, Stefano Tonut Serbia 10: Aleksa Avramovic, Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobric, Marko Guduric, Ognjen Jaramaz, Balsa Koprivica, Vanja Marinkovic, Luka Mitrovic, Filip Petrusev, Uros Trifunovic Germany 8: Nick Weiler Babb, Malte Delow, Jonas Mattisseck, Nelson Weidemann, Tim Schneider, Jan-Niklas Wimberg, Louis Olinde, Oscar Da Silva France 8: Isaia Cordinier, Sylvain Francisco, Damien Inglis, Mathias Lessort, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Vincent Poirier, Matthew Strazel, Guerschon Yabusele Turkey 7: Ercan Osmani, Erkan Yilmaz, Erten Gazi, Melih Mahmutoglu, Sertac Sanli, Sehmus Hazer, Tarik Biberovic Israel 5: Tamir Blatt, Yam Madar, Rafi Menco, Roman Sorkin, Noam Yaacov Lithuania 4: Tomas Dimsa, Rokas Giedraitis, Lukas Lekavicius, Edgaras Ulanovas Croatia 3: Mario Hezonja, Danko Brankovic, Jaleen Smith Estonia 2: Maik Kotsar, Sander Raieste Poland 2: Mateusz Ponitka, Aleksandr Balcerowski Denmark 2: Iffe Lundberg, Shavon Shields Georgia 2: Tornike Shengelia, Joe Thomasson Slovenia 2: Mike Tobey, Ziga Samar Hungary 1: Adam Hanga Czech Republic 1: Tomas Satoransky Bosnia and Herzegovina 1: Dzanan Musa Bulgaria 1: Codi Miller-McIntyre Iceland 1: Martin Hermannsson Latvia 1: Rihards Lomazs

EuroLeague clubs with the most representatives

All 18 Euroleague clubs will have at least one player who will help their respective national teams at the start of the EuroBasket Qualifiers. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and ALBA Berlin lead the way by sending 8 players each to represent their nations.

Panathinaikos have five of their players featuring in the Greek national team: Mitoglou, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Moraitis, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, and Mantzoukas. Additionally, Balcerowski will don the national colors of Poland, Juancho Hernangomez will represent Spain, and Lessort is set to play for France.

On the other hand, ALBA will see four of their players join the German national team (Delow, Mattisseck, Schneider, and Olinde), two players for Italy (Procida and Spagnolo), and one player each for Iceland (Hermannsson) and Slovenia (Samar).

Other EuroLeague powerhouses like Real Madrid, Virtus Segafredo Bologna, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan are not far behind, each contributing 7 players to the upcoming FIBA window.

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FC Bayern Munich and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade will have 6 players each set to bolster their respective national teams.

Following closely are FC Barcelona, Olympiacos Piraeus, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, each contributing 5 players. Additionally, Valencia Basket and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv will send 4 players each to the international stage.

Zalgiris Kaunas and Anadolu Efes Istanbul are not far behind, with 3 players each making their presence felt in the FIBA window.

In contrast, LDCL ASVEL Villeurbanne will have 2 representatives, while AS Monaco will send the fewest EuroLeague players, with just one player (Matthew Strazel) participating in the first FIBA window.

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