The Croatian national basketball team will be back together soon, as the 2027 World Cup qualifiers continue at the end of February. Croatia will host Germany on Friday, 27 February 2026 at 20:00 in Zagreb, at the Dražen Petrović Basketball Center. Tickets are available through the Entrio ticketing system (online and at Entrio sales points).
The qualifiers are played across six windows between November 2025 and March 2027, with 420 games worldwide. Thirty-two teams will qualify for the World Cup, including 12 European teams. Croatia are in Group E alongside Germany, Israel, and Cyprus. The top three teams from each group advance to the second round, carrying over their results from the first round. In the second round, each team plays home and away against three teams from another group across three additional windows (August 2026, November 2026, and February 2027). After six more games per team, the top three teams in each group qualify for the World Cup.
First-round schedule (as listed):
- 28 Nov 2025: Croatia – Cyprus (100–60)
- 1 Dec 2025: Israel – Croatia (71–85)
- 27 Feb 2026: Croatia – Germany (Zagreb)
- 1 Mar 2026: Germany – Croatia (Bonn)
- 3 Jul 2026: Cyprus – Croatia
- 6 Jul 2026: Croatia – Israel
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