Three MVPs. Three nations with championship aspirations. One stage set for FIBA EuroBasket 2025.
Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Dennis Schröder — each with MVP hardware to his name — bannered Serbia, Greece, and Germany towards the continent’s biggest basketball showcase.
Joining Jokic in the Serbia roster are fellow NBA players Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nikola Jovic, and Tristan Vukcevic, along with Aleksa Avramovic, Ognjen Dobric, Marko Guduric, Stefan Jovic, Vanja Marinkovic, Vasilije Micic, Nikola Milutinov, and Filip Petrusev.
Serbia ended its tournament build-up with a perfect 7-0 run, winning against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, and Slovenia.
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They joined Paris 2024 silver medalists France (5-0) and Finland (4-0) as the only teams who will enter the EuroBasket 2025 undefeated in their tune-up matches.
Serbia is drawn in Group of the EuroBasket 2025 alongside Czechia, co-host Latvia, Portugal, Turkey, and opening match opponent Estonia.
Meanwhile, Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA MVP and 2021 Finals MVP, will anchor Greece’s chase for European glory.
The Milwaukee Bucks superstar teams up with veteran floor general Kostas Sloukas and offensive-minded guard Tyler Dorsey, while his brothers Kostas and Thanasis Antetokounmpo join the supporting cast that also includes Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Dinos Mitoglou, Kostas Papanikolaou, Alexandros Samodurov, and Vasileios Toliopoulos.
Greece finished their build-up with a 4-3 record, closing with a 92-77 home loss to powerhouse France in Athens. They will play defending champions Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, co-host Cyprus, and Italy in Group C.
For Germany, Schröder leads the charge alongside Orlando Magic rising star Franz Wagner and former NBA big man Daniel Theis.
Completing Germany's final 12-man roster are Isaac Bonga, Oscar Da Silva, Tristan Da Silva, Justus Hollatz, Leon Kratzer, Maodo Lo, Andreas Obst, Johannes Thiemann, and Johannes Voigtmann.
Germany opened its preparations strong, winning the first three warm-up games against Slovenia (twice) and Türkiye before falling to Serbia in Munich. They capped their friendlies with back-to-back clashes against Spain, including a dramatic overtime victory in Madrid.
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Set to make its 26th EuroBasket appearance, Germany remained a consistent force in Europe’s premier competition as the 1993 champions were runners-up in 2005 and claimed bronze in 2022 on home soil in Berlin.
The reigning world champions will compete in Group B in Tampere, alongside co-hosts Finland, Lithuania, Sweden, Montenegro, and Great Britain.
