FIBA EuroBasket 2017
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<entity_2> was the 40th edition of the <entity_5> championship that was organized by <entity_4> and held between <entity_3> and <entity_0>. Beginning from <entity_9>, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the <entity_8> Basketball World Cup. Games in the group stage were held in Turkey, <entity_6>, Israel and <entity_7>. On 5 November 2015, <entity_4> announced that five national federations have applied to organise the <entity_2>: <entity_6>, Israel, Poland, <entity_7> and Turkey. On 11 December 2015, <entity_4> announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, <entity_7>, <entity_6> and Turkey with the knockout stage host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul. The remaining 27 teams joined through qualification from <entity_3> 2016 to <entity_0> 2016 for 11 places. <entity_4> released the seedings for the <entity_2> draw on 20 November 2016. According to the <entity_4> regulations the participating nations, the 9 participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments would be seeded first, based on their respective records in <entity_1>, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.
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