ANKARA
The top competition in European basketball, EuroBasket 2015, will select the teams to compete in Disneyland Paris on December 8.
The participating 24 teams, including Turkey, will be separated into four groups, according to the statement made by the International Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Europe, on its website, .
"Disneyland Paris will set a magical stage for the EuroBasket Draw, announcing the spectacle that will await us next year" remarked Federation Europe President Turgay Demirel.
The European Basketball Championship, to be held from 5 to 20 September, will also serve as a qualification round for 2016 Olympics to be held in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro.
The tournament will be held in four different countries for the first time. So EuroBasket 2015's group competitions will be held in Germany's capital city Berlin, French city Montpellier, Latvian capital city Riga and Croatia's Zagreb, and the finals will be played in French city Lille.
After the crisis in Ukraine, the Federation announced that different countries from those initially planned will be hosting the tournament for security reasons.
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