Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia brought forward a potential candidature for the FIBA EuroBasket.

The decision on the candidacy was officially reported after FIBA Europe's meeting in Munich, Germany on 5 December 2010.

The fee that Slovenia had to pay to FIBA Europe amounted to 6 million euros.

[8][9] The official mascot was Lipko,[10] whose name came from combining the Slovenian word for linden tree and the diminutive "ko".

On 24 March 2011, it was officially announced that the preliminary round would be played in Novo Mesto, Jesenice, Koper and Ptuj.

[12] On 28 August 2012, it was confirmed that the preliminary round would be played in Celje and Ljubljana (Tivoli Hall) instead of Ptuj and Novo Mesto, which cancelled their bids.

[13] Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants Spain, France, Russia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Slovenia and Great Britain all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round.

[19][20] Included are the latest published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

Spain (2) France (8) Russia (6) Macedonia (34) Lithuania (5) Greece (4) Slovenia (14) Great Britain (23) Italy (21) Croatia (16) Germany (13) Montenegro (77) Finland (48) Poland (40) Ukraine (50) Bosnia and Herzegovina (50) Georgia (50) Belgium (77) Latvia (39) Turkey (7) Czech Republic (61) Serbia (12) Israel (31) Sweden (83) Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Venue: Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje Venue: Arena Bonifika, Koper The two groups comprised the three best-ranked teams from Groups A, B, C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group did not play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the first round.