It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country.

The next five teams (France, Serbia, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic) advanced to the World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host EuroBasket 2015, after France, Croatia, Germany and Italy withdrew their joint bid.

[4] On 19 March 2014, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky announced that EuroBasket 2015 would not take place in Ukraine because of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the championship would be relocated.

France would be the hosts of the finals in the knock-out phase in the city of Lille at the multi-functional Stade Pierre-Mauroy, which has a 27,000 capacity for basketball.

[13][14] Criteria for the draw was as follows: Croatia France Germany Latvia Lithuania Spain Slovenia c Ukraine Serbia Finland a Greece Turkey b Bosnia and Herzegovina Poland Belgium Macedonia Italy Israel Czech Republic Georgia Netherlands Russia Iceland Estonia d The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.