Group stages for Europe's top national basketball competition were unveiled Tuesday at a ceremony at Istanbul's Ciragan Palace.
Host countries for the group stage of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 men's tournament include Finland, Israel, Romania and Turkey who will play Serbia, Great Britain, Russia,
The tournament will be held Aug. 31 through Sept. 17 featuring 24 contenders.
The second round and later stages of the tournament will take place in Istanbul.
The chairman of Turkey's Basketball Federation, Hidayet Turkoglu, said the draw "turned out well" for the Turkish team.
"Our aim is to appoint a head coach to our team that the players can get along with. We will meet with Turkish and foreign coaches."
Turkoglu is a former star who played 15 seasons in the NBA.
Spain is the reigning EuroBasket champion after defeating Lithuania in
The groups are as follows:
Group A (Helsinki, Finland): France, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Poland, Slovenia
Group B (Tel Aviv, Israel): Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Ukraine
Group C (Cluj, Romania): Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Spain
Group D (Istanbul): Belgium, Great Britain, Latvia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey
