top team in each group qualified for EuroBasket. The best three of the four runners-up also qualified. Of the ten teams that did not qualify in the qualification tournament, the six best got another chance in the additional qualification round. The remaining four competed in a relegation round, with two being sent to Division B for the next qualification cycle (and replaced by the two best teams from Division B). The final spot was determined by the additional qualifying round. The six teams were divided into two groups of three, with each group playing a double round-robin. The top team in each group played in the final against the other group's top team; the winner of that game received the final EuroBasket qualification spot. In 2015, the national team of Iceland became the smallest nation to ever qualify for a EuroBasket final stage at the population of around 330.000 people. The team was led by the former Dallas Maverick, Jón Arnór Stefánsson followed by a great performance which drove them through the qualifiers. In 2017, Iceland made back to back qualification to a EuroBasket final stage, then led by the young Martinn Hermansson. Competition format EuroBasket has used a number of different formats, ranging from the simple round-robin used in 1939, to a three-stage tournament, and now a two-stage tournament that is currently in use. The current format begins with a preliminary round. The twenty-four qualified teams are placed into four groups of six, and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top four teams in each group (16 overall) advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage is a 16-team single-elimination tournament, with a bronze medal game for semi-final losers and classification games for the quarterfinal losers to determine fifth to eighth places. Results {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:100%" |+Summaries ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:13%;"|Hosts !colspan=3|Gold medal game !colspan=3|Bronze medal game ! rowspan="2" style="width:3%;"|Number of teams |- !width=15%|Gold !width=6.5%|Score !width=15%|Silver !width=15%|Bronze !width=6.5%|Score !width=15%|Fourth place |- |1935 |align="left"| | |24–18 | | |25–23 | |10 |- |1937 |align="left"| | |24–23 | | |27–24 | |8 |- |1939 |align="left"| | |No playoffs | | |No playoffs | |8 |- |1941 |align="left"| | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|Cancelled due to World War II |- |1946 |align="left"| | |34–32 | | |38–32 | |10 |- |1947 |align="left"| | |56–37 | | |50–48 | |14 |- |1949 |align="left"| | |No playoffs | | |No playoffs |