The midseason window for the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers will see several teammates from Turkish Airlines EuroLeague squads and a few more from the BKT EuroCup meet each other on the court wearing their national colors. There will be dozens of EuroLeague and EuroCup players taking the courts for the games, which will take place February 22-23 and 25-26 with 32 countries represented.
Three EuroLeague teams in particular – reigning champion Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich and Virtus Segafredo Bologna – as well as EuroCup champion Dreamland Gran Canaria will have a tough time taking sides with players squaring off against each other in some of these games. And though we may not see the type of hijinks witnessed when Ted Laso characters Dani Rojas and Thierry Zoreaux left their club teams to face off in an international window, there are certain to be many interesting moments when club teammates duel.
The first such occurrence could happen on Thursday, February 22 when Germany faces Montenegro. FC Bayern Munich swingman Dino Radoncic is on the roster for Montenegro, while no fewer than four of his teammates are on the German squad: Ivan Kharchenkov, Nelson Weidemann, Nick Weiler-Babb, Jan-Niklas Wimberg. They will not be the only Bayern teammates to meet as guard Sylvain Francisco is set to play for France and center Danko Brankovic for Croatia when those countries meet the following evening.
That France-Croatia clash will also feature teammates from Real Madrid, Virtus and Gran Canaria. Vincent Poirier and Guerschon Yabusele from Los Blancos, Isaia Cordinier of Virtus and Gran Canaria’s Andrew Albicy are all listed on France’s preliminary roster. Mario Hezonja of Real Madrid, the Virtus trio of Leo Menalo, Michael Ruzic and Ante Zizic, and Granca’s Roko Prkacin have all been selected for the Croatian squad.
Two more Virtus stars are set to meet on February 23 with guard Iffe Lundberg representing Denmark when they face Georgia and Toko Shengelia.
In the second set of games, Shengelia will meet another Virtus teammate, Ognjen Dobric, on Monday, February 26, when Georgia hosts Serbia. That evening will also see Gran Canaria teammates Amar Gegic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and France’s Albicy take part in a showdown.
Of course, there could yet be changes as many countries have only submitted preliminary rosters and not all the aforementioned players will necessarily suit up for these games. However, those that do will surely have some good stories to tell when they return to their clubs afterward.