Group A:
The first game of the day was in this group and both teams knew that winning would secure their spot while losing would need them to rely on the results of the other game. Natasha Mack was tremendous for Montenegro, leaving Anete Steinberga and Latvia short 61-58. That set the stage for the second game with Greece knowing that they had advanced, leaving them in third with a loss or allowing them to jump to second with a win. Spain had more extreme outcomes, being eliminated with a loss or topping the group with a win. It was nervy for them for a while before they finally built a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter to win 76-60 wiping out their opening day blemish.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Montenegro-Latvia#|tab=boxscore
Montenegro [61]: Mack 22/20r Vucetic 11 Muzovic 10 Jovanovic 9/6r Lekovic 4 Kovacevic 3 Zivaljevic 2 Zivkovic 0 Radonjic 0 Pasic DNP Bigovic DNP Scepanovic DNP
Latvia [58]: Steinberga 23/8r Laksa 15 Gulbe 5/7r Vilka 5 Pilabere 4 Pulvere 3/7a Strautmane 3 Jakobsone 0 Vihmane DNP Jurjane DNP Jasa DNP Miscenko DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Spain-Greece#|tab=boxscore
Spain [76]: Casas 16 Carrera 14/8r Ouvina 12/6a Gil 9 Cazorla 8 Torrens 7 Ginzo 4 Rodriguez 3 Conde 2 Dominguez 1 Pendande 0 Quevedo DNP
Greece [60]: Spanou 14/7r Pavlopoulou 13/7a Fasoula 10/8r Sotiriou 8 Tsineke 7 Alexandri 3 Christinaki 2 Bosgana 2 Stamolamprou 1 Karlafti 0 Stamati 0 Diela 0
Standings: Spain 2-1, Montenegro 2-1, Greece 1-2, Latvia 1-2
Group B:
Belgium was not quite the unstoppable force that they were in their first two days, but pulled away in the fourth quarter to win 72-64 against Italy behind Julie Vanloo and Emma Meesseman to make sure that they won the group. Israel knew that they would need a big win to avoid elimination, but were hoping to at least get on the board at home with Daniel Raber leading the way, but the Czech Republic won 61-52 to make sure that they did not throw away their fantastic opening game effort.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Belgium-Italy#|tab=boxscore
Belgium [72]: Vanloo 23 Meesseman 20/9r Linskens 13 Allemand 6/11a Mununga 4/6r Delaere 4 Geldof 2 Lisowa Mbaka 0 Resimont 0 Be. Massey 0 Bi. Massey 0 Ramette DNP
Italy [64]: Andre 17 Zandalasini 11/7r Keys 10/6r Spreafico 8 Pan 6 Cubaj 5 Verona 4/6a Santucci 2 Bestagno 1 Villa 0 Trucco DNP Fassina DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Czech-Republic-Israel#|tab=boxscore
Czech Republic [61]: Vorackova 16 Brezinova 14 Hamzova 10 Stoupalova 6 Vyoralova 5/10r Andelova 5 Holesinska 3 Sipova 2 Cechova 0 Zeithammerova 0 Sklenarova 0 Paurova DNP
Israel [52]: Raber 20/9r/6s Rotberg 8 Zipel 8 Baron 6 Y. Garzon 6 Cohen 4/6r Eisner 0 L. Garzon 0 Karsh 0 Sahar DNP Vaturi DNP Simms DNP
Standings: Belgium 3-0, Czech Republic 2-1, Italy 1-2, Israel 0-3
Group C:
The first game on the final day in Ljubljana was for second place in the group and Great Britain had the better of the first half, but Germany was stronger after the break and held on to a 62-61 win. Slovenia was hoping to win at home even though they were already eliminated and the result would not affect France’s spot in the standings, but the group winners did buckle down in the second half to win 73-68 and get ready for three days of rest.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Germany-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore
Germany [62]: Fiebich 13/7r Bessoir 9 Geiselsoder 9 Greinacher 9 Sontag 7 Gulich 6/6r Brunckhorst 6 Wilke 3 Hartmann 0 Crowder 0 Degbeon DNP Stach DNP
Great Britain [61]: Fagbenle 18/8r Anigwe 14/10r Ozzy-Momodu 7 Wallace 7 Herbert Harrigan 7 Winterburn 3 Gayle 3 Wilkinson 2 Robb 0 McGarrachan 0 Fong Lyew Quee DNP Ottewill-Soulsby DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Slovenia-France#|tab=boxscore
Slovenia [68]: Lisec 16/11r Oblak 13/6r/7a Friskovec 12/6r Debeljak 8 Jakovina 7 Sivka 5 Ivanusa 4 Cvijanovic 2 Ceh 1 Rupnik 0 Kozina Bubnic 0 Kramzar 0
France [73]: Michel 14 Salaun 10/6r Vukosavljevic 10 Gruda 10 Toure 9 Chartereau 6/7r Fauthoux 6 Badiane 4 Bernies 2 Rupert 2 Foppossi 0 Lacan DNP
Standings: France 3-0, Germany 2-1, Great Britain 1-2, Slovenia 0-3
Group D:
The first game in this group featured two teams who had advanced and were looking to secure the top spot. Serbia got a key player back and was favored, but Virag Kiss and Hungary surged out of the break and took the lead, flipping the tiebreakers to their favor and then holding on to just enough of a margin to stay in first place 81-75. Serbia knew that they were in second, setting up a scenario with no math involved to close out the group phase with the winner of the last game securing third place and the loser being eliminated. That suited Slovakia, which would have needed a large win to flip the tiebreakers if Hungary had lost and they went to work right away behind Terezia Palenikova, keeping the margin at a safe number for pretty much the entire game on their way to an 80-66 win over Turkey.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Hungary-Serbia#|tab=boxscore
Hungary [81]: Kiss 21/11r Horvath 12 Dubei 11 Hatar 10 Ruff-Nagy 8 Lelik 8 Varga 6 Torok 3 Studer 2 Aho 0 Kanyasi DNP Goree DNP
Serbia [75]: Anderson 18 Cado 12 Nogic 12 Katanic 7 Crvendakic 6/8r Stankovic 5 Topuzovic 4/8r Jovanovic 4 Djordjevic 3 Raca 2 Jankovic 2 Krajisnik DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/game/1806/Turkey-Slovakia#|tab=boxscore
Turkey [66]: McCowan 16/6r Uzun 16 Erdogan 11 Onar 9 Fitik 6 Bayram 4 Ural 4 Yildizhan 0 Akalan 0 Guner 0 Cakir 0 Senyurek DNP
Slovakia [80]: Palenikova 20 Jakubcova 15 Dudasova 13/6r Wrzesinski 13/7a Moravcikova 12 Mistinova 5 Stasova 2 Oroszova 0/6r Buknova 0 Sedlakova 0 Tarkovicova DNP Martiskova DNP
Standings: Hungary 2-1, Serbia 2-1, Slovakia 1-2, Turkey 1-2
Bracket:
Spain vs. winner Germany vs. Slovakia
Hungary vs. winner Czech Republic vs. Greece
Belgium vs. winner Serbia vs. Great Britain
France vs. winner Montenegro vs. Italy
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