Qualifiers for the European championship in two years started on Wednesday with the rest of the games played on Thursday, except for Israel’s game, which has been postponed to February’s qualifying window due to the uncertainty surrounding logistics. The number of teams participating and the hosting decision allowed the format to be much more straightforward in this cycle. The four hosts, Italy, Greece, Germany, and the Czech Republic, will play each other in Group I, allowing them all to play competitive games without distorting other groups. The rest of the groups all have four teams so results will all count with the top team in each group advancing along with the four runners up who perform the best in their games. The other two windows of games are scheduled for November 2024 and February 2025.
Group A:
The group nearly started with a surprise in Split and Croatia will feel like they missed a golden opportunity early, losing to Spain 70-65. The Netherlands had a fast start in Amsterdam to defeat Austria 64-45.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Spain-Croatia#|tab=boxscore
Croatia [65]: Bura 15/8r Slonjsak 14 Lazic 10 Cvitkovic 10 Zellous 7/7r Cicic 5 Erjavec 2 Tadic 2 Perisa 0 Ujevic DNP Strize DNP Stojsavljevic DNP
Spain [70]: Conde 12 Casas 11/7r Gil 11/6r Ginzo 9 Cazorla 8 Dominguez 8 Torrens 7 Rodriguez 2 Romero 2 Oma 0 Pendande 0 Hermosa DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Netherlands-Austria#|tab=boxscore
Netherlands [64]: Hof 14/18r Westerik 11/6r Van Der Keijl 7/6r Cornelius 7 Van Kleef 6 Kuijt 5 Vennema 3 Fokke 3 Treffers 2 Driessen 2 Van Veen 2 Van Kruistem 2
Austria [45]: Zderadicka 9 Koizar 7 Fuchs-Robetin 6 Krisper 4 Schicher 4 Sill 4 Allesch 3 Solyom 3 Wildbacher 3 Alborova 2 Kunz 0 Rodhammer 0
Group B:
Hungary is riding a wave of momentum and entered play in Sopron as the favorites in this group and their 70-51 win over Eva Lisec and Slovenia gave them a good start. It took the second half for Awak Kuier and Finland to build a lead in Samokov and get past Borislava Hristova and Bulgaria 75-65.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Hungary-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore
Hungary [70]: Kiss 16/7r Studer 13/6a Dubei 13 Lelik 10/7r Juhasz 7/8r Varga 3 Goree 2/8r Aho 2 Hatar 2 Horvath 2 Dombai DNP Ruff-Nagy DNP
Slovenia [51]: Lisec 26 Friskovec 11/6r Kroselj 5 Senicar 3 Debeljak 3 Jakovina 3 Sivka 0 Jelenc 0 Cvijanovic 0 Ceh 0 Sambolic DNP Srot DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Bulgaria-Finland#|tab=boxscore
Bulgaria [65]: Hristova 27 Kostova 12 Nikolova 8 G. Ivanova 7/6r Madankova 7 Konstantinova 4 Manolova 0 Petrova 0 Stoichkova 0 Karamfilova 0 V. Ivanova DNP Georgieva DNP
Finland [75]: Kuier 27/11r Lahtinen 11/9r Koskimies 10 Aarnisalo 8 Seppala 7 Tulonen 4/8r Aijanen 4 Kosonen 2 Lehtoranta 2 Agyei 0 Kanerva 0 Pounds 0
Group C:
The lone Wednesday game was in this group and the process started in surprising fashion. Poland was finally able to debut Stephanie Mavunga in the naturalized player spot and took the lead early in Antwerp, stunning defending champions Belgium 67-62. Azerbaijan is a new entrant to qualifying in this cycle and being able to add Brianna Fraser to the lineup alongside Alexy Mollenhauer helped them, but Giedre Labuckiene and Lithuania dominated the second half in Vilnius to win 99-62.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Belgium-Poland#tab=boxscore
Belgium [62]: Meesseman 16/7r Linskens 15/9r Delaere 12 Vanloo 10 Allemand 6/7a Be. Massey 3/7r Lisowa Mbaka 0 Resimont 0 Joris 0 Ramette DNP Geldof DNP Bi. Massey DNP
Poland [67]: Mavunga 21/8r Skobel 12 Gajda 11/10a Banaszak 7 Gertchen 6 Telenga 5/9r Makurat 2 Jakubiuk 2 Borkowska 1 Niemojewska 0 Drop DNP Rembiszewska DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Lithuania-Azerbaijan#|tab=boxscore
Lithuania [99]: Labuckiene 20/6r Miskiniene 12/10r Juskaite 10/8r Raulusaityte 9 Donskichyte 9 Sinickaite 8/6r Sventoraite 8 Meskonyte 7 Baltkojiene 7 Petronyte 5/8r Sulske 2 Zabotkaite 2
Azerbaijan [62]: Fraser 24/6r Mollenhauer 21/10r/6s Ulyanova 9 Deniskina 3/8a Gokcol 3 Gokchul 2 Akbingol 0 Ramazanli 0 Ismayilova 0 Allahverdiyeva DNP Kitayeva DNP
Group D:
A group where every team entered thinking that they could pick up wins started in Gentofte with Denmark’s 81-53 triumph over Estonia. In Manchester, Sweden got a key 64-62 win over Great Britain.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Denmark-Estonia#|tab=boxscore
Denmark [81]: Jespersen 18/7r Mortensen 13/9r Agmund 11 Hesseldal 9/10r Seilund 9 Tryggedsson 6 Viso 5 Wich 4 Okosun 3 Espensen 3 Hansen 0 Pehadzic 0
Estonia [53]: Pokk 10 Bratka 9 Adams 9 Koorits 8 Kangur 5 Uprus 5 Molder 3 Jaama 2 Rattasepp 2 Grunmann 0 Vannamik 0 Kosareva 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Great-Britain-Sweden#|tab=boxscore
Great Britain [62]: Winterburn 18/7a Fagbenle 13/10r Wilkinson 8/9r Robb 7 Leonard 3/6a Ashby 3 Brown 3 Handy 3 McGarrachan 2 Joseph 2 Gayle 0 Haines DNP
Sweden [64]: Lundquist 18/10r Gustavsson 12/8r Hjern 8 Halvarsson 8 E. Nystrom 8/6a A. Nystrom 4/7r Eldebrink 3 Wadling 3 Visscher 0 Trygger DNP Ahlberg DNP Sandberg DNP
Group E:
Israel had been scheduled to host Ireland so the postponement just left a game in Poitiers and France’s mounting injuries left them with a largely unproven lineup that still defeated Latvia 71-49.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/France-Latvia#|tab=boxscore
France [71]: Salaun 15 Rupert 13 Foppossi 11 Fauthoux 9 Toure 7 Lacan 4 Hirsch 4 Michel 3/7a Lopez Senechal 3 Bernies 2 Sissko 0 Astier 0
Latvia [49]: Pulvere 8 D. Strautmane 6 Viksne 6 Gulbe 6 Jakobsone 6 Sila 5 Laksa 5 Steinberga 4 Otto 3 P. Strautmane 0 Vihmane 0 Jasa 0
Group F:
Thursday started in Izmit and Turkey defeated Slovakia 75-40. Romania then won 82-70 against Birna Benonysdottir and Iceland in Constanta.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/T%C3%BCrkiye-Slovakia#|tab=boxscore
Turkey [75]: Senyurek 14 Onar 12 Hollingsworth 11/8r Cora 10 Fitik 8 Cakir 7 Bayram 4/7r Yildizhan 3 Atas 2 Uzun 2 Gunay 2 Ural 0
Slovakia [40]: Palenikova 12 Remenarova 8 Sedlakova 6 Wrzesinski 6 Mistinova 5 Martiskova 2 Dudasova 1 Tausova 0 Jarosova DNP Molnarova DNP Svetlikova DNP Havranova DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Romania-Iceland#|tab=boxscore
Romania [82]: Podar 14/9a Virjoghe 13/9r Manea 12/6r Irimia 12 Armanu 11/7r Catinean 9 Ghita 4 Keleman 3 Croitoru 2 Ion 2 Cucu 0 Fota 0
Iceland [70]: Benonysdottir 23 Agustsdottir 16 Saevarsdottir 9 Alexandersdottir 5 Sverrisdottir 4 Sigurdardottir 4 Jonsdottir 2/9a Boama 2 Gunnarsdottir 2 Svansdottir 2 Grimsdottir 1 Karlsdottir 0
Group G:
Ukraine was without their star in Belgrade, losing to Tina Krajisnik and Serbia 82-40. The last game of this round was in Matosinhos with Portugal defeating North Macedonia 65-52.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Serbia-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore
Serbia [82]: Krajisnik 22/13r Nogic 15/6r Anderson 14 Cado 8 Dugalic 7 Jankovic 6 Katanic 4 Stankovic 4 Knezevic 2 Raca 0/8r Djordjevic 0 Jovanovic 0
Ukraine [40]: Balaban 10 Uro-Nile 7 Maznichenko 6 Dubniuk 5 Putra 4 Yurkevichus 2/7r Filevych 2 Boiko 2 Liubinets 2 Mitina 0 Voloshyna DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Portugal-North-Macedonia#|tab=boxscore
Portugal [65]: Bettencourt 15/6r Robalo 13 Umabano 8 Kostourkova 7/11r Rodrigues 7 S. Silva 6/11r Ferreira 5 Soeiro 3 Filipe 1/7r M. Silva DNP Costa DNP Carvalheira DNP
North Macedonia [52]: Mitrasinovic 17 Hempe 16/7r Selcova 15 Kmetovska 2/6r Tasevska 2 Trajchevska 0 Nikolic 0 Adamovska 0 Dimitrijevic DNP Modeva DNP Nikolikj DNP Nachevska DNP
Group H:
Luxembourg was one of the stories of last cycle and they started excellently here too with a 56-48 win over Switzerland in Fribourg. The battle to be the early favorite went clearly to Montenegro after they left Sarajevo with a 91-70 win even though Melisa Brcaninovic had a strong Bosnian return.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Switzerland-Luxembourg#|tab=boxscore
Switzerland [48]: Schwarz 12/11r Herminjard 12/7r Fora 6 Favre 5 Hatch 4 Jacquot 4 Martinez 3 Heide 2/12r Ranisavljevic 0 Haenni 0 Constantin DNP Stoianov DNP
Luxembourg [56]: Skrijelj 16/9r Mreches 15/6r Etute 12/12r Meynadier 5/6r La. Irthum 4 Vujakovic 2 L. Irthum 2 Bidinger 0 Dittgen 0 Hamalainen 0 Schumacher DNP Mersch DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore
Bosnia and Herzegovina [70]: Brcaninovic 24 Sobot 14 Domuzin 13 Marjanovic 5 D. Zubac 5 Deura 4/7r N. Zubac 2 Omerbasic 2 Radulovic 1 Mandic 0 Ahmic 0 Selimovic 0
Montenegro [91]: Reimer 19 Lekovic 15 Jovanovic 14/6a Vucetic 13 Zivkovic 8/6r/7a Radonjic 7 Pasic 5 Mujovic 4 Scepanovic 4 Ma. Bigovic 2 Mi. Bigovic 0 Vukcevic 0
Group I:
The host teams were in this group to prepare for the tournament, but Germany had the closer Olympics in mind and were able to add both Sabally sisters after missing them in the summer and Satou led them past the Czech Republic 85-41 in Prague. Italy’s start in Vigevano helped them get past Artemis Spanou and Greece 76-67.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Czechia-Germany#|tab=boxscore
Czech Republic [41]: Vorackova 10 Cechova 9/8r Kopecka 7 Andelova 5 Galickova 3 Malikova 2 Pospisilova 2 Rokosova 2 Hamzova 1 Stoupalova 0 Kadlecova 0 Sotolova DNP
Germany [85]: S. Sabally 21 N. Sabally 17/13r Brunckhorst 9 Wilke 9 Hartmann 9 Fiebich 8 Gulich 7 Bessoir 3 Geiselsoder 2/11r Simon 0 Crowder 0 Greinacher DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Italy-Greece#|tab=boxscore
Italy [76]: Cubaj 18/8r/6a Zandalasini 15/9r Verona 14 Villa 10 Keys 9 Spreafico 6 Pan 2 Fassina 2 Madera 0 Panzera 0 Conti 0 Gilli DNP
Greece [67]: Spanou 21/10r Christinaki 11/6r Louka 10/8r Pavlopoulou 9/10a Stamati 9 Stamolamprou 5 Chairistanidou 2 Karlafti 0 Tsineke 0 Koumantsiotou DNP Gerostergiou DNP Cholopoulou DNP
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