Group A:
Spain welcomed Austria to San Cristobal de La Laguna, winning easily 75-34. Croatia bounced back from a disappointing finish with an 81-57 win over the Netherlands in Split.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Austria-Spain#|tab=boxscore
Spain [75]: Ginzo 16 Gil 14/11r/9s Casas 14/6r Pendande 9/6r Rodriguez 5 Hermosa 4 Cazorla 4 Conde 4 Torrens 3 Oma 2 Dominguez 0 Romero 0
Austria [34]: Schicher 10/9r Allesch 7 Kunz 6 Sill 4/6r Zderadicka 4 Hollerl 3 Fuchs-Robetin 0 Wildbacher 0 Solyom 0 Alborova 0 Koizar 0 Krisper 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Croatia-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore
Croatia [81]: Slonjsak 16/6r Zellous 14/9r Tadic 13 Lazic 12 Bura 10 Cvitkovic 10 Erjavec 6 Perisa 0 Ujevic DNP Belosevic DNP Cicic DNP Stojsavljevic DNP
Netherlands [57]: Hof 14/14r Treffers 12/6r Cornelius 9/10r Van Der Keijl 7 Van Kleef 6 Driessen 4 Kuijt 3 Westerik 2/7a Vennema 0 Fokke 0 Van Kruistum 0 Van Veen 0
Group B:
The battle for the early group lead was contested in Helsinki and Hungary left with a 67-56 win over Finland. Eva Lisec and Slovenia finally pulled away from Borislava Hristova and Bulgaria to win 78-63 in Ljubljana.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Finland-Hungary#|tab=boxscore
Finland [56]: Kuier 17/10r Koskimies 8 Aijanen 7 Agyei 7 Kanerva 6 Lahtinen 5/6r Seppala 2 Lehtoranta 2 Tulonen 1 Pirttinen 1 Pounds 0 Kosonen 0
Hungary [67]: Juhasz 11/7r Lelik 11 Studer 11 Kiss 8/6r Dubei 8 Aho 7 Hatar 6 Goree 5/6r Ruff-Nagy 0 Horvath 0 Dombadi DNP Varga DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Slovenia-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore
Slovenia [78]: Lisec 28/7r Friskovec 17/6a Jakovina 11 Kroselj 6/6r Sivka 5 Senicar 4 Debeljak 2 Jelenc 2 Ceh 2 Bertelme 1 Cvijanovic 0 Zitek 0
Bulgaria [63]: Hristova 25 Konstantinova 5 Nikolova 7 G. Ivanova 6 Grigorova 5 Madankova 3 Stoichkova 2 Petrova 0 Manolova 0 Aleksieva 0 Kostova 0 V. Ivanova 0
Group C:
Sunday’s games started in this group in Baku and Emma Meesseman and Belgium bounced back from disappointment and stacked up some points if tiebreakers come into play later, crushing Azerbaijan 136-28. In Katowice, Poland looked ready to take a big lead in the group early, but Gintare Petronyte and Lithuania fought back, prevailing 75-73 in overtime to sit in the top spot at the end of the window.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Azerbaijan-Belgium#|tab=boxscore
Azerbaijan [28]: Mollenhauer 7 Ulyanova 7 Ramazanli 5 Fraser 4 Deniskina 3 Ismayilova 2 Yashayeva 0 Allahverdiyeva 0 Gokchol 0 Kitayeva 0 Gokcol 0 Akibingol 0
Belgium [136]: Meesseman 31/11r/8a Linkens 17/6r Vanloo 16/6r/14a Joris 12 Resimont 12 Delaere 12 Bah 11 Lisowa Mbaka 9/6r Be. Massey 7 Bi. Massey 5 Geldof 4 Allemand DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Poland-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore
Poland [73]: Mavunga 18/10r Gertchen 10 Skobel 9 Gajda 8 Makurat 7 Niemojewska 5/7a Banaszak 5 Telenga 4 Rembiszewska 3 Drop 3 Borkowska 1 Jakubiuk DNP
Lithuania [75]: Petronyte 25/7a Sulske 16 Labuckiene 10 Juskaite 6 Miskiniene 5 Baltkojiene 5/6a Meskonyte 4 Donskichyte 4 Sinickaite 0 Sventoraite 0 Petrenaite DNP Raulusaityte DNP
Group D:
After their big opening win, Sweden found themselves getting quite a challenge from Maria Jespersen and Denmark in Norrkoping, but Klara Lundquist made sure that the hosts won 76-69. Great Britain got back on track in Tallinn after Temi Fagbenle led them past Estonia 83-45.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Sweden-Denmark#|tab=boxscore
Sweden [76]: Lundquist 28 E. Nystrom 15 Halvarsson 14 Gustavsson 7 Hjern 6/10r Eldebrink 5/6a A. Nystrom 1 Wadling 0 Ahlberg 0 Visscher DNP Trygger DNP Sandberg DNP
Denmark [69]: Jespersen 23/7r Okosun 18/8r Agmund 11 Tryggedsson 7 Mortensen 6/8r Hesseldal 2/11r Seilund 2 Hansen 0 Viso 0 Pehadzic DNP Wich DNP Espensen DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Estonia-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore
Estonia [45]: Koorits 9 Pokk 7 Adams 7 Bratka 6/9r Rattasepp 6 Jaama 4 Uprus 3 Kangur 3 Kosareva 0 Vannamik 0 Grunmann DNP Molder DNP
Great Britain [83]: Fagbenle 32/9r Wilkinson 17/6r Joseph 9 Ashby 7/8r Robb 4 Haines 4 Gayle 3 Leonard 2/7a Handy 2 Brown 2 McGarrachan 1
Group E:
Ireland got to play their first game in Dublin, but after a close first quarter, found themselves on the wrong end of a 100-48 blowout by Migna Toure and France.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Ireland-France#|tab=boxscore
Ireland [48]: Melia 16/6r Scannell 14 Herlihy 8/7r Tiernan 7 O’Connor 2 K. Hickey 1 S. Hickey 0 Thornton 0 Clarke 0 McCleane 0 Murphy 0 Homan 0
France [100]: Toure 20/7r Salaun 18 Lacan 13 Fauthoux 12/7a Astier 10 Hirsch 9/6r Rupert 6 Lopez Senechal 6 Bernies 5 Sissoko 1 Michel 0 Foppossi DNP
Group F:
Terezia Palenikova and Slovakia picked up their first win 93-77 over Gabriela Irimia, Anamaria Virjoghe, and Romania 93-77 in Constanta. This group ended the busy day with a game in Hafnarfjordur and Turkey got an unexpectedly tough test from Thelma Agustsdottir and Iceland, but did leave with a 72-65 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Slovakia-Romania#|tab=boxscore
Romania [77]: Irimia 21 Virjoghe 20/12r Armanu 13 Podar 12 Manea 6 Ion 3 Catinean 2 Ghita 0 Keleman 0 Biszak 0 Croitoru 0 Kovacs 0
Slovakia [93]: Palenikova 27 Sedlakova 18/7r Dudasova 14 Mistinova 11/6r Tausova 10 Martiskova 9/6r Wrzesinski 3/9a Svetilkova 1 Jarosova DNP Molnarova DNP Havranova DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Iceland-T%C3%BCrkiye#|tab=boxscore
Iceland [65]: Agustsdottir 20 Benonysdottir 11 Alexandersdottir 10 Saeversdottir 6 Sverrisdottir 6 Jonsdottir 5 Sigurdardottir 2 Falsdottir 2 Grimsdottir 2 Gunnarsdottir 1 Svansdottir 0 Karlsdottir DNP
Turkey [72]: Hollingsworth 17/6r Cora 11/6r Fitik 11 Senyurek 10/8r Onar 8 Bayram 5/9r Cakir 4 Uzun 3 Yaya 3 Yildizhan 0 Ural 0 Cidal DNP
Group G:
Ukraine hosted their game in Riga and their lack of depth ended up hurting them when Laura Ferreira and Portugal had a big second half to win 78-63. Serbia is also undefeated after winning 103-60 over Andzelika Mitrasinovic and North Macedonia in Skopje.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Ukraine-Portugal#|tab=boxscore
Ukraine [63]: Balaban 19 Putra 13 Dubniuk 10 Fileyvich 9 Uro-Nile 7 Boiko 5 Yurkevichus 0/15r/7a Liubinets 0 Mitina 0 Voloshyna 0
Portugal [78]: Ferreira 20 Umabano 15 Bettencourt 14 Robalo 11 S. Silva 6 Filipe 5 Soeiro 3/8a Kostourkova 2/9r Rodrigues 2 Costa 0 M. Silva DNP Carvalheira DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/North-Macedonia-Serbia#|tab=boxscore
North Macedonia [60]: Mitrasinovic 23/6r/6a Hempe 13/8r Selcova 12 Kmetovska 8 Tasevska 4 Trajchevska 0 Modeva 0 Dimitrjevic 0 Nachevska 0 Adamovska 0 Nikolikj 0 Nikolic DNP
Serbia [103]: Dugalic 17 Anderson 14/6a Krajisnik 11/8r Raca 10 Katanic 8 Rosic 8 Knezevic 8 Jankovic 7/6s Stankovic 6/8r Nogic 6 Zecevic 5 Mitrovic 3
Group H:
Luxembourg’s dream start continued when Faith Ehi Etute led them past Bosnia and Herzegovina 77-64 at home. Montenegro is also undefeated after taking care of business against Switzerland 85-61 in Herceg Novi.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Luxembourg-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore
Luxembourg [77]: Etute 25/14r Skrjelj 14/10r Meynadier 14 Mreches 11 La. Irthum 6 Dittgen 4 Bidinger 3 Li. Irthum 0 Vujakovic 0 Mersch 0 Hamalainen DNP Schumacher DNP
Bosnia and Herzegovina [64]: Brcaninovic 13/7r D. Zubac 12 Domuzin 11 Sobot 10 Deura 7 Ahmic 3 Marjanovic 3 Omerbasic 2 Selimovic 2 Mandic 1 N. Zubac 0 Radulovic DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Montenegro-Switzerland#|tab=boxscore
Montenegro [85]: Radonjic 13 Vucetic 11 Mujovic 11 Bigovic 10 Pasic 9 Reimer 8 Scepanovic 7 Jovanovic 6 Lekovic 6 Zivkovic 4 Aksam 0 Bulajic 0
Switzerland [61]: Herminjard 17/6a Schwarz 11/10r Haenni 9 Hatch 6/7r Ranisavljevic 5 Heide 4/6r Favre 4 Constantin 3 Jacquot 2 Stoianov 0 Martinez 0
Group I:
In the group of hosts, Eleanna Christinaki and Greece defeated the Czech Republic 75-66 in Chalkida. Germany does not have the momentum that they were hoping for ahead of their big February games, losing to Italy 70-53 in Hamburg.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Greece-Czechia#|tab=boxscore
Greece [75]: Christinaki 20/7r Stamolamprou 15 Spanou 13 Stamati 9 Pavlopoulou 8/11a Louka 5 Karlafti 3 Chairistanidou 2 Chatira 0 Cholopoulou 0 Gerostergiou 0 Koumantsiotou DNP
Czech Republic [66]: Vorackova 16/6r/9a Pospisilova 16/6a Stoupalova 16 Sotolova 5/9r Andelova 5 Galickova 3/6r Rokosova 3 Zeithammerova 2 Kopecka 0/6r Malikova 0 Cechova 0 Kadlecova DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Germany-Italy#|tab=boxscore
Germany [53]: N. Sabally 12/9r S. Sabally 11/8r Fiebich 10/7r Gulich 8 Brunckhorst 7 Wilke 3 Geiselsoder 2 Hartmann 0 Crowder 0 Simon 0 Buhner DNP
Italy [70]: Villa 17 Zandalasini 16 Madera 13 Fassina 10 Cubaj 7/13r Panzera 5 Verona 2/6r Keys 0 Pan 0 Campisano 0 Spreafico 0 Kacerik 0
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