After a year since the last games, qualifying resumed with games on Thursday to reach the halfway point in the standings. All of the teams in Group I will host so they are in the tournament and playing in these games to prepare for next summer. The top team in each group qualifies along with the four runners up who perform the best in these games.
Group A
Croatia had been one of the good stories of the first window and were hoping to be at close to full strength by this middle window, but they ended up getting quite a test from Austria in Vienna before Andrijana Cvitkovic and Iva Slonjsak could seal a 91-80 win. Group leaders Spain hosted in Castellon, but also did not have as easy of a time as expected, staying undefeated after a 66-59 win over the Netherlands.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120043-AUT-CRO#boxscore
Austria [80]: Allesch 15/14r Sagerer 15 Koizar 14/9r/7a Fuchs-Robetin 12 Hollerl 7 Schicher 7 Wildbacher 3 Krisper 3 Sill 2 Ganhor 2 Winkler DNP Pammer DNP
Croatia [91]: Cvitkovic 26/7r Slonjsak 20 Erjavec 17 Tadic 13 Begic 10 Lazic 5 Bura 0 Cicic 0 Strize 0 Bilic DNP Mandic DNP Brajac DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120042-ESP-NED#boxscore
Spain [66]: Conde 17/7r Fam 14/10r Ginzo 11 Ortiz 8 Etxarri 4 Hermosa 4 Torrens 3 Ayuso 2 Cazorla 2 Quevedo 1 Pueyo 0 Martin 0
Netherlands [59]: Hof 19/12r Cornelius 10/7r Fokke 9 Vennema 8 Driessen 7 Van Kleef 6 Jongeling 0 Westerik 0 Van Der Keijl 0 Van Veen 0 Kuijt 0 Van Kruistum 0
Standings: Spain 3-0, Croatia 2-1, Netherlands 1-2, Austria 0-3
Group B
The game in Helsinki would determine which team would sit in second place at this point and Slovenia got the benefits of naturalizing Jessica Shepard quickly after integrating her into the lineup in summer exhibitions, getting an 84-62 win over Finland. Hungary had the momentum of winning one of the summer tournaments to get spots in World Cup qualifying, but found themselves trailing big at halftime to Bulgaria, which had the newly naturalized Khaalia Hillsman alongside Borislava Hristova. Dorka Juhasz’s efforts were not enough for the hosts in Miskolc and they lost 83-68, but remain in first place.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120055-FIN-SLO#boxscore
Finland [62]: Kuier 17/11r Agyei 10 Koskimies 7 Bejedi 7 Aijanen 5 Onnela 4 L. Lehtoranta 3 R. Lehtoranta 3 Lahtinen 2 Seppala 2 Tulonen 2 Kujala 0
Slovenia [84]: Shepard 29/23r Friskovec 15/9r Sivka 10 Lisec 9/8r Cvijanovic 7 Sambolic 6 Jelenc 5 Ceh 3 Bertelme 0 Debeljak 0 Senicar DNP Ivanusa DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120054-HUN-BUL#boxscore
Hungary [68]: Juhasz 21/9r Studer 9 Dubei 9 Hatar 8/7r Kiss 7 Lelik 6/6r Dombai 3 Kanyasi 3 Torok 2 Papp 0 Angyal DNP Varga DNP
Bulgaria [83]:
Standings: Hungary 2-1, Slovenia 2-1, Finland 1-2, Bulgaria 1-2
Group C
It was Poland’s turn to run up their differential when they hosted Alexy Mollenhauer and Azerbaijan in Sosnowiec and they won 105-51. Lithuania had a great start while Belgium was upset once coming into their meeting in Antwerp and it was the hosts that got the 81-70 win to sit at the top of the three-way tiebreaker for the automatic qualification spot for now.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120067-POL-AZE#boxscore
Poland [105]: Mavunga 18 Borkowska 15/10r Makurat 14/6a Pawlowska 13 Telenga 12/7r Jakubiuk 9 Gertchen 9 Wojtala 6 Banaszak 4 Gajda 3 Niemojewska 2/7a Parzenska 0
Azerbaijan [51]: Mollenhauer 24 Carter 17 Deniskina 3 Gokcol 3 Gokchol 2 Ismayilova 2 Ulyanova 0 Abbasova 0 Akbingol 0 Ramazanli 0 Musayeva DNP Yashayeva DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120066-BEL-LTU#boxscore
Belgium [81]: Meesseman 17/7r Allemand 16/9a Vanloo 12/6a Lisowa Mbaka 10 Joris 9 Linskens 8 Be. Massey 3 Vervaet 2 Claessens 2 Ramette 2 Bi. Massey 0 Defosset DNP
Lithuania [70]: Juskaite 18 Jocyte 15 Sventoraite 10 Miskiniene 8 Baltokojiene 8 Meskonyte 5 Use 4 Donskichyte 2/7a Labuckiene 0/7r Miknaite 0 Raulusaityte DNP Zabotkaite DNP
Standings: Belgium 2-1, Poland 2-1, Lithuania 2-1, Azerbaijan 0-3
Group D
Sweden took care of business in Tallinn with Klara Lundquist leading them in an 82-52 win over Estonia. Great Britain kept pace ahead of their next meeting with a 75-62 win over Denmark in Manchester.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120079-EST-SWE#boxscore
Estonia [52]: Lass 17 Adams 11 Pokk 7/7r Bratka 6 Uprus 3 Kangur 2 Kosareva 2 Koorits 2 M. Grunmann 2 L. Grunmann 0 Sirgi 0 Pulk 0
Sweden [82]: Lundquist 30/12r Eldebrink 18/6a Nystrom 12 Halvarsson 10 Gustavsson 5 Hjern 4 Visscher 3 Wadling 0 Kantzy 0 Ahlberg DNP Johnson DNP Hagg DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120078-GBR-DEN#boxscore
Great Britain [75]: Wilkinson 14/10r Ashby 13 Winterburn 12/9r/11a Beckford-Norton 12 Fagbenle 6/9r Jump 6 Brown 5 Robb 5 Harrison 2 Januszewska 0 Paxton DNP Guttormsdottir Frost DNP
Denmark [62]: Jespersen 19/8r Sandbuck 11 Tryggedson 10/8r Okosun 8 Seilund 6 Hansen 4 Mortensen 2 Svanholm 2 Hesseldal 0 Jensen 0 Viso DNP Lutterodt DNP
Standings: Sweden 3-0, Great Britain 2-1, Denmark 1-2, Estonia 0-3
Group E
Latvia stayed in second place with Kitija Laksa pacing them in an 85-53 win over Ireland in Riga. France is still perfect after a 94-52 win over Israel in Caen.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120091-LAT-IRL#boxscore
Latvia [85]: Laksa 25 Steinberga 16/11r Vilka 8/8r Vihmane 6 Jakobsone 6 Vitola 6 Gulbe 5 Sila 5 Loceniece 4 Ozola 3 D. Strautmane 1 P. Strautmane 0
Ireland [53]: K. Hickey 13 Finn 13 Mulligan 8 O’Connor 6/7r S. Hickey 6 Rafferty 3 Herlihy 2 Prenter 2 Gloeckner 0 Dooley 0 Moran 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120090-FRA-ISR#boxscore
France [94]: Williams 14 Toure 13 Salaun 11/8r Vukosavljevic 11/7r Badiane 11 Foppossi 7 Tadic 6 Zodia 6 Bernies 5 Lacan 4 Droguet 3 Astier 3
Israel [52]: Rotberg 14 Raber 12/6r Saar 8 Dahan Sujic 7 D. Karsh 4 H. Karsh 3 Eisner 2 Tirosh 2 Zipel 0 Vaturi 0 Baron DNP Bar Gal DNP
Standings: France 3-0, Latvia 2-1, Israel 1-2, Ireland 0-3
Group F
Turkey continued to look strong in this group after Teaira McCowan led them in a 101-54 win over Romania in Istanbul. With Danielle Rodriguez naturalized, Iceland had the better start in Hafnarfjordur, but Slovakia recovered and won 78-70 to prevent the group from possibly being settled and eliminating the remaining teams.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120102-TUR-ROU#boxscore
Turkey [101]: McCowan 24/7r Senyurek 13/6r Atas 11/8r Yildizhan 11 Uzun 11/9a Onar 8 Cora 7 Cakir 6/8a Erdogan 6 Gul 2 Cidal 2 Fitik 0
Romania [54]: Armanu 9 Panait 7 Ghizila 7 Mititelu 7 Podar 6 Popescu 6 Irimia 6 Ghita 5/6r Croitoru 1 Manea 0 Catinean 0 Biszal DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120103-ISL-SVK#boxscore
Iceland [70]: Rodriguez 29 Agustsdottir 11 Armannsdottir 10 Larusdottir 8 Jonsdottir 5 Ag. Svansdottir 3 Alexandersdottir 2 Eliasdottir 2 Vignisdottir 0 Thrainsdottir 0 An. Svansdottir 0 Karlsdottir 0
Slovakia [78]: Jakubcova 15/6r Dudasova 14 Mistinova 9/10r Remenarova 9/6r Mikulasikova 8 Stasova 8 Kovacikova 6 Moravcikova 5 Buknova 4 Tarkovicova DNP Palenikova DNP Sedlakova DNP
Standings: Turkey 3-0, Slovakia 2-1, Romania 1-2, Iceland 0-3
Group G
The two undefeated teams in this group met in Belgrade and Serbia showed that they were very much the heavy favorites with a 71-37 win over Portugal. The winless teams played in Skopje and Ukraine stayed in the picture by doubling up North Macedonia 98-49.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120114-SRB-POR#boxscore
Serbia [71]: Anderson 16/8r/8a Nogic 15 Dugalic 9/8r Jankovic 9 Djordjevic 8 Rosic 8 Topuzovic 2 Smailbegovic 2 Raca 2 Katanic 0 Mitrovic 0 Katanic 0
Portugal [37]: S. Silva 12/8r M. Silva 8 Da Costa 6 Umabano 6 Bettencourt 4/6r Rodrigues 1 Kostourkova 0/10r Soeiro 0 Da Silva 0 Filipe 0 Costa 0 Alves 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120115-MKD-UKR#boxscore
North Macedonia [49]: Mitrasinovic 17/7r Hempe 16 Stojanovska 6 Selcova 4 Nikolikj 2 Kmetovska 2 Nachevska 2 Trajchevska 0 Tasevska 0 Aleksovska 0 Dimitrovska 0 Nikolic DNP
Ukraine [98]: Balaban 19 Iagupova 17/6r Uro-Nile 16 Yurkevichus 9/9r Liubinets 9 Dubniuk 8/10a Liashko 5 Hrymaliuk 4 Kulesha 3 Tsiubyk 3 Filevych 3 Putra 2
Standings: Serbia 3-0, Portugal 2-1, Ukraine 1-2, North Macedonia 0-3
Group H
The winless teams met in Sarajevo and Dragana Domuzin and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s struggles continued with a decisive 81-62 loss to Switzerland. Luxembourg’s dream start continued in the battle of undefeated teams that they hosted as naturalizing Amanda Cahill and being able to field nearly their strongest possible team helped them roll past Montenegro 71-49.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120126-BIH-SUI#boxscore
Bosnia and Herzegovina [62]: Domuzin 21 Selimovic 12 Brcaninovic 9/10r Sipka 9 Omerbasic 3 Guska 2 Ahmic 2 Ikanovic 2 Dosic 2 Lazarevic 0 Mitrovic 0 Marjanovic 0
Switzerland [81]: Herminjard 19 Martinez 12 Fora 10/7a Constantin 9 Schwarz 7 Ranisavljevic 7 Favre 6/6r Heide 4/10r Hatch 4 Jacquot 3 Stoianov 0 Hulliger 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120127-LUX-MNE#boxscore
Luxembourg [71]: Cahill 32/9r Simon 19/6r/7a F. Etute 10/12r Hetting 5 Meynadier 5 Nurenberg 0 Wolff 0 J. Etute 0 Bidinger 0 Irthum 0 Geniets 0 Hamalainen 0
Montenegro [49]: Zivkovic 16 Kovacevic 11/9r Jovanovic 9/8r Lekovic 4 Pasic 3 Bulajic 3 Zivaljevic 2 Radonjic 1 Ma. Bigovic 0 Aksam 0 Vukcevic 0 Mi. Bigovic DNP
Standings: Luxembourg 3-0, Montenegro 2-1, Switzerland 1-2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-3
Group I
Italy turned down the chance to play competitive games in the summer and Czechia won the tournament that they entered, but it was Italy getting the 68-47 win in Genoa. Germany was missing some key players when they welcomed Elena Tsineke, Mariella Fasoula, and Greece to Hagen, but still won 79-76.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120138-ITA-CZE#boxscore
Italy [68]: Andre 10/6r Zandalasini 8 Pan 8 Verona 7 Villa 6 Fassina 6 Keys 5/8r Pastrello 5 Panzera 4 Madera 3/6r Arado 3 Pasa 3
Czechia [47]: Cechova 10 Reisingerova 10 Vyoralova 7 Vorackova 6/7r Stoupalova 5 Pospisilova 3 Sotolova 3 Andelova 2 Hamzova 1 Zeithammerova 0 Sipova 0 Kopecka DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120139-GER-GRE#boxscore
Germany [79]: Gulich 16/14r Geiselsoder 13/7r Buhner 12 Bertholdt 11 Schiffer 11 Crowder 6 Wilke 5 Peterson 5 Soltau 0 Zolper 0 Polleros DNP
Greece [76]: Tsineke 23 Fasoula 20 Spanou 17/12r Christinaki 7 Karlafti 5 Pavlopoulou 2/8a Sarigiannidou 2 Louka 0 Cholopoulou 0 Alexia DNP Chairistanidou DNP Tampakou DNP
Standings: Italy 3-0, Germany 2-1, Greece 1-2, Czechia 0-3
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