Group A
The Netherlands built a lead in the second half in Vienna for a 73-57 win over Sarah Sagerer and Austria, keeping themselves in the picture. Spain did not officially qualify, but put themselves on the brink of doing so after winning 78-62 against Andrijana Cvitkovic and Croatia in Castellon.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120044-AUT-NED#boxscore
Austria [57]: Sagerer 20 Koizar 18/8r Wildbacher 5 Fuchs-Robetin 4 Sill 4 Schicher 2 Krisper 2 Hollerl 2 Allesch 0 Ganhor 0 Winkler 0 Pammer DNP
Netherlands [73]: Driessen 18 Cornelius 14/8a Westerik 12/6r Hof 10/11r/7a Fokke 9/7r Van Der Keijl 6/6r Jongeling 2/7r Kuijt 2 Van Veen 0 Vennema 0 Van Kleef 0 Van Kruistum 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120045-ESP-CRO#boxscore
Spain [78]: Ginzo 15/8r Etxarri 13 Martin 12 Hermosa 11 Pueyo 7 Ortiz 6/7r Conde 6 Torrens 5/6r Cazorla 3/8a Fam 0 Quevedo 0 Ayuso DNP
Croatia [62]: Cvitkovic 24/7r Slonjsak 13/8a Begic 10/11r Erjavec 7 Tadic 5 Lazic 3 Bura 0 Bilic DNP Strize DNP Mandic DNP Brajac DNP Cicic DNP
Standings: Spain 4-0, Croatia 2-2, Netherlands 2-2, Austria 0-4
Group B
Khaalia Hillsman and Bulgaria were looking to complete a perfect window to get themselves back into the picture, but Awak Kuier and Finland took care of business in Helsinki with a 85-72 win to give themselves a shot in the final window. Zala Friskovec and Slovenia finished their own impressive window, moving into the lead with a 74-67 win over Hungary.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120056-FIN-BUL#boxscore
Finland [85]: Kuier 30/11r Lahtinen 13 Bejedi 11/9a Koskimies 9 Agyei 6 Seppala 6 Tulonen 4 Onnela 4 L. Lehtoranta 2 Aijanen 0/6r Kujala 0 R. Lehtoranta DNP
Bulgaria [72]: Hillsman 22/10r Hristova 16 Ivanova 12/7a Konstantinova 12 Manolova 7 Dimitrova 3 G. Nikolova 0 Stoyanovska 0 Petrova 0 Valcheva 0 I. Nikolova 0 Koleva DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120057-SLO-HUN#boxscore
Slovenia [74]: Friskovec 23 Shepard 17/17r Lisec 15/6r Sivka 10 Cvijanovic 6 Jelenc 3 Bartelme 0 Sambolic 0 Ceh 0 Debeljak 0 Senicar DNP Gorsic DNP
Hungary [67]: Hatar 15 Studer 11 Dubei 11 Lelik 7/6a Papp 6 Juhasz 5/9r Kiss 5 Torok 5 Dombai 2 Kanyasi 0 Angyal DNP Varga DNP
Standings: Slovenia 3-1, Hungary 2-2, Finland 2-2, Bulgaria 1-3
Group C
Both games in this group were played in Sosnowiec instead of having Azerbaijan host their designated home game and Lithuania got the 108-47 win over Arica Carter and company. Having already lost the home matchup, reigning champions Belgium wanted to win this game to avoid a potentially nervy final window. Agnieszka Skobel and Poland led for most of the game, but Emma Meesseman led Belgium again and they moved to the top of the standings with an 80-77 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120068-AZE-LTU#boxscore
Azerbaijan [47]: Carter 23 Mollenhauer 16/8r Akbingol 3 Ismayilova 3 Gokchal 2 Deniskina 0 Ulyanova 0 Abbasova 0 Gokcol 0 Ramazanli 0 Iskakova 0 Yashayeva 0
Lithuania [108]: Juskaite 17/11r Jocyte 17 Sventoraite 13 Miskiniene 10/15r/7a Raulusaityte 10 Donskichyte 8/7a Labuckiene 7/9r Zabotkaite 7 Zelnyte 5 Miknaite 5 Baltkojiene 5 Meskonyte 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120069-POL-BEL#boxscore
Poland [77]: Skobel 22 Mavunga 18/11r Makurat 8 Telenga 7 Niemojewska 6 Gajda 4/10a Banaszak 4 Borkowska 3 Gertchen 3 Jakubiuk 2 Pawlowska 0 Parzenska DNP
Belgium [80]: Meesseman 31/8r Linskens 13/6r Allemand 12/7a Vanloo 12 Be. Massey 6 Lisowa Mbaka 3 Ramette 3 Joris 0 Claessens 0 Bi. Massey 0 Vervaet 0 Dossou DNP
Standings: Belgium 3-1, Lithuania 3-1, Poland 2-2, Azerbaijan 0-4
Group D
Sweden had the chance to be the first team to win a qualification spot in the tournament if they won in Malmo. Holly Winterburn and Temi Fagbenle tried to keep Great Britain in contention for the top spot and automatic qualification, but the hosts did enough in the second half to win 63-60. Estonia avenged their early loss to Denmark 66-58 in Tallinn, but that was not enough to move them to third place heading into the final window.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120081-SWE-GBR#boxscore
Sweden [63]: Eldebrink 19 Lundquist 17/11r Wadling 8 Nystrom 6/6r Halvarsson 6 Visscher 3 Gustavsson 2 Kantzy 2 Hjern 0 Hagg 0 Ahlberg DNP Johnson DNP
Great Britain [60]: Winterburn 22/7r Fagbenle 21/10r Ashby 7 Wilkinson 5 Robb 3 Jump 2 Brown 0 Beckford-Norton 0 Harrison 0 Paxton DNP Guttormsdottir Frost DNP Januszewska DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120080-EST-DEN#boxscore
Estonia [66]: Kosareva 15 Pokk 13/6r Adams 12 Braatka 9/6r Lass 8 Kangur 6 Koorits 3 Vetesina 0 Uprus 0 Grunmann 0 Sirgi DNP Vannamik DNP
Denmark [58]: Jespersen 17/15r Mortensen 12/10r Seilund 9 Okosun 6/9r Svanholm 5 Sandbuck 5 Tryggedsson 3 Hesseldal 1 Hansen 0/6r Jensen 0 Viso DNP Lutterodt DNP
Standings: Sweden 4-0, Great Britain 2-2, Denmark 1-3, Estonia 1-3
Group E
Rather than playing the game in Ireland, the opener in this group was part of a tripleheader in Riga and Jennie Simms returned to the lineup for Israel in their 90-61 win over Bridget Herlihy and company. Latvia got to play the middle game at home, but lost 82-51, leaving France on the verge of automatically qualifying.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120104-ISL-ROU#boxscore
Ireland [61]: Herlihy 27/9r S. Hickey 13/10r Finn 6/6r Prenter 6 K. Hickey 3 O’Connor 2 Dooley 2 Moran 2 Rafferty 0/10r Mulligan 0 Gloeckner 0
Israel [90]: Simms 21/10r/10a Rotberg 17/8r Raber 16/7r Baron 11 Vaturi 9 Karsh 7 Zipel 5 Dahan Sujic 4 Eisner 0 Saar 0 Tirosh DNP Bar Gal DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120093-LAT-FRA#boxscore
Latvia [51]: Steinberga 19/6r Laksa 18 Vilka 7 Gulbe 5 Sila 2/8r Vihmane 0 Jasa 0 Jakobsone 0 Loceniece 0 Ozola 0 P. Strautmane 0 D. Strautmane DNP
France [82]: Williams 18/7r Astier 13 Salaun 12 Lacan 10 Badiane 9 Malonga 6 Foppossi 6 Ayayi 5/8r Toure 3 Bernies 0 Drouget 0 Tadic 0
Standings: France 4-0, Latvia 2-2, Israel 2-2, Ireland 0-4
Group F
Danielle Rodriguez had another excellent game for Iceland in Hafnarfjordur and Thelma Agustsdottir also helped out as they edged Romania 77-73, which was not enough for them to move out of last place. That result meant that Turkey could officially qualify if they left Bratislava with a win and Teaira McCowan led the way against Slovakia, sealing a 65-50 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120092-IRL-ISR#boxscore
Iceland [77]: Rodriguez 25/8r/9a Agustsdottir 21/8r Larusdottir 7 Armannsdottir 7 An. Svansdottir 7 Sigurdardottir 5/13r Jonsdottir 5 Eliasdottir 0 Alexandersdottir 0 Boama DNP Karlsdottir DNP Ag. Svansdottir DNP
Romania [73]: Ghita 18/10r Podar 13 Armanu 13 Popescu 9 Irimia 8/8r Mititelu 6/8r Ghizila 4 Manea 2/6r Croitoru 0 Panait 0 Catinean DNP Biszak DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120105-SVK-TUR#boxscore
Slovakia [50]: Mistinova 11 Dudasova 10 Mikulasikova 8 Stasova 8 Kovacikova 6 Jakubcova 3 Moravcikova 2 Remenarova 2 Buknova 0 Sedlakova 0 Tarkovicova DNP Palenikova DNP
Turkey [65]: McCowan 24/13r Onar 12 Senyurek 8/12r Cakir 8 Atas 6 Uzun 5 Yildizhan 2/6r Bayram 0 Cora 0 Gul 0 Erdogan 0 Fitik 0
Standings: Turkey 4-0, Slovakia 2-2, Romania 1-3, Iceland 1-3
Group G
Portugal had an easy 76-43 win over North Macedonia in Skopje to help themselves in any possible tiebreaker. The busy day in Riga ended with Ukraine’s designated home game, which they lost to Serbia 79-53.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120116-MKD-POR#boxscore
North Macedonia [43]: Mitrasinovic 16/6r Trajchevska 6 Stojanovska 6 Selcova 6 Hempe 5/6r Kmetovska 2 Nikolikj 0 Nachevska 0 Tasevska 0 Dimitrovska 0 Aleksovska 0 Nikolic DNP
Portugal [76]: Bettencourt 16 S. Silva 11 Kostourkova 10/11r Rodrigues 10 Da Costa 9 Filipe 8 Umabano 4 Laneiro 3 Costa 3 M. Silva 2 Soeiro 0 Da Silva 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120117-UKR-SRB#boxscore
Ukraine [53]: Uro-Nile 14/8r Dubniuk 9/6a Balaban 8 Iagupova 7 Filevych 6 Yurkevichus 4/11r Tsiubyk 3 Kulesha 2 Liubinets 0 Putra 0 Hrymaliuk 0 Liashko 0
Serbia [79]: Anderson 19 Rosic 18 Nogic 10 Djordjevic 10 Dugalic 7 Raca 5/6r Topuzovic 5 I. Katanic 4 Jankovic 1 A. Katanic 0 Mitrovic 0 Smailbegovic 0
Standings: Serbia 4-0, Portugal 3-1, Ukraine 1-3, North Macedonia 0-4
Group H
Luxembourg had the chance to virtually clinch a historic spot in the main tournament with win at home, but the nerves were clear early. They recovered in the second half and looked ready to take the lead for good, but Switzerland dominated the fourth quarter for a 59-44 win to keep themselves in the picture. Montenegro eliminated Bosnia and Herzegovina with an 85-52 win in Bar.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120128-LUX-SUI#boxscore
Luxembourg [44]: Cahill 15/8r F. Etute 14/14r Simon 9 Irthum 3 Meynadier 2 J. Etute 1 Nurenburg 0 Bidinger 0 Wolff 0 Hetting 0 Hamalainen DNP Mersch DNP
Switzerland [59]: Favre 12 Herminjard 10 Constantin 9 Martinez 9 Fora 8/9r Schwarz 6/14r Hatch 3 Heide 2/7r Jacquot 0 Stoianov 0 Ranisavljevic 0 Hulliger DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120129-MNE-BIH#boxscore
Montenegro [85]: Zivaljevic 13 Radonjic 12 Kovacevic 10/10r Pasic 8 Bulajic 8 Bigovic 6/9r Aksam 6 Lekovic 6/6a Zivkovic 5/6a Savkovic 5 Vukcevic 4 Jovanovic 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina [52]: Brcaninovic 17/11r Dosic 14 Domuzin 5 Sipka 3 Guska 3 Selimovic 2 Lazarevic 2 Niksic 2 Bekic 2 Ahmic 2 Omerbasic 0 Feukic 0
Standings: Luxembourg 3-1, Montenegro 3-1, Switzerland 2-2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-4
Group I
The teams in this group are still just training for next summer, but Mariella Fasoula and Greece did show that they could be tough after handing Italy their first loss 56-45 in Chalkida. Czechia still does not have a win here even though Emma Cechova had an excellent game in their 74-67 loss to Germany in Wetzlar.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120141-GRE-ITA#boxscore
Greece [56]: Fasoula 24/13r Tsineke 16 Louka 6 Spanou 4/13r Christinaki 4/9r Pavlopoulou 2/9r Sarigiannidou 0 Karlafti 0 Charistanidou 0 Cholopoulou 0 Alexia DNP Tampakou DNP
Italy [45]: Villa 14 Fassina 7 Zandalasini 6 Panzera 5 Madera 4 Pan 4 Pasa 4 Scalia 1 Keys 0 Toffolo 0 Verona 0 Arado DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120140-GER-CZE#boxscore
Germany [74]: Wilke 17 Gulich 13/10r Schiffer 13 Geiselsoder 10 Bertholdt 8 Zolper 5 Buhner 2/7r Soltau 2 Crowder 2 Polleros 2
Czechia [67]: Cechova 21/10r Hamzova 15 Andelova 12 Vorackova 6 Stoupalova 5 Kopecka 2 Pospisilova 2 Sipova 2 Zeithammerova 2 Rokosova 0 Sotolova 0
Standings: Italy 3-1, Germany 3-1, Greece 2-2, Czechia 0-4
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