The final window of qualifiers started with games on Thursday as teams were still trying to win groups or secure one of the second place spots that will still allow them to advance to the tournament in June.
Group A
Spain officially qualified after their 76-45 win in Vienna, keeping Austria winless. That meant that both teams in Almere were looking to be one of the stronger second place teams and it was Shavonte Zellous and Croatia helping their cause greatly with a 92-65 win over Emese Hof and the Netherlands.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120046-AUT-ESP#boxscore
Austria [45]: Sagerer 11 Allesch 10 Hollerl 9 Koizar 4 Sill 4 Boruta 3 Fuchs-Robetin 2 Wildbacher 2 Kalaydjiev 0 Schicher 0 Oriakhi 0 Winkler 0
Spain [76]: Gustafson 18 Fam 14/8r Pueyo 9/7r Araujo 7 Alarcon 7 Cazorla 6/6a Hermosa 6 Ayuso 4 Martin 3 Mataix 2 Buenavida 0/7r Etxarri 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120047-NED-CRO#boxscore
Netherlands [65]: Hof 22/8r Cornelius 12/7r Westerik 8 Van Kruistum 7 Vennema 6 Treffers 3 Fokke 3 Driessen 2 Jongeling 2 I. Kuijt 0 K. Kuijt DNP Van Der Keijl DNP
Croatia [92]: Zellous 29 Slonjsak 18/8r Tadic 16/7r Cvitkovic 9/6r Lazic 9/6a Bura 8 Vuksic 3 Strilic DNP Bilic DNP Vojtulek DNP Cicic DNP Miloglav DNP
Standings: Spain 5-0, Croatia 3-2, Netherlands 2-3, Austria 0-5
Group B
The winner of the game in Miskolc would still have a solid chance of advancing from this group and Hungary got the 80-50 win over Finland. Bulgaria was trying to spoil things for the more favored teams and to keep hopes of a four-way tie alive, but the efforts of Khaalia Hillsman and Borislava Hristova were not enough in Botevgrad and Eva Lisec and Slovenia left with the 94-83 win and the clearest path to win the group.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120058-HUN-FIN#boxscore
Hungary [80]: Turner 16 Juhasz 14/11r Hatar 12 Dubei 10 Kiss 9 Kanyasi 7/7a Dombai 5 Torok 5 Lelik 2/6r Miklos 0 Papp DNP Varga DNP
Finland [50]: Kuier 15 Bejedi 14 Onnela 6 Pirttinen 5 Tulonen 3/6r Aijanen 3 Lahtinen 2 Agyei 2 L. Lehtoranta 0 Talonen 0 Kujala 0 R. Lehtoranta DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120059-BUL-SLO#boxscore
Bulgaria [83]: Hillsman 24/9r Hristova 24 Todorova 13 Ivanova 12 Konstantinova 5/7a Dimitrova 5 Georgieva 0 Stoichkova 0 Tyutyundzhieva 0 Manolova 0 Stoyanovska 0 Valcheva 0
Slovenia [94]: Lisec 21/8r/6a Oblak 19/7r/6a Shepard 19 Friskovec 19/7a Sivka 7 Cvijanovic 5 Bartelme 2 Jelenc 2 Senicar DNP Gorsic DNP Debeljak DNP Sambolic DNP
Standings: Slovenia 4-1, Hungary 3-2, Finland 2-3, Bulgaria 1-4
Group C
The game in Vilnius would give the winner a very good chance at advancing due to how weak the fourth place team in this group is and Lithuania just held off Poland 72-69 to grab that advantage. Belgium started a new era in Oostende with a 97-24 win over Azerbaijan, making the math simple in the final round when they play Lithuania for the top spot.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120071-LTU-POL#boxscore
Lithuania [72]: Juskaite 17 Jocyte 14 Miskiniene 10/8r Labuckiene 10 Donskichyte 8 Meskonyte 6 Sinickaite 5 Use 2 Sventoraite 0 Baltkojiene 0 Raulusaityte 0 Zabotkaite DNP
Poland [69]: Skobel 18 Mavunga 17/6r Banaszak 12 Gajda 10/8a Borkowska 6 Gertchen 5/6r Pawlowska 1 Telenga 0 Niemojewska 0 Makurat 0 Wojtala DNP Pyka DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120070-BEL-AZE#boxscore
Belgium [97]: Linskens 17/12r Joris 13 Meesseman 12/6r Mununga 9/10r Ramette 9/7a Allemand 9 Massey 8/8r Verbugt 6 Vilcinskas 5 Vanloo 4/9a/6s Lisowa Mbaka 3 Claessens 2
Azerbaijan [24]: Akbingol 7/6r Mollenhauer 7 Gokchol 5 Gokcol 3 Ramazanli 2 Allahverdiyeva 0 Abbasova 0 Ismayilova 0 Niftaliyeva 0 Kitayeva 0 Akbarzade 0 Yusubova 0
Standings: Belgium 4-1, Lithuania 4-1, Poland 2-3, Azerbaijan 0-5
Group D
Sweden already qualified as group winners, but they still brought a strong squad to Gentofte and defeated Julianna Okosun and Denmark 98-72. Great Britain kept their hopes of qualifying alive with a 93-42 win over Estonia in Manchester.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120083-DEN-SWE#boxscore
Denmark [72]: Okosun 23/12r Jespersen 15/7a Mortensen 14/9r Svanholm 6 Hansen 6 Jensen 4 Wich 2 Sandback 2 Lutterodt 0 Christiansen DNP Iversen DNP Friis DNP
Sweden [98]: Fontaine 17 Lundquist 18/15r/7a Hjern 15 Nystrom 14 Halvarsson 12 Eldebrink 12 Gustavsson 4 Wadling 2 Johnson 2 Kantzy 2 Persson 0 Sandberg 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120082-GBR-EST#boxscore
Great Britain [93]: Ashby 12 Wilkinson 11/10r Winterburn 11/9a Beckford-Norton 11 Fagbenle 10 Brown 9 Jump 9 Januszewska 8 Green 7/7r Harrison 3 Guttormsdottir Frost 2 Robb DNP
Estonia [42]: Adams 10 Lass 8/7r Bratka 8 Kosareva 6 Kangur 4 Frier 2 Sirgi 2 Uprus 2 Koorits 0 Mikivier 0 Ristimets 0
Standings: Sweden 5-0, Great Britain 3-2, Denmark 1-4, Estonia 1-4
Group E
Israel was the designated home team in the first game in this group, but was playing on Latvia’s homecourt in Riga with Daniel Raber trying to keep them in contention late before losing 83-80 to Kitija Laksa and company. That result meant that France officially qualified, but they still put on a show in Chalon-sur-Saone with a 124-24 win over Ireland.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120095-ISR-LAT#boxscore
Israel [80]: Raber 20/20r Simms 16/7r Baron 16 Zipel 11 Rotberg 7 Eisner 6/6a Dahan Sujic 4 Karsh 0 Saar 0 Tirosh DNP Karsh DNP Vaturi DNP
Latvia [83]: Laksa 31 Vilka 18 Steinberga 17/13r Vihmane 12 Loceniece 3 Jakobsone 2 Sila 0/11r P. Strautmane 0 Bulane DNP Meldere DNP Ozola DNP D. Strautmane DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120094-FRA-IRL#boxscore
France [125]: Salaun 19/6r Ayayi 16 Rupert 15/7r Astier 14/8a Badiane 13 Leite 13 Malonga 11/9r Lacan 8 Toure 8 Fauthoux 4/8a Djaldi-Tabdi 2 Bernies 2
Ireland [24]: Melia 9 Finn 7 Tiernan 3 Clarke 2 O’Connor 2 Rafferty 1 S. Hickey 0 Dooley 0 K. Hickey 0 Homan 0 Thornton 0 Herlihy DNP
Standings: France 5-0, Latvia 3-2, Israel 2-3, Ireland 0-5
Group F
The first game of the day was in this group with Turkey already qualifying, but staying perfect with an 83-76 win over Sara Hinriksdottir and Iceland in Izmit. Slovakia quickly worked on improving their differential in Bratislava for a possible tiebreaker situation and Terezia Palenikova led them in a 90-52 win over Romania.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120106-TUR-ISL#boxscore
Turkey [83]: Cora 17 Yildizhan 15/11r Senyurek 12/9r Uzun 11/7r/9a Bilgic 11 Bayram 8/9r Kurtulmus 7 Fitik 2 Uzunoglu 0 Sertoglu 0 Akalan DNP Guner DNP
Iceland [76]: Hinriksdottir 29/7r Rodriguez 17 Agustsdottir 10 Jonsdottir 10 An. Svansdottir 6 Alexandersdottir 2 Larusdottir 2 Ag. Svansdottir 0 Olafsdottir 0 Eliasdottir 0 Karlsdottir DNP Hjordisardottir DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120107-SVK-ROU#boxscore
Slovakia [90]: Palenikova 24 Jakubcova 14/7r Martiskova 14 Dudasova 9 Remenarova 6/12r Moravcikova 6/8r Buknova 5 Mikulasikova 4 Havranova 4 Mistinova 2 Kovacikova 2 Sedlakova 0
Romania [52]: Virjoghe 10/10r Irimia 8 Lipovan 7 Ghizila 7 Nan 6 Panait 4 Popescu 3 Manea 3 Ghita 2 Croitoru 2 Fota 0 Armanu 0
Standings: Turkey 5-0, Slovakia 3-2, Romania 1-4 Iceland 1-4
Group G
Serbia officially won the group by defeating North Macedonia 105-60 in Belgrade as Jovana Nogic and Yvonne Anderson led them in scoring. In Coimbra, Portugal managed to eliminate Krystyna Filevych and Ukraine 60-57 and keep their own hopes alive.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120118-SRB-MKD#boxscore
Serbia [105]: Nogic 21 Anderson 21/10a Raca 15 Djordjevic 10 Jankovic 8 A. Katanic 7 Topuzovic 6/8r Mitrovic 6 Rosic 6 Cado 5 Cukic 0 I. Katanic 0
North Macedonia [60]: Mitrasinovic 17 Stojanovska 16 Hempe 10/6r Selcova 10 Nikolic 4 Dimitrovska 3 Trajchevska 0 Tasevska 0 Petrushevska 0 Nikolikj 0 Nikolov 0 Nachevska 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120119-POR-UKR#boxscore
Portugal [60]: Da Costa 14 Rodrigues 14 Bettencourt 9/6r Kostourkova 8/9r Filipe 5 Soeiro 5 Ferreira 3 S. Silva 2 Viana 0 Da Silva 0 Umabano 0 M. Silva DNP
Ukraine [57]: Filevych 21/8r Uro-Nile 18 Iagupova 8/8a Balaban 5 Dubniuk 3 Yurkevichus 2/8r Putra 0 Liashko 0 Boiko 0 Lapkhan 0 Hrymaliuk 0 Kulesha DNP
Standings: Serbia 5-0 Portugal 4-1, Ukraine 1-4, North Macedonia 0-5
Group H
Anne Simon and Luxembourg got a decisive 78-37 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina to get ready for a big last day. Montenegro looked set to win in Aarau and join them at the top for a mathematically simple final game, but Switzerland used a huge fourth quarter to win 55-47 and set up a fascinating Sunday.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120130-BIH-LUX#boxscore
Bosnia and Herzegovina [37]: Domuzin 12 Sipka 5/8r Kahric 4 Guska 4 Bekic 3 Slatina 3 Sehovic 3 Krakic 2 Lazarevic 1 Ahmic 0 Sirovina 0 Isakovic 0
Luxembourg [73]: Simon 25/9r/7s Cahill 19/6r/6a Hamalainen 12 Nurenberg 7 Etute 5/10r/6s Meynaider 5 La. Irthum 3 Hetting 2 Bidinger 0 Coulon DNP Li. Irthum DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120131-SUI-MNE#boxscore
Switzerland [55]: Herminjard 18 Ranisavljevic 14 Favre 8 Fora 7/10r Martinez 2/10r Da Silva 2/7r Jacquot 2 Constantin 2 Hatch 0 Hulliger 0 Dos Santos DNP Matic DNP
Montenegro [47]: Mack 12/10r Kovacevic 12/8r Pasic 6/7r Radonjic 5 Zivkovic 4 Lekovic 4 Zivaljevic 3 Bigovic 1/6r Jovanovic 0 Buljaic 0 Aksam DNP Savkovic DNP
Standings: Luxembourg 4-1, Montenegro 3-2, Switzerland 3-2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-5
Group I
The host nations continued to play each other to prepare for the tournament and Czechia got their first win by defeating Artemis Spanou and Greece 81-66 in Brno. Francesca Pan and Italy defeated Germany again, this time in Faenza 79-60.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120143-CZE-GRE#boxscore
Czechia [81]: Reisingerova 14/13r/6a Hamzova 14 Holesinska 13 Stoupalova 10 Cechova 8/7r Vyoralova 6 Vorackova 4/6r Sipova 4 Pospisilova 3 Zeithammerova 3 Vitulova 2 Sotolova DNP
Greece [66]: Spanou 25/6r Tsineke 12 Fasoula 10 Christinaki 6/7r Pavlopoulou 6/12a Sarigiannidou 3 Louka 2 Stamolamprou 2 Karlafti 0 Chatzileonti 0 Cholopoulou 0 Chairistanidou DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120142-ITA-GER#boxscore
Italy [79]: Pan 21 Verona 9/6a Cubaj 8 Zandalasini 8/6a Villa 7 Andre’ 6 Madera 6 Pasa 5 Fassina 4 Keys 3 Trucco 2 Trimboli 0
Germany [60]: Sabally 15/8r Gulich 12/6r Peterson 9/6a Fiebich 9 Geiselsoder 8/8r Hartmann 3 Zolper 2 Wilke 2 Buhner 0 Bertholdt 0 Crowder 0 Bar DNP
Standings: Italy 4-1, Germany 3-2, Greece 2-3, Czechia 1-4
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