Group A
Spain finished this group with a perfect record after Megan Gustafson paced them in an 81-64 win over the Netherlands in Almere. As the last tipoff of the day, Croatia had the theoretical advantage of being able to precisely measure out the margin in Gospic that they would need to advance. Early in the game, it looked like there would be no drama, but Austria narrowed the gap in the second half and only lost 65-57, stunning the hosts and leaving them short by 9 points.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120048-NED-ESP#boxscore
Netherlands [64]: Cornelius 14/10a Treffers 12 Westerik 11 Hof 8/12r Fokke 6 Van Kruistum 5 Driessen 4 Van Der Keijl 2 K. Kuijt 2 I. Kuijt 0 Jongeling 0 Vennema 0
Spain [81]: Gustafson 27/11r Cazorla 9 Martin 9 Fam 8/10r Pueyo 8 Araujo 7 Soriano 5 Alarcon 4 Vilaro 2 Ayuso 2 Etxarri 0 Hermosa 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120049-CRO-AUT#boxscore
Croatia [65]: Zellous 18/6a Cvitkovic 17/8r Slonjsak 14/9r Bura 6 Lazic 4 Tadic 3/9r Vuksic 3 Miloglav 0 Bilic 0 Strilic DNP Novak DNP Vojtulek DNP
Austria [57]: Sagerer 15 Fuchs-Robetin 14/10r Koizar 8/6r Schicher 8 Allesch 4 Hollerl 3 Boruta 3 Sill 2 Kalaydjiev 0 Wildbacher 0 Winkler 0 Oriakhi 0
Standings: Spain 6-0, Croatia 4-2, Netherlands 2-4, Austria 0-6
Group B
Hungary looked ready to qualify early against eliminated Bulgaria in Botevgrad, but Khaalia Hillsman, Borislava Hristova, and the hosts had other ideas, forcing overtime and winning 92-89 to stun a team that thought that they would be making some noise in the main tournament. Jessica Shepard and Slovenia emphatically won their game in Ljubljana 96-47, leaving Finland wondering what happened after a good start to the cycle, but looking forward to hosting in 2027.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120060-BUL-HUN#boxscore
Bulgaria [92]: Hillsman 24/13r Hristova 24 Konstantinova 13/9r/7a Todorova 13 Ivanova 8 Dimitrova 8 Georgieva 2 Valcheva 0 Tyutyundzhieva DNP Manolova DNP Stoyanovska DNP Stoichkova DNP
Hungary [89]: Turner 19/10r Dubei 16 Kiss 13/6r Dombai 12 Kanyasi 10 Torok 8 Lelik 6/6a Hatar 5 Papp 0 Miklos DNP Juhasz DNP Varga DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120061-SLO-FIN#boxscore
Slovenia [96]: Shepard 20/12r Sivka 15 Oblak 14 Friskovec 10 Lisec 8 Bartelme 8 Cvijanovic 8 Debeljak 5 Jelenc 3 Burgar 3 Ivanusa 2 Senicar 0
Finland [47]: Kuier 17/6r Lahtinen 11 Onnela 7 Aijanen 4/6r Agyei 4 Tulonen 4 L. Lehtoranta 0 Pirttinen 0 Bejedi 0 Talonen 0 Kujala 0 R. Lehtoranta 0
Standings: Slovenia 5-1, Hungary 3-3, Finland 2-4, Bulgaria 2-4
Group C
The game to determine who would win the group was played in Vilnius and Juste Jocyte and Lithuania looked like they were going to be able to rest for the rest of the day without watching other games, but Belgium dramatically got a 70-69 late win to clinch even though they had more than enough breathing room to be a top second place team. Lithuania did qualify and they get to host in 2027 as well. The game in Baku had no impact on qualification, but Poland defeated Azerbaijan 88-34.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120072-LTU-BEL#boxscore
Lithuania [69]: Jocyte 22/6r/6a Miskiniene 10 Juskaite 9 Sinickaite 9 Sventoraite 6 Labuckiene 6 Meskonyte 5 Donskichyte 2 Use 0 Miknaite DNP Baltkojiene DNP Raulusaityte DNP
Belgium [70]: Vanloo 17 Linskens 16/11r Meesseman 12/7r/7a Allemand 12/6a Lisowa Mbaka 6/6r Ramette 3 Joris 2 Claessens 2 Mununga 0 Massey 0 Vilcinskas DNP Vervaet DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120073-AZE-POL#boxscore
Azerbaijan [34]: Mollenhauer 16/6r Ismayilova 8 Akbingol 5/9r Gokcol 3 Gokchol 2 Ramazanli 0 Allahverdiyeva 0 Niftaliyeva 0 Yusubova 0 Akbarzadze 0 Kitayeva 0 Abbasova 0
Poland [88]: Pyka 15 Mielnicka 15 Banaszak 17/9r Gertchen 10/7r Telenga 9/18r Borkowska 9/9r Pawlowska 6 Niemojewska 4 Skobel 4 Wojtala 2 Gajda 0/8a Mavunga DNP
Standings: Belgium 5-1, Lithuania 4-2, Poland 3-3, Azerbaijan 0-6
Group D
The top two spots in this group were already decided so Great Britain was looking to improve their point differential to avoid any unexpected results from hurting them. They took the lead early in Gentofte on their way to a 75-58 win over Denmark behind Hannah Jump and qualified comfortably. Sweden finished a perfect qualification campaign with a 70-51 win over Estonia in Lulea.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120084-DEN-GBR#boxscore
Denmark [58]: Okosun 15/13r Mortensen 15/11r Sandback 7 Hansen 6 Tryggedsson 4 Lutterodt 3 Iversen 3 Jensen 2 Jespersen 2 Wich 1 Svanholm 0 Dalsgaard DNP
Great Britain [75]: Jump 20 Wilkinson 13/9r Brown 12 Ashby 11/6s Beckford-Norton 8 Winterburn 5/6r/10a Green 4 Januszewska 2 Harrison 0 Fagbenle DNP Guttormsdottir Frost DNP Robb DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120085-SWE-EST#boxscore
Sweden [70]: Fontaine 19 Eldebrink 14 Nystrom 8/6r Halvarsson 8 Gustavsson 7/6r Wadling 5/7r Persson 5 Hjern 4 Kantzy 0 Lundquist DNP Sandberg DNP Johnson DNP
Estonia [51]: Bratka 16/10r Kosareva 10 Uprus 8 Lass 7/6r Koorits 4 Kangur 4 Ristimets 2 Frier 0 Mikiver 0 Adams 0 Sirgi 0
Standings: Sweden 6-0, Great Britain 4-2, Denmark 1-5, Estonia 1-5
Group E
Israel had their last designated home game played in Riga, losing to France 100-39. Based on previous results, Latvia probably felt that they had the chance at a big enough win in Dublin to qualify as one of the second place teams, but Claire Melia and Ireland had other ideas, impressively limiting their loss to Anete Steinberga and company 96-90.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120096-ISR-FRA#boxscore
Israel [39]: Baron 8 Raber 6 Zipel 5 Rotberg 4 Simms 4 D. Karsh 3 Eisner 3 Tirosh 3 Dahan Sujic 3 Saar 0 Vaturi 0 H. Karsh 0
France [100]: Rupert 17/6r Salaun 12 Fauthoux 10/8a C. Djaldi-Tabdi 10 Badiane 9 Leite 9 Ayayi 7 M. Djaldi-Tabdi 7 Djekoundade 7 Toure 6 Bernies 5 Lacan 1/6a/6s
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120097-IRL-LAT#boxscore
Ireland [90]: Melia 26/12r S. Hickey 19/9r Thornton 14 Herlihy 9/6r K. Hickey 9 Tiernan 7 Finn 4 O’Connor 2 Clarke 0 Rafferty 0 Homan DNP Dooley DNP
Latvia [96]: Steinberga 33/17r Laksa 17 D. Strautmane 14 Sila 11 Vihmane 8/7a Vilka 6 Jakobsone 4 Ozola 3 P. Strautmane 0 Loceniece 0 Bulane DNP Meldere DNP
Standings: France 6-0, Latvia 4-2, Israel 2-4, Ireland 0-6
Group F
Turkey finished up a perfect run in this group with a 99-61 win over Romania in Ploiesti. Nikola Dudasova and Slovakia knew that they would finish in second place, but they had a slow start in Bratislava, meaning that a 78-55 win over Sara Hinriksdottir and Iceland was not enough to qualify.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120108-ROU-TUR#boxscore
Romania [61]: Panait 11 Irimia 10 Fota 10 Ghita 8 Popescu 6 Croitoru 5 Lipova 4 Nan 4 Armanu 3 Manea 0 Virjoghe 0 Ghizila 0
Turkey [99]: Senyurek 15 Bayram 14/6r Erdogan 13 Guner 12 Uzun 12 Yildizhan 12 Atas 7 Bilgic 7 Cora 3 Fitik 2 Uzunoglu 2 Gul 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120109-SVK-ISL#boxscore
Slovakia [78]: Dudasova 21/10r Mikulasikova 16 Mistinova 11/9r Jakubcova 11/6r Martiskova 8/6r Buknova 4 Palenikova 3 Remenarova 2/10r Moravcikova 2 Havranova 0 Kovacikova 0 Sedlakova DNP
Iceland [55]: Hinriksdottir 20 Rodriguez 14/9r Eliasdottir 8 An. Svansdottir 6 Agustsdottir 3 Jonsdottir 2 Alexanderdottir 2 Larusdottir 0 Olafsdottir 0 Ag. Svansdottir 0 Karlsdottir DNP Hjordisardottir DNP
Standings: Turkey 6-0, Slovakia 4-2, Romania 1-5, Iceland 1-5
Group G
Portugal hosted in Coimbra while hoping for already qualified Serbia to lend them a helping hand in securing one of the top second place spots. The visitors obliged by not offering much resistance late and losing 57-40 and giving the home team a historic first trip to the main tournament. Ukraine’s last designated home game was the second part of a neutral site doubleheader in Riga and they just held off Andjelika Mitrasinovic and North Macedonia 74-72.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120120-POR-SRB#boxscore
Portugal [57]: Da Costa 15/6r Bettencourt 12 Ferreira 7 Kostourkova 6/8r Silva 6 Rodrigues 5 Soeiro 4 Filipe 2 Da Silva 0 Viana 0 Umabano DNP Costa DNP
Serbia [40]: Anderson 9 Nogic 8 A. Katanic 8 Mitrovic 6 Jankovic 5 Cado 2 Djordjevic 2 Topuzovic 0/7r Raca 0 Rosic 0 I. Katanic 0 Jovanovic 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120121-UKR-MKD#boxscore
Ukraine [74]: Iagupova 19/10a Yurkevichus 12/13r Uro-Nile 12/7r Filevych 9/6r Balaban 7 Dubiuk 6 Boiko 5 Putra 4 Kulesha 0 Liashko 0 Lapkhan 0 Hrymaliuk DNP
North Macedonia [72]: Mitrasinovic 33/7r/7a Nikolic 13/6r Hempe 11 Selcova 8 Trajchevska 5 Nikolikj 2 Tasevska 0 Stojanovska 0 Nikolov 0 Dimitrovska DNP Markoska DNP Nachevska DNP
Standings: Serbia 5-1, Portugal 5-1, Ukraine 2-4, North Macedonia 0-6
Group H
Stephanie Martinez and Switzerland finished strong in Aarau with an 87-39 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina that left them waiting for the rest of the games to be played and they got the fantastic news right at the end of the day. The other game in Bar would determine the group winner and Montenegro emphatically ended the dreams that Luxembourg had at the halfway point of qualification with an 86-53 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120132-SUI-BIH#boxscore
Switzerland [87]: Martinez 20/9r Ranisavljevic 14 Herminjard 11/7a Schwarz 9/9r Favre 9 Hatch 6 Fora 5 Dos Santos 5 Da Silva 4 Jacquot 2 Constantin 2 Burkhalter DNP
Bosnia and Herzegovina [39]: Guska 12 Bekic 7 Sipka 6 Kahric 5 Domuzin 2/7r Lazarevic 2/6r Krakic 2 Sehovic 2 Slatina 1 Sirovina 0 Isakovic 0 Ahmic 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120133-MNE-LUX#boxscore
Montenegro [86]: Mack 15/7r Lekovic 14/6a Zivkovic 12/6r/7a Pasic 12 Kovacevic 10/6r Jovanovic 9 Radonjic 7 Zivaljevic 5 Bigovic 2 Aksam 0 Bulajic 0 Savkovic 0
Luxembourg [53]: Cahill 13/10r/8a Simon 10 Meynadier 10 Etute 6/7r Nurenberg 6 La. Irthum 2 Hetting 2 Bidinger 2 Coulon 2 Hamalainen 0 Li. Irthum 0
Standings: Montenegro 4-2, Switzerland 4-2, Luxembourg 4-2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-6
Group I
There was one more set of games for the host teams before summer preparations and Czechia defeated Italy 74-69 in Brno. Luisa Geiselsoder and Germany got a 67-64 win over Greece in Glyfada.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120144-CZE-ITA#boxscore
Czechia [74]: Holesinska 17 Vorackova 14/7a Reisingerova 14 Pospisilova 9/6r Hamzova 5 Sotolova 5 Stoupalova 4 Vyoralova 4 Kopecka 2 Vitulova 0 Malikova DNP Cechova DNP
Italy [69]: Cubaj 16/10r Pan 12 Verona 0 Zandalasini 9 Villa 7/7a Fassina 5 Andre’ 4 Madera 3 Trucco 2 Keys 2 Pasa 0 Zanardi 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120145-GRE-GER#boxscore
Greece [64]: Fasoula 17/9r Spanou 15/9r Tsineke 14/6a Pavlopoulou 10 Christinaki 4/6r Sarigiannidou 2 Louka 2 Karlafti 0 Cholopoulou 0 Chatzileonti 0 Alexia DNP Chairistanidou DNP
Germany [67]: Geiselsoder 22/7r Wilke 16/7a Fiebich 15/9r Gulich 7/7r Zolper 3 Buhner 2 Bar 2 Hartmann 0 Bertholdt 0 Crowder 0 Peterson DNP Polleros DNP
Standings: Italy 4-2, Germany 4-2, Czechia 2-4, Greece 2-4
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