The group stage started on Wednesday with teams playing six games to determine which three teams will advance to the next round while the last place team will drop down to EuroCup.
Group A
Both games in this group were on Wednesday and Mariam Coulibaly helped Girona start off strong with an 86-53 win over Gdynia. The other game had Valeriane Ayayi and USK Prague start their title defense with a 77-57 win over Bourges, also getting an overseas debut from Makayla Timpson.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128294-GIR-VBW#boxscore
Girona [86]: Coulibaly 22/8r Holm 15/7a Jocyte 14 Amihere 7/6r Pendande 6 Quevedo 5 Carter 0
Gdynia [53]: Wrzesinski 11 Jones 8 Hebard 7 Ekh 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128295-TBB-USK#boxscore
Bourges [57]: Pouye 18 Diaby 17/8r Foppossi 1 Djaldi-Tabdi 0
USK Prague [77]: Ayayi 21/7r Salaun 14 Cechova 12/7r Hof 7/6r Chen 7 Timpson 2
Group B
One game in this group was on Wednesday and Charleville-Mezieres rolled past Sopron 82-54. On Thursday, Schio had the lead at halftime, but Galatasaray had a strong second half at home to get the 73-70 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128306-SOP-FCB#boxscore
Sopron [54]: Brooks 14 Wallack 11 Muhl 4/7r
Charleville-Mezieres [82]: Dixon 15/6r Hirsch 14/6r Brochant 14 Strunc 12 Joens 5 Magassa 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128307-GALA-SCH#boxscore
Galatasaray [73]: Smalls 14 Oblak 13 Juhasz 9/8r Williams 8 Kuier 6 Erdogan 5
Schio [70]: Conde 17 Steinberga 12 Shepard 10/7r Zandalasini 10 Verona 10 Badiane 3 Mestdagh 3
Group C
The first game of the regular season was in Greece on Wednesday and Kayla Alexander and Valencia rolled past Eleanna Christinaki and Olympiacos 97-74. After falling short last season, Fenerbahce returned to the tournament with a vengeance on Thursday, starting by leaving Miskolc with an 89-58 win over DVTK.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128392-OSFP-VBC#boxscore
Olympiacos [74]: Christinaki 26/7r Woolfolk 17/7a Jakubcova 13/6r Johnson 10/10r
Valencia [97]: Alexander 23/10r Ben Abdelkader 18/8r Araujo 12 Iagupova 10/6r Romero 8/9a Carrera 7 Atkinson 3
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128393-DVTK-FENER#boxscore
DVTK [58]: Ginzo 13 Grigalauskyte 11 Smuda 10 Takacs 10 N. Aho 5/7a
Fenerbahce [89]: Rupert 16 Uzun 14 Meesseman 13 Onar 12 Billings 9/6r Allen 8 Allemand 7/6r/8a Cakir 5
Group D
Zaragoza had the early season momentum going on Wednesday with Helena Pueyo leading the way, but then had to hang on to leave Mont-de-Marsan with a 73-70 win over Landes. Cukurova will not be at full strength until later in the season and lost 72-62 at Reyer on Thursday.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128324-BLA-ZARAG#boxscore
Landes [70]: Wojta 15 Musa 13 Lacan 10
Zaragoza [73]: Pueyo 23 Fingall 9 Leite 8 Hempe 5/8r Vorackova 5 Flores 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128325-REYER-CBK#boxscore
Reyer Venezia [72]: Charles 15/11r Mavunga 11 Santucci 10 Cubaj 9 Dojkic 9 Holmes 7
Cukurova [62]: Burke 19 Hayes 10 Vanloo 8/6a
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