Group A
The final round of games in this window was played on Tuesday with Bosnia and Herzegovina sitting in unexpectedly poor position after losing 75-39 in Luxembourg. The other game was played a neutral site in Riga, Latvia and, despite some uncertainty based on their last meeting, happened as scheduled with Daniel Raber and Abbey Meyers helping Israel prevail 93-86 in overtime over Ireland.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129001-LUX-BIH#boxscore
Luxembourg [75]: Meynadier 18 Etute 17/14r Madjo 14/12r Simon 9/7a Mangen 5 Irthum 4 Nurenberg 4 Olsen 2 Mreches 2 Coulon 0 Schumacher 0 Krings 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina [39]: Smalls 17/7r Guska 8/7r Hidic 6 Domuzin 4 Sipka 2 Selimovic 2 Krakic 0 Dosic 0 Niksic 0 Bekic 0 Mitrovic 0 Sehovic 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129002-ISR-IRL#boxscore
Israel [93]: Raber 26/11r Meyers 23/11r Dahan Sujic 18/7r/8a Rotberg 10 Zipel 7 Baron 5 Tirosh 2 Garzon 2 Eisner 0 Saar 0 Vaturi 0 Hatokay DNP
Ireland [86]: Hickey 17/9r Power-Cassidy 15 Herlihy 13/7r Finn 11/7a Thornton 11/7a Rafferty 6/8r Maguire 6 Tiernan 3 Scanlon 2 Murphy 2
Standings: Israel 3-0, Luxembourg 2-1, Ireland 1-2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-3
Group B
The first game of the day was in this group as part of a doubleheader in Riga and Latvia kept Estonia winless 89-47. Emese Hof was tremendous in Almere to help the Netherlands hand Eva Lisec, Zala Friskovec, and Slovenia their first loss, making this a group with a solid chance at sending three teams through to the next round.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129014-LAT-EST#boxscore
Latvia [89]: Vilka 17 Laksa 11/7r Steinberga 9/6r Liepina 9 D. Strautmane 8/6r Pulvere 7 Jasa 6 Viksne 6 P. Strautmane 5/6r Vihmane 5 Bulane 4 Ozola 2
Estonia [47]: Pokk 13/10r Asi 12 Uprus 5 Grunmann 5 Lass 4/6r Sirgi 3 Bratka 2 Kosareva 2 Kuttis 1 Svilberg 0 Veisberg 0 Teder DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129013-NED-SLO#boxscore
Netherlands [89]: Hof 29/9r Cornelius 19/9a Fokke 15 Westerik 8 Vennema 6 Van Kruistum 4 Driessen 3 Huijbens 2 Vanderklugt 0 H. Van Schaik DNP Toornstra DNP L. Van Schaik DNP
Slovenia [76]: Lisec 20 Friskovec 20 Oblak 15/6a Sivka 8 Cvijanovic 8 Turnsek 4/7r Senicar 1 Sambolic 0 Jelenc 0 Debeljak 0 Stirn DNP Ceh DNP
Standings: Latvia 2-1, Slovenia 2-1, Netherlands 2-1, Estonia 0-3
Group C
The winner of the game in Ploiesti would be in good position to advance and Slovakia in great shape after an 88-56 win over Romania. The last game of the day was in Sosnowiec and Amalia Rembiszewska helped Poland stay perfect, keeping Cyprus winless 96-52.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129025-ROU-SVK#boxscore
Romania [56]: Armanu 13 Manea 10 Bobar 9 Orban 9 Virjoghe 8/10r Nan 3 Catinean 2 Ivan 2 Panait 0 Irimia 0 Velcea 0 Croitoru 0
Slovakia [88]: Palenikova 16 Lambert 15/6a Dudasova 11 Martiskova 11 Mikulasikova 11 Mistinova 8/7r Jakubcova 6 Moravcikova 5 Tarkovicova 3 Szmerekova 2 Uzovicova 0 Sediva DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129026-POL-CYP#boxscore
Poland [96]: Rembiszewska 22 Pyka 14 Borkowska 13/8r Banaszak 10 Szymkiewicz 8 Danielewicz 7 Mielnicka 5 Pawloska 5 Makurat 5 Niemojewska 3 Ullmann 2 Wojtala 2
Cyprus [52]: Pilakouta 17 Kyprianou 12 Chenaklieva 9 Papaioannou 5 Pangalos 4/7a Raca 3 Kyriakou 2 Oikonomidou 0 Sttylianidi 0 Papadouri 0 Papalla 0
Standings: Poland 3-0, Slovakia 2-1, Romania 1-2, Cyprus 0-3
Group D
Savannah Wilkinson and Great Britain kept Norway winless after leaving Bergen with a 91-48 victory. Austria is in great position to advance, sitting in the lead after going to St. Gallen and defeating Switzerland 97-78 behind Alexia Allesch and Sarah Sagerer.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129037-NOR-GBR#boxscore
Norway [48]: Austgulen 18 Myklebust 9 Jacobsen 8 Sorbye 3 Uggen 3 Holm 2 Halvorsen 2 Teigland 2 Mildestvedt 1 Harloff 0 Granheim 0 Sanford 0
Great Britain [91]: Wilkinson 20 Jump 13 Fabengle 13 Beckford-Norton 12 Henderson 8 Winterburn 6/8a Green 4 Gayle 4 Ashby 4 Oboavwoduo 3 Brown 2 Rickards 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129038-SUI-AUT#boxscore
Switzerland [78]: Vilolo Dos Santos 15 Schwarz 12/8r Popovic 11 Constantin 10 Favre 9 Herminjard 8/6a Fora 7/8a Takyi 3 Jacquot 3 Srdanovic 0 Da Silva 0 Hulliger 0
Austria [97]: Allesch 26/15r Sagerer 23 Fuchs-Robetin 12 Sill 10 Hollerl 9/8a Koizar 8/6r/10a Wildbacher 5 Krisper 4 Mayr 0 Knoflach 0 Oriakhi DNP Koeppel DNP
Standings: Austria 3-0, Great Britain 2-1, Switzerland 1-2, Norway 0-3
Group E
Ukraine played their designated home game in Riga again, getting a 98-34 win over Azerbaijan. Bulgaria trailed at halftime in Botevgrad, but completed a perfect window and put Montenegro in a tough spot with a 66-62 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129050-UKR-AZE#boxscore
Ukraine [98]: Panchuk 17 Kulesha 14/8r Iagupova 12 Kononuchenko 11/8r Uro-Nilie 9/7r Kovtun 8/7r Putra 8 Yurkevichus 7 Liashko 6/10a Lapkhan 3/6a Filevych 3 Boiko 0
Azerbaijan [34]: Gokcol 11 Ramazanli 10 Shchukina 7 Akbarzade 2 Abbasova 2 Gushina 2 Niftaliyeva 0 Allahverdiyeva 0 Yusubova 0 Mammadli
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129049-BUL-MNE#boxscore
Bulgaria [66]: Ivanova 15 Hillsman 13/7r Dimitrova 11/7r Hristova 10 Konstantinova 9 Manolova 4 Georgieva 2 Koleva 2 Stoichkova 0 Todorova 0 Aleksieva DNP Boneva DNP
Montenegro [62]: Lekovic 15 Kovacevic 11 Mack 10/10r Savkovic 9 Zivkovic 8 Radonjic 5 Scepanovic 4 Glomazic 0 Bigovic 0 Aksam 0 Ilic DNP
Standings: Bulgaria 3-0, Ukraine 2-1, Montenegro 1-2, Azerbaijan 0-3
Group F
The winners of the games in this group would sit in a qualification position heading into the other window. Croatia sits in the lead after their 83-55 win over North Macedonia in Slavonski Brod. The game in Gentofte was close until Mariella Fasoula and Eleanna Christinaki could help Greece pull away from Frida Formann, Alberte Rimdal, and Denmark for the 97-83 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129062-CRO-MKD#boxscore
Croatia [83]: Cvitkovic 15/9r Begic 15/6r Lazic 13/9r/7a Erjavec 11/8r/8a Tadic 11/8a Bura 9 Vuksic 6 Novak 3 Strize 0 Ujevic 0 Cicic 0 Vojtulek DNP
North Macedonia [55]: Mitrasinovic 15/8r/8a Hempe 15/7r Kmetovska 11 Selcova 8 Stojanovska 4 Nikolic 2 Mitreva 0 Nikolov 0 Nachevska 0 Tasevska 0 Nikolikj 0 Pislevska 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129061-DEN-GRE#boxscore
Denmark [83]: Formann 24 Rimdal 23 Okosun 16/11r Mortensen 14/7r Erikstrup 3 Lassen 2 Sandback 1 Svanholm 0 Haabegaard 0 Bork 0 Ravn 0
Greece [97]: Fasoula 23/7r Christinaki 20 Spanou 17/8r Tsineke 16 Parks 12/6r Louka 4 Pavlopoulou 3/6r/7a Chatzileonti 2 Bosgana 0 Karakasidou DNP Krimili DNP Karlafti DNP
Standings: Croatia 2-1, Greece 2-1, North Macedonia 1-2, Denmark 1-2
Group G
The lone game in this group was in Barreiro as Portugal put themselves in good position to advance with a 100-70 win over Iceland.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129173-POR-ISL#boxscore
Portugal [100]: Guerreiro 16 Bettencourt 15/6r Da Costa 15 Rodrigues 13 Cruz 11 S. Da Silva 10/9r Filipe 5 Umabano 5 Silva 5 Ramos 3 Soeiro 2 L. Da Silva 0
Iceland [70]: Hinriksdottir 19 Steingrimsdottir 16 Rodriguez 14 Sigurdardottir 5/8r Armannsdottir 4 Agustsdottir 4 Grimsdottir 3 Svansdottir 3 Hodge-Carr 2 Rafnsdottir 0 Jonsdottir 0 Olafsdottir 0
Standings: Serbia 2-0, Portugal 1-1, Iceland 0-2
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