Group A
Wednesday was the start of the second half of the first stage of EuroBasket qualifying as teams tried to secure one of the two automatic spots or position themselves as a best place third-place team. This group opened the day’s action as part of a neutral site doubleheader in Riga and Dorian Dahan Sujic helped Israel stay undefeated with a 94-71 win over Jana Guska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They advanced to the next round along with Luxembourg, which got big games from Isi Etute and Anne Simon in an 85-73 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129003-ISR-BIH#boxscore
Israel [94]: Dahan Sujic 20/7r Raber 19/13r/7a Meyers 19/6r Baron 14 Eisner 6 Zipel 5 Rotberg 5 Tirosh 4 Saar 2 Hatokay DNP Rinat DNP Vaturi DNP
Bosnia and Herzegovina [71]: Guska 20/7r Smalls 16/10r/9a Domuzin 15/6r/6a Selimovic 8 Ahmic 5 Sipka 4 Herceg 3 Milakovic 0 Sehovic 0 Hidic 0 Isakovic DNP Damjanovic DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129004-LUX-IRL#boxscore
Luxembourg [85]: Etute 27/19r Simon 26/7r Madjo 14/7r Nurenberg 5/6r Skrijelj 5 Meynadier 5 Mangen 3 Irthum 0 Olsen 0 Missavage 0 Wies 0 Baum DNP
Ireland [73]: Rafferty 17/8r Finn 15 Maguire 11 Hickey 10 Power Cassidy 7 Thornton 5 Fitzpatrick 4 Scanlon 2 Tiernan 2 Murphy 0 Dunne 0 Clarke DNP
Standings: Israel 4-0, Luxembourg 3-1, Ireland 1-3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-4
Group B
Latvia played in Riga in a different arena than the other two games and Kitija Laksa helped them take the group lead with a strong second half in a 79-53 win over Slovenia. Almere was the site of the last game of the day, but it took a while for the Netherlands to get going before Emese Hof led them in an 87-77 win over Estonia, which is on the brink of elimination.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129015-LAT-SLO#boxscore
Latvia [79]: Laksa 21 Gulbe 15 Vilka 14 D. Strautmane 8 P. Strautmane 6/10r Vihmane 4/6a Pulvere 4 Jasa 3 Bulane 2 Meldere 2 Liepina 0 Ozola DNP
Slovenia [53]: Lisec 12/8r Friskovec 11 Turnsek 9 Cvijanovic 9 Sivka 7 Oblak 5 Jelenc 0 Debeljak 0 Senicar 0 Uranker 0 Stirn DNP Ceh DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129016-NED-EST#boxscore
Netherlands [87]: Hof 23/12r/7a Westerik 19 Vennema 17 H. Van Schaik 7/7r Cornelius 6/7r Van Kleef 6 Vanderklugt 5 Huijbens 4/7r L. Van Schaik 0 Toornstra 0 Vogelaar DNP Kulk DNP
Estonia [77]: Pokk 19 Teder 15/6a Asi 12 Grunmann 8 Bratka 7 Lass 6 Koorits 4 Kosareva 4 Vetesina 3 Uprus 0 Tamberg DNP Kuttis DNP
Standings: Latvia 3-1, Netherlands 3-1, Slovenia 2-2, Estonia 0-4
Group C
Poland had a simple task in Koszalin, getting the 63-55 win over Slovakia that they needed to advance. Marissa Pangalos and Cyprus actually had an early lead in Sibiu, but Romania took control before halftime to keep the visitors winless 75-60.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129027-POL-SVK#boxscore
Poland [63]: Mavunga 18/8r Borkowska 13/11r Banaszak 9/7r Telenga 8/6r Gertchen 6 Wnorowska 4 Pyka 3 Mielnicka 2 Niemojewska 0/7a Rembiszewska 0 Wojtala 0 Ulan 0
Slovakia [55]: Palenikova 14 Mistinova 8/8r Jakubcova 8 Dudasova 8 Mikulasikova 6 Lambert 5 Moravcikova 3/7r Martiskova 3 Sedlakova 0 Tarkovicova 0 Buknova 0 Sediva DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129028-ROU-CYP#boxscore
Romania [75]: Catinean 16 Virjoghe 13 Ghizila 12 Nan 9 Armanu 8 Manea 7 Fota 6 Ghita 2 Orban 2 Mititelu 0 David 0 Velcea 0
Cyprus [60]: Pangalos 25 Kyprianou 13/6r Pilakouta 10 Oikonomidou 6 Chenaklieva 4/8r Papaioannou 2 Raca 0 Georgiou 0 Sttylianidi 0 Kyriakou 0 Papadouri 0 Papalla 0
Standings: Poland 4-0, Slovakia 2-2, Romania 2-2, Cyprus 0-4
Group D
Sigi Koizar and Austria continued a fantastic campaign with an 81-54 win over Norway in Bergen. They advanced to the next round along with Great Britain, which got a big game from Kristine Anigwe to defeat Switzerland 77-58 in Fribourg.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129040-NOR-AUT#boxscore
Norway [54]: Teigland 12 Sanford 10 Austgulen 10 Halvorsen 5 Lund 5 Jacobsen 4 Myklebust 4 Mildestvedt 2 Harloff 2 Sorbye 0 Holm 0 Uggen 0
Austria [81]: Koizar 20/6a Hollerl 15 Sagerer 12 Kalaydjiev 11 Allesch 7/9r Jurhar 5 Sill 4 Matzka 3 Krisper 2/6r Fuchs-Robetin 2 Knoflach 0 Mayr 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129039-SUI-GBR#boxscore
Switzerland [58]: Herminjard 18 Ranisavljevic 10 Schwarz 9/8r Matic 6 Popovic 5 Vilolo Dos Santos 5 Bartel 3 Jacquot 2 Constantin 0 Moix 0 Burkhalter 0 Hulliger DNP
Great Britain [77]: Anigwe 21/13r Beckford-Norton 17 Wilkinson 16/8r Green 14 Gayle 5 Henderson 4/8r Brown 0 Robb 0 Harrison 0 Joseph 0 Oboavwoduo 0
Standings: Austria 4-0, Great Britain 3-1, Switzerland 1-3, Norway 0-4
Group E
Ukraine’s designated home game was in Riga and Alina Iagupova turned back the clock, but Marija Lekovic and Nikolina Ilic made sure Montenegro got the 79-61 win, which was enough to also flip the tiebreaker between them. That result meant that Preslava Koleva and Bulgaria could not clinch a spot, but they took care of what they could control against winless Azerbaijan 120-40 in Plovdiv, debuting a new naturalized player in the process.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129051-UKR-MNE#boxscore
Ukraine [61]: Iagupova 31/6r Filevych 10 Uro-Nilie 7 Sivakova 5/7a Tykha 3 Kulesha 3 Yurkevichus 2/12r Liashko 0 Boiko 0 Hutevych 0 Tupalo 0 Kononuchenko 0
Montenegro [79]: Lekovic 22/9a Ilic 21 Kovacevic 19 Mack 8 Radonjic 5/7a Bigovic 2 Aksam 2 Baosic 0 Bigovic 0 Glomazic DNP Scepanovic DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129052-BUL-AZE#boxscore
Bulgaria [120]: Koleva 20/11r Georgieva 15 Stoichkova 15 Kostowicz 12/10r Aleksieva 11 Georgieva 10 Ivanova 10/6a Dimitrova 9 Konstantinova 9/8a Kostova 5 Boneva 4 Manolova DNP
Azerbaijan [40]: Shchukina 17/7r Allahverdiyeva 9 Gokchol 8 Ismayilova 4 Akbingol 2 Ramazanli 0/6r Niftaliyeva 0 Gokcol 0 Abbasova 0 Akbarzade 0 Gushina 0 Yusubova 0
Standings: Bulgaria 4-0, Montenegro 2-2, Ukraine 2-2, Azerbaijan 0-4
Group F
This group was considered wide open after the first window, but Denmark looked very dangerous in Gentofte as the trio of Alberte Rimdal, Sarah Mortensen, and Julianna Okosun paced them in a 125-57 blowout of Merritt Hempe and North Macedonia. There was plenty of excitement in Sibenik with Ivana Dojkic making her return for Croatia, but an early injury to her fellow starting wing put a damper on their 98-73 win over Mariella Fasoula, Robyn Parks, and Greece that left them in the group lead.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129064-DEN-MKD#boxscore
Denmark [125]: Rimdall 22/7a Mortensen 21/12r/6a Okosun 21/8r Sandback 14 Formann 12 Christiansen 8 Bork 8 Erikstrup 7 Gudmand 4 Haabegaard 4 Svanholm 2 Hansen 2
North Macedonia [57]: Hempe 27 Selcova 10/6r Stojanovska 8/7r Tasevska 5 Trajkovska 4 Nikolikj 2 Nikolov 1 Nachevska 0 Pislevska 0 Milosavljevic 0 Aleksovska 0 Aleksova DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129063-CRO-GRE#boxscore
Croatia [98]: Dojkic 27 Vukosa 17/6r Lazic 15/8a Begic 14/6r Cvitkovic 13/7r Novak 3 Vuksic 3 Bura 2 Muhl 2 Vojtulek 2 Mandic 0 Vukic 0
Greece [73]: Fasoula 22/14r Parks 20 Spanou 12/7a Christinaki 8 Stamolamprou 5 Tsineke 2 Krimili 2 Louka 2 Pavlopoulou 0/6a Bosgana 0 Alexia DNP Chairistanidou DNP
Standings: Croatia 3-1, Greece 2-2, Denmark 2-2, North Macedonia 1-3
Group G
This is the group with only three teams so all results will count for the third-place team. Iceland actually had the lead early in Novi Sad, but Serbia tied the game by halftime on their way to a 92-66 win, clinching the top spot.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2027-qualifiers/games/129174-SRB-ISL#boxscore
Serbia [92]: Raca 18/7r Jankovic 14/9r Stanacev 9/7r Nogic 9 Stankovic 8 Turudic 8 Popovic 8 Katanic 7 Boricic 6 Rosic 4 Jovanovic 1 Smailbegovic 0
Iceland [66]: Rodriguez 13/6a Hinriksdottir 12 Agustsdottir 11 S. Olafsdottir 6 Steingrimsdottir 6 Sigurdardottir 5 Alexandersdottir 3 Jonsdottir 3 Svansdottir 3 Hodge-Carr 2 Armannsdottir 2 K. Olafsdottir 0
Standings: Serbia 3-0, Portugal 1-1, Iceland 0-3
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