The FIBA Power Rankings are for entertainment purposes only and do not reflect the current balance of power. The ranking is the well-known columnist Paul Nielsen’s version of the seating arrangement before the Women`s EuroBasket 2025 qualification.
The first place is reserved for the European vice-champion Spain – the team that Latvia defeated at the opening of the tournament. Now the Spanish women are predicted to have a 6-0 record in the group against Austria, Croatia and the Netherlands. Megan Gustafson, a naturalized American, has joined the national team for the first time.
European champion Belgium is ranked second. This is no disrespect to ‘cats’. The representatives of the Flemish and Walloon countries are drawn in a stronger group than the Spanish women – beating Poland and Lithuania will not be one of the easiest tasks. The first trophy means nothing now – you have to start again.
The French national team – the magnet of the European Championship podium – must be able to qualify even if they expect two challenging games against Latvia, writes Nilsen. The distraction of the Paris Games, the absence of a couple of stars and the crisis of minor injuries must be reckoned with. France’s squad is also loaded with talent, with Ilian Rupert, Sarah Michel and Marina Fatou at the forefront.
The organizers of the next final tournament are automatically included in the “Top 16”. The host of the World Cup, Germany, was awarded the fifth place. Italy, despite modest results in Tel Aviv, complete the top eight. The ninth place is allocated to the Czech Republic, and the thirteenth place to Greece.
Pols Nilsen believes that Latvia is capable of entering the final tournament. The observer reminds that Latvia surprised the favorites Spain in the first game in Tel Aviv, but the weak performance against Greece and Montenegro ended with unwilling boarding of the plane for an early trip home to Riga.
Qualifying in the same group as France will be tough, but with Annette Steinberg, Kitty Lacks and Alexa Gulbe in the lineup, they can try to fight for victory and first place in the group. Which Latvia will come this time? For now, it can only be guessed, writes the FIBA reviewer.
Women`s EuroBasket 2025 power ranking #1
#Country2023Nike ranking1Spain2.place4.place2Belgium1.place6.place3France3.place7.place4Hungary4.place19.place5Germany6.place25.place6Serbia5.place10.place7Montenegro8.place24.place8Italy9.place15.place9Czech Republic7.place22.place10 Turkey14th place14th place11 Great Britain10th place21st place12 Sweden-27. place13Greece11th place18th place14Slovakia12th place28th place15Slovenia12th place28th place16Latvia13th place29th place—-17Bosnia-17th place18Finland-66th place19Ukraine-34th place20Estonia-69th place21Poland-44th place22Lithuania-46. 23rd place Portugal-48th place 24 Croatia -36th place25Israel16th place49th place26Netherlands–27Luxembourg–28Bulgaria–29Switzerland–30Denmark–31Romania–32Iceland–33Austria–34Ireland–35North Macedonia–36Azerbaijan–
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