{"id":50141,"date":"2025-08-07T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50141\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:20:09","slug":"israel-pull-off-upset-over-france-iceland-also-into-last-eight-fiba-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50141\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel pull off upset over France; Iceland also into last eight\u00a0|\u00a0FIBA Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MATOSINHOS (Portugal) \u2013 The Round of 16 at the FIBA U20 Women\u2019s EuroBasket 2025 featured intense battles and dramatic finishes, with several unexpected results shaking up the tournament landscape as we progress to the Quarter-Finals stage.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date with the tournament and check out the <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest results<\/a>, <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">group standings<\/a> and <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.fiba.basketball\/image\/upload\/documents-events-europe-youth-eurobasket-competition-system-16-teams---1-city.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">competition system<\/a> for all the information you need. <\/p>\n<p>Key Storylines<\/p>\n<p>0-3 Israel advance with seven-point win over 3-0 France;<\/p>\n<p>Iceland also claim first win against previously unbeaten Netherlands;<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania escape with nail-biting triumph over Slovenia<\/p>\n<p>Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Spain, T\u00fcrkiye, Netherlands also progress.<\/p>\n<p>Top Performers<img alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tilda Trygger was unstoppable for Sweden in their <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125664-SWE-POL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">92-86<\/a> win over Poland &#8211; delivering a dominant performance with 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 three-pointers to give her an efficiency rating of 37 for the game. Trygger has averaged 17.5 points through four games to lead Sweden into a Quarter-Finals clash with Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Winless in the Group Phase, Israel were heavy underdogs for their contest with five-time champions France, but caused a massive shock behind a 32-point, 5-rebound, 5-assist masterclass from Gal Raviv to secure an <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125662-FRA-ISR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">81-74<\/a> victory. The result sends Israel to the Quarter-Finals, where they will face Italy. <\/p>\n<p>Slovenia came within inches of beating Lithuania in the most thrilling game of the day, ultimately falling just short in a <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125661-SLO-LTU#overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">62-61<\/a> loss. Tjasa Turnsek gave everything for her side, pouring in 29 points on 61.1 percent shooting and grabbing 11 rebounds in a valiant losing effort. <\/p>\n<p>Marina Mata delivered a near-flawless performance for Spain during their <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125660-ESP-GER\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">88-69<\/a> victory over Germany, scoring 20 points on an exceptional 89 percent shooting from the field. She also added 8 rebounds to finish with a performance efficiency of 28 in her team&#8217;s convincing win. <\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s last eight opponents will be T\u00fcrkiye, who came through a tough contest with Czechia <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125663-TUR-CZE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">74-64<\/a>. Elif Istanbulluoglu was a two-way titan in the win; posting 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals to earn a performance efficiency rating of 25.<\/p>\n<p>Results of the Day<\/p>\n<p>Round of 16<br \/>\nSpain <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125660-ESP-GER\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">88-69<\/a> Germany<br \/>\nFrance <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125662-FRA-ISR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">74-81<\/a> Israel<br \/>\nT\u00fcrkiye <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125663-TUR-CZE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">74-64<\/a> Czechia<br \/>\nItaly <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125665-ITA-LAT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">101-70<\/a> Latvia<br \/>\nSlovenia <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125661-SLO-LTU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">61-62<\/a> Lithuania<br \/>\nSweden <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125664-SWE-POL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">92-86<\/a> Poland<br \/>\nBelgium <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125659-BEL-POR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">91-75<\/a> Portugal<br \/>\nNetherlands <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2025\/games\/125666-NED-ISL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">74-77<\/a> Iceland<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-Finals<\/p>\n<p>Belgium vs Sweden<br \/>\nSpain vs T\u00fcrkiye<br \/>\nLithuania vs Iceland<br \/>\nIsrael vs Italy<\/p>\n<p>Classification Games 9-16<\/p>\n<p>Portugal vs Poland<br \/>\nGermany vs Czechia<br \/>\nSlovenia vs Netherlands<br \/>\nFrance vs Latvia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATOSINHOS (Portugal) \u2013 The Round of 16 at the FIBA U20 Women\u2019s EuroBasket 2025 featured intense battles and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-50141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}