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2025–26 EuroLeague Women

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EuroLeague Women
The Pabellón Príncipe Felipe in Zaragoza will host the final six.
Season2025–26
DatesQualifying:
17–24 September 2025
Regular season:
8 October 2025 – 4 February 2026
Play Ins:
18 February – 3 March 2026
Final Six:
15–19 April 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 21 (from 11 countries)
Records
Biggest home winGalatasaray 104–54 Sopron Basket
(26 November 2025)
Biggest away winOlympiacos 47–99 Fenerbahçe
(26 November 2025)
Highest scoringFenerbahçe 113–65 DVTK
(29 October 2025)
Winning streak7 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak6 games
VBW Gdynia
Sopron Basket
Highest attendance9,106
Casademont Zaragoza 88–58 ÇBK Mersin
(26 November 2025)
Lowest attendance200
officially three matches
All statistics correct as of 10 December 2025.

The 2025–26 EuroLeague Women is the 68th edition of the premier European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 29th edition since being rebranded from the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup to the EuroLeague Women. The season began on 18 September 2025 and will end on 19 April 2026 with the Final Six.

This will be the second straight season under the new format.

The winners of the EuroLeague Women automatically qualify for next season's edition and also qualify for the 2026 SuperCup.

ZVVZ USK Praha are the defending champions, having won their second title last season.

Format

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  • Regular season (First round)

After the qualifiers, 16 teams will be split into 4 groups of four, where the top three from each group advances to the second round. The fourth place teams drop down to the EuroCup Women knockout stage. The advancing teams' records from the first round are carried over into the next round.

  • Regular season (Second round)

The 12 remaining teams form 2 groups of six and will play the teams they have not played in the first round. In both groups, the top 2 will play the Semi-Final play-ins while 3rd and 4th play the Quarter-Final play-ins. The teams who finish fifth and sixth are eliminated.

  • Play ins

The play ins will decide who makes the final six and where each team will start in the final six. The top 2 play the Semi-Final play-ins and the third and fourth teams play the Quarter-Final play-ins. Unlike last season, the play ins are played as a best of three series, rather than a home and away aggregate format. The higher-seeded teams play the second leg at home.[1]

The winners of the Semi-Final play-ins will automatically progress to the semifinals of the final six, while the victors of the Quarter-Final play-ins will reach the quarterfinals of the final six. The losers of the Quarter-Final play-ins are eliminated.

  • Final Six

The final six is held in a centralised venue and decide the champion. The losers of the Semi-Final play-ins plus the winners of the Quarter-Final play-ins contest the quarterfinals. The two winners move on to the semifinals to play the teams who automatically qualify for this round. Whoever triumphs in the semifinals reach the final while the losers play the third place match.[2]

Rankings

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The results were based on the results of the past three seasons.[3]

  • Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the regular season.
  • Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the qualification round.[4]

If a club who qualified for the regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders
  • TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.: League position of the previous season
  • RS: Regular season winners
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up

Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.

The teams were announced on 6 July 2025, with a total of 21 clubs registering for the competition.[6][7] Starting this season, the host team of the Final Six are allowed to enter the qualifiers if they had they not qualified on merit (however, this spot wasn't taken as Casademont Zaragoza qualified via their domestic league).[1] Another rule change is that the EuroLeague Women title holders can take part regardless of their domestic league result.

Regular season
Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet (1st) Turkey ÇIMSA CBK Mersin (2nd)
France Basket Landes (1st) France Flammes Carolo Basket (4th, CW)
Spain Valencia Basket (1st) Spain Spar Girona (3rd, RS)
Italy Beretta Famila Schio (1st) Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha TH EL (1st)
Hungary Sopron Basket (1st) Poland VBW Gdynia (1st)
Greece Olympiacos SFP (1st)
Qualifying round
Turkey Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring S (3rd) France Tango Bourges Basket S (5th, RS)
Spain Casademont Zaragoza S (2nd) Italy Umana Reyer Venezia S (2nd)
Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm S (2nd) Czech Republic Žabiny Brno (2nd)
Poland AZS UMCS Lublin (5th) Romania ACS Sepsi SIC (1st)
Lithuania Kibirkštis-TOKS (1st) Serbia KKZ Crvena zvezda (1st)

Name changes

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The following teams' names were changed during the season.

Original name New name Matchday
Lithuania Kibirkštis Lithuania Kibirkštis-TOKS First leg of qualifiers

Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Draw date Round Round date[8]
Qualification round 28 July 2025 First Leg 17 September 2025
Second Leg 24 September 2025
Regular season
(First Round)
Matchday 1 8 October 2025
Matchday 2 15 October 2025
Matchday 3 22 October 2025
Matchday 4 29 October 2025
Matchday 5 4 November 2025
Matchday 6 26 November 2025
Regular season
(Second Round)
Matchday 7 10 December 2025
Matchday 8 17 December 2025
Matchday 9 14 January 2026
Matchday 10 21 January 2026
Matchday 11 28 January 2026
Matchday 12 4 February 2026
Play Ins Game 1 18 February 2026
Game 2 25 February 2026
Game 3 3 March 2026
Final Six Quarterfinals 15 April 2026
Semifinals 17 April 2026
Final 19 April 2026

Draw

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The seeding was announced on 16 July 2025.[9] The draw took place in Munich, Germany, on 23 July 2025.[10] Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Turkey ÇİMSA ÇBK Mersin
Italy Beretta Famila Schio
Spain Valencia Basket
Spain Spar Girona
France Basket Landes
Hungary Sopron Basket
Greece Olympiacos SFP
Poland VBW Gdynia
France Flammes Carolo Basket
N/A Qualifier 1[a]
N/A Qualifier 2[b]
N/A Qualifier 3[c]
N/A Qualifier 4[d]
N/A Qualifier 5[e]
  1. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Spain Casademont Zaragoza.
  2. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Italy Umana Reyer Venezia.
  3. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring.
  4. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm.
  5. ^ The eventual team in this slot was France Tango Bourges Basket.

Qualification round

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The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 23 July 2025. The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Casademont Zaragoza Spain 142–140 Czech Republic Žabiny Brno 60–81 82–59
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy 149–134 Serbia KKZ Crvena zvezda 79–71 70–63
Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring Turkey 164–94 Romania ACS Sepsi SIC 81–48 86–46
DVTK HUN-Therm Hungary 144–129 Poland AZS UMCS Lublin 67–70 77–59
Tango Bourges Basket France 153–134 Lithuania Kibirkštis-TOKS 64–75 89–59

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2025–26 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Blue: Group D.

If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season


Overall, eight countries are present in the regular season, with no difference with the countries taking part. Flammes Carolo Basket make their return for the first time since 2019–20. Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring and Gdynia VBW return for the first time since 2021–22, Sopron Basket and Spar Girona come back after three years.

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GIR TAN PRA ARK
1 Spain Spar Girona 6 5 1 489 387 +102 11 Second round 92–62 83–78 86–53
2 France Tango Bourges Basket 6 4 2 421 394 +27 10 69–63 57–77 83–62
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 6 3 3 457 411 +46 9 60–75 43–78 102–67
4 Poland VBW Gdynia 6 0 6 355 530 −175 6 EuroCup Women 65–90 57–72 51–97
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL SCH FLA SOP
1 Turkey Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring 6 6 0 471 378 +93 12 Second round 73–70 77–73 104–54
2 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 6 4 2 452 415 +37 10 61–72 74–57 82–65
3 France Flammes Carolo Basket 6 2 4 419 410 +9 8 56–62 79–81 72–62
4 Hungary Sopron Basket 6 0 6 368 507 −139 6 EuroCup Women 64–83 69–84 54–82
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN VAL DVTK OLY
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet 6 6 0 541 364 +177 12 Second round 71–49 113–65 94–73
2 Spain Valencia Basket 6 4 2 497 399 +98 10 72–75 OT 81–58 99–57
3 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm 6 1 5 389 514 −125 7[a] 58–89 64–99 87–63
4 Greece Olympiacos SFP 6 1 5 383 533 −150 7[a] EuroCup Women 47–99 74–97 69–57
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b DVTK HUN-Therm 144–132 Olympiacos SFP

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LAN REY CAS MER
1 France Basket Landes 6 4 2 390 374 +16 10 Second round 63–57 70–73 66–55
2 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 6 4 2 407 405 +2 10 57–56 68–61 72–62
3 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 6 3 3 444 417 +27 9 63–65 80–84 88–58
4 Turkey ÇIMSA CBK Mersin 6 1 5 399 444 −45 7 EuroCup Women 69–70 83–69 72–79
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Second round

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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GIR GAL SCH TAN PRA FLA
1 Spain Spar Girona 8 7 1 653 527 +126 15 Semifinal play in 81–72 92–62 83–78
2 Turkey Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring 8 7 1 606 504 +102 15 73–70 80–62 77–73
3 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 8 5 3 623 574 +49 13 Quarterfinal play in 61–72 99–78 74–57
4 France Tango Bourges Basket 8 5 3 568 531 +37 13 69–63 57–77 85–57
5 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 8 4 4 599 565 +34 12 60–75 64–55 43–78
6 France Flammes Carolo Basket 8 2 6 544 578 −34 10 68–83 56–62 79–81
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2025. Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN LAN REY CAS VAL DVTK
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet 7 7 0 637 412 +225 14 Semifinal play in 96–48 71–49 113–65
2 France Basket Landes 7 5 2 467 444 +23 12 63–57 70–73
3 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 7 4 3 455 501 −46 11[a] Quarterfinal play in 57–56 68–61
4 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 7 4 3 514 480 +34 11[a] 63–65 80–84
5 Spain Valencia Basket 7 4 3 560 469 +91 11[a] 72–75 OT 63–70 81–58
6 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm 7 1 6 459 591 −132 8 58–89 70–77 64–99
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Casademont Zaragoza 141–152 Umana Reyer Venezia, Casademont Zaragoza 70–63 Valencia Basket

Play ins

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Semifinal play ins

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
E1 F2
E2 F1

Quarterfinal play ins

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
E3 F4
E4 F3


Final six

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On 2 December 2024, the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe in Zaragoza was announced as the host of the final six for the next three years.[11]


2025–26 EuroLeague Women Champions
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Awards

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EuroLeague MVP

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Player Team Ref.

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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Player Team Ref.

All-EuroLeague Teams

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First Team
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Second Team
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Defensive Player of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Young Player of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Coach of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Best Play of the Season

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Player Team Ref.

Club Excellence Award

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Player Team Ref.

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
October France Iliana Rupert Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet [12]
November Belgium Julie Allemand Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet [13]
December
January
February

Team of the Month

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Round PG SG SF PF C Ref.
October Belgium Julie Allemand
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Sweden Klara Holm
(Spain Spar Girona)
United States Kamiah Smalls
(Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)
France Iliana Rupert
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Canada Kayla Alexander
(Spain Valencia Basket)
[14]
November Belgium Julie Allemand
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
France Alix Duchet
(France Tango Bourges Basket)
Hungary Dorka Juhász
(Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)
Canada Kayla Alexander
(Spain Valencia Basket)
Slovenia Jessica Shepard
(Italy Beretta Famila Schio)
[15]
December N/A Player
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January N/A Player
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MVP of the Round

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First Round
Round PG SG SF PF C Ref.
1 Sweden Klara Holm
(Spain Spar Girona)
Belgium Hind Ben Abdelkader
(Spain Valencia Basket)
Greece Eleanna Christinaki
(Greece Olympiacos SFP)
Spain Helena Pueyo
(Spain Casademont Zaragoza)
Canada Kayla Alexander
(Spain Valencia Basket)
[16]
2 France Tima Pouye
(France Tango Bourges Basket)
Slovenia Zala Friškovec
(Hungary Sopron Basket)
Greece Eleanna Christinaki
(Greece Olympiacos SFP)
United States Joyner Holmes
(Italy Umana Reyer Venezia)
France Iliana Rupert
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
[17]
3 United States Kaitlyn Chen
(Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha)
United States Kennedy Burke
(Turkey ÇIMSA CBK Mersin)
France Valériane Ayayi
(Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha)
Hungary Dorka Juhász
(Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)
Canada Kayla Alexander
(Spain Valencia Basket)
[18]
4 Belgium Julie Allemand
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Lithuania Justė Jocytė
(Spain Spar Girona)
France Iliana Rupert
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Belgium Julie Vanloo
(Turkey ÇIMSA CBK Mersin)
Finland Awak Kuier
(Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)
[19]
5 Belgium Julie Allemand
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
France Alix Duchet
(France Tango Bourges Basket)
United States Kathryn Westbeld
(Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm)
Canada Laeticia Amihere
(Spain Spar Girona)
Slovenia Jessica Shepard
(Italy Beretta Famila Schio)
[20]
6 France Alix Duchet
(France Tango Bourges Basket)
Belgium Julie Allemand
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Belgium Emma Meesseman
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
Slovenia Jessica Shepard
(Italy Beretta Famila Schio)
Canada Kayla Alexander
(Spain Valencia Basket)
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Second Round
Round PG SG SF PF C Ref.
7 France Carla Leite
(Spain Casademont Zaragoza)
France Tima Pouye
(France Tango Bourges Basket)
Mali Mariam Coulibaly
(Spain Spar Girona)
Canada Laeticia Amihere
(Spain Spar Girona)
France Iliana Rupert
(Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet)
[22]
8 N/A Player
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9 N/A Player
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10 N/A Player
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11 N/A Player
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12 N/A Player
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Play Ins
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Final Six
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Semifinals N/A Player
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Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Board holds May meeting in Latvia". about.fiba.basketball. May 22, 2025.
  2. ^ "Competition system" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Regulations" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Team allocation" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 2025-07-09.
  6. ^ "EuroLeague Women announces participating clubs for 2025-26 season". www.fiba.basketball. July 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Žingsnis link elito: „Kibirkštis" taikosi į moterų Eurolygą". June 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Schedule" (PDF).
  9. ^ "EuroLeague Women seeds set for Regular Season draw". FIBA.basketball.
  10. ^ "EuroLeague Women 2025-26 Regular Season groups, Qualifiers pairings drawn". FIBA.basketball.
  11. ^ "Zaragoza announced as multi-year host for EuroLeague Women Final Six". FIBA Regional Office | About FIBA.
  12. ^ "Rupert crowned MVP for October". www.fiba.basketball. November 5, 2025.
  13. ^ "Allemand handed November MVP honor". www.fiba.basketball. December 1, 2025.
  14. ^ "October Team of the Month: Allemand, Holm, Smalls, Rupert, Alexander". www.fiba.basketball. October 31, 2025.
  15. ^ "November Team of the Month: Allemand, Duchet, Juhasz, Alexander, Shepard". www.fiba.basketball. November 28, 2025.
  16. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 1?". www.fiba.basketball. October 10, 2025.
  17. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 2?". www.fiba.basketball. October 17, 2025.
  18. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 3?". www.fiba.basketball. October 24, 2025.
  19. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 4?". www.fiba.basketball. October 24, 2025.
  20. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 5?". www.fiba.basketball. November 5, 2025.
  21. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 6?". www.fiba.basketball. November 26, 2025.
  22. ^ "Top Performers: Who was the best player of Gameday 7?". www.fiba.basketball. December 11, 2025.
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