MIES (Switzerland) - After a day off on Saturday, the teams will be back in action on Sunday, spreading the duties in Groups A, B and D.
A total of six games will take place with plenty to follow as the curtain falls on the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers First Round in those groups.
In Group A, Spain are chasing a perfect 6-0 record, while Ukraine could potentially rise to 4-2.
In Group B, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal and Romania could all end up at 3-3, so hold your breath for a thrilling finale there.
In Group D, we'll have one of the classics of European basketball, with Italy taking on Lithuania, while Iceland and Great Britain go head-to-head for the last Second Round ticket.
With every result carrying through to the Second Round, each game has the potential to make or break a nation's hopes of eventually reaching the World Cup.
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Ukraine have won six of their last nine games in the World Cup Qualifiers; they scored 95 points on Thursday against Georgia, their second-best total in a game in the competition (96 vs. Netherlands, November 2022).
Ukraine have grabbed 50+ rebounds in five games in the World Cup Qualifier, including in the reverse fixture against Denmark (50), no other European team has done that more often in the competition.
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (Ukraine) has scored more than 10 points in each of his eight games in the World Cup Qualifiers, including 28 on Thursday against Georgia, his best total in the competition.
Great Britain have only won one of their last 14 games in the World Cup Qualifiers but it was precisely against Iceland in the reverse fixture (90-84, November 2025).
Martin Hermannsson (Iceland) has scored 20+ points in seven of his 11 games in the World Cup Qualifiers, including 22 on Thursday against Italy. He has made at least 50% of his three-pointers in five of his last six games in the competition.
Spain have won their last six games played far from their home court, with the most recent three ending with a double-digit margin and the Spanish side conceding fewer than 70 points on each three occasions.
Greece lost on Thursday against Romania (66-73) but have never lost consecutive games in the World Cup Qualifiers; they also lost their last home game in the competition (65-67 vs. Montenegro) after winning 11 of their previous 12.
Kostas Papanikolaou (Greece) had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists against Romania on Thursday, with his 10 rebounds and 5 assists being both his best tallies in his 12 World Cup Qualifiers appearances; he became the first Greek player with a 10/10/5 in the competition.
Italy have won their last four games in the World Cup Qualifiers but have never won five in a row in the competition.
Lithuania grabbed only five offensive rebounds against Great Britain on Thursday, their lowest total in a World Cup Qualifiers game, after grabbing 10+ offensive rebounds in each of their previous 15 games.
Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists on Thursday against Great Britain, the first Lithuanian player with a 20/10/5 in the World Cup Qualifiers.
Montenegro have lost three of their last four home games in the World Cup Qualifiers after winning six of the previous eight; they are yet to score more than 65 points when playing at home in the current campaign while they managed to do it in each of their three away games.
Romania have scored 10 or more 3-pointers in each of their last three games in the World Cup Qualifiers after never making more than seven in any of their first eight games.
Daron Russell has scored 20+ points in three of his five games in the World Cup Qualifiers, as often as all the other Romanian players combined; however, he scored fewer than 10 points in each of his two away games.
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