European Cup summary: Doncic leads the team to defeat Iceland 26+7, and the 12 team advances to the top 16 and only has the last four seats left.

On September 3, the 7th day of the 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup group stage was summarized. Doncic led the team to defeat Iceland with 26 points and 7 rebounds, Antetokounmpo missed Greece and defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel defeated Belgium, Georgia defeated Cyprus by 32 points, defending champion Spain lost to Italy, and Yabussele scored 36 points to lead France to defeat Poland. Currently, 12 teams have advanced to the top 16.

Slovenia defeated Iceland 87-79

Doncic felt bad at the beginning and suffered three fouls early in the first quarter. The two teams played in a very stalemate in the first quarter. Omic's buzzer-beating tip-in helped Slovenia lead by 1 point in the first quarter. Slovenia did not let the opponent overtake and changed sides and fought again. Doncic led the team to widen the gap 24-11 in a single quarter. In the last quarter, Iceland counterattacked wildly and chased 5 points, but made consecutive blows at the critical moment. Slovenia scored 2 three-pointers in a row to lock in the victory, and finally defeated Iceland.

In this game, Doncic scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Nikolic scored 17 points, 5 assists; Icelandic Hermansson scored 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and Cilinasson scored 11 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.

Slovenia defeated Iceland and ushered in two consecutive victories, 2 wins and 2 losses to advance to the top 16 ahead of schedule.

Greece lost 77-80 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Antetokounmpo missed the game due to a knee injury. Greece led by 6 points 25-19 in the first quarter, but Greece's offense fell sharply in the second quarter, and Bosnia and Herzegovina overtook the score 25-13 in a single quarter; after the change of sides, Greece's offense still stagnated, losing another 3 points in a single quarter 14-17. Greece counterattacked and chased after 5 points in the last quarter, but there was too little time left. In the end, Greece lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece suffered its first defeat in the European Cup this year.

In this game, Nurkic scored 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Robertson scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Greek team Slokas scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and Dorsey scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Israel defeated Belgium 92-89 and took the lead 8-2 at the beginning, and then suppressed Belgium, leading 8 points in the first quarter 23-15; Israel continued to take the initiative in the second quarter and once led to 20 points, and Israel led 15 points after halftime; Belgium failed to approach the score, but Belgium counterattacked wildly in the last quarter and chased to single digits, but there was too little time left, so Israel won the victory.

In this game, Avdia scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Sorkin scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists; Belgian team scored 15 points, and Wanweien scored 14 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.

Georgia defeated Cyprus 93-61 93-61, both teams were average in the first quarter, but Georgia opened firepower in the second quarter, widening the score difference 27-13 in a single quarter; after the change of sides, Georgia's firepower remained unabated, and won 11 points in the third quarter 26-15. Georgia led 10-3 to more than 30 points in the final quarter, and lost suspense early, and Georgia finally defeated the host Cyprus 32 points.

Singlia scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Bitaze scored 21 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks; Cyprus team Willis scored 19 points and 7 rebounds, and Teagkas scored 11 points and 3 assists.

France defeated Poland 83-76

France suddenly lost its fire after opening 7-0. Poland counterattacked 11-0. Yabussele scored consecutively to stabilize the situation. In the second quarter, Koulibali scored 2+1, and then Poland scored a 16-5 counterattack climax, and Poland led 3 points 44-41 after the half; in the third quarter, Yabussele scored 11 points alone in a single quarter and led the team to regain the initiative. In the last quarter, Yabussele scored 2 consecutive three-pointers to lead the team to expand the lead. Poland struggled to catch up, Okobo killed the game with three-pointers, and France defeated Poland and sent Poland to lose for the first time.

Yabuselle made 12 of 20 shots, 6 of 3-pointers, 6 of 12 of 3-pointers, 36 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Okobo scored 14 points and 10 assists, Rissache scored 0 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; Polish team Loyd scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Ponetka scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Italy defeated Spain 67-63, Spain started 13-0, and then Italy continued to attack the inside and tried to catch up with the points, trailing 8 points 10-18 in the first quarter; Spain's offensive power was cut off in the second quarter, Italy counterattacked and equalized the score, and Aldama scored consecutively to stabilize the situation; after the change of sides, Spain was silent again, Italy continued to erode the score difference and overtake the score; the two sides fell into a stalemate in the last quarter, Aldama equalized the score with a key three-pointer, and then Spain violated the body foul, Italy made 4 free throws and 3 of the victory, and finally Italy reversed and defeated the defending champion Spain.

In this game, Diouf scored 14 points and 8 rebounds, Nian scored 10 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, Fontechio scored 8 points and 9 rebounds; Spanish team Aldama scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Asenjo scored 15 points and 7 rebounds.

The latest European Cup situation -

Group A: Turkey (4 wins and 0 losses), Serbia (4 wins and 0 losses) and Latvia (2 wins and 2 losses) advanced to the top 16, Estonia and Portugal both won 1 wins and 3 losses, and the Czech Republic ranked last in the group

Group B: Germany (4 wins and 0 losses), Lithuania (3 wins and 1 losses) advanced to the top 16 early, Montenegro and Sweden both won 1 wins and 3 losses, and the United Kingdom The country lost four consecutive games in the group and ranked last in the group

Group C: Greece (3 wins and 1 loss), Italy (3 wins and 1 loss) advanced to the top 16 early, Spain, Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were both 2 wins and 2 losses, Cyprus was 0 wins and 4 losses, and the group was 0 wins and 4 losses, Group D: Israel (3 wins and 1 loss), France (3 wins and 1 loss), and Slovenia (2 wins and 2 losses) advanced to the top 16, and Belgium (1 wins and 3 losses) and Iceland (0 wins and 4 losses) missed the round of 16 knockout round.

So far, 12 teams have advanced to the top 16 of the European Cup, with the last place left in Group A and Group B, and the competition in Group C is the most fierce, with 2 places left.