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Great Britain’s women got their EuroBasket 2027 qualification campaign back on track with a comfortable 91-48 victory against Norway in Bergen.<\/b><\/p>\n
Britain had begun their qualifiers with a win against Switzerland in Manchester but fell to a narrow defeat by Austria<\/a> in Vienna in their second outing last weekend.<\/p>\n But they took command against the Norwegians early, with Savannah Wilkinson dropping 12 points in the first quarter alone as the visitors surged to a 26-16 lead.<\/p>\n They did not let their advantage slip, stretching the gap to 53-25 by half-time and eventually cruising to victory to seal a dominant performance on the road.<\/p>\n Wilkinson led the way for Britain with 20 points followed by Hannah Jump and Temi Fagbenle with 13 apiece, while Stine Austgulen topped Norway’s scoring charts with 18 points.<\/p>\n The women’s team, who participated in the qualifiers despite Fiba’s suspension of the British Basketball Federation<\/a>, will play their remaining three fixtures of the first round in March 2026. <\/p>\n The top two sides from each group will progress to the second round of qualifying, along with the three best-performing third-placed teams from the seven groups.<\/p>\n The next edition of EuroBasket will be co-hosted by Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania in June 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n