France destroyed Russia 79-53 on Saturday to fly into the Qualifying Round as Group C winners.

Shooting guard Isabelle Strunc had a game-high 19 points and connected on four of five attempts from the arc as Jerome Fournier's side maintained their winning form in the tournament.

Serbia progressed to the Qualifying Round of the U18 European Championship for Women as Group A winners after crushing hosts Sweden 79-48 in a battle of unbeatens.

Maja Vucurovic led Serbia with 14 points while five of her teammates also finished in double figures.

Italy were all smiles after their 57-47 triumph over Lithuania on Saturday and for good reason.

Last year the Azzurrine avoided relegation to Division B by their skin of their teeth.

Italy bounced back from Friday's defeat to the Czech Republic by beating defending champions Lithuania 57-47.

Despite the loss, Lithuania finished first of Group D and will join Czech Republic and Italy in the Qualifying Round.

Having experienced the highs and lows of last month's EuroBasket Women which her country hosted, Latvia's rising star Sabine Niedola is looking to go for glory in Södertälje.

The 18-year-old shed some tears after she and the senior national team finished seventh in Riga. The Liepaja power forward has bounced back from that disappointment and is proudly representing her homeland at the U18 European Championship for Women in Sweden.

Ukraine survived a second-half comeback from Russia to claim their first win at the U18 European Championship for Women, 82-61.

Losing by a 54-point margin in their opener to France on Thursday, Yevheniy Filozof's ladies looked a different team and led 42-29 at the break.

Cleopatra Forsman-Goga fired hosts Sweden to a 66-57 win over Poland on Friday.

The Södertälje BBK guard poured in 19 points, pulled down a whopping 19 rebounds and dished out five assists as her team won for the second straight day at the U18 European Championship for Women.

Defending champions Lithuania beat Belarus 70-59 for their second win in as many days at the U18 European Championship for Women.

Leading 36-31 at the break, Lithuania built a 17-point cushion (57-40) over the next eight minutes en route to victory.

Latvia survived a late comeback from Belgium to clinch a 64-61 triumph on the second day of the U18 European Championship for Women.

Leading 63-57 with 30 seconds remaining, Latvia star Sabine Niedola saved the ball from going out of bounds but threw it into the hands of Belgian Jan Raman and she made an easy lay-up.

Defending champions Lithuania turned the ball over 28 times but still claimed a 72-44 win over the Czech Republic on Thursday night.

The Baltic team destroyed the Czechs in the battle of the boards 67-32 to start the tournament on the right foot.

Tournament hosts Sweden cruised to a 74-44 victory over Bulgaria on the opening day of the U18 European Championship for Women.

The Swedish defense wreaked havoc on the Bulgarians, who committed 33 turnovers in the game.