FIBA/Alberto Nevado
November 25, 2015
A handful of new teams made their debuts in this format after not playing on Saturday. Slovenia, Belgium, and Finland joined in as Latvia, Poland, and Sweden did not play. All of the other groups have seen all teams playing two games now.
Group A:
Slovenia saw their first action, controlling the second half in Kedainiai to record a key 73-64 road win in Lithuania.
Lithuania vs. Slovenia 73-64 LTU Sulciute 16/6r Gutkauskaite 11 Nacickaite 10 Petronyte 8/9r Okockyte 8 Kuktiene 7 Solopova 4 Grigalauskyte 0 Paugaite 0 Pikciute 0 Siksniute 0 Visgaudaite DNP SLO Erkic 19 Oblak 16 Lisec 12 Baric 11 Pirsic 9/8r Trebec 4 Zdolsek 2 Ljubenovic 0 Rupnik DNP Jakovina DNP Gjerkes DNP Prezelj DNP
Standings: Slovenia 1-0 Latvia 1-0 Lithuania 0-2
Group B:
Croatia shook off a sluggish start in Tallinn to win 67-55 in Estonia as Shavonte Zellous led the way. France eventually pulled away from the Netherlands to win 76-52 in Amsterdam.
Estonia vs. Croatia 55-67 EST Nikolai 13 Koster 12 Puu 6 Anderson 6 Mesila-Kaarmann 6 Bratka 5 Pokk 3 Sokman 2 Piibur 2 Rosenfeldt DNP Kosk DNP Perv DNP CRO Zellous 21 Ciglar 14 Rezan 11 Sandric 6 Premasunac 5/9r Ivankovic 4/6r Ivezic 4 Dzankic 2 Begic 0/6r Dojkic 0 Borovic 0 Packovski 0
Netherlands vs. France 52-76 NED Treffers 14/7r Broring 11 Halman 9 Van Den Adel 6 Butter 5 Klein 4 Van Grinsven 2 Bettonvil 1 Ligthart 0 Klerx 0 Ndiba 0 Bettonvil 0 FRA Miyem 16/8r Johannes 15 Amant 10 Skrela 9 Ayayi 7/11r Gaye 6 Dumerc 6 Ciak 4 Gomis-Halilovic 3 Lardy 0 Michel 0 Kamba 0
Standings: France 2-0 Croatia 1-1 Netherlands 1-1 Estonia 0-2
Group C:
Great Britain got off to a good start in Manchester, but Italy stormed back and left with a 60-48 win as the return of Laura Macchi to the team proved fruitful. Montenegro welcomed Albania to Podgorica and eased to a 99-39 win.
Great Britain vs. Italy 48-60 GBR Handy 16 Leedham 11/10r Stewart 6/8r Vanderwal 5 G. Jones 4 Naylor 3 Allen 2 Clark 0 Simpson 0 Thompson 0 E. Jones DNP Wilkinson DNP ITA Macchi 27/7r Nadalin 10/9r Sottana 7 Gorini 6/9r Masciadri 5/6r Consolini 2 Dotto 0 Gatti 1 Cinili 0 Crippa 0 Formica 0 Bestagno DNP
Montenegro vs. Albania 99-39 MNE Mujovic 19/6r Perovanovic 18/8r Milosev 12 J. Vucetic 9/6r Dubljevic 9 M. Vucetic 8/7r Skerovic 8 Aleksic 8 Rakovic 6 Popovic 2 Matovic DNP Robinson DNP ALB Zykaj 13/6r Lalaj 6/7r E. Bujari 5 Myrto 4 Permeti 4 G. Bujari 4 Gjoni 2 Aliaj 1/7r Llazar 0 Sokoli 0 Berranija 0 Dishnica DNP
Standings: Italy 2-0 Montenegro 2-0 Great Britain 0-2 Albania 0-2
Group D:
Ukraine escaped Germany with a 66-64 win in Marburg in one of the closest games of the day. Alina Iagupova picked up where she left off in the summer although she finally had a little bit more help. Serbia did not ease up, going to Luxembourg and rolling to a 132-38 win with Sonja Petrovic leading the way.
Germany vs. Ukraine 64-66 GER Greinacher 10/8r Bar 10 Mersch 10 Brunckhorst 9 Fikiel 8/8r Dzirma 8 Wagner 5 Greunke 2 Skuballa 2 Thimm 0 Koop DNP Gaudermann DNP UKR Iagupova 22/7r Malashenko 19/7r Zarytska 14/7r Dorogobuzowa 8 Olkhovyk 3 Dubrovina 0 Berezhynska 0 Spitkovska 0 Bilotserkivska 0 Samburska 0 Naumenko DNP Chek DNP
Luxembourg vs. Serbia 38-132 LUX Hetting 7 Mossong 7 Meynadier 7 Schreiner 6 Orban 2 Jablonowski 2 Schmit 2 Bruck 2 Petrova 2 Marcus 1 Diederich 0 Geniets 0 SRB Petrovic 28 Milovanovic 18/6r Crvendakic 18 Ajdukovic 11 Krnjic 11 Cado 10/6a Topuzovic 10 Page 9 Jovanovic 7 Mandic 6 Radocaj 4
Standings: Serbia 2-0 Ukraine 2-0 German 0-2 Luxembourg 0-2
Group E:
The Slovak Republic made the trek to Reykjavik and beat Iceland 72-55 as Anna Jurcenkova recorded an impressive double-double. Hungary traveled to Ilhavo and beat Portugal 67-50.
Iceland vs. Slovak Republic 55-72 ISL H. Sverrisdottir 16/6r/10a Gunnlaugsdottir 14 Gunnarsdottir 5 Amundadottir 5 Thrastardottir 5 G. Sverrisdottir 3 Gunnarsdottir 3 Gudmundsdottir 2 Brynjarsdottir 2 Olafsdottir 0 Sveinsdottir 0 Davidsdottir DNP SVK Jurcenkova 18/18r M. Palenikova 14 Baburova 10 Balintova 9/8a Hruscakova 6 Kissova 5 Krc-Turbova 5 Tetemondova 2 Moravcikova 2 Kmetova 1 Slamova 0 T. Palenikova DNP
Portugal vs. Hungary 50-67 POR S. Da Silva 15/12r Lopes 11/8r Correia 11 Viana 6 Rosario 3 Escorcio 2 L. Da Silva 2 Neves 0 Fonseca 0 Milovac 0 Duarte 0 Brandao DNP HUN Krivacevic 20/7r Fegyverneky 12/11r Zele 11 Furesz 9 Simon 8/7a Czank 5 Hatar 2 Dubei 0 Kaposi 0 Szabo 0 Horvath 0 Nagy DNP
Standings: Hungary 2-0 Slovak Republic 2-0 Portugal 0-2 Iceland 0-2
Group F:
Greece went to Ruse and beat Bulgaria 74-40 with their usual trio of stars. Russia kept pace with them by going to Fribourg and beating Switzerland 86-48 as young Maria Vadeeva led the way.
Bulgaria vs. Greece 40-74 BUL R. Dimitrova 11 Tomova 6 Kostova 6 Quinn 5 Zlatanova 4 Sharenkapova 3 Ivanova 2 Peteva 2 R.S. Dimitrova 1 Miteva 0 Stoycheva 0 Kostova DNP GRE Maltsi 21 Kaltsidou 16/12r Dimitrakou 12 Sotiriou 8 Kosma 7 Spyridpoulou 5 Skiadopoulou 3 Lymoura 2 Chatzinikolaou 0 Stavridou 0 Nikolopoulou 0 Chalivera 0
Switzerland vs. Russia 48-86 SUI Twehues 16/6r Rol 7 Giroud 6/9r Kassongo 6 Schwarz 4/6r Roth 3 Thalmann 2 Fora 2 Herminjard 2 Clement 0 Tolusso 0 Cutunic 0 RUS Vadeeva 23 Cherepanova 16 Vidmer 11/10r Vieru 11 Belyakova 10 Kolosovskaia 6 Maiga 4 Levchenko 3 Musina 2 Beglova 0 Novikova 0 Sapova 0
Standings: Greece 2-0 Russia 2-0 Bulgaria 0-2 Switzerland 0-2
Group G:
Belarus was finally at full strength as Lindsey Harding arrived in time to face Belgium in Minsk. They needed all of their players with Anastasiya Verameyenka leading them to win 76-71. Emma Meesseman was unstoppable for Belgium finishing with 31 points and 17 rebounds as the visitors made their qualification debut.
Belarus vs. Belgium 76-71 BLR Verameyenka 24/14r Leuchanka 11 Harding 10/6a Troina 8 Hasper 8 Snytsina 6 Tarasava 5 Papova 4 Likhtarovich 0 Ziuzkova DNP Trafimava DNP Kiuliak DNP BEL Meesseman 31/17r Vanloo 15 K. Mestdagh 7 Hendrickx 7 Ben Abdelkader 5 Raman 4 Mayombo 2 Linskens 0 Carpreaux 0 Geldof 0 Delaere DNP H. Mestdagh DNP
Standings: Belarus 1-1 Poland 1-0 Belgium 0-1
Group H:
The day’s most exciting game took place in Tel Aviv, where Romania beat Israel 78-77 despite a big game from Alysha Clark. Turkey went to Tuzla and beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 79-50.
Israel vs. Romania 77-78 ISR Clark 27/10r Doron 19/6r/6a Levitsky 16/7r Shafir 7 Zairy 6 Suez Karni 2 Kolodny 0 Ben Nun 0 Abramzon 0 Galinski DNP Raber DNP Banet DNP ROU Pop 19/8r Marginean 17/6r Pascalau 14/6r Parau 12/7a Irimia 11 Stoiedin 5 Stoenescu 0 Ferariu 0 Ursu 0 Craciun 0 Sipos 0 Olah DNP
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Turkey 50-79 BIH Deura 10 Kapor 9 Vrancic 9 Gajic 7 Tavic 5 Svitlica 4/6r Dzinic 4 Dzebo 2 Demirovic 0 Dzombeta 0 Babic 0 Delic 0 TUR Sanders 18/7r Cakir 13 Caglar 12 Ivegin 9 Canitez 8 Utal 7 Demirok 5 Gunay 3 Bilgic 2 Eksi 2 Cora 0/7a Dalgalar 0
Standings: Turkey 2-0 Romania 2-0 Israel 0-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-2
Group I:
Spain seized firm control of the group by bringing Finland to Zamora and welcoming them to the campaign 86-45.
Spain vs. Finland 86-45 ESP Lyttle 18/7r Dominguez 13 Cruz 11/10r Xargay 11/8r Pascua 8 Palau 8 Nicholls 6/7r Ouvina 4 Lo 3 Gil 2 Quevedo 2 Arrojo 0 FIN Rokkanen 13 Pounds 9 Gross 8 T. Sten 8 M. Sten 5 Lehtoranta 2 Kesanen 0 Pelander 0 Salomaa 0 Bedretdin 0 Tulonen 0 Karsten 0
Standings: Spain 2-0 Sweden 0-1 Finland 0-1