November 21, 2015
Group A:
Latvia was one of the teams hoping to benefit from having a full strength team in the middle of the season and they beat their neighbors Lithuania 65-62 at home in Riga.
Latvia vs. Lithuania 65-62 LAT Teilane 15/6r Jekabsone-Zogota 15 Basko-Melnbarde 12 Steinberga 9 Rozenberga 6 Putnina 5 Babkina 3 Melnika 0 Krastina 0 Eibele DNP Priede DNP Vitola DNP LTU Nacickaite 14 Okocyte 11/8a Sulciute 11 Petronyte 10 Kuktiene 7/9r Siksniute 4 Paugaite 4 Gutkauskaite 1 Grigalauskyte 0 Solopova 0 Pikciute 0 Skadaite DNP
Group B:
Endene Miyem led France past Estonia 69-41 in Bourges. In Amsterdam, the hosts controlled the second half to upend Croatia 76-67 win Zera Butter leading the way.
France vs. Estonia 69-41 FRA Miyem 22 Ciak 13/6r Amant 9 Ayayi 8 Kamba 5 Skrela 4 Bernies 2 Dumerc 2 Salagnac 2 Tanqueray 2 Gaye 0 Michel 0 EST Pokk 12/6r Puu 7 Anderson 7 Mesila-Kaarmann 4 Piibur 4 Nikolai 3 Perv 2 Koster 2 Bratka 0/6r Rosenfeldt 0 Kosk DNP Maaring DNP
Netherlands vs. Croatia 76-67 NED Butter 23 Treffers 14/6r Halman 14 Van Grinsven 8 Van Den Adel 5 Ligthart 4 Klein 4 Bettonvil 2 Broring 2 Ndiba 0 Kuijt 0 Bettonvil 0 CRO Ciglar 19/7a Ivezic 14/7r Sandric 9 Rezan 7/7r Premasunac 7 Zellous 6 Ivankovic 5 Begic 0 Borovic DNP Dzankic DNP Dojkic DNP Packovski DNP
Group C:
Italy had an easy time with Albania in a 121-38 win at home in Lucca as they get a very strong team together for this week. Montenegro welcomed Great Britain to Podgorica and won 78-64.
Italy vs. Albania 121-38 ITA Bestagno 17/7r Sottana 13/8a Gorini 13 Zandalasini 12/7r Dotto 12 Crippa 11 Nadalin 10/7r Macchi 9 Consolini 8 Gatti 8 Masciadri 6 Formica 2 ALB Llazar 9 Bujari 7 Zykaj 6 Myrto 6 Aliaj 3 Memmeti 3 Gjoni 2 Lalaj 2 Sokoli 0 Dashja 0 Berranija 0 Permeti 0
Montenegro vs. Great Britain 78-64 MNE Robinson 20/11r Skerovic 17/6r/7a Aleksic 16 Dubljevic 15/8r Perovanovic 6 Popovic 4/10r Mujovic 0/7r J. Vucetic 0 Matovic DNP Milosev DNP Rakovic DNP M. Vucetic DNP GBR Leedham 20/13r Stewart 13 Vanderwal 11 Handy 10 Thompson 3 Simpson 3 Allen 2 Naylor 2 G. Jones 0 Clark 0 E. Jones DNP Wilkinson DNP
Group D:
Ukraine eased to a 90-38 win over Luxembourg in Kiev as they welcomed back some players who were absent before. Serbia shows no signs of slowing down as defending champions as they hosted Germany in Belgrade’s historic Pionir and won 100-57 led by Jelena Milovanovic.
Ukraine vs. Luxembourg 90-38 UKR Dorogobuzowa 20/8r Iagupova 17 Malashenko 9/6r Olkhovyk 9 Dubrovina 8/6a Naumenko 7 Zarytska 6/6r Berezhynska 4 Chek 4 Bilotserkivska 3 Samburska 3 Spitkovska 0 LUX Mossong 10 Hetting 9 Jablonowski 5 Bruck 4 Petrova 3 Orban 2/10r Meynadier 2 Schreiner 2 Marcus 1 Schmit 0 Diedrich 0 Geniets 0
Serbia vs. Germany 100-57 SRB Milovanovic 24 A. Dabovic 17/6a Petrovic 17 Page 11 Cado 8 Jovanovic 8 Radocaj 5/6a Crvendakic 5 M. Dabovic 2 Topuzovic 2 Krnjic 1 Ajdukovic 0 GER Greinacher 16 Fikiel 12/9r Mersch 8 Brunckhorst 6 Bar 4 Wagner 4 Dzirma 3 Thimm 2 Skuballa 2 Greunke 0 Koop 0 Gaudermann 0
Group E:
Slovakia did not have its strongest players but managed to grind out a 56-43 win over Portugal at home in Poprad. Sofia Da Silva had a strong effort in the loss. Hungary won 72-50 at home in Miskolc over Iceland as Tijana Krivacevic led the way.
Slovak Republic vs. Portugal 56-43 SVK M. Palenikova 13 Jurcenkova 11/11r/6s Balintova 9 Kissova 6/10r Hruscakova 6 Krc-Turbova 5 Moravcikova 3 Tetemondova 3 Baburova 0 Kmetova 0 T. Palenikova 0 Slamova DNP POR S. Da Silva 21/10r Lopes 7 Viana 5 Milovac 4 Correia 3 Rosario 3 Neves 0 Brandao 0 L. Da Silva 0 Fonseca 0 Escorcio 0 Duarte 0
Hungary vs. Iceland 72-50 HUN Krivacevic 27 Fegyverneky 13/7r Hatar 10 Zele 7/6r Simon 7 Dubei 6 Furesz 2 Czank 0 Horvath 0 Nagy-Bujdoso 0 Nagy 0 Szabo 0 ISL H. Sverrisdottir 16/6r G. Gunnarsdottir 12 Gunlaugsdottir 10 Amundadottir 6 Gudmundsdottir 3 Brynjarsdottir 2 Thrastardottir 1/9r G. Sverrisdottir 0 B. Gunnarsdottir 0 Olafsdottir 0 Sveinsdottir 0 Holton Tomasdottir 0
Group F:
The qualifiers started in Ekaterinburg, where hosts Russia eased past Bulgaria 72-39. In Halkida, hosts Greece also had an easy game, rolling past Switzerland 83-46 behind Styliani Kaltsidou.
Russia vs. Bulgaria 72-39 RUS Vadeeva 14/7r Cherepanova 14 Osipova 11 Sapova 8 Kolosovskaia 5 Levchenko 5 Vidmer 4/9r Beglova 4 Musina 3 Belyakova 2 Vieru 2 Novikova 0 BUL Ivanova 11 Quinn 6 Zlatanova 5 Kostova 4 Tomova 4 Sharenkapova 4 R.S. Dimitrova 3 Peteva 2 Miteva 0 R. Dimitrova 0 Stoycheva 0 Kostova 0
Greece vs. Switzerland 83-46 GRE Kaltsidou 23 Dimitrakou 14 Spyridopoulou 10 Maltsi 9 Kosma 6/9r Chatzinikolaou 6/6a Spanou 4 Sotiriou 4 Skiadopoulou 4 Chalivera 3 Lymoura 0 Stavridou 0 SUI Rol 14 Twehues 12 Thalmann 9 Kassongo 7 Schwarz 4 Giroud 0/11r Fora 0 Studer 0 Herminjard 0 Roth 0 Tolusso 0 Lugt 0
Group G:
Belarus was on their way to claiming an impressive win in Poland, but the hosts dominated the final quarter in Walbrzych to win 65-56. Belarus will be hoping to get Lindsey Harding back on Wednesday.
Poland vs. Belarus 65-56 POL Zurowska-Cegielska 20 Kobryn 10/7r Stankiewicz 10 McBride 7/12r Idczak 7 Skobel 6 Pawlak 3 Koc 2/6 Kaczmarczyk 0 Sniezek 0 Morawiec 0 Owczarzak DNP BLR Papova 13 Leuchanka 12/14r Verameyenka 9 Troina 9 Snytsina 7 Tarasava 4 Likhtarovich 2 Ziuzkova 0 Hasper 0 Ivashchanka DNP Trafimava DNP Kiuliak DNP
Group H:
The closest game was in this group in Cluj, where Romania beat visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina 67-65. Turkey hosted Israel in Ankara and won 72-53.
Romania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina 67-65 ROU Marginean 21/7r Parau 15/7r Pop 10/11r Stoenescu 7 Pascalau 6/7r Irimia 5 Stoiedin 3 Ursu 0 Sipos 0 Craciun DNP Olah DNP Ferariu DNP BIH Svitlica 19 Gajic 15/22r Kapor 8 Deura 7 Tavic 7 Demirovic 6 Vrancic 3 Dzombeta 0 Babic DNP Dzinic DNP Dzebo DNP Delic DNP
Turkey vs. Israel 72-53 TUR Cakir 17 Caglar 16 Cora 8 Alben 7/8a Sanders 5/10r Canitez 5/9r Ural 4 Ivegin 4 Senyurek 2 Gunay 2 Demirok 2 Dalgalar 0 ISR Clark 17/6r Levitsky 10 Doron 10 Shafir 6 Suez Karni 4 Abramzon 3 Zairy 3 Kolodny 0 Galinski 0 Banet 0 Lev 0 Ben Nun DNP
Group I:
Sweden was excited to be able to play with their stars as they welcomed Spain to Sodertalje, but Sancho Lyttle returned as Spain’s naturalized player as they rolled to a 75-52 win.
Sweden vs. Spain 52-75 SWE Zahui B 17/8r F. Eldebrink 12 Abdi 9/6r Halvarsson 4/6r E. Eldebrink 4 Drammeh 2 Barthold 2 Key 2 Egnell 0 Yderstrom DNP Staalvant DNP Vesterberg DNP ESP Lyttle 24/12r Cruz 19/7r Palau 10/8a Xargay 9/6r Nicholls 7 Gil 3 Ouvina 3 Dominguez 0 Arrojo DNP Pascua DNP Lo DNP Quevedo DNP