June 20, 2021
Group A:
Belarus took care of business as Alex Bentley led them to a 78-54 win over Sweden. The final standings were determined after the last game as Spain’s – win eliminated Slovakia and put the hosts in second place.
Sweden vs. Belarus 54-78 SWE F. Eldebrink 13/6r Johansson 9 E. Eldebrink 9 Loyd 5 Drammeh 5 E. Nystrom 3/6r Ekh 3 Lundquist 3 Hersler 2 A. Nystrom 2 Fontaine DNP Visscher DNP BLR Bentley 20 Papova 17/12r Verameyenka 12/9r Hasper 9 Likhtarovich 8 Tarasava 6 Rytsikava 3 Ziuzkova 3 Vasilevich 0 Inkina 0 Brych 0 Karasevich 0
Spain vs. Slovakia 93-61 ESP Ouvina 17 Dominguez 14 Gil 11 Ndour 10 Conde 10 Cazorla 10 Rodriguez 9 Quevedo 8 Casas 4 Carrera 0 Palau 0 Ginzo 0 SVK Palenikova 15 Dudasova 10 Prazenicova 9 Jakubcova 9 Oroszova 7 Remenarova 5/6r Sujova 2 Fekete 2 Kovacikova 2 Stasova 0 Martiskova 0 Moravcikova 0
Standings: Belarus 2-1, Spain 2-1, Sweden 1-2, Slovakia 1-2
Group B:
Tina Krajisnik and Serbia started the day in Valencia with an 87-75 win over Markeisha Gatling and Montenegro to take the top spot in this group. Greece needed a big win to avoid elimination and trailed early, but Anna Stamolamprou helped them make one late charge before Italy won 77-67.
Montenegro vs. Serbia 75-87 MNE Gatling 22/6r Dubljevic 10 Mujovic 10/12a M. Jovanovic 9 Kovacevic 9 Aleksic 5 Pasic 4 Lekovic 4 Rakovic 2 Zivkovic 0 Lazarevic 0 Jaksic 0 SRB Krajisnik 20/9r Anderson 14 Brooks 13 Vasic 12 N. Jovanovic 11 Cado 6 Butulija 4 Dabovic 4 Skoric 3 Dugalic 0 Crvendakic 0 Jankovic 0
Italy vs. Greece 77-67 ITA Penna 13 Zandalasini 11/6a Bestagno 9 Carangelo 9 Romeo 9 Andre’ 8/7r Pan 7 Keys 4 Attura 4 Cinili 3 Cubaj 0/8r De Pretto DNP GRE Stamolamprou 23 Bosgana 13/6r Spanou 13 Fasoula 7 Nikolopoulou 5/7r/6a Sotiriou 3 Tsineke 3 Pavlopoulou 0 Alexandri 0 Diela 0 Louka DNP Anastasopoulou DNP
Standings: Serbia 3-0, Italy 2-1, Montenegro 1-2, Greece 0-3
Group C:
The first game in Strasbourg saw Bosnia and Herzegovina’s star duo of Marica Gajic and Jonquel Jones get firing at the same time, but Eva Lisec and Slovenia built a big lead by halftime in a 91-81 win. That result meant that both teams were moving on, but the victors were still waiting for the second game to see where they would finish. That game nearly resulted in a big shock as Turkey got back in the picture in the second half and nearly avoided elimination, but Belgium won 63-61 and went from fearing elimination themselves to taking the top spot in the group on the tiebreaker.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Slovenia 81-91 BIH Gajic 28/11r Jones 24/10r Babic 12 Tavic 7/6a A. Delic 4 Deura 3 Dzebo 2 Dzombeta 1 N. Delic 0 Domuzin DNP Brcaninovic DNP Vrancic DNP SLO Lisec 22/7r Friskovec 15/6r Oblak 13/11a Baric 12/10a Kroselj 8 Evans 7/10r Prezelj 7 Gorsic 3 Jakovina 2 Debeljak 2 Trebec 0 Senicar 0
Turkey vs. Belgium 61-63 TUR Hollingsworth 16 Gulcan 15/7r Bilgic 13/8r Cakir 10 Canitez 5/6r Fitik 2 Yildizhan 0 Caglar 0 Guclu 0 Onar 0 Ural 0 Uzun 0 BEL Meesseman 15/8r Delaere 13 Linskens 11/9r H. Mestdagh 9 K. Mestdagh 7 Bi. Massey 4 Allemand 4 Vanloo 0 Carpreaux DNP Geldof DNP Be. Massey DNP Nauwelaers DNP
Standings: Belgium 2-1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1, Slovenia 2-1, Turkey 0-3
Group D:
The first game in this group was the elimination game and Ivana Dojkic and Croatia rolled to an 84-56 win to toss out the Czech Republic. That left the game for the top spot in the group and Russia played well early, but France took the lead by halftime on their way to an 85-59 win.
Czech Republic vs. Croatia 56-84 CZE Stoupalova 10 Brezinova 8 Hejdova 7 Hanusova 6 Sipova 6 Reisingerova 4 Elhotova 4 Vorackova 3 Hamzova 3 Brabencova 3 Vyoralova 2/6r Andelova 0 CRO Dojkic 24/7a Slonjsak 18 Tikvic 17/8r Begic 13/10r Tadic 6 Miletic 3 Cvitkovic 2 Premasunac 1 Masic 0 Perisa 0 Petrak 0 Erjavec 0
France vs. Russia 85-59 FRA Duchet 12 Gruda 11 Williams 11 Michel 10/6r Chartereau 9 Vukosavljevic 8/9r Johannes 8/8a Miyem 8 Ciak 6 Tchatchouang 2 Rupert 0 Epoupa DNP RUS Komarova 10 Vadeeva 8 Goldyreva 8 Musina 7/10r Glonti 7 Kurilchuk 6 Levchenko 5/6a Ogun 4 Shilova 4 Shabanova 0 Shtanko 0 Fedorenkova 0
Standings: France 3-0, Russia 2-1, Croatia 1-2, Czech Republic 0-3
Bracket:
Belarus vs. winner Italy vs. Sweden
France vs. winner Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Croatia
Serbia vs. winner Spain vs. Montenegro
Belgium vs. winner Russia vs. Slovenia