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EuroCup Round 3 November 9th-10th

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Abdi Farhiya. Maccabi Bnot. Israel.

Group A:

Both games in the group were on Thursday, including the unbeaten teams squaring off in Israel as Maccabi Ashdod edged Cegled 63-59.  The winless teams played in Lithuania as Spartak Moscow beat Sirenos 79-68 behind Ivana Dojkic.

November 10, 2016

Maccabi Bnot vs. VBW CEKK Cegled 63-59 ASHD Jackson-Jones 16/9r Abdi 16 Hightower 12 Levitsky 5/10r Shafir 5 Paris 2 Doron 0 CEGL Maksimovic 17/8r Katona 11 Nagy-Bujdoso 10/11r

Hoptrans-Sirenos vs. Sparta&k M.R. Vidnoje 68-79 SIRE Jarosz 12/7r Knyzaite 12 Baronenaite 10 SPAR Dojkic 21/8a Pachurina 14 Ogun 13/6r Davydova 8 Knight 1

Standings: Maccabi Bnot 3-0, VBW CEKK Cegled 2-1, Sparta&k M.R. Vidnoje 1-2, Hoptrans-Sirenos 0-3

Group B:

A battle of winless Hungarian teams was played on Wednesday as Pecs prevailed 74-66 at Pecsi.  The two remaining unbeaten teams faced off on Thursday in Russia as Abdullah Gul University left with the 71-57 win over MBA Moscow.

November 9, 2016

Pinkk Pecsi 424 vs. PEAC Pecs 66-74 PINK Bozoki 16 Markovic 10/9r PEAC Mandic 17/6r Zele 14 Raksanyi 13 Siksniute 11/6r Kuster 8

November 10, 2016

MBA Moscow vs. Bellona AGU 57-71 MOSC Sytnyak 17/6r Kaytukova 8 KAYS Wright 15 Gray 13 Wauters 12/12r Dubljevic 9 Sanders 8/7r Mazic 6/7r

Standings: Bellona AGU 3-0, MBA Moscow 2-1, PEAC Pecs 1-2, Pinkk Pecsi 424 0-3 [Read more…]

EuroCup Round 2 November 2nd-3rd

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Group A:

Both games in this group were on Thursday as Cegled took a big lead early in Hungary before coasting to a 62-50 over Spartak Moscow.  Tiffany Jackson-Jones continues to enjoy a triumphant return to basketball as Maccabi Ashdod beat Sirenos 84-65 in Israel.

November 3, 2016

VBW CEKK Cegled vs. Sparta&k M.R. Vidnoje 62-50 CEGL Nagy-Bujdoso 17/11r Skoric 16/10r Maksimovic 13 Schlemer 0 SPAR Kolosovskaia 12 Davydova 6 Knight 2

Maccabi Bnot vs. Hoptrans Sirenos 84-65 ASHD Jackson-Jones 21/9r Shafir 15 Doron 14 Abdi 11/8r Hightower 10/7r Levitsky 8 Paris 2 SIRE Jarosz 17/11r Zemantauskaite 16 Belickaite 12

Group B:

Both games in this group were on Wednesday as Olga Gorbacheva and MBA Moscow went to Hungary and beat Pecsi 71-65.  The other game was also in Hungary as a full strength Abdullah Gul University beat Pecs 69-62. [Read more…]

EuroCup Women Round 1 October 26th-27th

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The group stage of the tournament started with games on Wednesday and Thursday.  Groups A through D represent the Eastern Conference while Groups E through H represent the Western Conference.

Group A:

Play started on Wednesday with a return to the competition for Israeli teams as Maccabi Ashdod has put together a stellar roster, including the excellent story of a comeback for Tiffany Jackson-Jones. Ashdod made their debut with a 71-60 win in Russia over Spartak Moscow.  Lithuania returned to the competition on Thursday with Sirenos hosting Hungary’s Cegled and losing to Nora Nagy-Bujdoso and company 76-61.

October 26, 2016

Sparta&k M.R. Vidnoje vs. Maccabi Bnot 60-71 SPAR Knight 11 Davydova 5 ASHD Jackson-Jones 15/6r Doron 13 Paris 10/8r Levitsky 10 Abdi 9/7r Hightower 6 Shafir 5

October 27, 2016

Hoptrans-Sirenos vs. VBW CEKK Cegled 61-76 SIRE Jarosz 17/9r Belickaite 14 CEGL Nagy-Bujdoso 24/8r/6s Medgyessy 14/14a/7a Skoric 11/7r Schlemer 6

Group B:

Abdullah Gul University has got more of their WNBA champion players to arrive in Turkey, but started play on Wednesday with a 65-47 win over Hungary’s Pecsi even though they were not at full strength.  On Thursday, Russia’s MBA Moscow hosted Hungary’s Pecs and Anna Leshkovtseva helped fend off Dorina Zele and the visitors 73-69.

October 26, 2016

Bellona AGU vs. Pinkk Pecsi 65-47 KAYS Wright 19/8a Sanders 15/11r Gunay 10/6r Wauters 6 Mazic 2/6r PINK Rujak 17/6r Whiteside 7 Markovic 4/9r [Read more…]

SuperCup Recap October 20th

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Brittney Griner (USA) – Nadezhda v UMMC Ekaterinburg, , Final, 17 April 2016

October 20, 2016

Before the start of the EuroLeague season, the traditional SuperCup was played on Thursday.  After an experimental format with four teams a year ago, the more common direct matchup between the EuroLeague and EuroCup champions was resumed.  The format was a one game tournament held at the home of the EuroCup champions, Villeneuve.  UMMC led throughout, but still needed to be tough against the upset-minded hosts, especially since they still did not have their full roster and only practiced with Brittney Griner once before game day. They withstood a late challenge and survived the final shot to hang on to a 66-63 win and start their European season off right.  The hosts will have to feel like they will have their own strong season as they are also in the process of gaining team chemistry after offseason roster moves.

ESBVA-LM vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 63-66 ESBV Iagupova 17 Ayayi 14/7r UMMC Torrens 17/6a Griner 12/11r Meesseman 11/8r Baric 10/9a Nolan 2

*You can watch the full game below* [Read more…]

EuroCup Qualifiers Game 2 October 12th and 13th

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Samsun (Photo: Artem Likeharev)

The second game of each series was played this week starting with five games on Wednesday.  Pecs had a deficit to make up on the road after the game in Hungary and did just that in Slovakia, doing enough in the second half for a 78-64 win over Piestanke Cajky and moving the overall score into their favor 142-38.  Keltern had a lead from their win in Germany and widened it in the Czech Republic, beating KP Brno 73-55 and taking the series 142-114.  Fribourg lost the game in Poland, but made up the gap early in Switzerland, completely overwhelming Gdynia 85-52, creating a convincing 149-126 final margin to advance behind Jori Davis.  One series that had no drama was in Charleville as the hosts beat Freiburg again 80-57 after winning in Germany earlier to advance 151-121 in the battle of the Mestdagh sisters.  Kristen McCarty had a solid game for the visitors.  Also in France, Nantes fell to Loyce Bettonvil and the Amsterdam Angels 82-77, but saved enough of a margin from the game in the Netherlands to win 164-148 overall.

The other series finished on Thursday.  Enisey did get a 67-65 win at home in Russia, but Cegled’s margin from their win in Hungary was too big to overcome and they advanced 159-139.  Istanbul University also managed a win after a first leg loss, but 68-57 was not nearly enough as they fell 139-121 overall.  Angel Robinson had a good game for YDUBGD as they went into the game knowing that they were likely to progress from the battle of Turkish teams.  Samsun got another big game from Shay Murphy to win the second game outright 70-61 in Russia after winning in Turkey to advance 152-140.  Emma Cannon had a good game for Chevakata, but they could not overturn what had seemed to be a manageable deficit. [Read more…]

EuroCup Qualifiers Game 1 October 5th and 6th

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14 Eshaya Murphy (Samsun Basketball) – Samsun Basketball v Chevakata, 2017 EuroCup Women, Samsun – Mustafa Dagistanli Arena(Turkey), Qualifiers, 5 October 2016

The EuroCup qualifiers started this week as sixteen teams fight for the last eight spots in the group stage.  Each team will host one game with the scores being combined from both games to determine the winner.  Either game can end in a tie and overtime will be played after the second game if the overall score is tied.  The second game in each series will be played next week.

The first game on Wednesday was quite entertaining as each team had a player who tried to carry her team.  In the end, it was Shay Murphy and Samsun who will take a narrow lead with them when they visit Russia after an 82-79 win over Emma Cannon and Chevakata in Turkey.  Monique Oliver and Piestanke Cajky will feel good about their chances in the next game in Slovakia after making the road trip to Hungary and beating Dorina Zele and Pecs 74-64.  Gdynia will carry a solid lead to Switzerland after a 74-64 win over Fribourg in Poland despite Jazmine Davis trying her best to keep the visitors in the matchup by scoring half of her team’s points. [Read more…]

EuroLeague and EuroCup 2016-17 Draw Results

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June 27, 2016

One change was made before the draw on Monday as Conquero of Spain withdrew from both competitions, eliminating the need for a EuroLeague Qualifier.  Reyer Venezia and Umea were automatically moved into the EuroCup regular season to fill the vacant spots, leaving a balanced set of qualifiers to determine the last eight teams.

EuroLeague:

With the two group format, matchups are always important as teams fight for quarterfinals spots during the regular season.   Both finalists were drawn into Group B, but Group A has the other five returning quarter-finalists as all of them will probably enter the season with expectations of returning.  Gyor will likely find their return to the competition tough in that group as the other returnee Lattes Montpellier should still have a strong core that will be ready to compete. Mersin, out of Turkey, could hit the ground running following a successful season.  Hatay is the newcomer in Group B, while Polkowice makes their return.  Sopron and Avenida will look to climb out of the last two spots in the group, which was where both ended up last season.  The two French teams will think that this group gives them better chances to qualify than last season, but the two Russian teams will be the favorites in the group before rosters are finalized. [Read more…]

EuroLeague and EuroCup 2016-17 Teams

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June 23, 2016

FIBA announced the teams in contention to play for its two pan-European competitions in the upcoming season on Wednesday ahead of the draw that will be conducted on Monday to determine groups and matchups.  The number of teams exceeds the number of spots available again, so qualifying playoffs will need to be played unless teams pull out later.  The number of countries involved at this point has increased again as well.

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Fifteen of the sixteen EuroLeague clubs will qualify automatically.  The last spot will be determined by a playoff between Spanish upstarts Conquero and historical Polish giants Polkowice, who could return after some time away from the competition.  Most of the teams that have already qualified are familiar names.  The same three Russian teams, UMMC Ekaterinburg, Nadezhda Orenburg, and Dynamo Kursk return.  Local powerhouses USK Praha of the Czech Republic, Schio of Italy, Wisla Krakow of Poland, and Avenida of Spain will be in the mix.  France will have three teams again as Lattes Montpellier returns to join Bourges and Villeneuve.  Sopron will no longer be the only Hungarian team as Gyor will join again after some time away.  The big shakeup will be in the Turkish teams as Fenerbahce is back, but the surprise stories of last season take spots as well with Hatay and Mersin looking to build on their last campaigns.

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The loser of the two game playoff will drop down to the Western Conference (2) of EuroCup as they join 40 teams that applied for access to the other 31 spots.  The other ten teams that have automatically to the conference include French sides Nice and Landes, and returnees Wasserburg from Germany, Lulea from Sweden, Nymburk from the Czech Republic, and Uniao Sportiva from Portugal.  Castors Braine drops back down to this competition and fellow Belgian team Namur also returns.  Girona also drops down from a higher level while a new Italian team joins the fray in the form of Virtus Eirene Ragusa.

The last five spots in the conference will be determined by a set of playoffs with matchups still to be drawn.  Charleville and Nantes from France, Valosun Brno from the Czech Republic, Reyer Venezia from Italy, Umea from Sweden, and Fribourg from Switzerland are some of the more familiar names.  Gdynia is a new entry from Poland, while more German teams have applied in the form of Keltern and Freiburg, and a conglomerate Dutch team will be entered again, this time named Amsterdam Angels.

The Eastern Conference (1) has twelve teams of its teams in place already.  The competition will be fierce with several perennial EuroLeague teams dropping down as Good Angels Kosice from Slovakia and Galatasaray and Abdullah Gul University of Turkey will be involved.  Maccabi Ashdod of Israel returns after an absence, joining regular participants like TTT Riga of Latvia and Pecsi and Miskolc of Hungary.  Olympiacos of Greece and Hoptrans-Sirenos of Lithuania bring the competition to new countries.  Three Russian teams also earned automatic bids as the more famous Spartak Moscow is joined by upstarts MBA Moscow and Dynamo Novosibirsk.

Qualifiers for the last four spots include a number of teams that have participated frequently, including Enisey Krasnoyarsk and Chevakata Vologda from Russia.  Two Hungarian teams are set for this round as Cegledi joins more consistent participants Pecs.  Piestanke Cajky also joins in from Slovakia.  Istanbul University will look to earn their spot back and are joined by two other Turkish teams as Samsun Canik Belediye and YDUBGD are also involved.

EuroCup Women Final Game 2 April 13th

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Bourges held an eleven point lead from the first game as they returned home to face Villeneuve.  They built on that lead for most of the game and were in firm control even as the visitors narrowed the gap to 54-53, handing the victors a 105-93 overall win.  With the championship contested by two teams who dropped down from EuroLeague, it will be interesting to see if there are any tweaks in competition format next season.

April 13, 2016

Bourges vs. ESBVA-LM 54-53 BOU Filip 16/15r Leedham 14/12r Dumerc 9 Page 4 Murphy 2 Hodges 2 ESB Amant 14 Kaltsidou 12 Mahoney 8/6r

Bourges wins series 105-93

EuroCup Final Game 1 April 6th

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It was the first leg of the final on Wednesday as the knockout rounds conclude with the familiar format.  Another battle of French foes was anticipated to be a grind and that was the case in the first game hosted by Villeneuve.  Bourges was able to build an advantage in the second half after a poor second quarter, taking home a 51-40 lead.  Celine Dumerc and Johannah Leedham were the only two players to reach double figures as the return game next Wednesday also figures to be a battle even with Bourges holding the advantage.

April 6, 2016

ESBVA-LM vs. Bourges 40-51 ESB Gomis-Halilovic 9 Amant 9 Mahoney 4 BOU Dumerc 12 Leedham 11/11r/7a Page 8 Hodges 0 Murphy 0