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Het Oranje team van nieuwe bondscoach Vincent van Sliedregt heeft gister in Amsterdam de eerste wedstrijd in het kwalificatietraject naar Eurobasket Women 2025 gewonnen van Oostenrijk.

Slovenia brings young and promising team

Hana Sambolic, arguably the best player available in the U20 championships for Division B last summer in Craiova was one of the three players from the Golden Girls that got called up for the big guns of her country.

Sweden looking for rejuvenation

Tilda Trygger was one of the most dominant forcces in the U18 categories last summer, averaging 16 points 9.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists for Sweden U18 in division B. The Scandinavians came in 13th and that did hardly call for celebration. Trygger however impressed scouts, and she was rewarded with her first call up to the seniors squad for the upcoming window.

Italy ready to fire on all engins

Italy , facing Germany and Greece in the first window of hoops towards Eurobasket 2025 has a roster not to be messed with. Jasmine Keys and Cecilia Zandalasini are young but experienced vets, and Ilaria Panzera is an upcoming talent that had a massive summer for the U20 squad.

Bulgaria in rebuilding modus

Bulgaria has called up an amazing number of new names for the upcoming qualifying window. The federation seems to have accepted that they are in rebuilding modus. It gives the chance to upcoming stars such as Iliyana Georgieva (pic left) or Valentina Grigorova to make their first appearance with the senior team.

Belgium wants to add body off the bench

After winning the crown in 2025 Belgium can not afford to loose a step in the opening window towards Eurobasket Women 2025. The champs face Poland and Azerbajjan in the first window and will look to tip off strong.

Twintowers for Germany

Both Sabally sisters have been called up by the German federation for the upcoming qualifying window towards Eurobasket Women 2025. Both Satou -recently elected as a WNBA all-WNBA Allstar and Nyara (WNBA too! Mind you!) will lace them up for Germany in their meetings with Czechia and Italy.

2011: Winnen van Italie op het EK in de A divisie

Soms kom je tijdens een verloren nacht juweeltjes tegen online. Zo kwam ik jaren geleden een reeks fotos tegen van een bijzondere wedstrijd die de VU16 van Nederland speelde op het EK voor A landen. Mind you: het was pas voor de tweede keer  dat er een VU16Oranje team op A niveau acteerde.

U20 division A: France takes the crown. Final roundup

The final day in Lithuania is already behind us, but there’s still some reporting to do as we owe you the roundup of the final day. So here’s the latest news from division A.

Malta upsets Albania in WU18 final

It’s al bit late but after some traveling days we’re only online just today. So let’s dive into the WU18 for small countries that had its final day last Sunday. Here’s the roundup!