National Teams
The Belgian Cats beat Ukraine 2 days after the win against Portugal (65-87). With the same starting 5, the Cats started the game very well in offense (17-29 after 10′). The Cats were even up 17 in the second quarter (24-41 after 14′), but Ukraine reacted well before halftime (37-45). The third quarter was very…
Dario Gjergja selects 15 Belgian Lions for the EuroBasket qualifiers window in November. Belgium will travel to Vilnius in Lithuania, in a bubble due to the coronavirus health crisis, to play the Eurobasket Qualifiers. The Belgian Lions will play against the Czech Republic on November 27 and Lithuania on November 29. Belgium sits at the…
The Belgian Cats beat Portugal (49-59) on their way to the EuroBasket Women 2021. Without Emma Meesseman and Kyara Linskens, Philip Mestdagh decided to put Billie Massey in the starting 5. The Cats didn’t waist any time and were up by 6 after 10 minutes (10-16). The second quarter started very well, the Cats scored…
Emma Meesseman tests positive for Covid-19. She will not travel with the Belgian Cats to Portugal to face Portugal, on November 12, and Ukraine, on November 14. Assistant coach Pierre Cornia also tested positive, he will not travel to Portugal with the team. Meesseman was supposed to be in the 14 to go to Portugal,…
The Cats will play against Portugal on November 12 and against Ukraine on November 12. Both games will be played in Lisbon due to the pandemic. The final selection of 14 will be known next week, when the federation gets the COVID-19 protocol. Julie Allemand, Harriet Bende Nawezhi, Marjorie Carpréaux, Nastja Claessens, Antonia Delaere, Manon…
The Belgian Lions are playing in November against Lithuania and Czech Republic in Vilnius. Dario Gjergja revealed his preliminary squad with 2 new players: Andy Van Vliet and Michael Gilmore. If the selection of Andy Van Vliet is logic, the selection of Michael Gilmore (25 years old, 2m08) is a surprise. The nephew of basketball…
NBA stars Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis are in Lithuania’s preliminary squad for the next Eurobasket window where Lithuania will play against Belgium and Danemark. The Lithuanian federation still needs to talk with the Grizzlies and the Pacers about insurances fot the 2 players. Augustas Marčiulionis, the son of the legendary Sarunas Marčiulionis is in…
Because of the pandemic, the management of Basketball Belgium decided to cancel the Belgian Lions summer camp who was supposed to take place from July 22 to July 29 in Louvain-La-Neuve. “Staff members and players are coming back from risk areas. We want to protect everyone’s health“, says Basketball Belgium. In order to prepare the…
Belgium Basketball announced that the Belgians Lions and the Belgian Cats will participate in a summer camp in July. The Lions will train in Louvain-La-Neuve, while the Cats will train in different locations (Kortrijk, Wilrijk, Louvain-La-Neuve). For the Cats, this camp will start June 29 with some physical tests. The real camp will start officially…
The opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers has given us a surprising look into the strength of our Belgian Lions. Despite practically missing their starting line-up with Sam Van Rossom (injury/Euroleague), Ismael Bako (Euroleague), Jean Salumu (injury), Manu Lecomte (injury) and Hans Vanwijn (injury) – as well as youngster Vrenz Bleijenbergh (injury) – for…
