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Claire Melia, Baxi Ferrol Make History with Eurocup Final Berth
Battered, bruised, and brilliant. Baxi Ferrol have brought their Cinderella story to the final of Eurocup Women. In the process, Monasterevin’s Claire Melia has become the first Irish women to reach a major club final in basketball. Emmet Ryan on an emotional night. The wine was rationed. I needed to make sure I kept enough […]
Elitzur Ramla 61, Arras 53: Israel’s first-ever European women’s champion crowned
Slightly belated congratulations from BallinEurope go out to the women of Elitzur Ramla for their recent coronation as 2011 FIBA Eurocup Women champions by dint of a 61-53 victory over Arras Pays d’Artois in France. In the match, second leg in the two-game playoff format, Elitzur dug themselves an eight-point hole early but stormed back […]
Athinaikos prevails in defeat, takes women's 2010 FIBA EuroCup
Congratulations to the ladies of Sony Athinaikos, who backed into the EuroCup Women championship title by falling to Nadezhada last night, 57-53. The final winner of the FIBA competition is determined by aggregate score over two games – a system with which BallinEurope must publicly disagree, potentially leading as it may to blowouts and/or paradoxical […]
Athinaikos goes one up on Nadezhda in FIBA Eurocup Women finals
Kudos this morning to the Sony Athinaikos women’s team, who took game one away against Nadezhda in Russia, 65-57. Biggest for Athinaikos was Team Greece point guard Dimitra Kalentzou, who turned in a dope line of 18 points, seven boards and three steals. But Lithuania’s Irena Vizbariene turned in a none-too-shabby 14 and 11, while […]
European basketball calendar: January 2010 (update)
Now that some more European basketball competitions, including the Euroleague, EuroChallenge and FIBA Eurocup Women are moving into a second phase, Ball in Europe presents an updated January calendar for your perusal. A new edition of the calendar will be published in February. In the immediate short-term, don’t forget about the Euroleague group draw which […]
European basketball calendar: January 2010
Emerging from the holiday season, we happily find a month packed with wall-to-wall basketball on The Continent. Below is a partial calendar filled with listings for matchups in a handful of Europe’s larger domestic leagues and international club competitions for men and women. We’ll post updated versions of this schedule as time allows and blanks […]
Coaching shakeups: Paulauskas leaves Team Lithuania and Vilnius, Akkaya on hot seat in Besiktas?
Some news from the women’s coaching ranks today for you, with one definitive career move and one seat rumored to be getting hotter. In Lithuania, Team Lithuania/TEO Vilnius coach Rutenis Paulauskas has relinquished both duties in the hopes of taking his career to the men’s game. The national women’s team was a bit disappointing at […]