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Euroleague Women Final Eight: A Story of Yes and No
Eurosport Turkey basketball commentator Uygar Karaca was naturally on hand in Istanbul for the FIBA Euroleague Women Final Four tournament. Today, BallinEurope posts his impressions on the competition and what the future may hold for the contenders. After long, exhausting league play in Euroleague Women, the intense traffic of the Final Eight round has now […]
WNBA names Top 15 of All-Time; so how about the greatest Euroleague Women's list…?
In advance of last weekend’s all-star game, the WNBA released its list of the 15 greatest players to ever play in the league. The official list runs as follows:
Nike Hoop Summit, Euroleague Women Final Four on FIBA TV
A quick reminder, just in case you’re an utter hoops fanatic (or up in the wee hours of Sunday morning for some reason): FIBA TV will be showing the Nike Hoop Summit live online for free from Portland at 10pm EST – that’s right, that means 4am CET. FIBA TV will also be broadcasting a […]
Euroleague Women 2010-11 participants announced; Sony Athinaikos declines bid
FIBA Europe has released the list of participating teams for the 2010-11 edition of Euroleague Women. Defending champions Spartak Moscow region received an automatic entry, while 21 spots are allocated based on national federation rankings and three-year performance of the clubs in pan-European tournament play. Two “wild card” bids were also allocated: These were won […]
Coaches, Sue Bird to return to Spartak; Taurasi, Fowles to depart
It’s a good news/bad news day for fans of Spartak Moscow region women’s basketball as announced by FIBA. The Spartak front office has confirmed that returning for 2010-11 will be head coach Pokey Chatman and her entire staff; members of all four champion Spartak squads Sue Bird, Irina Osipova, and Marina Karpunina; Anete Jekabsone-Zogota and […]
Weekend video wrap: El Classico, Nike Hoop Summit, EL Women final, BBL Cup
For The Continent, quite a bit of important basketball action went down this weekend. In the ‘States, the best of Team USA faced off against the world in the Nike Hoop Summit game; in Spain, arguably the two best women’s teams on the planet meet for the FIBA Euroleague Women final; the German domestic league […]
Euroleague Women’s semifinals: Four teams, four stories
The 2009-10 Euroleague Women final four games go down tonight, with Spartak Moscow region facing off against UMMC Ekaterinburg and Ros Casares meeting Wisla Can-Pack. BallinEurope offers a few tidbits and links to prep you for some ladies’ b-ball. For Wisla Can-Pack, the story is the team itself. To describe this team’s 2009-10 Euroleague campaign […]
The Truth about Milica Dabović
While recently performing “administrative” work on this blog lately, BiE noticed that one of the most popular stories this week was, oddly enough, a one-year-old “Monday’s Cigarettes” column. Most searches bringing readers to that column were for the keywords “Milica Dabović.” Dabović is a 28-year-old whose CV includes three Eurobasket tournaments with Team Serbia. Though […]
Euroleague Women locks in final three for quarterfinals tonight
The Euroleague Women’s “Eighth-final playoffs” conclude tonight with three best-of-three series looking to be settled. Teams already set to play in EL Women quarterfinals include Spartak Moscow region, Fenerbahce Ulker, UMMC Ekaterinburg, Good Angels Kosice, and Ros Casares. The winner of tonight’s Halcon Avenida-Bourges Basket match will see Ros Casares in the next round; surely […]
Best of the (basketball) net: It's gotta be the hair edition
Not enough time for reading up on everything basketball this week? Have no fear, for BallinEurope.com has collected a top-five for your perusal this Sunday. • Not sure if this was the best basketball-themed piece of the week, but it certainly was the most unique(?): Sneaker specialists Kickz.com took a brief sojourn from dressing up […]
Grouping the ladies: Draws for Euroleague, EuroCup Women announced
FIBA Euroleague Women’s basketball doesn’t start until late October, but the season officially kicked off today with the ceremonial draws of groupings for both Euroleague and EuroCup Women competitions. In Euroleague Group A, it’s Cras Basket Taranto; TEO Vilnius; Ros Casares; TTT Riga; UMMC Ekaterinburg; and Galatasaray. Group B has Gospic Croatia Osiguranje; CSKA Moscow; […]
Twenty-four for FIBA Euroleague Women
FIBA Europe yesterday officially released the list of 24 clubs, including eight new entries, that will participate in the 2009-10 edition of FIBA Euroleague Women. The 24 teams will be divided into four pools, with groupings to be determined next Tuesday.