National Teams
The Belgian Cats beat Australia for the first game of the Olympics ! (70-85) The Belgian Cats pulled off a major upset by beating world runner-up Australia 70-85 (halftime: 41-37) in their debut in the women’s basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympic Games. For the first Olympic women’s basketball game in the history of Belgium,…
The bronze medal for the Belgian Cats at the Eurobasket, after the win against Belarus this Sunday (69-77). The Belgian Cats have won the bronze medal at the Eurobasket Women after the win against Belarus this Sunday (69-77) . This equals the best result ever in a EuroBasket for the Cats, after the bronze medal…
16 Belgian Lions for a training camp in Japan, from June 30 to July 13. Sixteen players have been selected by coach Dario Gjergja. Three games are planned during these two weeks. The Belgian Lions will face Finland on July 7, Japan on July 9 and Hungary on 11. “It is for the Belgian Lions…
Belgium – Greece has ben canceled due to coronavirus. The Belgian Cats were supposed to play today against Greece in Kortrijk the last preparation game before the Eurobasket 2021. But the game has been canceled due to suspection of Covid cases. With a busy summer ahead, with the Eurobasket and the Olympics, the staff didn’t…
Belgian Lions will play against Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Bulgaria at the Eurobasket 2022. Nice but difficult draw for the Belgian Lions for the Eurobasket 2022. The Lions will play in the Group A against Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Bulgaria. Belgium will have to finish in the first 4 of this group to…
Belgian Cats: 24 players in pre-selection to prepare a busy summer who will start in Kortrijk. The Belgian Cats are in front of a busy summer. First, the European Championship, which will take place from 17 to 27 June in Strasbourg and Valencia. Then the Olympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo from July…
Dario Gjergja extends his contract with the Belgian Lions. Dario Gjergja will continue to coach the Belgian men’s national basketball team until the 2023 World Cup. The 45-year-old Croat extended his contract until the 2023 World Cup. In 11 games with the Lions, Gjergja only lost 1, against Lithuania. Dario Gjergja succeeded Eddy Casteels in…
Belgium qualify for the Eurobasket 2022 ! Thanks to the win against Denmark (88-65), Belgium will play his 5th straight Eurobasket in 2022 ! In the first half, Adama Darboe was the leader for Denmark with 16 points, but it wasn’t enough to stop Retin Obasohan (10 points) and Ismael Bako (8 points). Belgium had…
Tim Lambrecht, Andy Van Vliet and Ajay Mitchell will not play against Denmark tommorrow at 15H30. Andy Van Vliet, Ajay Mitchell and Tim Lambrecht are out of the final squad for Saturday’s game against Denmark. Basketball Belgium announced the team on Friday. National coach Dario Gjergja opted for Thomas Akyazili, Manu Lecomte, Jean-Marc Mwema, Jonathan…
Gabriel Iffe Lundberg will not play against Belgium in the Eurobasket Qualifiers. Gabriel Lundberg just signed a big contract with CSKA Moscow. He left Zielona Gora to sign with the Euroleague team. CSKA paid around 250K for him. Therefore, he will not join Denmark in the Vilnius bubble and he will not play against Belgium…
