EuroBasket 2025 – Belgian National Youth Teams (U16, U18, U20)

Each summer our National Youth Teams get into action at EuroBasket in their quest for the medals. We’ve followed all the tournaments closely and reported on them on our social media channels all throughout the past two months. With the tournaments now all in the books we’ve decided to give a little overview here of all teams (Male & Female) and how they fared:

U18 Belgian Cats:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Laurent François
Assistant Coaches: Aurelien Garraux & Lola Paulus

Selection:
– Laura Vilcinskas (’08) – C – 10.0 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 0.9 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.9 BPG (24.9 MPG)
– Annie Kibedi (’08) – PF – 11.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.8 BPG (30.3 MPG)
– Jada Lynch (’08) – PG – 12.0 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG (25.1 MPG)
– Ede Manghelinckx (’07) – G/F – 7.9 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.4 SPG (18.0 MPG)
– Aurélie Vanderstraeten (’08) – PF – 6.3 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.9 SPG (17.4 MPG)
– Kaat Pauwels (’07) – PG – 4.4 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.0 BPG (16.9 MPG)
– Audrey Tchako (’08) – C – 3.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.7 BPG (13.0 MPG)
– Zhen Verburgt (’07) – SF – 6.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.7 BPG (24.6 MPG)
– Lalie Dupont (’07) – G – 1.6 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG (9.1 MPG)
– Thalya Perez (’07) – G – 2.2 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.2 SPG (6.4 MPG)
– Aicha Bah (’08) – G – 3.0 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 2.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG (18.9 MPG)
– Clemence Fonteyn (’07) – PF – 0.7 PPG, 0.3 APG, 0.7 SPG (8.0 MPG)

Results:
– Belgium – Hungary: 67-54 W (Kibedi: 20 Pts, 8 Rebs)
– Latvia – Belgium: 61-69 W (Lynch: 19 Pts)
– Belgium – Portugal: 79-49 W (Kibedi: 16 Pts, 12 Rebs)
– Belgium – Israel: 66-44 W (Vilcinskas: 6 Pts, 12 Rebs)
– (Q/F) Belgium – Poland: 63-57 W (Lynch: 22 Pts, 8 Rebs)
– (S/F) Finland – Belgium: 77-69 L (Vilcinskas: 11 Pts, 12 Rebs)
– (3rd Place) France – Belgium: 72-47 L (Vilcinskas: 11 Pts, 8 Rebs)

Final Standing:

1. Spain
2. Finland
3. France
    4) Belgium

All-Tournament Team:
– Sara Okeke (Spain) – MVP
– Gina Garcia (Spain)
– Anna Gardziella (Finland)
– Alicia Tournebize (France)
–  Jada Lynch (Belgium) 

U20 Belgian Lions:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Jean-Marc Jaumin
Assistant Coaches: Jérôme Jacquemin & Maarten Van Gelder

Selection:
– Corentin Efono (’06) – G – 8.4 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 3.7 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.6 BPG (23.3 MPG)
– Lukijan Zecevic (’05) – F – 10.3 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.6 SPG (20.3 MPG)
– Alexander Raedschelders (’05) – F – 9.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG (23.7 MPG)
– Adedayo Polet (’05) – SG – 9.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 3.3 APG, 0.7 SPG (26.4 MPG)
– Guillaume Schoentgen (’06) – F/C – 5.6 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 0.9 APG, 1.0 SPG (14.6 MPG)
– Daniel Ntambwe (’05) – F/C – 5.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.4 BPG (20.1 MPG)
– Malcolm Makwa (’06) – G – 3.7 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.3 SPG (10.7 MPG)
– Ajani Faison (’05) – G – 3.3 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.4 SPG (12.4 MPG)
– Jules Isebaert (’05) – G/F – 3.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG (24.5 MPG)
– Skye Norulf (’06) – C – 0.4 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG (8.4 MPG)
– Ilan Mbessang (’05) – PF – 3.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG (13.9 MPG)
– Mohammed Tlarhi (’05) – F/C – 2.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.3 BPG (14.9 MPG)

Results:
– Belgium – Italy: 64-68 L (Polet: 12 Pts, 9 Rebs, 5 Asts, 3 Stls)
– Ukraine – Belgium: 55-65 W (Raedschelders: 19 Pts, 10 Rebs, 3 Asts)
– Germany – Belgium: 85-60 L (Zecevic: 17 Pts)
– France – Belgium: 74-57 L (Efono: 14 Pts, 5 Rebs)
– Finland – Belgium: 74-79 W (Raedschelders: 15 Pts, 13 Rebs, 9 Asts, 2 Stls)
– Poland – Belgium: 81-64 L (Ntambwe: 10 Pts, 4 Rebs)
– Romania – Belgium: 66-58 L (Ntambwe: 11 Pts, 10 Rebs)

Final Standing:

1. Italy
2. Lithuania
3. France
    12) Belgium

All-Tournament Team:
– Francesco Ferrari (Italy) – MVP
– Alex Samodurov (Greece)
– Mantas Juzenas (Lithuania)
– Roman Domon (France)
– Pavle Nikolic (Serbia)

U18 Belgian Lions:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Daniel Goethals
Assistant Coaches: Donovan Walasiak & Randy Oveneke

Selection:
– Tim Waerniers (’08) – PF – 9.3 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.9 BPG (26.6 MPG)
– Aaron Ona Embo (’09) – PG – 14.0 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.0 BPG (22.7 MPG)
– Jayden Hodge (’07) – G/F – 13.4 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 0.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG (21.0 MPG)
– Vince T’Joncke (’07) – PG – 5.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.1 SPG (24.7 MPG)
– Christian Elocobe (’08) – G/F – 7.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.4 BPG (23.1 MPG)
– Daan Pieters (’07) – G/F – 6.6 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG (19.9 MPG)
– Lukas De Ridder (’07) – C – 5.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG (16.7 MPG)
– Robbe Keppens (’08) – C – 1.2 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.2 APG (10.2 MPG)
– Théo Sourin (’07) – G – 2.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG (10.7 MPG)
– Yves Sabze (’07) – C – 2.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 0.1 BPG (14.0 MPG)
– Eliott Colle (’08) – C – 0.4 PPG, 0.4 RPG, 0.2 APG, 0.4 BPG (9.4 MPG)
– Lars Coppejans (’07) – F – 3.6 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG (16.1 MPG)

Results:
– Belgium – Slovenia: 52-105 L (Hodge: 17 PTS & 7 REBS)
– Latvia – Belgium: 73-88 W (Hodge: 29 PTS, 9 REBS & 5 STLS)
– Spain – Belgium: 88-50 L (Waerniers: 9 PTS & 3 REBS)
– Serbia – Belgium: 106-36 L (Pieters: 12 PTS & 5 REBS)
– (9 to 16) Austria – Belgium: 74-67 L (Ona Embo: 24 PTS & 5 REBS)
– (13 to 16) Belgium – North Macedonia: 72-81 L (Ona Embo: 25 PTS, 3 REBS & 4 ASTS)
– (15 to 16) Belgium – Sweden: 85-78 W (T’Joncke: 18 PTS, 9 ASTS & 3 STLS)

Final Standing:

1. Spain
2. France
3. Italy
    15) Belgium

All-Tournament Team:
– Ian Platteeuw (Spain) – MVP
– Maxence Lemoine (France)
– Diego Garavaglia (Italy)
– Pavle Backo (Serbia)
– Valdis Valters (Latvia)

U20 Belgian Cats:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Philip Wolk
Assistant Coaches: Eline Maesschalck-Cornand & Sophie Bottriaux

Selection:
– Alicia Courthiau (’05) – 14.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.3 SPG (27.1 MPG)
– Pauline Bayart (’06) – 11.0 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.9 BPG (20.7 MPG)
– Louann Battiston (’05) – 11.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.6 BPG (24.4 MPG)
– Ella Declercq (’06) – 13.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.4 BPG (21.6 MPG)
– Kyra Bruyndoncx (’06) – 11.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.5 SPG (25.2 MPG)
– Sam Daelemans (’05) – 6.4 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.9 BPG (17.3 MPG)
– Noor Devos (’06) – 9.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG (23.0 MPG)
– Kato Bevernage (’06) – 6.0 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 3.6 APG, 0.4 SPG (16.0 MPG)
– Marine Cop (’06) – 3.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG (13.7 MPG)
– Sarah Owona (’05) – 2.3 PPG, 0.5 RPG, 0.3 APG (4.5 MPG)
– Victoria Cuyvers (’05) – 2.6 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.3 APG (9.9 MPG)
– Ede Manghelinckx (’07) – 0.7 PPG, 0.7 RPG (4.3 MPG)

Results:
– Lithuania – Belgium: 80-91 W (N. Devos: 18 PTS, 6 REBS & 3 ASTS)
– Belgium – Israel: 104-80 W (P. Bayart: 17 PTS, 9 REBS & 3 ASTS)
– Spain – Belgium: 77-79 W (A. Courthiau: 13 PTS & 6 REBS)
– Belgium – Portugal: 91-59 W (E. Declercq: 17 PTS & 3 REBS)
– (Q/F) Belgium – Sweden: 76-77 L (A. Courthiau: 25 PTS, 7 REBS & 4 ASTS)
– (5 to 8) Belgium – Iceland: 90-75 W (E. Declercq: 15 PTS, 2 REBS & 3 ASTS)
– (5 to 6) Belgium – Israel: 96-73 W (A. Courthiau: 21 PTS & 6 REBS)

Final Standing:

1. Spain
2. Lithuania
3. Italy
     5) Belgium

All-Tournament Team:
– Gina Garcia (Spain) – MVP
– Cristina Osazuwa (Italy)
– Raina Tomasicka (Latvia)
– Daniele Paunksnyte (Lithuania)
– Lourdes Da Silva Costa (Sweden)

U16 Belgian Lions:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Steve Ibens
Assistant Coaches: Mathieu Fivet & Milan Torrekens

Selection:
– Aaron Ona Embo (’09) – PG – 21.0 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 4.3 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG (31.7 MPG)
– Tom Kasongo (’09) – F – 13.9 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.0 BPG (23.9 MPG)
– Ilhan-David Ngamunguela (’09) – G/F – 8.1 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.1 APG, 3.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG (22.0 MPG)
– Jules Rotsaert (’09) – G – 6.9 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG (23.3 MPG)
– Djibril Sokona (’09) – PF – 5.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 1.5 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.5 BPG (21.5 MPG)
– Max Van De Keere (’09) – G/F – 10.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG (24.9 MPG)
– Dylan Havyarimana (’09) – C – 6.1 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.6 SPG (20.9 MPG)
– Youssef Zagdoud (’10) – SF – 4.9 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG (15.9 MPG)
– Gabriel De Coninck (’10) – SF – 3.7 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG (9.5 MPG)
– Michiel T’Seyen (’09) – C – 1.6 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.2 APG, 0.4 SPG (5.6 MPG)
– Eden Tshimanga (’09) – F/C – 2.9 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.7 SPG, 0.7 BPG (14.6 MPG)
– Nathan Flonet (’09) – PG – 2.8 PPG, 0.8 RPG (9.0 MPG)

Results:
– Belgium – Bulgaria: 109-52 W (A. Ona Embo: 21 PTS, 3 REBS, 6 ASTS, 2 STLS)
– Hungary – Belgium: 53-73 W (A. Ona Embo: 21 PTS, 5 REBS, 4 ASTS, 2 STLS)
– Belgium – Norway: 82-65 W (M. Van De Keere: 18 PTS, 8 REBS)
– Czechia – Belgium: 82-89 W (A. Ona Embo: 31 PTS, 7 REBS, 5 ASTS, 3 STLS)
– (Q/F) Belgium – Ukraine: 77-51 W (A. Ona Embo: 28 PTS, 3 REBS, 4 ASTS)
– (S/F) Portugal – Belgium: 60-71 W (T. Kasongo: 12 PTS, 10 REBS, 4 STLS)
– (F) Belgium – Poland: 67-68 L (I. Ngamunguela: 11 PTS, 6 REBS, 4 ASTS, 4 STLS)

Final Standing:

1. Poland
    2) Belgium
2. Czechia

All-Tournament Team:
–  Aaron Ona Embo (Belgium) – MVP
– Hubert Swirydowicz (Poland)
– Lukasz Lysek (Poland)
– Marek Houska (Czechia)
– Miguel Sousa (Portugal)

U16 Belgian Cats:

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Gerrit Driessens
Assistant Coaches: Nina Crelot & Nele Poffyn

Selection:
– Babeth Belche (’09) – 2.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.9 BPG (19.0 MPG)
– Manon Keppenne (’09) – 8.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG (19.7 MPG)
– Leonie Bens (’09) – 7.6 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 2.9 APG, 0.7 SPG (22.0 MPG)
– Phebe Mol (’09) – 3.3 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG (21.9 MPG)
– Cassandra Aubert (’09) – 6.1 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 2.1 SPG (16.0 MPG)
– Eflin Nalli (’10) – 5.4 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.4 SPG (15.4 MPG)
– Annelien Depauw (’09) – 4.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.0 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.4 BPG (21.4 MPG)
– Lina McCollum (’09) – 6.3 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 0.3 APG (15.9 MPG)
– Tess Roels (’09) – 3.3 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 0.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG (13.7 MPG)
– Lily Jans (’10) – 4.5 PPG, 0.3 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.7 SPG (10.8 MPG)
– Phéline Lecluse (’09) – 8.7 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.2 BPG (19.5 MPG)
– Romane Kirsch (’09) – 4.3 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG (15.6 MPG)

Results:
– Serbia – Belgium: 100-66 L (A. Depauw: 15 PTS, 6 REBS, 4 STLS)
– Belgium – Romania: 49-71 L (B. Belche: 2 PTS, 10 REBS)
– Belgium – France: 50-84 L (M. Keppenne: 19 PTS, 4 REBS)
– Italy – Belgium: 95-73 L (P. Lecluse: 18 PTS, 4 REBS)
– Hungary – Belgium: 75-62 L (L. Bens: 9 PTS, 6 ASTS)
– Czechia – Belgium: 74-66 L (L. Bens: 23 PTS, 3 ASTS)
– Belgium – Finland: 64-60 W (E. Nalli: 15 PTS, 3 REBS, 3 ASTS)

Final Standing:

1. Spain
2. Slovenia
3. Germany
    15) Belgium

All-Tournament Team:
– Isabel Hernandez (Spain) – MVP
– Mia Wiegand (Germany)
– Sindja Sondore (Latvia)
– Veronica Ferjancic (Slovenia)
– Ota Pozin (Slovenia)

Congratulations to all teams and we’ll see you guys back in action next summer!