Strong Belgian cats leave no stone unturned than weak China | EC basketball

Belgium won their first two exhibition matches against China by a wide margin. In Kortrijk, the Chinese suffered a 90-55 defeat.

China are world vice-champions, but only 4 players from the team that won silver at last year’s World Cup played at De Lange Munte on Thursday night.

Taking on sloppy China was at no time a match for mighty Belgium, who applied plenty of defensive pressure and finished off attacking. In the first half, the difference had already increased to 25 points: 46-21.

After the break, the national team coach Meziane was able to try to his heart’s content, but the match did not suffer. Everyone got off and the gap widened. Final score: 90-55.

On Saturday, the Belgians will play Kats against China again, and then at a sold-out Sportuse in Leuven. This will be the last exhibition match for the Belgian women, who will open the European Championship against Israel next Thursday in Tel Aviv.

Quarters: 21-17, 25-4, 17-22, 27-12

Belgium: Meesseman 17, Allemand 15, Vanloo 13, Linskens 8, Lisowa 8, Becky Massey 8, Delaere 6, Billie Massey 5, Mununga 5, Resimont 3, Geldof 2

The day after winning the exhibition against Turkey, the Belgian cats lost in Cordoba to Spain, the world number one, ranked fourth in the world.

During the break, the lead was limited (34-29), but then the Spaniards ran further. In the end, the players of the national coach, Rachid Meziane, fell 72-54.

Emma Messemann only played for 10 minutes as a precaution, and Kiara Lenskens was kept on the sidelines throughout the match.

The Cats will soon be back in Belgium, where they will play a new training group against China, ranked second in the world, on Thursday in Kortrijk. On Saturday, they concluded their coaching career at Leuven Sportuz with a new match against China.

Belgium points: Mununga 14, Vanloo 12, Allemand 9, Delaere 6, Lisowa 4, Meesseman 4, Resimont 3, Becky Massey 2

The Belgian Cats also tagged Türkiye on their way to the European Championships. Especially after the break, the Belgians were dominant. Two quarters later it was only 33-39 in favor of the Cats, and in the end it was 84-65.

A bigger test awaits tomorrow. Then the Belgians play Spain.

Just like two days ago, the Belgian Cats beat Greece on Sunday in an exhibition match. In Braine-l’Alleud, the lead was slightly larger than it was on Friday: 86-57.

Thanks to Mununga’s final score, there was still almost a 30-point difference on the board. The audience enjoyed the bell beater to the fullest, although it was not a three-pointer, but a double-pointer.

The Belgian Cats will travel to Spain next week for their second foreign training in the build-up to the European Championships. The two teams will train in Cordoba against Turkey on Saturday and against Spain on Sunday.

Quarters: 22-13, 23-20, 16-15, 25-9

Belgium: Vanloo 22, Linskens 19, Meesseman 18, Geldof 8, Mununga 7, Becky Massey 4, Delaere 3, Ramette 3, Joris 2. Bah, Lizoua and Billy Massey did not score.

In their first two exhibition matches on Belgian soil, the Greek women couldn’t go down too far against the Belgian Cats. At halftime, they were already heavily in debt by 13 points: 42-29.

As the Belgians were more lax and careless in the fourth quarter, it looked like Greece could more or less limit the damage. But the recent Belgian attack still ensured that the difference would be huge: 83-60.

Belgium and Greece will meet again on Sunday, but this time in Brian Lallude.

After a double encounter in and against Serbia, the Belgian Kats returned home with a win and a loss. Emma Meissmann took on a young Belgian team. Tonight the national team is complete and will play its first doubles match against Greece. You can follow the match here live from 7.45pm.

While preparing for the European Championships, some of the cats are told that they will be moving elsewhere next year. For example, Antonia Dellaire decorated a flyover from Italian Venice to Spanish Avenida. Becky Massey leaves Madrid and her twin sister. She does not yet know where her future lies.

Today it also became known that Hind Ben Abdelkader is leaving Villeneuve. National coach Rachid Meziane’s team lost the final match of the qualifiers against Lyon with Julie Allemand. This was the last achievement of Ben Abdelkader with the Deputy Champion. It is not yet clear where she will play next year.