Easy win for Belgium against Finland in the Eurobasket 2021 Women Qualifier (82-47). The Belgian Cats have won their fifth game in a row in the Eurobasket 2021 Women Qualifier, in Matosinhos, Portugal. The Belgian Cats easily defeated Finland 82-47. After a good start, thanks to Emma Meesseman, Finland reacted well in the second quarter…
The Belgian Cats will play against Australia, China and Puerto Rico at the Tokyo Olympics. The Official Draws of the Tokyo Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women took place at the House of Basketball on Tuesday morning. The XXXII Olympic Games women’s basketball competition will feature national teams from 12 countries. Teams will competing…
The Belgian Cats won the “Best Belgian Team of the Year” award this Friday. The Cats received 465 points, the Red Flames received 245 pts. Deceuninck-QuickStep cycling team received 208 pts and the third spot. The Cats succeed the Red Lions, the national hockey team, who won the award last year. The Belgian Cats had…
Emma Meesseman won the 2020 Belgian Female Athlete of the Year award. She was elected as the Sportswoman of the Year at the Sports Gala this Friday. It is the first time that a female basketball player receives this prestigious prize. Emma Meesseman was elected with 826 points. Just in front of her teammate at…
The Belgian Cats climb to 6th place in the world ranking unveiled on Tuesday by FIBA. The Belgian Cats were previously at the 7th place. Belgium take the place of Turkey for the only change in the top 10 of the ranking. The United States remains at the top of the rankings ahead of Australia,…
The Belgian Cats are qualified for the EuroBasket Women 2021 thanks to Finland’s success against Portugal on Saturday night (70-62). In the early evening, Belgium defeated Ukraine 65-87 to clinch a fourth win in four games in these qualifications. The Cats sit at the top of the group G and can’t be overtaken. The next…
The Belgian Cats beat Portugal (49-59) on their way to the EuroBasket Women 2021. Without Emma Meesseman and Kyara Linskens, Philip Mestdagh decided to put Billie Massey in the starting 5. The Cats didn’t waist any time and were up by 6 after 10 minutes (10-16). The second quarter started very well, the Cats scored…
Alina Iagupova, a former Castor Braine player, has been named Euroleague MVP. Emma Meesseman shares the second place with Alyssa Thomas. The WNBA Finals MVP has also been named in the All-EuroLeague Women First Team. In 13 games in Euroleague, she is averaging 14.1 PTS, 4.6 RBDS and 3.2 ASTS in only 22 minutes with…
Our U18 Belgian Cats have gone through a difficult opening round at their European Championship in Group A. After big losses against Italy and Croatia, they now narrowly missed their first win of the tournament this evening against Germany. Throughout the game our young Cats kept the victory within their grasp but in the end Germany was…
Cheered on by a sold-out gym in Kortrijk our Belgian Cats defeated the Czech Republic to qualify for EuroBasket 2019. Despite a slow and nervous start our Cats were able to get back in the game in the 2nd quarter, led by star-player Emma Meesseman who scored and dished out assists like nobody’s business and at the half our…
