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Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008

The draw for the premier women's basketball club competition in Europe was held on Thursday near Munich, Germany as the teams participating in the 2008-2009 season of EuroLeague Women gathered to find out who they will face in the Qualifying Round.

The 24 participating clubs were assigned seeds of 1-6 based on their performance in last year's competition and were then drawn into four groups of six teams each.

Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008

The 2008-09 women's club competition season kicked off on Thursday with the draws for EuroCup Women and EuroLeague Women being held near Munich, Germany.

Representatives of all 24 clubs participating in EuroLeague Women as well as many EuroCup Women officials were on hand for the proceedings, as the draw was made for Europe's premier women's basketball competitions.

Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008

FIBA Europe has announced the clubs to participate in the EuroLeague and EuroCup Women competitions for the 2008-09 season.

The EuroLeague features six new teams among its 24 participants and a record 58 clubs have registered for the EuroCup.


Natalia Hejkova Diana Taurasi (Spartak Moscow Region) Lauren Jackson (Spartak Moscow Region) Tatiana Shchegoleva (Spartak Moscow Region) Tina Thompson (Spartak Moscow Region) Tina Thompson (Spartak Moscow Region)
// Donnerstag, 29. November 2007
Kosit 2013 Kosice coach Vladimir Karnay believed that the absence of star center Janel McCarville cost them dearly in their narrow 62-58 defeat to US Valenciennes.

Without the injured McCarville, Kosit struggled and despite 22 points from Luisa Michulkova, they slipped to their third loss in EuroLeague Women group C.

"We did not have much luck at all but that is European basketball," said Karnay.

"Valenciennes punished every single mistake that our players made and we missed a couple of shoots from good positions.

"They came back into the game in the second half and I  have not seen a team in the EuroLeague that made such a high percentage of three-pointers until now.

"The absence of McCarville made it difficult for us and I'm sure we could have won the game if she had been playing.

"She is a 20-point player and we did not have anyone to replace her."

Guard Michulkova echoed the sentiments of her coach and believed the game would have had a different outcome if McCarville had been involved.

"It was a  difficult game. We led after the first half but we did not stop them after the break," she said.

"Valenciennes took the lead in third quarter and it is very hard to take something from the game when the opponent has control.

"I think we definitely could have won if Janel (McCarville) had been playing."




 
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