#EuroBasket Women

[rmbaloncesto]

Its Eurobasket women time🥳🥳🥳

[sobashahzadi]

YEAH!! you go girls! You did amazing, the true winners of the match!

it’s funny how nobody would’ve batted an eye to a peaceful protest like this if it were to say the Russian team last year.

[sayruq]

“Basketball Ireland informed Fiba Europe yesterday that as a direct result of recent comments made by Israeli players and coaching staff – including inflammatory and wholly inaccurate accusations of antisemitism, published on official Israeli federation channels – that our players will not be partaking in traditional pre-match arrangements with our upcoming opponents,” it said. It added that it fully supported the players’ decision to shun courtesies such as the exchanging of gifts and handshakes before and after Thursday’s game. The players also lined up for the national anthem by their bench, rather than centre court. In recent weeks the women’s team had been wrestling with calls to boycott the match, which had been originally slated to be played in Israel in November but was postponed and moved to Riga after Basketball Ireland requested a neutral venue. Several high-profile sporting figures had backed the call, with pressure on the players ramping up after the Israel Basketball Association shared photos from a practice session that included a visit by soldiers from the Israeli Defence Force. Basketball Ireland said late last month that it had raised “strong concerns” about the fixtures with Israel to Fiba Europe and that it had floated the possibility of forfeiting the games. The organisation said it had been told, however, that it could face up to €180,000 in fines and face expulsion from EuroBasket this year and in 2027 for doing so.

[lildoodlenoodle]

Me whenever I meet an Irish American(who are always So Proud of their heritage) who is absolutely dick riding for Israel:

Meanwhile, actual Irish people:

[batlleonafc]

Thank you for your post about women basket and France team players! Do you know something about women's Eurobasket 2025? And about the qualification?

I can give you a summary. if you want/need to know more you can check the Fiba website

The Euros are played from 15-19 June 2025. They group games are played in Hamburg (Ger), Brünn (Cze), Bologna (ita) and Piräus (Gre). the Knockout stages is played in Piräus. 16 Teams take part.

For qualifiers there are 8 groups with 4 teams each. The winner of the groups and the best 4 runner-ups qualify.

Germany, Italy, Greece and Czech Republic are already qualified.

The qualifiers started in November 2023 every team played 2 games. The next games are now coming up in November 2024 and more games will be played in February 2025.

[female-buckets]

Talking about overseas content - EuroLeague is on a ~2 week break because of an International Window for Women's Basketball. But, this window is for the FIBA Women's Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, aka the 2024 FIBA Women's Americas Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which featured the 3rd-6th placed teams from the 2023 AmeriCup. The WNBL didn't take a break for this November window, but they will have one in February 2024, and also had one in early 2023 last season. So why does EuroLeague have to follow this window?

Is it maybe qualifying for 2025 Eurobasket?

European basketball has so many layers lol

I think I saw the Saballys are in Germany and Meg is a mercenary for Spain. Neither Spain nor Germany are eligible for the Olympics so I think it's Eurobasket stuff.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Ireland's women's basketball team refused to shake the hands of their opponents from Israel before the EuroBasket 2025 qualifier game played Thursday in Riga, Latvia after one Israeli player accused the team of antisemitism. 

Israeli player Dor Saar said on Wednesday that the Ireland team is "quite anti-Semitic," according to the BBC. Her comments followed calls for the Ireland team to boycott...

[maaarine]

FIBA Women's Eurobasket 2023

good news: Belgium trashed Serbia (who had won the last Euro) and is through to the semi-finals

bad news: the prospect of losing to fucking France again kms

[gwendolynlerman]

Deutschribing Germany

Sports

Germany ranks fourth in the Olympic Games medal count, having won 922 medals in both Summer and Winter Olympic Games since 1896. The country has hosted international sports events such as the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin and Munich, the 1936 Winter Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup. It will host the UEFA Euro 2024.

Soccer

Soccer is the most popular sport in Germany. The Bundesliga (“federal league”) is the top professional soccer league. Clubs such as FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, RB Leipzig, SV Werder Bremen, and VfB Stuttgart take part in it. The most successful team is Bayern Munich, having won thirty-two Bundesliga titles.

The German men’s national soccer team won the Olympic Games in 1976, the World Cup in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014 and the UEFA Euro in 1972, 1980, and 1996. The women’s national team is also a world power, having won the Olympic Games in 2016, the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003 and 2007 and the UEFA Women’s Euro in 1989, 1995, and 2001, making Germany the only country to have won both the men’s and women’s World Cup and European titles.

Handball

Germany, together with Denmark, is regarded as the birthplace of handball, as the first match took place in Berlin. The men’s national team has won the Olympic Games once, the IHF Wold Men’s Handball Championship three times, and the EHF Euro twice. The most successful team in the Handball-Bundesliga is THW Kiel.

Basketball

The most successful clubs in the Basketball-Bundesliga are Alba Berlin, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Brose Bamberg, and USC Heidelberg. Notable German basketball players include Dirk Nowitzki, Elias Harris, Linda Frölich, Shawn Bradley, and Tim Ohlbrecht.

The German men’s national basketball team has won only one international gold medal at the 1993 Eurobasket, as well as one silver and two bronze medals. The women’s national team has won only one medal in international competitions, a bronze one at the 1997 Eurobasket.

Ice hockey

Germany has hosted the Ice Hockey World Championships seven times and the Ice Hockey European Championships four times. The men’s national team has never won an international competition, but has won seven silver medals, and is ranked seventh in the world.

Motorsports

Germany is one of the leading motorsports countries, having manufactured countless race winning cars. Notable Formula One champions include Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, and Sebastian Vettel.

The country hosts the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a sports car racing series based in Germany, with rounds in other European countries. Since 1995, only German car brands are allowed to compete.

Winter sports

Germany is also very successful in winter sports, being the only country in the world to have four bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks. It has won more medals in bobsledding than any other country in the world, if those won by East and West Germany are included.

The country also dominates biathlon, luge, and skeleton thanks to athletes such as Sven Fischer and Uschi Disl in biathlon, Felix Loch and Natalie Geiseberger in luge, and Anja Huber and Kerstin Jürgens in skeleton.

Notable skiers include Tobias Angerer in cross-country skiing, Martin Schmitt in ski jumping, Eric Frenzel in Nordic combined, and Katja Seizinger in alpine skiing. Claudia Pechstein is renowned in speed skating and Katarina Witt in figure skating. 

Tennis

The two most successful German tennis players of all time are Boris Becker and Steffi Graf. The former won six Grand Slam titles, and the latter won twenty-two, becoming the only tennis player to win all four Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same year.

Cycling

Jan Ullrich is one of the greatest riders, together with Tony Martin in individual time trial races and André Greipel among road sprinters. Germany has hosted the start of the Tour de France four times.

[jaguarmen99]

国際バスケットボール連盟（FIBA）は18日、ロシアとベラルーシの男子代表チームを2024年パリ五輪出場に向けたセカンドチャンスであるプレ・クオリファイイング・トーナメント（FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments 2023）から除外すると発表した。 　12チームで行われる五輪出場へ向けたメインの予選としては、フィリピン、日本、インドネシア共催で8月25日から行われるFIBAバスケットボール・ワールドカップ（FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023）があり、32チームが本戦出場を決めているが、ロシアとベラルーシはこの大会の予選から除外されていた。 　プレ・クオリファイイング・トーナメントは、W杯に出場できなかったチームのための五輪予選会で、8月12日から開幕する。 　女子でも、両国代表は五輪出場へ向けたメインの予選会を兼ねて6月に行われるFIBA欧州選手権（2023 FIBA Women's EuroBasket）の予選から除外されていた。

ロシアとベラルーシをパリ五輪予選から除外、FIBA　写真1枚　国際ニュース：AFPBB News

[amelmajrii]

Hi. Do you have any idea when the next international window for women's basketball will be? I've been searching for infos about the upcoming France game, but I haven't been able to find any. thx

It’s the Eurobasket qualifiers in November - 7th and 10th :)

[garudabluffs]

Mixing Sport and Politics - The Sporting Boycott of Israel with Rebecca O'Keeffe

Premiered Apr 4, 2024 VIDEO 52:59

Voices from the Palestine Solidarity Movement #2: Rebecca O'Keeffe explains how sport and politics are always mixed, and why an international sporting boycott of Israel is a moral imperative. Rebecca O’Keeffe is a peace activist, author, and researcher. Her book, ‘Yalla Feminists: Arab Rights and Resistance’ written with Lina AbiRafeh, documents feminist resistance movements in the Arab region. She has spent a number of years working, living, travelling in the region, including Palestine. As a former international basketball player, she is also a member of Irish Sport for Palestine, having initiated the call for the senior Irish women’s basketball team to cancel their fixtures against Israel.

The Ireland team stand by their bench as the Israel team stand on the court as the teams stand for their national anthems before the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Championship Qualifier match between Israel and Ireland at the Rimi Olympic Centre in Riga, Latvia.

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Rebecca O’Keeffe talks about her team’s boycott of its match against Israel.

LISTEN 27:34 https://www.edgeofsports.com/podcast/an-irish-athlete-on-organizing-a-sports-boycott-of-israel-/index.html

[sszeemedia]

"Anti-Semitic": Israel basketball team after Ireland refuse to shake hands

“Quite anti-Semitic,” said Israel basketball player Dor Saar about the Ireland women’s team after the latter refused to shake hands with the Israeli team before the EuroBasket 2025 qualifier in Riga. In reply, Basketball Ireland said that the comments were “inflammatory and wholly inaccurate”. In a statement before the start of the match, Basketball Ireland, in a statement, said that they would…

[dahlbrendan]

BBC.com: Ireland women's basketball team refuse to shake hands with Israel