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…
Emma Meesseman tests positive for Covid-19. She will not travel with the Belgian Cats to Portugal to face Portugal, on November 12, and Ukraine, on November 14. Assistant coach Pierre Cornia also tested positive, he will not travel to Portugal with the team. Meesseman was supposed to be in the 14 to go to Portugal,…
The Cats will play against Portugal on November 12 and against Ukraine on November 12. Both games will be played in Lisbon due to the pandemic. The final selection of 14 will be known next week, when the federation gets the COVID-19 protocol. Julie Allemand, Harriet Bende Nawezhi, Marjorie Carpréaux, Nastja Claessens, Antonia Delaere, Manon…
Belgium Basketball announced that the Belgians Lions and the Belgian Cats will participate in a summer camp in July. The Lions will train in Louvain-La-Neuve, while the Cats will train in different locations (Kortrijk, Wilrijk, Louvain-La-Neuve). For the Cats, this camp will start June 29 with some physical tests. The real camp will start officially…
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…
