Kim Mestdagh steps aside of the Belgian Cats after ten years. Kim Mestdagh is not part of the Belgian Cats’ selection for the first two games in the preliminary round of the 2023 European Championship. At 31, she decided to step aside and focus on her Italian club Schio. “Since I was 16 I have…
Philip Mestadgh said he was “happy” after the draw for groups for the Tokyo Olympic Games women’s basketball tournament held on Tuesday in Mies, Switzerland. Belgium was added to Group C along with Australia, China and Puerto Rico: “I’m happy because this draw gives us possibilities to reach the quarter-finals.” “Australia is a top nation…
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…
1) Emma Meesseman (UMMC – RUS D1): 64.8 rtpg2) Kyara Linskens (Enisey – RUS D1): 56.6 rtpg3) Hind Ben Abdelkader (Hatay – TUR D1): 43.6 rtpg4) Julie Allemand (Lyon – FRA D1): 40.9 rtpg5) Antonia Delaere (Nantes – FRA D1): 36.4 rtpg6) Kim Mestdagh (Flammes – FRA D1): 35.4 rtpg Emmanuella Mayombo (Keltern – GER…
After defeating Sweden with the 53-61 final score our Belgian Cats have qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and thus make history. It’s becoming a habit for this golden generation of Belgian Cats. After an exciting Qualifying Tournament in front of their home-crowd in Ostend, the Cats have managed to qualify for the Olympics for…
Simply amazing! No other words can describe this battle between Japan and our Belgian Cats. In a game that offered pretty much everything a basketball game has to offer our Belgian Cats showed again why they truly belong at the highest stage as they got the 92-84 win. If you didn’t thoroughly enjoy this game then…
Rough.One word which sums up this opening game of our Belgian Cats against Canada. The very physical approach of Canada halted the usual fluid offense of our Cats and after the opening half the low score of 30-23 stood on the scoreboard in advantage of Canada. A highly misleading score as our Cats really had been off…
They’ve done it! Emma Meesseman and Kim Mestdagh have become the second and third Belgian players to capture the coveted WNBA Championship trophy (after Wauters did it before them) as last night they helped the Washington Mystics to the 89-78 victory in GAME 5 of a thrilling series. Meesseman was again a major factor in the…
Throughout the season we will also keep our eyes on women’s basketball and we’ll regularly report on the performances of all the Belgian Players Abroad. For the women abroad we have the following players: * Emma Meesseman (Washington – USA WNBA / UMMC Ekaterinburg – Russia D1)* Kim Mestdagh (Washington – USA WNBA / Flammes – France…
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…
