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Round-up of action in the first day of the European U18 Championships in divisions A and B.
Division A
Opening day of the European U18 championships featured 3 overtime games in which Sweden, Turkey and France prevailed.
The defending champions Belgians, now without Emma Meesseman, were routed by Serbia who ended up with a 28 point victory.
Scores
Sweden – Poland 82-78 OT
Netherlands – Croatia 51-43
Turkey – Russia 77-74 OT
Belgium – Serbia 36-64
Greece – Romania 69-52
Italy – Slovenia 69-57
Czech Republic – Slovak Republic 59-70
Spain – France 67-68 OT
Top performances
Paulina Hersler (Sweden, C) 32 points, 11 rebounds in W against Poland
Pelin Bilgic (Turkey, G) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 5 steals in W against Russia
Anna Stamolamprou (Greece, PG) 25 points, 6 assists, 3 steals in W against Romania
Zofia Hruscakova (Slovak Republic, C) 20 points, 14 rebounds in W against Czech Republic
Maria Arrojo (Spain, G) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals in L against France
Isabella Slim (Netherlands, SF) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists in W against Croatia
Elme Hansson (Sweden, SF) 18 points, 7 rebounds in W against Poland
Dragana Stankovic (Serbia, F) 18 points, 6 rebounds in L against Belgium
Lana Packovski (Croatia, G) 16 points in L against Netherlands
Ariadna Pujol (Spain, G) 16 points, 3 rebounds in L against France
Karolina Puss (Poland, SF) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 turnovers in L against Sweden
Erica Reggiani (Italy, PG) 15 points, 3 rebounds in W against Slovenia
Karolina Severova (Czech Republic, PF) 15 points, 3 rebounds in L against Slovak Republic
Division B
Probably due to two groups having five teams which will stretch the opening round by two days, only the to two teams from each group will advance to the second round. There the teams will be split in two groups, with top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals where 3 of those 4 teams will advance to the division A.
Closest games of the opening day of division B were played in Group C, where Belarus edged out Latvia by one point, and England defeated Macedonia by 4 points. Other six outcomes featured double digit victories.
Scores
Portugal – Austria 60-45
Latvia – Belarus 67-68
Bulgaria – Norway 67-41
Germany – Scotland 80-32
Finland – Switzerland 71-42
Lithuania – Montenegro 76-60
Israel – Hungary 55-68
England – Macedonia 57-53
Top performances
Amadea Szamosi (Hungary, PF) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists in W against Israel
Iva Kostova (Bulgaria, SG) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 steals in W against Norway
Aleksandra Stojanovska (Macedonia, SF) 22 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks in L against England
Levke Brodersen (Germany, G) 19 points, 3 assists in W against Scotland
Hanna Kalenta (Belarus, PF) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks in W against Latvia
Maryia Papova (Belarus, PF) 17 points, 8 rebounds in W against Latvia
Stine Austgulen (Norway, G) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals in L against Bulgaria
Tamara Detraz (Switzerland, G) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals in L against Finland
Jelena Nikpaljevic (Montenegro, G) 16 points in L against Lithuania
Renate Reine (Latvia, G) 15 points, 4 rebounds in L against Belarus
Ruta Veidere (Latvia, PF) 15 points, 13 rebounds in L against Belarus
Kristina Rakovic (Montenegro, C) 15 points, 5 rebounds in L against Lithuania
Mariam Hannoun (Israel, F) 15 points, 5 rebounds in L against Hungary
