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FIBA Europe U18
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The best 8 teams at the 2011 FIBA Europe Pannergy U18 European Championship Women, Division B are Belarus, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Hungary, Latvia and Poland.
These teams have qualified for the quarter-final, also known as the final round stage of the competition.
Alexandra Maerz had experienced promotion at U16 level. She should be disappointed to miss out on a quarter-final spot again. In 2009 she just missed promotion when her team lost in overtime to the eventual champions Hungary.
Germany went into the locker room trailing (21-30) to Portugal. Despite a spirited effort in the third quarter, they were unable to draw level. Laura Hebecker was the leading player for Germany with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
For Portugal, Jessica Almeida led the way with 20 points while Joana Jesus added 18. Mariyana Kostourkova who has been the coach of the Portuguese U18 team for a number of years should be hoping that her team can clinch a semi-final place.
In the rest of Group E action Croatia maintained their unbeaten record with a (64-58) victory against Belarus. Croatia went into the final quarter leading (51-38) but took their foot off the accelerator during the final phase allowing Belarus back into the the game.
Ivana Tikvic was again the leading player for Croatia with 14 points.
Hungary beat Bulgaria (66-57). But it was not a convincing performance against a team already eliminated. Fanni Szabó had to play 33 minutes as she paced her team-mates with 16 points and 6 steals.
In Group F, Finland confirmed their status as promotion candidates with a convincing victory over Greece (58-46). The Finns took advantage of a slow start by their opponents to open up a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter (22-10).
Anette Juvonen from Finland was the top scorer with 22 points. Artemis Spanou led Greece with 16 points and 9 rebounds.
Latvia did not have it all their way in beating Denmark (76-68). Agate Geka and Linda Vild were the big scorers with 20 and 15 points apiece for the Baltic side.
Denmark were led by a double effort by Maria Jesperse's 20 points and 14 rebounds. Due to the fact that Israel had beaten Norway earlier in the day, Denmark had been eliminated before entering the court.
Israel's Keren Mozes scored 24 points and picked up 9 rebounds in the victory (76-58). But the performance of the day belonged to Julie Mccarthy from Denmark who scored 24 points and picked up 24 rebounds.
The quarter-final pairings are as follows:
Croatia vs. Israel
Finland vs. Portugal
Belarus vs. Greece
Latvia vs. Hungary
In the 13th place classification series England beat Switzerland (54-36) while Luxembourg beat Austria (85-56).
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European Championship basketball:
FIBA Europe
Global Vision - Division A
Final Round
14 August 2011: Belgium beat France for the title
13 August 2011: France and Belgium qualify for the final
12 August 2011: France joins Belgium, Spain and Sweden in semi-final
Qualifying Round
11 August 2011: The Czech Republic, Italy, Romania and Slovenia miss quarter-finals
10 August 2011: Italy and Romania close to be eliminated
08 August 2011: Belgium, France, Spain and Sweden already in quarter-finals
Preliminary Round
06 August 2011: Lithuania, Slovak Republic and Ukraine in relegation group
05 August 2011: Russia eliminated while Slovenia bounce back
04 August 2011: France start well while Emma Meesseman from Belgium shines
Pannergy - Division B
Final Round - Classification
14 August 2011: Croatia complete Grand Slam in picking up the trophy
13 August 2011: Croatia and Greece win promotion
12 August 2011: Hungary fall to Latvia while Croatia, Finland & Greece are still in the race
Qualifying Round
11 August 2011: Quarter-finals pairing set
10 August 2011: Finland, Croatia and Belarus remain unbeaten
09 August 2011: Hungary have a big win while Finland dominate the Nordics
Preliminary Round
07 August 2011: 12 teams ready for the second phase
06 August 2011: Promotion dreams for England and Switzerland are over
05 August 2011: Hungary keep home fans happy