U16 Girls Basketball: Latvia Loss to Slovenia – Sportacentrs.com

Riga separates a two -hour flight from Bucharest. The European U16 Championship venues – Pittes and Mioven – are about two hours drive from the Romanian capital, closer to the Carpathian Mountains overgrown in the Forests.

Latvian girls sown red and white ribbons before the game and played with great fighting on the field. Medovene The grass rostrum brought together supporters of both teams, including one of the leaders of the Ogre basketball club, Rinalds Sirsniņš, a former guard of the national team.

Slovenia ranks could have been, but this summer there was no Tara Nahbar, born in 2009. The daughter of the Euroleague Association (ELPA) CEO Bosty Nahbar is training in the Badalona Joventut system. The daughter of Erazema Lorbek, the 2010 European Champion Ema, played in the opponent.

Start five

Latvia: Brokane, Naidjonova, Skrebele, Tikmere, Sondore

Patricia Tikmere scored the first four points for Latvia, receiving good assists from Enia Brokane and Cindy Sondore – 4: 2. The Slovenian after the first long -range shot came in front (4: 5), but played 20: 6 in the next minutes. Enija Brokane and Charlotte Skrebele threw three -point shots, Yelizaveta Naidjonova and Evelīna Sirsiņš started their successful attacks after catching balls, while the Universal Cindy Sondia scored the first points with a right hook – 24:11. In the first quarter plus eleven – 26:15.

Cindy Sondor’s skills in defense and attack, as well as Charlotte Screw Sniper’s skills at the beginning of the second quarter, stopped attempted Slovenia. Yelizaveta Naidjonova’s 2+0 move and another provocative note increased Latvia’s lead to 16 points – 37:21. Slovenians reduced the difference to a single -digit number thanks to some Latvian mistakes and points in counter -attacks. The last score in the first half belonged to Yelizaveta Naidjonova – 41:30.

The second half began with a more aggressive Slovenian game in defense. The Latvians made a mistake nine times in eight minutes and the lead fell. Several leaders were left without points for a long time – with one charlotte Skrebel’s long -range shot. The Slovenians scored easy points after catching the balls and pulled a 50:52 in front of the 28 minutes. Patricia Tikmere provoked a note at the end of half an hour, while Cindy Sondore with balls in the attack and the second chance scored 55:54.

In the first four minutes of the decisive quarter, the Latvians scored the only point after Cindy Sondor’s ball attack and provocative notes. The Slovenians go ahead after 56:62. Patricia Tikmere and Charlotte Skrebel did not go further, stabilizing the score within 4-6 points. The thirty -ninth minute began with a hold on and continued with a distance of 67:68 by Yelizaveta Naidjonova. The opponent, when he received the ball, fell on Yelizaveta, was rewarded with a note and threw the second of two free throws – 67:69.

You have to play 47 seconds, the ball for Latvia. Patricia Tikmer equalized in a pass – 69:69. A distant ball of Slovenian thrown turned out of the hoop, but the Latvians note. Hana Jerkovich hit the second of two free throws – 69:70. A minute break, play for 20.5 seconds. The Latvians played for a long time, and Yelizavet Naidjonova’s half -shot did not reach the basket hoop. The referees discussed at the 2.9 -second mark, restoring up to 3.7 seconds. In the last defense, the offense was not recorded and the Slovenians rushed to mark victory.

Europe U16 Champion A group, August 15, Sala Sports Sporturor Miovene

Latvia – Slovenia 69:70 (26:15, 15:15, 14:24, 14:16)
Latvia: Tikmere 16 (2p 5/6, 1p 6/8; 11ab, Six Contributed, EFF 29), Sondore 14 (2p 6/9, 1p 2/6; 15ab, +5, EFF 20), Skrebele 14 (2p 3/8, 3p 2/6, 1p 2/2), Naidjonova 11 (2p 3/8, 3p 1/3; Brokane 7, Heart 5, Priedīte 2, Arāja, Petersone; Area, Krumina, Balode. Trainer Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka.
Slovenia: Kisovec 18, Krzišnik 11, Jerkovič 9, Gobec 8, Požin 8, Ferjancic 7, Mali 5, Fritz 2, Josipovič 2, Lorbek, Bernot, Bukovec. Coach Robert Stojkovič.
Judges: Jelena Tomich (Croatia), Viktor Nagy (Hungary), France Mjeda (Croatia).
Commissioner Emir holds.

Latvian U16 Girls Selection of 12 August 2025

Head coach: Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka.
Coaches: Elvis Brokāns (Bertan VBS), Kaspars Mājenieks (TTT Riga).
Exercise Coach: Ivars Ikstens.
Physiotherapists: Kārlis Švēde-Greenbergs, Ance Zariņa.

Latvian cadets were drawn in Group A against Spain from the first basket, Slovenia from the second basket and Britain from the fourth basket. 43 teams have applied for the European Championship – 19 teams will compete in the second division and eight units in the third division.

European U16 Championship for Girls

The teams will traditionally play the group tournament, while the semi-finals will have to play against the neighboring team team (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1, C1-D4, C2-D3, C3-D2, C4-D1). The winners of the eighth finals will continue their battle for medals, the other teams will divide the 9th-16th. a place.

European U16 Championship calendar

Friday, August 15
Britain – Spain 38:102
Israel – Italy 51:77
Czech Republic – Finland 52:69
Germany – Croatia 89:40
Poland – Hungary 64:61
Romania – France 42:60
Latvia – Slovenia 69:70
Serbia – Belgium 100:66

Saturday, August 16
13:00 Hungary – Czech Republic
13:00 Croatia – Israel
15:30 Slovenia – Britain
15:30 Finland – Poland
18:00 Belgium – Romania
18:00 France – Serbia
20:30 Spain – Latvia
20:30 Italy – Germany

Sunday, Aug. 17
13:00 Czech Republic – Poland
13:00 Belgium – France
15:30 Britain – Latvia
15:30 Israel – Germany
18:00 Romania – Serbia
18:00 Croatia – Italy
8:30 pm Slovenia – Spain
20:30 Hungary – Finland

Tuesday, August 19, Eighth -Finals
(25) (A1-B4)
(26) (A2-B3)
(27) (A3-B2)
(28) (A4-B1)
(29) (C1-D4)
(30) (C2-D3)
(31) (C3-D2)
(32) (C4-D1)

Wednesday, August 20, the quarterfinals
(37) W25-W30
(38) w26-w29
(39) w27-w32
(40) W28-W31

Friday, August 22
Semifinals

Saturday, August 23
Medal games

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European U16 Championship calendar, live broadcasts, latest news
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