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Latvian U-20 women's basketball team opens European Championships with loss

BC, Riga, 03.07.2015.Print version

The Latvian under-20 (U-20) women's basketball team opened European U-20 Women's Basketball Championships 2015 on July 2nd with a 48:64 loss to Slovakia, informs LETA.

 

The highest scorer for Latvian was Digna Strautmane with 15 points and seven rebounds.

 

Latvia is in Group B in the tournament's preliminary round together with Slovakia, France and Turkey.

 

In the other group match yesterday, France defeated Turkey 51:35.

 

Latvia will play its next group match today against France, and its final group match on Saturday against Turkey.

 

The top three teams in each of the four groups will advance to the tournament's second group stage, while the last placed finishers will play in a relegation round to remain in Division A.

 

Last year, the Latvian U-20 women's team finished in overall 5th place at the European Women's Basketball Championships.





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