Latvian Latvian girls fight for seventh place in the world against vice-champions of Asia Japan – Women – Basketball – Sportacentrs.com

The U17 Latvia U17 Championship started with losses for Canada (51:65) and Australia (41:60), but then played against Anglo with 68:47 and East ranked third in the group. The Japanese won 53:60 at the same time as France (104: 52) and won Colombia (72:52) and won second place in the subgroup.

In the eighth finals, the Latvian finished in 72:58 with Argentina. The supremacy of France (43:67). Japan beat China in the first round of matches with 82:73, while in the quarterfinals, Hungary jumped (62:74). Both units also lost in the semifinal from 5 to 8. place. Latvia lost 49:86 against Italy, but Japan lost against Spain at one point (68:69).

"The players were determined to fight," said head coach Kaspar Mäenieks after the defeat against Italy. "I think the player should not hide himself in failure and go on the field with a sense of loyalty, obviously I do not convince this principle to convince the whole team, even though most players do not deserve accusations of lack of fighters.very intense pressure on our interceptors, making it more difficult to make an attack, but the worst was the fact that we were disastrous in defense, with 31 points in the first quarter, can -being that I was wrong training early in the morning. "

In the Latvian team the best performing player with an average of 9.5 points is Katie Vihmane, who occupies the 34th place in the While Laura Meldere against Italy suffered only 130 seconds of injury, her stats of 11.0 points and 11.2 rebounds dropped to 9.2 points and 9.3 goals. The most successful Japanese are Sakura Noguči (12.2 points, 15th) and Misa Hayashi (11.2 points, 18th place), but Nodoka Fudžita is the sixth best player in the tournament

at the Under-16 European Championship. Latvia won the fourth place with 42:48 in the bronze medal conceding Italy, but Japan lost to Australia at 60:61 in the Asian final

Latvia U17

Head coach: Kaspars Mājenieks (Liepaja basketball)
Coaches: Krists Pīternieks (Liepaja), Janis Nešpors (TTT)
Fitness Coach: Līva Muižniece
Physiotherapist: Ieva Pelše.

"Pla Calendar of departures

Wednesday, July 25
Hungary – Angola 88:48
Argentina – Latvia 58:72
Spain – Canada 72:50
New Zealand – Australia 37:
Japan – China 82:73
France – Mali 78:57
Colombia – United States 42:98
Belarus – Italy 50:65

Friday, July 27 [19659080] China – Angola 97:41
Mali – Argentina 63:48
Colombia – Canada 51:71
Belarus – New Zealand 59:73
Italy – Australia 46:64
France – Latvia 67:43
United States – Spain 66:31
Japan – Hungary 62:74