LIVE: Latvia – Germany. European women ‘s basketball qualification game / Article / LSM.lv

The Latvian women’s basketball national team will meet with the German national team in the first game of the 2021 European Championship qualifying tournament on Thursday in Riga. After the first quarter the housewives are in the lead with 20:13. You can see the match live on LTV7 and replay.lv.

In the first match of the day at the Olympic Sports Center, the leaders of Group I, the Croatian basketball players, won the Northern Macedonia national team with 80:62, losing all games in the tournament.

The Latvian and German national teams have each won two games in the group so far. The team led by head coach Mārtiņš Gulbis lost to Croatia last November, but continued with a victory over the guests over Northern Macedonia.

After a long break, one of the potential team leaders Anete Šteinberga returned to the national team. Aija Klakocka dropped out of the team shortly before the tournament due to an injury – Elīna Babkina took over the duties of the national team captain.

The remaining games in the group will continue on Saturday, when the Latvian national team will compete with Croatia, while the opponents of the Northern Macedonia national team will be Germans. The tournament will take place in an “bubble” of epidemiological security, so spectators are not allowed to enter the hall due to restrictions.

Games in Group D will take place in Riga on Friday and Sunday, where the 2005 Czech, Italian, Romanian and Danish basketball players will compete for a meeting in the continental championship finals. Group D games will be available live on replay.lv.

The European Division of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA Europe) abandoned the original format due to the pandemic, with the team meeting at home and away. The solution with team gatherings in races was found to be safer.

The qualifying tournament is scheduled to end in early February 2021, when each team in the group will have to play two more games. The winners of nine selection groups and the top five runners-up will qualify for the final tournament scheduled for June 2021 in Spain and France. Participation in the final tournament is already guaranteed for both organizing countries.

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