“It was obviously a huge mistake on our part to expect anything different than that. I don’t think there was any part of us that didn’t think this was going to be easy. We knew it was going to be difficult. We were confident. This kind of journey is difficult, but there is joy in the journey, and that’s what we want from this group: to embrace the difficulties,” said U.S. coach Sheryl Reeve.
Belgian crowd breaks record for women’s sports
Belgium’s first Olympics were in Tokyo 2020, where they finished 7th.they are finished 5th place in FIBA World Cup Winner in 2022 eurobasket 2023. Belgian fans rewarded the Cats’ growth by breaking the country’s women’s sports attendance record. The match attracted 13,700 fans, breaking the record previously set by the Belgian women’s soccer team.
“My team is playing with fire. We have good games, we have bad games. We just played with the Belgian mentality, which is to fight for every ball.” If that team is not there, then we have to step on them. Well, in the end, I think we got a pretty good result, even though it wasn’t decided in the end. We fight for what we want and what we want is to win,” said Makaela Lissois Mbaka, who scored 17 points and had three steals for Belgium.
The FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament will determine the Olympic berths for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The United States already secured a spot by winning the 2022 FIBA World Cup, so they have two spots available and are scheduled to play Nigeria on Friday (February 9). Belgium will play Senegal, who lost to Nigeria in their first match before the U.S.-Belgium game. game.